By BETH HARRIS and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker introduced a bill Thursday that would require schools that play major college sports to pay some athletes as much as $25,000 annually, along with covering the cost of six-year guaranteed athletic scholarships and post-college medical expenses. The College
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Netflix’s subscriber growth is surging again, providing an early sign that its shift to include ads in a cheaper version of its video streaming service is helping to combat tougher competition and attract cost-conscious customers grappling with inflation. The company on Thursday disclosed a gain of 7.7 million subscribers
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La muerte de la directora de fotografía Halyna Hutchins en el rodaje de la película Rust en 2021 conmocionó a la industria del cine y la cubrió de luto. Hutchins, una periodista que se convirtió en directora de fotografía, murió después de que el protagonista y productor ejecutivo de la película, Alec Baldwin,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Indonesia lanzó una advertencia contra el consumo de nitrógeno líquido después de que más de 20 niños sufrieran daños al ingerir un bocadillo callejero conocido como “aliento de dragón”, protagonista de un nuevo y peligroso video viral. Los niños sufrieron quemaduras en la piel, fuertes dolores de estómago e intoxicación por alimentos
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration agreed to lower part of a border wall in the southwest corner of the continental United States, advocates said Thursday, dismissing the concession as a token gesture. Construction paused in August at Friendship Park, which was inaugurated in 1971 by then-first lady Pat
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Dindak Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — The dream of hanging out with Coach Zac Taylor, Joe Burrow, and nearly half a dozen Bengals players became a reality for a young member of Who Dey Nation. In early December, Calvin Theetge and his father, Derrick Theetge, attended a practice
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Omar Jimenez, CNN A voting system error that caused some votes to be double-counted could flip the outcome of a non-partisan local school board race in New Jersey, according to Monmouth County election officials. The reporting error during the November election in Monmouth County occurred when votes were uploaded from a
Continue ReadingCNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst The Supreme Court’s stunning report Thursday on its failure to discover who leaked a draft decision reversing abortion rights last year laid bare shortfalls at the nation’s highest court, in its technology, protocols for confidentiality and overall institutional safeguards. Further, the lack of success in discovering
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Netflix announced Thursday that its founder Reed Hastings is stepping down as co-CEO at the company and will serve as executive chairman. Hastings will be replaced by co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters. “Our board has been discussing succession planning for many years (even founders need to evolve!),” Hastings wrote in
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A federal judge on Thursday dismissed charges against a New York City police officer who was accused in 2020 of working as a foreign agent for the Chinese government. Baimadajie Angwang was charged in September of that year with acting as a foreign agent for China without notifying American authorities,
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN They gathered on set at Bonanza Creek Ranch outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021 to film a movie in the Old Western style. Fifteen months later, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is dead, director Joel Souza was injured and two people, including star actor Alec Baldwin, face criminal charges. Another
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN They gathered on set at Bonanza Creek Ranch outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021 to film a movie in the Old Western style. Fifteen months later, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is dead, director Joel Souza was injured and two people, including star actor Alec Baldwin, face criminal charges. Another has
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson, CNN They gathered on set at Bonanza Creek Ranch outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021 to film a movie in the Old Western style. Fifteen months later, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is dead, director Joel Souza was injured and two people, including star actor Alec Baldwin, face criminal charges. Another
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Community leaders are continuing their efforts to ensure that fallen members of law enforcement and their families are never forgotten.
Continue Reading WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) — A baby gray whale washed up on the northern Oregon coast on Wednesday, making it the third dead whale to beach on the state’s coastline over the past week. The 12-foot-long calf washed ashore at Fort Stevens State Park, KGW reported, only 100 yards (91 meters) from the site where a
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian mining company pursuing a lithium project in Nevada, federal land managers cited it for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered flower. The Bureau of Land Management said in Wednesday’s
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Since the summer launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the new three-digit number has seen a significant rise in call volume — routing more than 2 million calls, texts and chat messages to call centers, with the majority being answered in under a minute. “The average speed to answer
Continue Reading STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Yvonne Ejim had 22 points and 12 rebounds, McKayla Williams added 19 points and seven boards and No. 16 Gonzaga held off Pacific 81-78 on Thursday. Gonzaga led for 39 minutes, 18 seconds, with an advantage as high as 16 points. But Pacific scored 30 points in the fourth quarter to
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PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a human skull in Phoenix’s South Mountain Preserve. Phoenix police said a hiker stumbled upon the skull last Saturday afternoon and notified authorities. According to police, the skull showed what appeared to be trauma and homicide detectives were called in to take over the investigation. The
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — La administración del gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis de Florida bloqueó un nuevo curso de Colocación Avanzada (AP, por sus siglas en inglés) sobre estudios afroestadounidenses para estudiantes de secundaria. En una carta del 12 de enero al College Board, la organización sin fines de lucro que supervisa los cursos AP, la
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