By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa. (AP) — A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl. This is the latest protest sparked by allegations that the girl, referred
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By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have barred radio stations from playing a song critical of President Bola Tinubu and his administration’s policies, according to a memo seen Friday by The Associated Press. The country’s media regulator described the content of “Tell Your Papa” in the memo to radio
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By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Esteban Gast remembered a feeling of shame he had in high school while calculating how much carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, his daily activities created, known as a carbon footprint. “Have you ever driven a car or flown in an airplane?” were among
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — High school students learned about the connection between mental health and substance use through a summit hosted by the Youth Alliance on Friday.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Autism resources will be the focus of an upcoming Taste of United Way session. The free program, “Understanding Autism and Opportunities for Support,” is set for Tuesday, April 22, at the United Way, 118 S. Fifth St. Doors open at 7:45 a.m. with coffee and a light breakfast and
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By Alessandra Castelli and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain related to a wound sustained when he was stabbed on the campaign trail seven years ago. The source of the pain was a “complication in the small intestine,” caused by the multiple surgeries he underwent
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina Facundo Tignanelli, presidente del bloque de diputados bonaerenses de Unión por la Patria y dirigente de confianza de Máximo Kirchner, habló este viernes en CNN Radio con Nacho Girón en La Mañana de CNN sobre las tensiones del peronismo en la provincia de Buenos Aires entre Cristina Kirchner y Axel Kicillof y
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By The Associated Press China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy. Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during
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By Tamar Michaelis and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A small group of reservists from Israel’s elite military intelligence unit joined a call for an immediate return of the hostages in Gaza even if it requires an immediate end to the war, in a sign of a growing protest movement after more than 18
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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she has launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agent conducting immigration enforcement. Alina Habba, appointed last month
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex geopolitics of the time. Despite finding the altar in Tikal, a ruined Mayan city situated in modern Guatemala, archaeologists believe it wasn’t
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, April 12 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 1:05 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Greater Western Sydney at St. Kilda 5:05 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Port Adelaide AUTO RACING 8:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir,
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, Jillian Shriner, is no longer in police custody after an officer-involved shooting with Los Angeles police that took place Tuesday. Jillian Shriner was released after posting $1 million bond, according to a report by the Associated Press. While police said earlier in
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By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — After a long day of rehearsing for her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry decided to peruse a few books to help her unwind before bed. “I was listening to ‘Cosmos’ by Carl Sagan and reading a book on string theory,” she recalled. “I’ve always been interested
Continue Reading By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — After a long day of rehearsing for her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry decided to peruse a few books to help her unwind before bed. “I was listening to ‘Cosmos’ by Carl Sagan and reading a book on string theory,” she recalled. “I’ve always been interested
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Continue Reading By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Esteban Gast remembered a feeling of shame he had in high school while calculating how much carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, his daily activities created, known as a carbon footprint. “Have you ever driven a car or flown in an airplane?” were among
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By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland has been fired after she sent a base-wide email breaking with official messaging following Vice President JD Vance’s visit to the Danish territory that President Donald Trump is seeking to annex. In a statement late Thursday, the
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When Jason O’Sullivan walked through the door of Jenny McGowan’s accommodation in Nangi, a tiny village deep in the mountains of Nepal, she couldn’t believe it. “I wasn’t obviously looking for anyone, because who are we gonna meet on the top of a mountain in the middle of the
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv12-13 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, April 14 COLLEGE SOFTBALL 7 p.m. SECN — Oklahoma at Alabama NBA G LEAGUE BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — NBA G League Finals: Stockton at Osceola, Game 3 (If Necessary) NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHLN — Dallas at Detroit 10
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is finally here, and while tens of thousands of people are flocking to the Southern California desert, you may opt to tune into the festivities from the comfort of your own home. As the festival has provided in years past, the 2025
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press A federal judge on Friday lambasted a government lawyer who couldn’t explain what, if anything, President Donald Trump’s administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The U.S. government attorney struggled to provide any
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By The Associated Press “Euphoria” actor and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working. Dane, 52, revealed his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive disease that attacks nerve cells controlling muscles throughout the body and is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in an interview
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK, DAVE COLLINS and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Divers using sonar searched Friday for key pieces of a sightseeing helicopter that broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey. All six people aboard were killed — a family of five from
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