By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Longtime academic Santa Ono was rejected Tuesday for the University of Florida presidency by the state university system board amid sharp criticism from political conservatives about his past support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and other initiatives they view as unacceptable liberal ideology. The
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By Brian Stelter and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — America’s two big public broadcasters, PBS and NPR, have 45 days to salvage their federal funding — starting now. On Tuesday, the Trump administration sent Congress a long-awaited request for lawmakers to cancel more than $1 billion in federal funds earmarked for the Corporation for Public
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By AMANDA SEITZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition. That guidance was issued to hospitals in 2022, weeks after the
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By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru announced Tuesday that miners who had been operating illegally in a large protected archaeological reserve around the famous Nazca Lines will now be able to start the process of obtaining mining permits, after the government reduced the protected area by 42%. Energy and Mines Minister
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Data centers are increasingly becoming fixtures of the American landscape, with demand for the hulking structures ballooning in recent years due to the rapid growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. States are now competing for big data center developments, with many lawmakers seeing
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By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Georgia state Rep. Derrick Jackson said Tuesday that he’s running for governor next year, joining three other Democrats in a race without a clear frontrunner after two high-profile candidates decided not to run. The metro Atlanta Democrat said he will launch his campaign Friday,
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Julio Bárbaro, analista político, habló este lunes con Regreso CNN, conducido por Mariana Arias y Pepe Gil Vidal, sobre los 50 años del Rodrigazo y su impacto en la historia argentina. “El Rodrigazo fue realmente el intento de destruir la Argentina industrial, el primero. Después van a seguir
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español El Consulado General de Estados Unidos en Guadalajara, Jalisco (occidente de México), emitió este lunes una alerta tras haber “confirmado varios reportes” de ciudadanos estadounidenses supuestamente secuestrados en Puerto Vallarta y Nuevo Nayarit. De acuerdo con un comunicado, las víctimas habrían sido contactadas a través de aplicaciones de citas. “Las víctimas
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding. The $9.4 billion package – known as “rescissions” on Capitol Hill – would claw back previously appropriated government funding. The move to cancel the
Continue ReadingPor Matt Egan, CNN Los fabricantes de latas advierten que la duplicación de los aranceles al acero por parte del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, socavará una promesa clave de campaña: reducir los precios de los comestibles. El Instituto de Fabricantes de Latas, un grupo comercial de la industria, dijo este martes que los consumidores
Continue ReadingPor Ramishah Maruf, CNN La guerra comercial entre Estados Unidos y China tiene un punto de fricción clave: los minerales de tierras raras. El mes pasado, el presidente Donald Trump dijo que Estados Unidos necesitaba Groenlandia “con urgencia”, reavivando su amenaza de anexar ese territorio danés. Groenlandia es una isla rica en recursos con una
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — While it remains unclear what prompted the fatal shooting of Jonathan Joss, a Native American voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” police say they are looking into whether his sexual orientation played a role in his
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By Holly Yan, Rebekah Reiss, Amanda Jackson, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies raided and searched the home where they believe a serial escapee, who vanished from a New Orleans jail two weeks ago, may have filmed a video where he claimed his innocence and called on rapper Lil Wayne and
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The St. Joseph Sports Commission announced its St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on Tuesday, with its usual 10 individuals and one team as part of the class. The inductees for this year’s class include: Bob Boyles, powerlifting champion and personal trainer; Rob Calloway, professional boxer known as the “All-American Prize
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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Like a plot out of an emo band music video, The All-American Rejects’ joyfully hectic house party tour made a stop in a Missouri college town over the weekend only to have their show shut down by the police, who turned out to be familiar with the music.
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge sentenced disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi to seven years and three months in prison on Tuesday for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients, including several with severe physical injuries and families of people killed in accidents. U.S. District Judge
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Like many Jewish Americans, Hannah Gay Keao has been living on edge and fear of antisemitism since Hamas’ deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. But when her daughter asked why she was sad hours after a man targeted Jewish people and set them on fire
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CNN By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s agenda bill — which the president is pressuring GOP senators to support — calling it a “disgusting abomination.” “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending
Continue ReadingPor Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español La Fiscalía de Ecuador informó este martes que un juez anticorrupción ordenó prisión preventiva por presunto lavado de activos para seis familiares de Adolfo Macías Villamar, alias “Fito”, el prófugo más buscado del país y líder de la organización criminal Los Choneros. La medida cautelar fue dictada para
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By Madeline Bartos Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A worker was stuck 30 feet up in a tree hanging upside down for about half an hour before he was rescued in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood on Tuesday. Pittsburgh Public Safety said first responders were called to the 200 block of Amboy
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Tracking heavy t-storms Tuesday afternoon and evening posing a flood risk locally and severe threat across the KC metro.
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way through university and became a highly divisive politician who survived a stabbing attack and struggles with numerous criminal charges. His turbulent life climaxed, as
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Sports Commission held a press conference releasing the names of individuals inducted into the St. Joseph Sports Hall of Fame.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Dance Arts Center is celebrating its 40th season of teaching dance with its ’40 and Fabulous’ recital on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7.
Continue Reading By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s agenda bill — which the president is pressuring GOP senators to support — calling it a “disgusting abomination.” “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina Margarita Stolbizer, diputada nacional del partido GEN, habló este martes en CNN Radio sobre la actualidad política en un año electoral luego de que Cristina Kirchner anunciara su candidatura y advirtió que por otro lado el “presidente Javier Milei cada vez que agarra un micrófono lo hace para insultar y no habla
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” Tuesday. The fires have forced more than 27,000 Canadians in three provinces to flee their homes,
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official. The ship, which was launched in 2021 and named after the gay rights activist and Navy veteran, who was made to resign from the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Physician-assisted suicide is legal in ten US states and the District of Columbia. It is an option given to individuals by law in Colorado, California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. It is an option given to individuals in Montana via court
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By Holmes Lybrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — The family of the Egyptian national charged with attempted murder after an antisemitic Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, has been taken into ICE custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The suspected attacker, Mohamed Soliman, has a wife and five children, all of
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