By Caroll Alvarado and Rebekah Riess, CNN An investigation is underway at Chicago Public Schools after a teacher hung a small stuffed Black football player doll on a string from a projector screen in their classroom, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s principal and obtained by CNN. The March 29 letter
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By Andy Rose, CNN After Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles police officers were prepared to arrest Smith, according to an interview with the award show’s producer, but the comedian was adamant he did not want to press charges. In an excerpt of an interview
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in Arlington, Texas, have reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Bakari Williams died last September after spending five days in the hospital with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Harris English has decided not to play in the Masters next week. He’s still recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum. English won twice on the PGA Tour last year and finished third in the U.S. Open. He has not played since the Sony Open in Honolulu the second week
Continue Reading A hospital in Poland sees an influx of Ukrainian women seeking cancer treatment and prenatal care, who are struggling with being separated from their families. CNN’s Kyung Lah reports.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season. He’s not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Title IX has been a passionate subject for Candace Parker ever since she learned of its impact while doing a paper on it in the eighth grade. So, it is no surprise her first documentary as an executive producer is about the landmark legislation. Parker considers herself to be
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By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Ashley Semler and Jamie Gangel, CNN In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence that
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI), Karim Khan, informó que llegó a un acuerdo con el gobierno del cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, para abrir una oficina en Caracas. Khan, que llegó el martes a la capital del país, dijo que se trata de un paso importante.
Continue Reading By NORM FRAUENHEIM Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Dodgers’ left-handed pitcher David Price isn’t quite sure what role he’ll play this season. The 36-year-old is a five-time All-Star. He reached 93 miles per hour in a one-inning appearance on Wednesday. Manager Dave Roberts believes Price could have an immediate role by pitching relief
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UPDATE (04/01): Las Cruces police identified a man involved in SWAT standoff Thursday as David Chavez Jr. Police say Chavez ran from police after a traffic stop with a firearm. Police officers ran after Chavez. The chase led them through a residential area, day care, church and school. Chavez was eventually found at 2100 Enzie
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert says investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men’s college basketball programs have taken “way too long.” The implicated programs include current men’s Final Four participant Kansas. Emmert did not specify what solutions to speed the process are on
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Incluso cuando las bombas comenzaron a caer, Yevhenia Khomenko no quería dejar su hogar en Kyiv, Ucrania. “Preferiría morir allí”, dijo la mujer de 94 años. Pero eventualmente, se volvió demasiado y su hija la convenció de dejar el hogar que había conocido toda su vida. Cuando Khomenko era niña, vivió
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – La Fiscalía General de Guerrero informó el jueves que investiga el homicidio de seis personas en el municipio de Chilapa de Álvarez, en la región central del estado. Las autoridades dijeron a través de un comunicado que el jueves por la mañana recibieron un reporte sobre el hallazgo de restos
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, CNN Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state signed a bill Thursday that creates the nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people. The bill, which was passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate, highlights that “indigenous people experience disproportionate rates of violence in Washington state,” and calls for the
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Continue Reading The Bundesliga resumes to a full house as Union Berlin is allowed a capacity crowd for the first time in months for Cologne’s visit. Coronavirus restrictions are being scrapped in Berlin from Friday, part of a wider trend under national guidelines that will see full stadiums across the league. It’s going to be a special
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En 2003, el Proyecto Genoma Humano hizo historia al secuenciar el 92% del genoma humano. Pero durante casi dos décadas desde entonces, los científicos han luchado por descifrar el 8% restante. Ahora, un equipo de casi 100 científicos del Consorcio Telómero a Telómero (T2T) logró revelar el genoma humano completo, la
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By Forrest Brown, CNN Of the many safety measures that Disney Parks had to set up to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic, requiring guests to keep a six-foot distance from the costumed characters must have been one of the hardest. At least emotionally. For kids (or kids at heart), running into the waiting arms of
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Madison Cawthorn — the freshman Republican representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives — has in recent weeks become the center of chaos within the GOP. At 26 years old, the youngest member of Congress has
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the men’s Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale. Their coaches are able to hop aboard a jet on a moment’s notice to sit in a living room or
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN It takes just a tiny virus-laden droplet — about the width of a human blood cell — to infect someone with Covid-19. That’s just one of the findings from research that deliberately infected healthy volunteers with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The findings were published Thursday in the journal Nature Medicine. Challenge studies
Continue Reading GOODYEAR, Arizona (AP) — Shane Bieber will throw the first pitch for the Cleveland Guardians. Bieber will start the season opener on April 7 at Kansas City. It was expected that Bieber would get the start, but manager Terry Francona made the formal announcement after speaking to the right-hander who missed three months last season
Continue Reading FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Safety Dean Marlowe, who set a career high with 67 tackles while starting nine games for Detroit in 2021, has signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons. The 29-year-old Marlowe began his career by playing three seasons with Carolina before two seasons with Buffalo. Marlowe may compete with second-year
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, CNN One of Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyers argued in court Thursday that he never had any reason to doubt the accuracy of internet data he passed to the FBI in 2016 about strange cyber links between Donald Trump and Russia — and pointed out that the special counsel who charged him with
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles earned his way in the NFL on the defensive side of the ball. He’s not afraid to talk offense. The new head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won’t be shy about sharing his ideas with offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and quarterback
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UPDATE: Officials say 5 people were injured, 1 of those had to be extricated from a vehicle. The severity of the injuries remains unknown. EL PASO, Texas – There’s been a serious crash involving five vehicles in the lower valley. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, it happened just before 4 p.m. at Alameda
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In one of his tried-and-true motivational speeches, Mike Krzyzewski outlined his four pillars of team building. They are: making everyone feel important, taking ownership, adaptability and doing things with feeling. Duke perfected the first three to help Coach K reach his 13th and most amazing
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is appointing actor Taraji P. Henson and the NBA’s Chris Paul to a presidential advisory board on historically Black colleges and universities. The pair are among nine men and nine women being named to the board that exists to support the mission of these
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