Chicago Bears face strong headwinds on $4.7 billion new stadium pitch
CHICAGO (CN) — The Chicago Bears publicly revealed their plans for a new lakefront stadium campus on Wednesday, alongside a deeply supportive Mayor Brandon Johnson. “We’re talking about thousands of...
View ArticleBiden and Trump both unpopular with voters: Pew
(CN) — A new survey from the Pew Research Center indicates that while the ongoing presidential race is a dead heat, voters aren’t particularly happy with their choices. The national survey, conducted...
View ArticleLos Angeles assistant prosecutor faces felony charges
LOS ANGELES (CN) — The California attorney general Wednesday announced criminal charges against a Los Angeles assistant district attorney, accusing her of using information from a government computer...
View ArticleArizona ‘fake electors’, other Trump allies indicted on fraud, conspiracy...
PHOENIX (CN) — Donald Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and others were indicted Wednesday on fraud and conspiracy charges alongside several Republican leaders who signed...
View ArticleFlooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. That is more than double the...
View ArticleForever-chemical butter
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York preserved the false-advertising class action brought against the makers of Kerrygold Irish Butter, which allegedly misled consumers about the presence...
View ArticleMan who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith receives 25-year prison sentence for...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom. It...
View ArticleMassive policing for Paris Olympics to include security checks for some of...
PARIS (AP) — Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the...
View ArticleAlligator snapping turtles, 14 other species could soon see environmental...
(CN) — A stipulated settlement agreement between the Center for Biological Diversity and the federal government will force the feds to decide on federal protections for 10 species by the end of the...
View ArticleCalifornia AG announces multimillion-dollar settlement with University of...
(CN) — Under a proposed settlement agreement announced Thursday, the University of Phoenix and its parent company Apollo Education Group would pay $4.5 million after authorities said they used illegal...
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Sacramento delta stewards eye climate change protection for levees, habitats
OAKLEY, Calif. (CN) — The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta faces significant challenges affecting the health of its waterways and ecosystem, and stewards say state agencies must accelerate efforts...
View ArticleAlaska asks judge to toss critical habitat for threatened seals
(CN) — Alaska’s fight against burdensome seal protections continued Thursday, when attorneys for the state and federal government debated whether the feds properly allocated a vast coastal area under...
View ArticleChinese nationals charged in scheme to illegally export US tech to China
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) —Two Chinese nationals face charges of being part of a scheme to illegally export semiconductor-related machinery to a Chinese company, an unsealed indictment in San Francisco...
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Northwestern University students join wave of nationwide campus protests for...
EVANSTON, Ill. (CN) — Students and staff at Northwestern University launched a campus protest in solidarity with Palestine on Thursday, joining a nationwide student movement that began last week at...
View ArticleHead of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption probe
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The head of Vietnam’s parliament has resigned, according to state media, making him the latest senior member of government to leave office amid an ongoing anti-corruption...
View Article#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Harvey Weinstein’s...
NEW YORK (AP) — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. So...
View ArticleJerry Seinfeld’s commitment to the bit
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007’s “Bee Movie.” But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies,...
View Article‘We are indeed in unprecedented times’: Experts weigh in on Trump’s historic...
MANHATTAN (CN) — Donald Trump made history this week as his Manhattan criminal trial kicked into full gear over accusations that he falsified business records to make hush-money payments to adult film...
View ArticleFormer Aurora firefighter who gave Elijah McClain ketamine sentenced to 4...
BRIGHTON, Colo. (CN) — A Colorado judge on Friday sentenced a former firefighter to four years probation, including 14 months of work release, after a jury found him guilty of criminally negligent...
View ArticleFirst Amendment action filed against Texas court clerks
The Texas Supreme Court put in place a public access rule last year that said clerks must put new court pleadings into the public record “the same business day” they are received. No sooner had the...
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