Nigerian tech entrepreneur has Sheffield United in his sights
Nigerian tech entrepreneur Dozy Mmobuosi has "made a deposit" to buy…
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Viktoria Nasyrova found guilty of giving friend cheesecake laced with Russian drug
Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) -- A Queens woman charged with giving her friend a cheesecake laced with a Russian drug in order to steal the woman's identity was found guilty Wednesday night. Viktoria Nasyrova…
St. Hubert Catholic school goes virtual for week after racist video
Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- Students at St. Hubert Catholic High School in Holmesburg will learn virtually for the rest of the week after a racist video involving some of its students was shared online.School administrators…
Elon Musk pledged transparency at Twitter. But he's walling off researchers
For years, Twitter, like other social media platforms, has freely given its platform data to independent researchers so that they can analyze everything from online trolling to the spread of misinformation. Those studies have been critical to understanding the tactics…
Senators introduce bill on US approach to ISIS detainee and displacement camps in Syria
A bipartisan group of US senators put forward a bill to give a senior official the ability to coordinate the US government's approach to ISIS detainee and displacement camps in Syria, where tens of thousands of refugees as well as…
Black doll exhibit in Worcester aims to teach importance of representation
Click here for updates on this story WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) -- Dolls play an important role in child development, but some kids don't have one that looks like them.This Black History Month a Worcester exhibit is focusing on Black dolls and…
Fact check: Sen. Rick Scott keeps repeating a debunked claim about Biden and Medicare
Just before President Joe Biden's visit to Florida on Thursday, one of the state's Republican senators, Rick Scott, repeated a false claim about Biden and Medicare -- a claim that was debunked by multiple news outlets when Scott and a…
Rihanna llevará sus raíces caribeñas y 17 años de carrera al show de medio tiempo del Super Bowl
(CNN Español) – Rihanna está tan enfocada en su presentación para el show medio tiempo del Super Bowl que hasta olvidó que su cumpleaños y el Día de San Valentín están a la vuelta de la esquina.La nueve veces ganadora del…
¿Qué es la meningitis? Causas, riesgos, síntomas y tratamiento
(CNN Español) -- La meningitis es una infección que, pese a que se puede prevenir con la vacunación, cada año afecta a millones de personas en todo el mundo, de acuerdo con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS).Asimismo, es…
Sophisticated stone tools may predate humans, study suggests
The discovery of 330 stone artifacts in Kenya that date back 2.9 million years is throwing light on a key question in human evolution — who first used stone tools?Scientists unearthed hammerstones, cores and flakes, and the bones of butchered…
Opinion: The GOP is playing right into Biden's hands
If the State of the Union address Tuesday night was the unofficial beginning of Joe Biden's quest for reelection, Republicans should be worried. For all the talk about how good ol' Joe has lost a step or two, the President…
Minnesota man sentenced for exchanging pornographic media with Boone County child
Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Minnesota (KOMU) -- A man from Fulda, Minnesota, was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for exchanging pornographic media with an 11-year-old in Boone County.Douglas Canfield, 56, was sentenced to 15 years in…
Amnistía para prisioneros en Cuba “está en la mesa”, dijo el cardenal Beniamino Stella
(CNN Español) -- El Vaticano y el gobierno de Cuba discutieron en La Habana el tema de los manifestantes que se encuentran detenidos desde el 2021, según afirmó el enviado del papa Francisco, cardenal Beniamino Stella, quien se reunió con el presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel…
Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners and sends them to the US
The Nicaraguan government released more than 200 political prisoners, many of whom arrived in the United States on Thursday, according to officials, following years of repression by the country's President Daniel Ortega.The authoritarian leader has jailed dozens of opposition figures…
Beijing Calls US Claims Over Balloons ‘Information Warfare’
China on Thursday said U.S. accusations that a downed Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program amount to “information warfare against China.”
The Spy Who Wasn’t? New York Police Officer Wants Badge Back
On a September day in 2020, New York City Police Officer Baimadajie Angwang kissed his toddler goodbye and was about to drive to work when he was surrounded by rifle-toting FBI agents.
House passes resolution condemning China's use of spy balloon
The House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution condemning China's use of the suspected surveillance balloon that was shot down by US jets over the weekend, in a rare moment of unity in a sharply divided chamber.The measure passed…
Fiery Ohio Derailment Raises Railroad Safety Questions
The fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals — sending a huge plume of smoke in the air and forcing residents of a small Ohio town to evacuate — has highlighted the potentially disastrous consequences of train accidents.
Última hora y noticias de Nicaragua: expulsa a más de 200 opositores y los envía a Estados Unidos
🔄 Haz clic aquí para ver las actualizaciones más recientesActivistas y simpatizantes esperan la llegada de opositores liberados por Nicaragua en el aeropuerto internacional de Dulles, Estados Unidos, el 9 de febrero de 2023. (Crédito: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP vía Getty Images)The-CNN-Wire™…
Florida House approves plan to give DeSantis new power over Disney
Florida lawmakers voted Thursday to give Gov. Ron DeSantis new power over the state's most iconic theme parks amid his ongoing feud with Disney.Under a fast-tracked bill that could be headed to the Republican governor's desk by the end of…
New GOP-led panel holds first public hearing Thursday on alleged 'weaponization' of federal government
The GOP-led House committee on the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government kicked off its first public hearing Thursday with a witness list that suggests Republicans on the panel will push a popular narrative among conservatives that has been disputed…
US officials disclosed new details about the balloon's capabilities. Here's what we know
Biden administration officials disclosed new information Thursday about the capabilities of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that traversed the United States last week and what they are learning as the FBI begins analyzing the recovered parts after the balloon was…
New details released about a New Jersey council member shot dead in a car -- the 2nd such case in about a week
For the second time in about a week, a New Jersey council member was found shot to death in a car.Councilman Russell Heller, 51, was in his car in the parking lot of the PSE&G energy company facility in Somerset…
US says Chinese military behind vast aerial spy program that has targeted 40 countries with high-altitude balloons
China's military is likely behind a bold aerial spy program that has targeted more than 40 countries on five continents with high-altitude surveillance balloons similar to one the U.S. shot down over the Atlantic Ocean coast last weekend, the Biden administration said Thursday.
