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After shooting at Georgia high school, students will return next week for half-days

NationalCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedA memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)ATLANTA – Students at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta will return to campus for half-days beginning next week, Barrow County school officials announced Tuesday, after a Sept. 4 shooting that killed four people and injured nine others.The school system northeast of Atlanta said the Winder high school will start at the […]

September 17, 2024

Sports News

Simone Biles Netflix series may show evidence in Jordan Chiles Olympic medal investigation, court docs say

Jordan Chiles is coming to try and get her bronze medal back, and Simone Biles may be right there behind her. Chiles and her legal team filed an appeal to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland to undo a ruling in the Paris Olympics that denied her a third-place finish in the women's gymnastics floor routine final. Chiles was bumped from third place to fifth place after an appeal by U.S. coaches that increased her score over Romanian competitors was submitted […]

September 17, 2024

Orlando News

A bewildered seal found itself in the mouth of a humpback whale

Weird NewsThis photo provided by Blue Kingdom Whale and Wildfire Tours shows a seal in the mouth of a humpback whale on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in the waters off of Anacortes, Wash. (Brooke Casanova/Blue Kingdom Whale and Wildfire Tours via AP) (Brooke Casanova)SEATTLE – It's a good thing seals aren't on a humpback whale's menu. A photograph by a whale-watching naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal accidentally […]

September 17, 2024

Orlando News

Hundreds of pagers exploded in Lebanon and Syria in a deadly attack. Here’s what we know.

NEW YORK – In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least nine people — including an 8-year-old girl — and wounding thousands more.The Iran-backed militant group blamed Israel for the deadly explosions, which targeted an extraordinary breadth of people and showed signs of being a long-planned operation. How the attack was executed is largely uncertain and investigators have not immediately […]

September 17, 2024

Orlando News

Kroger and Albertsons make a final pitch for their merger before a judge decides whether to block it

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.FILE - Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen leaves federal court after testifying during a federal court hearing on Sept. 4, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)PORTLAND, Ore. – The federal government urged a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday to temporarily prevent a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, saying in closing arguments the combination would “almost certainly” benefit shareholders and not everyday shoppers. Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and for […]

September 17, 2024

Politics News

CCP official still ‘performing his duties’ in New York despite conflicting narratives from Hochul, State Dept

A Chinese diplomat who has repeatedly praised the Chinese Communist Party is still fulfilling his role as the consul general of China’s New York Consulate despite conflicting narratives from the Biden State Department and New York's Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul about the diplomat no longer being in his role.Hochul said during a press conference almost two weeks ago that she supported Huang Ping being expelled from New York after he was referenced dozens of times in an indictment involving one […]

September 17, 2024

Politics News

Harris tells NABJ she expects to ‘earn’ the Black vote this November

Vice President Harris spoke to the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Philadelphia on Tuesday, about a month after former President Trump spoke to the same group and made waves when he questioned Harris' race.The event marks Harris' first solo interview with the national media. It was held at NPR's Philadelphia station, WHYY, and was moderated by three Black journalists, including Eugene Daniels of Politico Playbook, WHYY's Tonya Mosely and TheGrio's Gerren Keith Gaynor. The stop marked Harris' 13th […]

September 17, 2024

Politics News

White House continues to call Trump ‘threat’ to democracy despite multiple attempts on former president’s life

White House officials continue to call former President Trump a "threat" to democracy, despite two attempted assassinations on the former president’s life.During a press briefing on Tuesday, Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about Trump being referred to as a "threat.""How many more assassination attempts on Donald Trump until the president and vice president and you pick a different word to describe Trump, other than ‘threat?’" Doocy asked.Jean-Pierre told Doocy she […]

September 17, 2024

World News

Budapest and Poland’s Wroclaw reinforce river banks ahead of more flooding in Central Europe

Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes.Heavy flooding has affected a large part of the region in recent days, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. Around 20 deaths were reported in the flooding, which followed heavy rainfall but the full human cost was still not clear. Casualties have […]

September 17, 2024

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After shooting at Georgia high school, students will return next week for half-days

Simone Biles Netflix series may show evidence in Jordan Chiles Olympic medal investigation, court docs say

A bewildered seal found itself in the mouth of a humpback whale

Hundreds of pagers exploded in Lebanon and Syria in a deadly attack. Here’s what we know.

Kroger and Albertsons make a final pitch for their merger before a judge decides whether to block it

CCP official still ‘performing his duties’ in New York despite conflicting narratives from Hochul, State Dept

Harris tells NABJ she expects to ‘earn’ the Black vote this November

White House continues to call Trump ‘threat’ to democracy despite multiple attempts on former president’s life

Budapest and Poland’s Wroclaw reinforce river banks ahead of more flooding in Central Europe

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