April 25, (BBC/GNA) – CNN anchor Don Lemon has hit out at the network after his firing, which came after accusations of misogyny and…
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‘Rust’ prosecutors drop charges against Alec Baldwin
Los Angeles, April 21, (tca/dpa/GNA) - New Mexico prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the deadly “Rust” shooting, a dramatic reversal after numerous…
BuzzFeed News is shutting down as company cuts 15% of staff
Los Angeles, April 21, (tca/dpa/GNA) - BuzzFeed News, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting in 2021, is shutting down. A memo from BuzzFeed chief Jonah…
Telecom giant AT&T profits decline in first quarter, top estimates
New York, April 21, (dpa/GNA) - US telecom giant AT&T’s profits declined in the first quarter compared to last year but exceeded estimates, the company reported on…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully launched on first test flight, then explodes
Boca Chica, Texas, April 20 (Reuters/GNA) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched its next-generation Starship cruise vessel for the first time atop…
Teenagers charged with murder over Alabama shooting
April 19 (BBC/GNA) – Two teenage boys have been charged with murder after the shooting at a 16th birthday party in Alabama that killed…
Kaylin Gillis: Woman shot dead in New York state after friend pulled into wrong driveway
April 18 (BBC/GNA) – A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the US after he allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old woman…
White Kansas City man, 84, charged for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house
April 18 (Reuters/GNA) – Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a Black teenager…
Ralph Yarl: Black teen shot by homeowner after ringing wrong doorbell
April 17 (BBC/GNA) – Protests erupted in Kansas City, Missouri, over the weekend after a homeowner shot a black teenager twice who rang their…
Four killed in Alabama teen birthday shooting
April 16 (BBC/GNA) – At least four people were killed and several injured in a mass shooting in Dadeville, a rural town located in…
Three US sailors missing after departing Mexico more than a week ago
Los Angeles, April 16, (tca/dpa/GNA) - Mexican and US authorities are searching for three American sailors who went missing after departing Mexico for San Diego, California more…
‘Zero capacity to save’: Argentines buckle under 103% inflation
Buenos Aires, April 14 (Reuters/GNA) – Argentines, painfully accustomed to decades of spiraling prices, say that the current 102.5%-and-climbing inflation rate is on another…
More than 200 migrants found in abandoned lorry in Mexico
Mexico City, April 14, (dpa/GNA) – Mexican authorities on Thursday said they found 209 migrants, including 25 unaccompanied minors, in an abandoned lorry in…
Boeing 737 Max production, deliveries hit by parts issue; stock down
Chicago, April 14, (dpa/GNA) – US plane maker Boeing has warned that production and deliveries of 737 Max, its best-selling plane, will be reduced…
Authorities: Explosion at Texas dairy farm kills 18,000 cattle
Washington, April 14, (dpa/GNA) – An explosion at a Texas dairy farm killed some 18,000 cattle and critically injured an agricultural worker, state authorities…
Daniel Urresti: Peruvian ex-minister complicit in reporter’s murder
April 13 (BBC/GNA) – A Peruvian ex-interior minister was complicit in the 1988 killing of Hugo Bustíos, a journalist who investigated human rights abuses,…
G7: Poorer countries should play greater role in supply chains
Washington, April 13, (dpa/GNA) – G7 powers said low- and middle-income must take on “bigger roles” to help secure and diversify global supply chains,…
Gunman and four others die in Kentucky bank shooting, eight hurt
Washington, April 11, (dpa/GNA) – A gunman and four other people were shot and killed, in an attack on a bank in the city…
Bank worker shoots dead four colleagues in Louisville, Kentucky
April 10 (Reuters/GNA) – A bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead four colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace on…
Leaked Pentagon documents provide rare window into depth of US intelligence on allies and foes
By Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood April 10, (CNN/GNA) — Highly classified Pentagon documentsleaked online in recent weeks have provided a rare window into how the US spies on…