Fourth of July road trippers face higher gas prices than last year

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Fourth of July road trippers face higher gas prices than last year

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By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT As thousands of Georgians take off for Fourth of July road trips, gas prices are reaching levels not seen at this time of year since 2014. Prices at the pump haven’t spiked as much as they did earlier this year during the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. Still, they are 4 cents higher than last week and up about 95 cents from a year ago. In metro Atlanta, the average gas price was $2.91 a gallon on Friday morning, similar to levels last week and up about 94 cents from a year ago, according to GasBuddy. Nationally,…

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02

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Hurricane Elsa forms, first of the 2021 season

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports, and it appeared headed eventually for Florida. The Category 1 storm unleashed heavy rains and winds on Barbados and then on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which are struggling to recover from recent massive volcanic eruptions. Elsa was located about 5 miles north of St. Vincent and was moving west-northwest at 29 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in…

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01

2021

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L.A. Courts End Remote Audio Program After Illicit Britney Spears Hearing Recording Surfaces

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BY ASHLEY CULLINS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Audio of the artist's emotional statements — in a hearing that didn't allow recording — was posted online. It didn’t take long for audio from Britney Spears’ June 23 conservatorship hearing to make the rounds on the internet, despite a clear and emphatic warning from the L.A. County Judge Brenda Penny that recording wasn’t allowed. Whether the person, or people, who did it will face any penalty remains to be seen, but the court has taken another action in response: It shut down its remote audio attendance program entirely. Under California state and…

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01

2021

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U.S. jobless claims fall to 364,000, a new pandemic low

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell again last week to the lowest level since the pandemic struck last year, further evidence that the job market and the broader economy are rebounding rapidly from the coronavirus recession. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims dropped by 51,000 to 364,000. Applications for unemployment benefits have fallen more or less steadily since the year began. The rollout of vaccines has sharply reduced new COVID-19 cases, giving consumers the confidence to shop, travel, eat out and attend public events as the…

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01

2021

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Trump Organization CFO surrenders ahead of expected charges

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of expected charges against him and former President Donald Trump’s company, according to multiple news outlets. Weisselberg was seen walking into the the courthouse in lower Manhattan around 6:20 a.m. with his lawyer. New York prosecutors are expected to announce the first criminal indictment Thursday in a two-year investigation into Trump’s business practices, accusing his namesake company and Weisselberg of tax crimes related to fringe benefits for employees. The charges against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, remained…

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30

2021

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North Carolina neighborhood on edge after pet cobra escapes home

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By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT A neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina is on edge after someone’s pet cobra slithered out of its enclosure and vanished earlier this week. The snake, known as the zebra cobra, was spotted on the porch of a home on Sandringham Drive in northwest Raleigh around 5:10 p.m. Monday and hasn’t been seen since, according to WRAL-TV. Animal control responded to the scene but the cobra was nowhere to be found, Fox 8 reported. Police issued an urgent alert overnight Tuesday, which resident awoke to later that morning. As of late Wednesday morning there…

Jun

29

2021

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Barr claims he and Trump had bitter rift over election fraud claims

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By Laura Davison, Bloomberg News Troy Warren for CNT Interview is former attorney general’s first public account about his final days in office Former Attorney General William Barr told then-President Donald Trump that there was no evidence of election fraud, an assertion that was met with profanity from the president, according to a report in The Atlantic. Barr met with Trump in early December, weeks after Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had urged him to say publicly that Trump’s claims of fraudulent ballots and illegal vote counting weren’t based in fact, according to an interview with Barr. “We cannot be…

Jun

29

2021

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Derek Chauvin considers plea deal in civil case to avoid life sentence

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By Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News Troy Warren for CNT Former officer would serve time concurrently with 22½-year state sentence Former Minnesota police officer and convicted killer Derek Chauvin is considering a plea deal with federal prosecutors to avoid a potential life sentence on civil rights charges in George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis station WCCO-TV is reporting. The deal would allow Chauvin to serve a 20- to 25-year sentence concurrently with the 22½-year sentence that was handed down last week in state court, WCCO reported citing multiple sources. Chauvin would also be allowed to serve his sentence in a federal lockup.…

Jun

29

2021

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Stolen Picasso painting found 9 years after it was stolen, builder arrested

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Artworks by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian have been recovered after they were stolen nine years ago from the National Art Gallery in Athens. Picasso’s “Woman’s Head” and Mondrian’s “Stammer Mill with Summer House,” were discovered in a dried-up riverbend Monday, with one suspect arrested in connection with the theft, authorities confirmed. The suspect is a 49-year-old builder who reportedly confessed to the theft and explained in detail how he planned the raid in advance. “Almost every day he would monitor the movements of security guards and other staff. On…

Jun

28

2021

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How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT NEW DELHI — On June 21, every adult in India became eligible for a free vaccine paid for by the federal government. The new policy, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, ends a complex system introduced just last month of buying and distributing vaccines that overburdened states and led to inequities in how the shots were handed out. India is a key supplier of vaccines around the world, and its missteps at home have led it to stop exports of shots, leaving millions of people around the world waiting unprotected. Only…

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