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By BRIAN WITTE (Associated Press) ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday he plans to meet with members of Congress this week to discuss support for rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which has blocked the main shipping channel at Baltimore’s port for nearly two weeks. “I’m going to be spending part of this week with our delegation going down and meeting with leaders and ranking members in the Congress and letting them know that this issue is not partisan. This is a patriotic responsibility to be able to support one of this country’s great economic engines,” Moore said in an interview with The Associated Press. “This is an opportunity to support a port that is directly responsible for the hiring of tens of thousands of people.” As Maryland lawmakers reached the end of their legislative session Monday, a measure authorizing use of the state’s rainy day fund to help port employees had strong support and was expected to pass. The bridge collapsed March 26 after being struck by the cargo ship Dali, which lost power shortly after leaving Baltimore, bound

Adam Van Brimmer | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution SAVANNAH, Ga. — For years, the face of travel in this antebellum town tended to be sun-kissed pink and slightly sweaty, peering from the open-air window of a fully loaded tourist trolley. Not anymore. The luxury traveler is an increasing presence in Savannah, and the more discerning visitors are spurring rapid expansion of high-end hotels. The fourth such property to open in the last six years began operations last month, and two more luxury offerings, including a Ritz-Carlton, are in development. Demand is high: the occupancy rate for Savannah’s luxury hotels topped 77% in 2023, higher than the upscale, mid-price, economy and even budget segments. The average rate was $265.71, and revenue per available room, a key industry metric, eclipsed $200. Room rates at the city’s three premier properties — the J.W. Marriott Plant Riverside District, the Perry Lane Hotel and the Hotel Bardo, with a combined 700-plus rooms — often top $400 a night. According to Michael Owens, a longtime hotelier who now heads an industry advocacy group, the Savannah Tourism Leadership Council, Savannah is “having a moment” with the

Angela Ajayi | (TNS) Star Tribune Everyone should know the name Percival Everett by now. His “Also by Percival Everett” lists read like discographies, revealing more than 30 novels with resonant, sometimes playful titles such as “The Trees,” a Booker Prize contender, or “Dr. No,” published by Graywolf Press. Movie “American Fiction,” which just won a screenplay Oscar, is based on his 2001 satire “Erasure.” His latest, “James,” also playful and resonant, is a rewrite of a deeply controversial classic, Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Today, the novel’s use of racially charged language rattles us. One epithet appears more than 200 times in the unsanitized text. (At some point, an attempt was made to replace the word with “slave.”) Among other offenses are its derogatory depictions of the enslaved Jim, who is rendered illiterate and mostly unintelligible in colloquial speech. Accusations of minstrelsy have also been rightly lobbed at Twain. Where others might see an exercise in humiliation and vexation, Everett, who is Black, sees an opportunity for re-education and redress. In his straightforward, easy-prose rewrite of “Finn,” Everett grants us immediate access to that familiar

Christopher Lawrence | (TNS) Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — It’s the world’s largest LED screen, offering nearly 580,000 square feet of artistic freedom. Each of Sphere’s diodes can display 256 million colors, and there are 48 of those diodes in each of the approximately 1.2 million LED pucks that blanket its exterior. Yet for all of its bells and whistles, every state-of-the-art this and never-been-done-before that, the most popular piece of content to have graced the Exosphere resembles something that could’ve been texted on a BlackBerry. He/she/it/they or however the smiling, yellow Emoji identifies — Sphere executives aren’t saying — has become the giant public face of the $2.3 billion venue. Emoji looks on as crews remove fencing from the Las Vegas Grand Prix course on Sands Avenue in Las Vegas on Nov. 20, 2023. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS) When Sphere was named to The New York Times’ 71 Most Stylish “People” of 2023, sandwiched between Utah ski crash trial defendant Gwyneth Paltrow and “The Traitors” host Alan Cumming, it was Emoji in the photo. Guy Barnett, who oversaw Sphere’s brand strategy and creative

I hate to call “The First Omen” unexpectedly well-crafted and a little bit surprising, even. But for an essentially unnecessary prequel to “The Omen,” the 1976 hit about one satanically-minded child, two unfortunate parents and three sixes, its virtues point to an auspicious feature debut from director and co-writer Arkasha Stevenson, a former Los Angeles Times photojournalist with an eye for sinister beauty. That word “unexpected” doesn’t speak well of my occasional pre-judginess. I try not to pre-judge any movie, except an Eli Roth movie, and look where that got me: “Thanksgiving” turned out to be worthwhile! In a more considered vein, so has “The First Omen,” full of splurchy callbacks to various hangings, impalings and characters from the Richard Donner hit but with a visual confidence and personality of its own. Rome doesn’t hurt, although in “The First Omen” it certainly doesn’t help young Margaret (Nell Tiger Free of the M. Night Shyamalan Showtime series “Servant”). An American with a troubled childhood, she’s a novitiate soon to take the veil thanks to her American sponsor, the high-ranking cardinal played by Bill Nighy. Much of

Some of the Seattle Mariners’ most highly touted prospects are back wearing “Modesto” across their chests as they begin to embark on a week of championship celebrations and a year of development as they continue their pursuits of playing in Major League Baseball.

It’s Google’s equivalent of Apple’s “Find My” feature that lets users locate lost iPhones and other devices.

As the solar eclipse reached totality in several states on Monday, onlookers had a variety of reactions — from screams of excitement to overwhelmed tears. Revisit these special moments featured in CBS News’ special report of the rare event.

Clouds obscured the view for most of the total solar eclipse as it darkened the skies in Niagara Falls, New York. CBS News New York’s Kristine Johnson and a family visiting from Atlanta react to the moment clouds parted and revealed the end of totality.

Spectators in Cleveland, Ohio, saw the total solar eclipse around 3:15 p.m. ET as the moon covered the sun for a little more than three minutes. CBS News’ Dave Malkoff witnessed the event with Stephen Bowen, a NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain.

Monday, April 8, 2024 8:28PM Millions of Americans looked up to the skies today to witness a rare total solar eclipse. A total solar eclipse traveled across North America on Monday, April 8. It entered over Mexico’s Pacific coast, and dashed across the U.S. from Texas to Maine before exiting over eastern Canada into the Atlantic. The astronomical experience has many Americans wondering when they can catch the next solar eclipse. The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse as seen from Wooster, Ohio, Monday, April 8, 2024. AP Photo/Erin Hooley When’s the next total solar eclipse? After Monday, the next total solar eclipse won’t occur until 2026. But it will graze the top of the world, dipping into Greenland, Iceland and Spain. The next one in 2027 will march across Spain and northern Africa, with totality lasting an incredible 6 1/2 minutes. North America won’t experience totality again until 2033, with Alaska getting sole dibs. The next one won’t be until 2044, when totality will be confined to Western Canada, Montana and North Dakota. There won’t be another U.S. eclipse, spanning coast

A total solar eclipse came to North America on Monday, April 8. It enteted over Mexico’s Pacific coast, dashing across the U.S. from Texas to Maine before exiting over eastern Canada into the Atlantic. The peak spectacle lasted up to 4 minutes, and 28 seconds in the path of total darkness – a 115-mile-wide path that slices across the continent. That’s the place to be to experience the full eclipse – most of the rest of the continent outside the path of totality will get a partial eclipse. WHAT IS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE? During a total solar eclipse, the moon lines up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blotting out the sunlight. On April 8, the moon’s shadow will slice a diagonal line from the southwest to the northeast across North America, briefly plunging communities along the track into darkness. MORE | How astronomers are helping people who are blind ‘see’ the eclipse How astronomers are helping people who are blind ‘see’ the eclipse North America won’t experience totality again until 2033, but only in Alaska. The next isn’t until 2044, when totality

Monday, April 8, 2024 8:16PM ABC7 Eyewitness News Stream Southern California’s News Leader and Original Shows 24/7 ABC News and National Geographic partnered to provide extensive, live coverage of the 2024 rare total solar eclipse. On Monday, at least 32 million people across America found themselves in the path of a total solar eclipse, where the moon blocked the sun in what will be the last of its kind in the U.S. until 2044. To celebrate this rare moment, ABC News and National Geographic aired “Eclipse Across America” live on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+, Hulu, and this station. The coverage spanned 10 cities across North America — from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Houlton, Maine — with each being in 100% totality of the eclipse. “Eclipse Across America” was broadcast from the following locations experiencing the phenomenon firsthand: Mazatlán, Mexico – with ABC News correspondent Matt Rivers Del Rio, Texas – with ABC News national correspondent Mireya Villarreal and van Zeller Dallas, Texas – with “GMA3” co-anchors DeMarco Morgan and ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton and a

Monday, April 8, 2024 6:49PM ABC30 Central CA | Action News Stream Central California’s News and Original Shows 24/7 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — An investigation is underway after a woman’s body was recovered from a canal in southwest Fresno. Authorities were called out to Cedar and Central around 9am Monday. Construction workers reported seeing a body in the water. Firefighters from both Fresno City and Fresno County responded to the scene and recovered the woman’s body. The Fresno Police Department is now handling the investigation. No other details have been released. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

CHICAGO — Fitness influencer Rachel Jablow’s following on Instagram has increased by leaps and bounds through the power of jump rope. Her business, Get Roped, is named after an exercise method she created, which incorporates intervals of strength training and jump roping. “We alternate between cardio and strength, and it’s all set to a really fun, heart-pounding playlist,” Jablow said. “It was something really different that I really had to introduce to people to get them to sort of try something new.” Jablow, formerly a trader in the finance industry, sprang into the world of jumping rope after a neck injury sidelined her normal running routine. After a friend recommended she take up jump rope, she developed her unique program, and was soon recruited to teach classes while pursuing fitness instruction certifications. “One day, I woke up, and decided I’m leaving New York. I’m leaving Wall Street, and I’m going to start my own fitness business,” Jablow said. “At any point in life, you can really change, you can create something that you’re passionate about, and make something of it.” Jablow came to Chicago, and

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Faith E. Pinho | (TNS) Los Angeles Times Although Haley Fox, 30, frequently chats politics with friends and family, she said, the moment the phrase “election 2024” comes up she feels her body fill with dread. “There hasn’t been anything that has represented me for a really long time,” said Fox, a San Diego-based photographer. “So, like, 2024, just seeing what we have to choose from — it just feels so bleak.” For Fox and many other Americans, election-year ennui is setting in. President Biden and former President Trump became their parties’ presumptive nominees weeks ago, capping one of the shortest primary seasons in U.S. history and beginning the long runway to the general election. “It’s essentially two incumbents running against each other, is how it feels,” said Jared Sichel, a GOP strategist and co-founder of the Costa Mesa-based Republican marketing firm Winning Tuesday. “It’s kind of just Groundhog Day for a lot of people.” Voters who don’t want either option — “double haters,” as they’re dubbed — make up about 15% of the electorate, according to polling last month from USA Today and Suffolk University. Other polls show their share to be

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to reverse his gag order and move his hush money criminal trial out of Manhattan in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before it is scheduled to start. A judge in the state’s mid-level appeals court was to hold an emergency hearing Monday afternoon after the former president’s lawyers filed paperwork challenging Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan’s pretrial rulings. The documents were placed under seal, but a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press they pertained to Trump’s gag order — recently expanded to prohibit comments about judge’s family — and the Republican’s desire to move the trial out of heavily Democratic Manhattan. The person was unauthorized to speak publicly and did so on the condition of anonymity. Messages seeking comment were left for Trump’s lawyers, the Manhattan district attorney’s office and a spokesperson for New York’s state court system. Trump had pledged to appeal after Merchan ruled last month that the trial would begin April 15.

Taylor Blatchford | (TNS) Seattle Times SEATTLE — Checking air quality and staying indoors when smoke inundates the Seattle area has become second nature during Washington’s wildfire season in recent years. But new research highlights how wildfires can affect a less visible aspect of well-being: mental health. A University of Washington study published in late February found an increase in prescriptions to treat depression and anxiety or stabilize mood in the six weeks after wildfires. The study used prescription data, commercial insurance claims and pharmacy records to examine the impact of 25 large California wildfires from 2011 to 2018. “California experienced a substantial burden of wildfires from 2011 to 2018, and as wildfires become more intense and frequent in the context of anthropogenic climate change, it is increasingly important to understand and address their mental health effects,” the authors wrote. Extensive research has focused on how wildfires and smoke affect cardiovascular and respiratory health; a study published in February found that the overlap of extreme heat and wildfire smoke had a compound effect and increased hospitalizations. But few studies have examined how fires affect mental

When Tory Eisenlohr-Moul was training as a therapist, she saw people who had chronic suicidal thoughts — thoughts that would abruptly change from week to week. But when one of Eisenlohr-Moul’s patients mentioned her menstrual cycle was impacting her symptoms, the clinical psychologist homed in on how menses might be part of the equation. “I started having people track their mood symptoms against their menstrual cycle and it seemed, for a lot of my patients, this was a really important reason that their suicidal thoughts and depression were changing week to week,” said the associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago. “I thought if we had some evidence that this was common then maybe we could do something about it.” Eisenlohr-Moul led researchers to study how suicidal thoughts fluctuate across the menstrual cycle. The result is a longitudinal study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in December, where Eisenlohr-Moul, postdoctoral researcher and clinical psychologist Jaclyn Ross, and M.D. and Ph.D. student Jordan Barone followed 119 female patients who tracked their suicidal thoughts and mental health symptoms daily over at least one

The Israel Defense Forces are pulling out some troops from southern Gaza six months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams breaks down how Israel is characterizing its latest move.