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A Florida funeral home shipped the men’s remains to Ireland, according to a letter from a Florida medical examiner’s office. A CNN request under open-records law revealed documents confirming the mix-up, including letters from the Irish consulate in Atlanta to the medical examiner’s office and investigators involved in the case. That’s when the victims’ loved ones discovered the mix-up, according to the August letter from the medical examiner’s office. The Pinellas County Forensic Science Center in Largo, Florida -- home to the medical examiner's office. The District Six Medical Examiner Office did not respond to CNN’s request for additional details.

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☆ The least-visited national parks in the United States in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The state of Alaska — which covers 665,384 square miles (426 million acres) — is home to five of the 15 least-visited national parks for 2023. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska - 78,305 recreation visitsAmerica’s largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias encompasses 13.2 million acres — or about the size of Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park and Switzerland combined, the Park Service says. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida - 84,285 recreation visitsThis island park in Florida is among 20 National Park Service sites that broke visitation records in 2023. Channel Islands National Park, California - 328,746 recreation visitsStretching over five islands and the surrounding ocean, Channel Islands National Park offer opportunities to hike, snorkel, kayak, birdwatch and more. While Pinnacles may rank among the 15 least-visited national parks, it gets very busy on weekends, holidays and throughout the spring, according to a notice on the park’s website.

Persons: Alaska’s Gates, “, ” Peter Christian, fa’asamoa, Gates, ”, Katmai, Brooks Camp, Elias, Lumir, Nabesna, McCarthy Organizations: CNN, &, CNN Travel, of, Park Service, National Parks, & Preserve, South Pacific, Hawaiian Airlines, Lake Clark, National Park Service, Getty, Isle Royale, NPS, Wolves, Elias, Park & Preserve, Yosemite National, Voyageurs National, Voyageurs National Park, ” Voyageurs, Voyageurs, Service, Channel Locations: Alaska’s, Fairbanks, Alaska, of American Samoa, South, Samoa, Smoky, Wild Rivers, American Samoa, Honolulu, , Alaska, Isle, Lake Superior, Isle Royale, Park , Michigan, Brooks, , Washington, Wrangell, St, Elias, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Switzerland, , Florida, Florida, Key, Fort Jefferson, , Nevada, Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park , Minnesota, Canada, Guadalupe, Park , Texas, Texas, Salt, , South Carolina, South Carolina, Congaree, There’s, Santa Cruz, , California, Southern California

☆ GOP debate stage shrinks to four candidates
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Bridget Bowman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

MIAMI, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 08: Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former New Jersey Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on November 8, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Five presidential hopefuls squared off in the third Republican primary debate as former U.S. President Donald Trump, currently facing indictments in four locations, declined again to participate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)This week's GOP presidential primary debate will have the smallest stage yet, with just four candidates facing off Wednesday night, the Republican National Committee announced Monday. "The fourth debate is another fantastic opportunity for our Republican candidates to share our winning agenda with the American people," RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement announcing Wednesday's participants.

Persons: Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Adrienne Arsht, Donald Trump, Joe Raedle, Kelly, Christie, Trump, Haley, She's, Koch, Ronna McDaniel, Reagan, I'm, It's, DeSantis Organizations: Republican, New, New Jersey Gov, Florida Gov, NBC News, Adrienne, Adrienne Arsht Center, Performing Arts of Miami, Republican National, NewsNation, Washington Free, Fox News, Iowa Republican, NBC, Des Moines Register, GOP, Prosperity, University of Alabama, Hawkeye State Locations: MIAMI, FLORIDA, New Jersey, Florida, Dade County, Miami , Florida, Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Iowa

The suit - against DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful, and several state university system officials - seeks a preliminary injunction to a state order blocking SJP from receiving school funds and using campus facilities. At least two Florida universities - the University of Florida and the University of South Florida - have SJP chapters. Brandeis University has also banned SJP indefinitely, and Columbia University and George Washington University have suspended the group. The schools have cited the national organization's support for the Hamas attack and said their campus chapters violated school policies. Brian Hauss, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology project and counsel in the case, said the student plaintiffs in the state university system were victims of "guilt by association" in this case.

Persons: Eduardo Munoz, Florida's, Ron DeSantis, SJP, George Washington, Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues, Brian Hauss, Hauss, Israel, Gabriella Borter, Colleen Jenkins, Howard Goller Organizations: Hamas, Columbia University, REUTERS, American Civil Liberties Union, Palestinian, Justice, University of Florida, University of South, U.S, ACLU, Brandeis University, George Washington University, Columbia, State University System, Florida, Technology, Students for Justice, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, New York, U.S, Florida’s, Palestine, Florida, University of South Florida, Gaza

☆ GM's Cruise to recall 950 driverless cars after accident involving pedestrian
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States and may withdraw more following an accident involving one of its robotaxis, General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving unit and the U.S. auto regulator said on Wednesday. All affected driverless vehicles will also be repaired before returning to service, it said. "Today we have issued a voluntary recall of part of our AV software based on a new analysis of our AV's post-collision response on October 2nd," Cruise said. Late last month, Cruise said it would suspend all operations nationwide after the California Department of Motor Vehicles ordered the robotaxi operator to remove its driverless cars from state roads.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Cruise, Abinaya Vijayaraghavan, Chandni Shah, Anil D'Silva Organizations: GM Bolt, REUTERS, General Motors, U.S, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Reuters, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, United States, San Francisco, crosswalks ., Phoenix , Arizona, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Texas, Miami , Florida, Bengaluru

☆ First on CNN: Biden wades into GOP primary with $25 million ad blitz, starting with economy focus
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden is preparing to blanket the airwaves with a $25 million television and digital ad campaign in battleground states this month, campaign officials told CNN, as Republicans are set to face off in their first presidential primary debate. That same poll found only 37% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the economy and even fewer – 30% – approve of his handling of inflation. Biden’s ad push, which will include several forthcoming ads, will run for 16 weeks on broadcast and cable television in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North, Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, officials said. Still, the Biden campaign is taking steps to tie the GOP candidates on stage to Trump’s “MAGA” agenda” on both the airwaves and on the ground in Wisconsin, campaign officials said. In Washington, the DNC and the Biden campaign will set up a messaging “war room” to provide rapid response throughout the debate.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump’s “ MAGA, ”, Biden, MAGA, Michael Tyler, “ MAGA, Trump, Tucker Carlson, ” Tyler, Cedric Richmond, Harris ’, ” Julie Chavez Rodriguez Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, America, Trump, Infrastructure Law, American, Republican, GOP, Biden, NFL, YouTube, Hulu, Fox News, Democratic National Committee, Richmond, DNC, “ Locations: Arizona , Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North, Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington

☆ Smart ways to save money in Europe this crazy, crowded summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“Last-minute flight prices, especially international ones, are expensive,” says Katy Nastro of Going.com (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights) about airfares from North American to Europe. “Their best value comes when cash prices are high, and there’s no time more expensive than last-minute summer travel,” Nastro says. CNN Travel talked to travel agents, experts and expert travelers, too, for their tips on saving money on European travels this unprecedented summer. “Most travelers going to Europe have a few destinations in mind, “ says Henley Vazquez, co-founder of luxury travel advisor group Fora. These places he calls “the Chicagos of Europe” include Marseille in France, Hamburg in Germany and Liverpool in England.

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LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) is scrapping plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to Florida in part because of "changing business conditions" in the state, according to an e-mail to employees seen by Reuters on Thursday. Disney parks chief Josh D'Amaro said "leadership changes" and "changing business conditions" prompted Disney to reconsider its 2021 plan to relocate employees, including its Imagineers who design theme park rides, to a new campus in Lake Nona. The original decision to relocate employees to Florida from California had prompted complaints from many employees who did not want to move across the country. DeSantis, who is expected to soon announce that he will seek the 2024 Republican nomination for U.S. president, then moved to strip Disney of its long-standing self-governing power over Walt Disney World in Orlando. Iger's predecessor announced plans in July 2021 to relocate jobs from Southern California to a new facility in central Florida, citing its "business-friendly climate."

Trump wrote on his Truth Social profile shortly after arriving in New York from Florida on Monday, urging supporters to donate to his campaign. The arraignment, where Trump will be in court to hear charges and have a chance to enter a plea, was planned for 2:15 p.m. (1815 GMT) on Tuesday. Citing a single source briefed on Tuesday's arraignment procedures, Yahoo said none of the charges against Trump were misdemeanors. PROTESTS AND POPULARITYPolice over the weekend began erecting barricades near Trump Tower - where Trump arrived on Monday after flying in from Florida - and the Manhattan Criminal Court building, with demonstrations expected at both sites on Tuesday. On the Manhattan case, Trump in 2018 initially disputed knowing anything about the payment to Daniels.

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Incoming Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher gets seasick, according to his former boss at food group Heinz, but that never stopped him joining executive sailing trips and sticking them out. Heinz Company from 2006 to 2013 and was impressed by his leadership skills and business acumen," Peltz said. "Why hire a food exec if you are planning to sell the food business?" "Selling the food business will always be on the cards, but I doubt that it is top priority in the short term." "He's been given a very tough assignment but I have every confidence that if anyone could get Unilever moving in right direction, it's Hein," Johnson said.

Anderson Torres, Bolsonaro's justice minister from 2021 to 2022, took a job as Brasilia security chief after leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office on Jan. 1. "This was a structured sabotage operation, commanded by Bolsonaro's ex-minister Anderson Torres," Ricardo Cappelli, the official leading a post-invasion federal intervention into Brasilia's public security, told CNN Brasil. "Torres took over as secretary for security (in Brasilia), dismissed the whole chain of command and then took a trip. The shakeup of capital security highlights a wider challenge facing Lula, whose new government must now deal with a sweeping criminal investigation of the Brasilia riots while establishing a fresh chain of command among police and security forces. For example, the appointment of Torres, 47, at the Justice Ministry followed years of friendly relations with Bolsonaro's family.

In their appeal to the Supreme Court, the Republicans argued that North Carolina's top court usurped their authority by throwing out the map. In that context - a fight over counting ballots in Florida - Rehnquist said the U.S. Constitution limits the authority of state courts. "This court has never second-guessed state court interpretations of their own constitution," said Katyal. Thomas Wolf, an attorney at New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice, said if the Supreme Court gives itself too much leeway to intervene in state court disputes, it risks appearing politically motivated and lawless. The Supreme Court's ruling is due by the end of June.

A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged account that lets parents invest for their child's education expenses, and the plans vary by state. The difference between 529 plans and custodial accounts, however, is that 529 plans are reserved strictly for education. Plus, while 529 plan benefits vary by state (i.e., states have different, annual fees, maximum contribution limits and tax deduction limits), you can invest in another state's 529 plan as long as it doesn't require state residency. Below is a list of direct-sold 529 plans by state:Alabama - District of Columbia*None of the states above require you to be a state resident to open a 529 plan. Nevada - Oregon*You can only open a New Jersyey 529 plan if you're a state resident.

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