By Nicole Chavez and Tiffany Anthony, CNN A hotel in South Dakota is accused of refusing to rent a room to at least two Indigenous women after its owner reportedly threatened to ban all Native Americans from the property. The NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota, and Sunny Red Bear, the group’s
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez and Tiffany Anthony, CNN A hotel in South Dakota is accused of refusing to rent a room to at least two Indigenous women after its owner reportedly threatened to ban all Native Americans from the property. The NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota, and Sunny Red Bear, the group’s
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El pleno de 15 magistrados que conforman la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Honduras se reunirá este lunes para resolver el recurso de apelación presentado por la defensa del expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández, y definir si el exmandatario es extraditado a Estados Unidos o no. Así lo informó este
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — New Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson maintained his innocence and strongly denied committing any sexual misconduct despite allegations made by 22 women against him. Wearing a dark pinstriped suit and orange tie at his introductory news conference, Watson showed little emotion while saying he’s done nothing
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By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials have spent recent years trying to control the raucous crowds, public drinking and growing violence associated with the city’s world-famous South Beach neighborhood. Business owners claim they’re being unfairly targeted by regulations, and civil rights advocates say the city is trying to
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Four Chinese badminton players are on probation for two years for failing to try their best to win a doubles match in 2018. The incident happened in the Fuzhou Open quarterfinals in China in November 2018. World-ranked No. 2 pair Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen were playing No.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — States and localities are increasingly tapping federal funds to help finance efforts to build more affordable housing, repair dilapidated units or reduce their homeless numbers. Housing advocates believe the money from the $350 billion Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds could transform the way communities address
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say. The Conger Ice Shelf, spanning approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees Celsius,
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say. The Conger Ice Shelf, spanning approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees Celsius,
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Iga Swiatek started her week by deciding that she wanted to set her sights on becoming the No. 1 player in the world, without knowing how long that quest would take. A few days and one surprising retirement by Ashleigh Barty later, mission accomplished.
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By Ella Nilsen and Lauren Fox, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia who torpedoed President Joe Biden’s climate and economic bill in December, is having informal discussions with White House officials about measures involving energy, prescription drug costs, tax changes and deficit reduction that he could potentially support in a new
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By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed “to sever” its ties with Russia, the agency’s director general, Josef Aschbacher, said. “Certainly one option which we are studying,
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a 29-year-old man died after a fall while snowboarding at Montana’s Big Sky Resort. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s office said Friday that Chandler Pelletier, 29, of Belgrade, Mont. died after he reportedly fell on Wednesday while snowboarding in an area of steep terrain known as the North Summit Snowfield.
Continue Reading BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a 29-year-old man died after a fall while snowboarding at Montana’s Big Sky Resort. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s office said Friday that Chandler Pelletier, 29, of Belgrade, Mont. died after he reportedly fell on Wednesday while snowboarding in an area of steep terrain known as the North Summit Snowfield.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill that dramatically increases the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drugs.
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate has fallen to 5.4% after employers added a surprising 138,100 jobs in February. New data released Friday from the state’s Employment Development Department show California has regained 87.2% of the jobs that the state lost in March and April of 2020 at the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Es posible que hayas oído el proverbio ‘Marzo entra como un león y sale como un cordero’. Bueno, el último fin de semana de marzo tendás al cordero vistiendo una camiseta sin mangas y sandalias en el oeste de Estados Unidos. En el oeste del país las personas experimentarán un
Continue Reading By Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney, Bear Hutchison and Becky Anderson, CNN The European Space Agency may seek closer ties with NASA on its upcoming missions, especially the ExoMars rover, after it became clear ESA needed “to sever” its ties with Russia, the agency’s director general, Josef Aschbacher, said. “Certainly one option which we are studying,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El automóvil en el que iban seis adolescentes y que murieron tras chocar con un camión en Oklahoma no se detuvo completamente en una señal de alto antes de ingresar a la carretera, dijeron testigos, según una actualización de una investigación de la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB,
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill that dramatically increases the secrecy surrounding the state’s execution drugs. The Republican governor on Wednesday signed the bill that prohibits Idaho officials from revealing where they obtain the drugs used in lethal injections, even if they
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — A wrongful-death claim against the city of Seattle seeking $10 million has been filed for the children of a 45-year-old man whose lawyer says he died from a heart attack because his treatment by medics was delayed due to a mistake that had him listed as a danger to first responders. The
Continue Reading MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — UCLA assistant coach Michael Lewis will be taking over Ball State’s program once the Bruins have completed their NCAA Tournament run. Lewis will replace the fired James Whitford. Ball State went 131-148 in Whitford’s nine seasons. Goetz said Lewis won’t officially begin his new job until UCLA’s season is over. The
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is celebrating what he calls a “once in a generation milestone” _ the completion of a $973 million expansion of the shipping channel that links one of the busiest U.S. seaports to the Atlantic Ocean. Kemp told about 50 people on the
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By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Forty-five percent of the world’s population is trying to shed a few pounds, according to a 2020 Ipsos poll. And they prefer to do it by exercising more and eating better, not by dieting. That’s essentially the well-known “calories in, calories out” method, where you try to burn more calories
Continue Reading By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Forty-five percent of the world’s population is trying to shed a few pounds, according to a 2020 Ipsos poll. And they prefer to do it by exercising more and eating better, not by dieting. That’s essentially the well-known “calories in, calories out” method, where you try to burn more calories
Continue Reading MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Steve Prohm is back at Murray State for a second stint as its men’s basketball coach. The coach said in a release Friday he is “excited and grateful” for the chance to return to Murray State. He is taking over the program as the Racers prepare to join the Missouri Valley
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN “The Bachelor” — maybe you’ve heard of it? — is part-pageant, part-extended first date in which love reigns supreme and a contestant’s fate is determined by a man (or woman, in “The Bachelorette”) with a rose. You don’t need to have seen every episode to know the drill: Hot young singles
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says Eden Hazard will undergo surgery to remove a plate in his right leg. The 31-year-old Hazard has played sparingly for Madrid this season. The surgery will rule him out from facing former club Chelsea next month in the Champions League. Madrid says in that “in the coming days” Hazard
Continue Reading By Arnaud Siad, Nathan Hodge and Toyin Owoseje, CNN J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West’s treatment of his country to a public backlash faced by the Harry Potter author. In a message shared on her Twitter account on Friday, the writer said critiques of cancel culture
Continue Reading By Arnaud Siad, Nathan Hodge and Toyin Owoseje, CNN J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West’s treatment of his country to a public backlash faced by the Harry Potter author. In a message shared on her Twitter account on Friday, the writer said critiques of cancel culture
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, Eyad Kourdi and Mostafa Salem, CNN Smoke was seen rising after a Houthi-claimed attack on an Aramco oil storage facility in Jeddah, a senior official in Saudi Arabia said Friday, as Formula 1 fans headed to the country’s second-largest city ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix. There have been no casualties so
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El Ministerio de Salud de Panamá anunció que a partir del lunes 28 de marzo se suspende el uso obligatorio de mascarilla en espacios abiertos, siempre que se pueda guardar distancia física de por lo menos 1 metro. Estudiantes de Panamá regresan a las escuelas tras dos años de cierre La
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron shattered their own rhythm dance world record on Friday to take the lead over two American teams at the world championships in Montpellier, France. With the backing of their home crowd, Papadakis and Cizeron scored 92.73 points to their program
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon at some New York City gas stations, drivers for Uber and Lyft are calling on the ride-hailing companies to place surcharges on trips to help ease the rising cost of keeping for-hire cars and taxis on the road.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s leading scorer Jermaine Couisnard has entered the transfer portal a day after Lamont Paris was named the Gamecocks new men’s basketball coach. Team spokesman Michael DeBates said in an email Friday that the fourth-year guard was in the NCAA portal. Couisnard averaged 12 points a game last season for
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — GOP lawmakers in Utah have pushed through a ban on transgender youth athletes playing on girls’ teams, overriding a veto and joining 11 other states with similar laws amid a nationwide culture war. The Friday vote followed Cox’s veto letter that said
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Workers at the end point of the trans-Alaska pipeline are using saws to cut up large chunks of snow on top of oil storage tanks so they can shove the chunks off the tanks. The Anchorage Daily News reports more than four feet of snow fell in Valdez between mid-February and
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey wasn’t going to miss a chance to see her son Jaden play in his first Sweet 16. Ivey headed down to Philadelphia from Connecticut after her team practices Friday afternoon to watch Purdue face Saint Peter’s in the men’s regional
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN The 16-year-old driver of the pickup truck seen in a viral video getting blown over and tossed around in high winds from a reported tornado near Elgin, Texas, earlier this week, says he is blessed to be alive. Riley Leon, a Junior at a charter school in Austin, was on his
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN The 16-year-old driver of the pickup truck seen in a viral video getting blown over and tossed around in high winds from a reported tornado near Elgin, Texas, earlier this week, says he is blessed to be alive. Riley Leon, a Junior at a charter school in Austin, was on his
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On Thursday, the Pocatello Spring Fair, southeast Idaho’s premier home and garden showcase kicked off at Idaho State University’s Holt Arena.
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN After circulating at nearly nonexistent levels last year, influenza is increasing in most of the United States. That’s according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent flu report, released Friday, which also notes that the number of reported flu-related hospital admissions has increased each week for the
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN After circulating at nearly nonexistent levels last year, influenza is increasing in most of the United States. That’s according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent flu report, released Friday, which also notes that the number of reported flu-related hospital admissions has increased each week for the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Inflation is so hot that Wall Street banks are falling over each other to predict the dramatic moves the Federal Reserve will have to make to cool prices off. Goldman Sachs raised eyebrows earlier this week by forecasting the Fed will raise interest rates by a half a percentage point
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer New revelations of efforts by conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reverse the 2020 election results cast harsh light on the justices’ opaque process for dealing with conflicts of interest and their lack of a formal code of
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from a Washington, DC, hospital Friday morning a week after he was admitted for what a court spokesperson described as an infection. Thomas, 73, entered Sibley Memorial Hospital last Friday after experiencing flu-like symptoms. The court’s public information officer did
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ITD’s 511 mobile app for traveler advisories and information gets an upgrade on Monday, March 28.
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Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in February – down from January’s rate of 3%.
Continue Reading By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Instacart’s valuation doubled twice to $39 billion in the first year of the public health crisis, fueled by a pandemic boon to its on-demand grocery delivery business. Now it’s falling back to earth. On Thursday, the decade-old, privately-held startup informed its 3,000 corporate employees that it is revising its
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told American troops on a deterrence mission near the border with Ukraine that the consequences of the raging conflict 50 miles away could extend around the world. “What’s at stake (is) not just what we’re doing here in Ukraine to help the Ukrainian people and
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COVID-19 cases in the United States have fallen more than 95% from their peak in January, and on Friday, Hawaii will become the last state to roll back its indoor mask mandate. Testing has slowed, and states are scaling back on reporting surveillance data, too.
Continue Reading By Jay Croft and Rebekah Riess, CNN Minneapolis Public Schools reached a tentative deal with teachers Friday, ending a strike that officially started on March 8 and canceled school for 30,000 students, said Superintendent Ed Graff. “It has been very challenging, very difficult. But at the end of the day, we were all able to
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Contrary to worries among some doctors and the public, drinking coffee may actually protect your heart instead of causing or worsening heart problems. Drinking two to three cups of coffee daily has been associated with a 10% to 15% lower risk of getting heart disease, heart failure or a heart rhythm
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — With a dazzling 14-touch run. Gio Reyna showed the promise of the U.S. national team’s future and the frustration of its present. Just back from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for more than half a season, the young American midfielder sprinted half the length
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Pablo Larrazábal had an eagle and three birdies on the back nine to erase a bad start at the Qatar Masters and allow him to take a one-shot lead into the weekend. The 122nd-ranked Spaniard shot 1-under 71 at Doha Golf Club for a 36-hole total of 9-under 135. His 40
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against U.S. environmental officials for alleged failure to intervene after Montana rolled back longstanding water pollution rules. The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper group says new rules proposed by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality will let more nutrient pollution into
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against U.S. environmental officials for alleged failure to intervene after Montana rolled back longstanding water pollution rules. The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper group says new rules proposed by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality will let more nutrient pollution into
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found. The highest levels of indicators for PFAS were found in food packaging from Nathan’s Famous, Cava, Arby’s, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Stop
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will host an upcoming Spotify podcast, called “Archetypes.” Her conversations will “investigate the labels that try to hold women back,” according to a press release for the show. Meghan will center the podcast to “uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know
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The Sheriff’s Office says the call came in about 9:26 P.M. of an armed robbery at the Phillips 66 Gas Station located at 111 N Main St, Driggs. The suspect was last seen on foot heading eastbound on Wallace Ave.
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hours after Formula One drivers voiced concerns about a race already dogged by human rights issues, Saudi Arabia’s war with Yemen landed on F1’s doorstep when Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot near the glittering Saudi track where they were racing. Yemen’s Houthi
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — New Georgia coach Mike White has hired Akeem Miskdeen (pronounced mis-cuh-deen), who was on White’s staff at Florida, as an assistant coach. Miskdeen was an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic for three seasons before joining White at Florida. He has coached for 13 years, including time as an assistant at Kent
Continue Reading MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The federal government plans to auction off the rights to produce power from wind energy in two areas offshore of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Department of the Interior says the leases are part of President Joe Biden’s goal of increasing clean energy generation. The sites being put up
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Low water storage and snowpack levels in southern Oregon have prompted a fifth Oregon county to declare a drought emergency. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Jackson County commissioners made the drought declaration on Wednesday. It follows declarations by Klamath, Jefferson, Morrow and Crook Counties earlier this month. The Pacific Northwest continues to
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge alleging that he defrauded investors in a company supposedly created to prevent people from being defrauded. Lev Parnas entered the plea Friday during a remotely-held electronic proceeding in Manhattan federal court. Parnas told a
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN European officials have reached agreement on a sweeping set of competition rules for Big Tech that could mark a global turning point for technology regulation. The proposed framework, known as the Digital Markets Act, could label large companies such as Facebook-parent Meta or Google as “gatekeepers,” and subject them to new
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of the men told a federal court this week. “We wanted to cause as much of a disruption as possible to prevent Joe Biden from
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Formula One appeared on schedule to race Sunday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after nearly four hours of meetings to discuss attacks on the kingdom by Yemen’s Houthis rebels. The 20 drivers met several times in talks that stretched well past 2
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La Audiencia Nacional de España acordó suspender la extradición a Estados Unidos de Hugo “el Pollo” Carvajal, exdirector de Inteligencia Militar de Venezuela, de acuerdo con documentos obtenidos por CNN. La decisión ocurre luego de que esa corte recibiera una comunicación del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (TEDH), donde
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Sally Field, her grand love affair with Burt Reynolds wasn’t so grand after all. In a recently published interview with Variety, Field talked about her relationship with Reynolds, who she met on the set of their 1977 film “Smokey and the Bandit” and dated off and on for
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El gobierno de Biden publicará pronto una regulación federal que reforma el sistema de asilo de Estados Unidos para resolver las solicitudes más rápido y ayudar a aliviar la acumulación de casos pendientes en las cortes de inmigración. La nueva regla otorga a los funcionarios de asilo más autoridad al permitirles escuchar
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN The White House has hammered out a new agreement with the EU that could again allow businesses to transfer data and personal information across the Atlantic, a highly-anticipated move that could provide assurance to thousands of companies after Europe’s top court struck down the deal’s predecessor in 2020. In joint remarks
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN The White House has hammered out a new agreement with the EU that could again allow businesses to transfer data and personal information across the Atlantic, a highly-anticipated move that could provide assurance to thousands of companies after Europe’s top court struck down the deal’s predecessor in 2020. In joint remarks
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A Caldwell man was killed in a crash near Butte City Thursday evening.
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from a Washington, DC, hospital Friday morning a week after he was admitted for what a court spokesperson described as an infection. Thomas, 73, entered Sibley Memorial Hospital last Friday after experiencing flu-like symptoms. The court’s public information officer did
Continue Reading By STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Authorities seized multiple guns and a quantity of narcotics following a shooting in the city of Saginaw that injured one man. Officers from the Saginaw Police Department and Michigan State Police responded to a report of shots fired in the area
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By Jack Bantock, CNN History was made on Wednesday when the Kentucky Wild Health Genomes drafted Alexis Hopkins, the first woman ever drafted by an American professional baseball team for an on-field role, according to the Atlantic League and MLB.com. A catcher nicknamed “Scrappy” for her on field work-rate, as per a Northwest Florida Daily
Continue Reading By Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Tennessee (WSMV) — The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies conducted an undercover operation this week targeting businesses who sell vape products to underage people. In a joint effort from WCSO, Lebanon Police and Mt. Juliet Police, undercover young adults, over the
Continue Reading By Danielle Jackson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Members of the South Nashville community spoke out Thursday about why trains going through the community caused several delays in trash pickups. David Johnson, a homeowner on Sadler Avenue, shared with News 4 that the pickup has not occurred every week.
Continue Reading By Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story GRANITE CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — A 14-year-old Granite City teenager is being recognized for his heroic efforts after coming to the aid of his injured neighbor. Ruben Murphy was in his front yard headed to a friend’s house when he said he heard something strange.
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Consumer sentiment slumped again in March, hitting its lowest level since August 2011, the University of Michigan reported Friday. High inflation, volatile oil prices, geopolitical unrest and now rising interest rates, have left consumers with a bitter taste about the state of the US economy. The March index was revised
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is shutting down its pickup truck factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two weeks next month because the company has run short of computer chips. It’s a sign that the auto industry is still facing problems more than a year after the chip shortage surfaced in late 2020. GM says
Continue Reading By Brendan Buckley, CNN A pair of brave pigs saved their own bacon, Kelly Clarkson was beaten by her own hit song, and a runaway bounce house was caught on camera. These are your must-watch videos of the week. Mighty swine A pair of pigs fended off a black bear after it climbed into their
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — West Ham says it has made “significant” financial donations to animal welfare charities following the fine imposed on player Kurt Zouma for abusing his cat. The France international had been fined two weeks’ salary and lost sponsorship deals after he was filmed kicking and slapping a cat. The Royal Society for the
Continue Reading By Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — There’s been a huge break in the federal criminal case concerning the Honolulu Police Commission’s payout of then-police chief Louis Kealoha. Court documents reveal the city’s lawyer says Donna Leong, Max Sword, and Roy Amemiya are not guilty. Those documents were filed
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation giving the state’s wildland firefighters hazard pay. It’s a pay raise that’s expected to keep more firefighters on the job. The Republican governor on Thursday signed the measure that provides state-employed wildland firefighters with hazard pay of
Continue Reading US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that NATO would respond if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine, and has previously warned that Moscow would “pay a severe price” if it did so.
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that NATO would respond if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine, and has previously warned that Moscow would “pay a severe price” if it did so. The use of such weapons against Ukrainian people would mark a dramatic escalation to Russia’s invasion, and would
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un nuevo estudio en Hong Kong sobre la gravedad de la subvariante BA.2 del coronavirus en niños encontró que era más grave para los niños en comparación con otras variantes o en comparación con la parainfluenza o la influenza. Sin embargo, en números absolutos, la investigación contó una pequeña cantidad
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Kudos to the Paramount marketing department, because every good scene in “The Lost City” can be found in the preview trailer, and it’s pretty slim pickings beyond that. A romantic-comedy/action vehicle for Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, the movie’s throwback feel is breezy but barely enough to justify “Lost” being
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Kudos to the Paramount marketing department, because every good scene in “The Lost City” can be found in the preview trailer, and it’s pretty slim pickings beyond that. A romantic-comedy/action vehicle for Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, the movie’s throwback feel is breezy but barely enough to justify “Lost” being
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S. President Joe Biden
Continue Reading TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — Two Maine teenagers who helped bring a runaway school bus to a stop and called for help have been invited to the New England Patriots season opener. Team owner Robert Kraft delivered the invitation himself during a Zoom call this week with Connor and Seamus Collins, who stepped in when their
Continue Reading BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) — A late-night explosion at a natural gas pipeline in rural west Alabama is under investigation by federal agents. And a company says it’s offering a $25,000 reward for what it calls an attack on critical infrastructure. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says someone called 911 late Wednesday and reported hearing a
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, CNN West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be confirmed. In a statement outlining his decision, Manchin said, “I met with Judge Jackson and evaluated her qualifications
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The 94th Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall are teaming up to co-host the the event, the first Oscars ceremony with a host since 2018. Check out the nominees, presenters and how to watch the broadcast
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The 94th Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall are teaming up to co-host the the event, the first Oscars ceremony with a host since 2018. Check out the nominees, presenters and how to watch the broadcast
Continue Reading By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and BABA AHMED Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — West African leaders on Friday said they would uphold the regional sanctions imposed on Mali in January after its military leaders said they would stay in power for four more years instead of holding an election in February. The regional economic bloc known
Continue Reading By Shanila Kabir Click here for updates on this story KAPOLEI, Hawaii (KITV) — A business owner said burglars stole a cash register from his restaurant vandalized several other storefronts at a strip mall in Kapolei, Thursday morning. Cellphone video of the damage at the Kapolei Marketplace, located in the 500 block of Farrington Highway,
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The House Oversight Committee launched a probe Monday into Credit Suisse, demanding documents linked to the bank’s compliance with sanctions on Russian oligarchs. In a letter to Credit Suisse CEO Thomas Gottstein, US lawmakers asked the bank to turn over information and documents about a portfolio of loans backed by
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