Despite a tumultuous period on and off the pitch, Barcelona is now the most valuable soccer club in the world, according to Forbes. Valued at $4.76 billion, the Catalan giant heads the Forbes rankings for the first time after narrowly pipping fierce rivals Real Madrid to the top spot this year. Real is valued at
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to a house fire that caused thousands in damage near South Fairview and Chapel Hill roads early Tuesday morning.
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Moments before police fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday in a Minneapolis suburb, he called his mother and told her he’d been pulled over for hanging air fresheners from his rearview mirror. It’s not clear how much of a role the air fresheners played in the traffic stop. Brooklyn Center Police Chief
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President Joe Biden, congressional leaders and members of the US Capitol Police will attend a ceremony for fallen Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, who will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police, died while protecting the US Capitol from an individual who brandished a
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Bitcoin has rocketed to a new record above $62,700 as investors gear up for this week’s eagerly awaited direct listing of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global. Bitcoin has more than doubled in price this year, and it represents just over half of the overall cryptocurrency market’s value of nearly $2.1 trillion. That’s only slightly less than
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With an average of 3.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered each day, the United States is on pace to hit another vaccination milestone: Half of adults in the country are expected to have received at least one dose of the vaccine by the end of this week. This signals remarkable progress especially if you
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Pausing every so often to wipe away tears, Philonise Floyd testified Monday at Derek Chauvin’s trial that his elder brother George Floyd was a big mama’s boy who was distraught by her death in 2018. “It was so unique how they were with each other. He would lay up onto her in the fetus position
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Kigali’s streets thrum with traffic, motorbikes darting around buses, its roadside markets a hive of activity. Standing on the roadside, it’s much like any other major city in the heart of Africa. But this is a city that stands apart from other metropolises on the continent. Today, Rwanda’s capital is synonymous with the surrounding green
Continue Reading More than 60 Democratic lawmakers called on the Biden administration Tuesday to eventually end reliance on overflow facilities for unaccompanied migrant children, according to a letter shared with CNN. Some Democrats have been critical of the use of influx facilities, which are not state-licensed and have previously come under scrutiny. The Health and Human Services
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TUESDAY: Showers will continue to move through our southern counties this morning. Those will start to dwindle by the late morning hours, making way for some more sunshine. It’ll be another day with a mix of sun and clouds but we’ll stay dry this afternoon with highs in the low 60’s. TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has said he’s willing to negotiate over infrastructure, a key legislative priority for the White House. There are signs, however, that Republican opposition remains as strong as ever, underscoring the challenge that awaits Democrats who face their own internal divisions over policy and strategy as they try to negotiate and pass a
Continue Reading Jack Ma’s business empire just suffered a one-two punch as China continues to tighten the screws on its tech champions. Chinese regulators have ordered Ant Group, which owns the hugely popular Alipay app, to overhaul its operations and become a financial holding company supervised by the central bank. The announcement late on Monday came just
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With an alarming rise in new Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations, officials say Michigan is now a hotspot for the virus in the US. And it’s on track to potentially see a surge in cases “that’s even greater than the one we saw in the fall,” Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief medical executive, said in
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The NBA, MLB and NHL postponed their Monday games In Minneapolis following the death of Daunte Wright, a Black man killed in a traffic stop Sunday. “Out of respect for the tragic events that occurred yesterday in Brooklyn Center, and following the additional details in this evolving situation, the Minnesota Twins have decided it is
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Ankle-deep in thick black sludge, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky moves stealthily with his troops in single file through the warren of trenches and tunnels that form the tense front lines in the east of his country. It feels more like the early 20th century than a modern conflict, with tired, nervous soldiers gripping their rifles
Continue Reading China’s economic recovery is continuing to gather steam. Imports surged more than 38% last month in US dollar terms compared to a year earlier, according to customs data released Tuesday. It’s a sign that demand within China is picking up as the country moves past the worst of the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus
Continue Reading A cinema chain said Monday that all its theaters will close permanently after a brutal year for business amid the coronavirus pandemic. Pacific Theatres and ArcLight cinemas, home to the iconic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, said it will shut 300 screens across California. The Cinerama Dome, which was known for hosting limited release screenings and
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The Missouri Senate has approved a bill that would create a prescription drug database, ending Missouri’s status as the only state without such a program.
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