By BRYAN ANDERSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead school districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut down or send large numbers of children into quarantine, some students are getting minimal schooling at home. Despite billions of dollars in federal money
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead school districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut down or send large numbers of children into quarantine, some students are getting minimal schooling at home. Despite billions of dollars in federal money
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By BRYAN ANDERSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead school districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut down or send large numbers of children into quarantine, some students are getting minimal schooling at home. Despite billions of dollars in federal money
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British presenter Piers Morgan will join News Corp and Fox News Media and host a TV show that will air in the U.S., Britain and Australia. News Corp executive chair Rupert Murdoch said Thursday that Morgan is “the broadcaster every channel wants but is too afraid to hire.” The show is billed
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid is scheduled to go to trial in April after a crash last year that seriously injured a 5-year-old girl. Reid, the son of Chiefs Coach Andy Reid, will go on trial April 18. The trial date was set during a virtual hearing
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers of the annual Davos conference will host the high-profile gathering of elites in the Swiss Alps in-person again in January. The World Economic Forum said Thursday that its next annual meeting will take place from Jan. 17-22 in the resort of Davos
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is reviewing the ethics policies that cover the financial holdings of its senior officials in the wake of disclosures that two regional Fed presidents engaged in extensive trading last year. Robert Kaplan, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, in 2020 traded millions
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is reviewing the ethics policies that cover the financial holdings of its senior officials in the wake of disclosures that two regional Fed presidents engaged in extensive trading last year. Robert Kaplan, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, in 2020 traded millions
Continue Reading BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected governor in 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and animal welfare advocate. Polis, 46, and Reis, 40, were married in a traditional Jewish ceremony attended by family
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El gobierno de Biden sancionó este jueves a la narcotraficante colombiana Zulma Maria Musso Torres y sus familiares, así como a dos entidades colombianas, bajo la Ley Kingpin. Según el Departamento del Tesoro, Musso Torres, también conocido como “La Patrona” o “La Señora”, ha sido identificado como “un importante narcotraficante
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas schools are seeing a growing number of COVID-19 outbreaks, and school-aged children are getting infected more frequently than any other age group. The state Department of Health and Environment’s latest data shows 63 active COVID-19 clusters in schools across the state as of Wednesday. Those clusters were responsible for 408
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By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan sorely missed Romelu Lukaku on Wednesday night. Inter’s forwards were guilty of some wayward finishing as they failed to put away any of the team’s 18 attempts in a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League. Inter next faces Bologna on Saturday and
Continue ReadingBy KITV Web Staff Click here for updates on this story Maui, HI (KITV) — Starting Wednesday, owners, and operators of restaurants, bars, and gyms in Maui County must require patrons to prove they’re vaccinated to enter their establishments. Unvaccinated customers can eat in outdoor seating areas. But unlike O’ahu’s Safe Access Program — patrons
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Londres (CNN) — Más de 18 meses después de la pandemia del coronavirus, varios países han decidido que es hora de reabrir y adoptar un modelo de “vivir con el covid”. Algunos tienen tasas de vacunación envidiables; otros han decidido que los costos de las continuas restricciones económicas y sociales superan los beneficios.
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Boston College is 2-0 and turns to backup QB Dennis Grosel for Saturday’s game against Temple. Grosel threw for 520 yards and four touchdowns in the final start of last season in place of injured Phil Jurkovec. Jurkovec is hurt again. He has a right hand
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they try to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Fire officials say the fire was expected to
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Haiti. Haiti makes up he western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic. About Haiti (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 27,750 sq km (slightly smaller than Maryland) Population: 11,334,637 (2022 est.) Median age: 24.1 years Capital:
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By Katie Hunt, CNN In popular culture, cave men (and women) are often draped in furs, but archaeological evidence of what our Stone Age ancestors actually wore and how they made clothes is thin. Fur, leather and other organic materials generally aren’t preserved, especially beyond 100,000 years ago. However, researchers say 62 bone tools used
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. These flashy feathers probably didn’t help the bird achieve aerodynamic flight, but they might have helped him find a mate, according to new research. The fossil was
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Opposition from some leading moderate Democrats over a $3.5 trillion budget proposal championed by the party’s most liberal, progressive wing has left the party grappling with deeper ideological questions. Fully embracing an unprecedented expansion of the federal social safety net could jeopardize the bill’s passage and ultimately
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