By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The Ghana Football Association has fired coach Charles Akonnor. He is the third coach to lose his job in Africa after a shaky start to World Cup qualifying. Akonnor and assistant coaches David Duncan and Richard Kingson were dismissed a week after Ghana lost in South
Continue ReadingBy KTVK/KPHO Staff Click here for updates on this story LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — There are no survivors after a small plane went down at the Lake Havasu City Airport, according to the Lake Havasu City Police Department. The crash happened around 4:10 p.m. Sunday as the plane was taking off. When
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By Gregory Lemos and Melissa Alonso, CNN The two middle-school students who were arrested after allegedly planning a shooting at their school in Lee County, Florida, attempted to recruit other students to join their plot, an arrest report in the case says. “These conversations took place during classes, in the cafeteria, and through Zoom virtual
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN (WABC) — Police are looking for the man behind a brutal attack at a Brooklyn subway station. Video shows the man kick the woman in the chest, knocking her down an escalator. It happened last Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center
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By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The center-left bloc in Norway seems to have won Monday’s general election. Official projections based on a preliminary count of nearly all votes indicate the governing Conservatives led by Prime Minister Erna Solberg will lose power after a campaign dominated by climate change and the
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Four US gymnastics stars will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday during a hearing about the FBI’s handling of the sex abuse investigation of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Testimony from the elite gymnasts — Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman — follows a scathing
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened local governments with $5,000 fines per violation for requiring their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus that has overrun hospitals across the state. DeSantis said Monday that local municipalities potentially face millions of dollars in fines for implementing a
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Andrew Neil has stepped down as chairman of GB News, just three months after the channel launched in the United Kingdom with a pledge to take on “woke warriors.” Neil, a former BBC journalist with more than four decades of experience, will also abandon his prime time show, though he’ll
Continue ReadingBy Liam Martin Click here for updates on this story ROCKLAND, FL (WBZ) — Terri Hafner Riley has become a local internet sensation from her living room. The 53-year-old grandmother is a veteran and a teaching assistant in the Quincy school system, but her secret dream – since childhood – has been to sing professionally.
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of Pakistani journalists have rallied outside parliament to reject a proposed law that critics say would further curtail media freedom if passed. The protest in the capital of Islamabad, also attended by senior opposition leaders and civil society members, asked the government to refrain from passing the “black law.” The legislation
Continue ReadingBy Mike Hellgren Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — For two decades, some Maryland families who lost loved ones on 9/11 have been fighting for answers. They want access to currently secret U.S. government documents that they believe will provide a link between the hijackers and the Saudi Arabian government,
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Karen Olick, the chief of staff to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, announced Monday that she’s resigning to move on to another undisclosed opportunity, a DHS official confirmed to CNN. The post will be temporarily filled by Jennifer Higgins, who serves as associate director of refugee, asylum and international operations at
Continue ReadingBy KGO Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco officials told Millennium Tower management on Friday to not resume construction repairs until the city reviews an updated construction approach. Last month, work was paused after the skyscraper sank another inch. The city’s request comes after a report found
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By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business An Indian electric scooter startup says its newest factory will be run entirely by women. Ola Electric’s “FutureFactory,” in Tamil Nadu, India, will eventually employ 10,000 women, the company’s co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal said in a blog post Monday. The first group of women started working at the factory this week,
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Brown Click here for updates on this story APEX, North Carolina (WRAL) — A 1,500 pound draft horse slid down an embankment into a muddy area of a pond in Apex on Sunday afternoon. The horse, Tilley, had just been released from the North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine on Friday
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Millones de estadounidenses todavía necesitan vacunarse para frenar o detener la propagación de covid-19. Y lograr que la pandemia esté bajo control podría requerir “muchos, muchos” mandatos de vacunación más, dijo el Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas, dijo que si no se persuade
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the militant Hezbollah group says the first tanker carrying Iranian fuel to Lebanon has arrived in a Syrian port and the diesel will be shipped to Lebanon by tanker trucks later this week. The arrival of the tanker on Sunday comes nearly a month after Hezbollah’s leader said the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Grossarth, Nate Eaton Click here for updates on this story BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — One man is dead and four students were taken to the hospital after a crash involving a school bus and pickup truck. It happened at the intersection of 15th East and 65th North in Bonneville County around 8:09
Continue ReadingBy Rett Nelson Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS (eastidahonews.com) — Getting lost in the pages of a good book is one of Amanda Poitevin’s favorite pastimes. The former Taylorview Middle School Teacher took over The Book Shelf in January, a used bookstore her husband, Michael Barber, opened about 10 years ago.
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