By Zack Hammack Click here for updates on this story WEEPING WATER, Nebraksa (Lincoln Journal Star) — The note in Katrina “K.T.” Bescheinen’s desk was scribbled with ideas and spur-of-the-moment inspirations, a blueprint for a dream. A vision, as her colleagues explained, to create a space for the special education teacher’s “kiddos” at Weeping Water
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — USA Luge’s competitive season began with Tucker West winning his ninth national start championship and Emily Sweeney winning the women’s start crown for the first time. West held off Jonny Gustafson over the three-start event to win the men’s title at the team’s indoor training facility by 0.28 seconds. Sweeney
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Schmidt Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — If you feel like you’ve been drinking more alcohol during the past year’s COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Wisconsin has the tax receipts to prove it. Alcohol taxes collected in Wisconsin jumped nearly 17% in the fiscal year that
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning Congress that she will run out of maneuvering room to prevent the U.S. from broaching the government’s borrowing limit in October. In a letter to congressional leaders Wednesday, Yellen said that she still could not provide a specific
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — State media say Chinese regulators have summoned gaming companies including Tencent Holdings and NetEase Inc. and urged them to protect the physical and mental health of children. Xinhua News Agency says the companies were instructed by the regulators to strictly abide by new restrictions on gaming time for minors and prohibit “harmful”
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By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business When employees go back to the office, they may discover that their old desk is no longer waiting for them. Some companies that are switching to a hybrid workforce, where employees spend some days in the office and some at home, are getting rid of assigned seating noting that they
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The easiest way to spark a financial crisis and wreck the US economy would be to allow the federal government to default on its debt. It would be an epic, unforced error — and millions of Americans would pay the price. And yet that unlikely situation is once again being
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The easiest way to spark a financial crisis and wreck the US economy would be to allow the federal government to default on its debt. It would be an epic, unforced error — and millions of Americans would pay the price. And yet that unlikely situation is once again being
Continue ReadingBy Michael Finney and Renee Koury Click here for updates on this story EL CERRITO, California (KGO) — An urgent warning Tuesday from PG&E — scammers are out in force and targeting Bay Area residents. Officials say imposters claiming to be from PG&E are calling victims’ homes saying their power will be shut off unless
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Amazon will let you skip the checkout line at two Whole Foods stores next year. Amazon is installing its cashier-less “Just Walk Out” technology at the locations, which are set to open in 2022 in Washington D.C. and Sherman Oaks, California. It’s the latest test of the software, which is
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Sergio Soto has been fighting leukemia since he was 15, most of the time with his high school sweetheart, Isabella Cristobal, by his side. The pair got married in San Francisco on Tuesday, one week after learning Soto has just a
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy narrative of a fatal helicopter crash off Southern California last week says the aircraft experienced side-to-side vibrations that caused the main rotor to hit the deck of an aircraft carrier while landing. The San Diego Union-Tribune quotes a brief Naval Safety Center crash summary that was first reported by
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy narrative of a fatal helicopter crash off Southern California last week says the aircraft experienced side-to-side vibrations that caused the main rotor to hit the deck of an aircraft carrier while landing. The San Diego Union-Tribune quotes a brief Naval Safety Center crash summary that was first reported by
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding a call that has largely fallen on deaf ears. The WHO head also said Wednesday he
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year, expanding a call that has largely fallen on deaf ears. The WHO head also said Wednesday he
Continue Reading DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Kansas say a police dog has died after being sent to chase a suspect. Television station KAKE reports that the Ford County Sheriff’s Office reported on its Facebook page that a police dog named Kyra was called in Monday to help in chasing down a suspect in
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A British financial regulator, raising concern about the lack of rules for online promotion of cryptocurrencies, has called out celebrity influencer Kim Kardashian West’s use of her Instagram account to pitch Ethereum Max to her followers. The chairman of the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority said Kardashian West was recently paid to ask
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A British financial regulator, raising concern about the lack of rules for online promotion of cryptocurrencies, has called out celebrity influencer Kim Kardashian West’s use of her Instagram account to pitch Ethereum Max to her followers. The chairman of the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority said Kardashian West was recently paid to ask
Continue ReadingBy Randall Newsome Click here for updates on this story FISHERS, Indiana (WISH) — Before Noah Malone was a sprinting champion at the Paralympics in Tokyo, he remembers being a 13-year-old boy trying to cope with some tough news. His father, Kyle Malone, said on his first day of eighth grade he was having problems
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hold oral arguments in its courtroom beginning next month, returning after more than a year of conference calls due to the Covid pandemic. Justices, lawyers, essential personnel and journalists will be allowed in the courtroom and the live audio
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