By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Kraft Heinz and two of its former high-ranking executives settled charges with the Securities Exchange Commission, which found the company engaged in a “years-long accounting scheme” involving falsified supplier contracts. The SEC announced the formal charges and the settlement on Friday after a long-running regulatory investigation that Kraft disclosed in
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Today: Showers are beginning to die out with mostly cloudy skies keeping us in the ’70s. Temperatures will continue to rise to 78 degrees for the high with more chances of scattered showers and storms this afternoon. Tonight: Scattered showers become more widespread late this evening ahead of an approaching cold front. The overnight low
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Firefighters battling a devastating wildfire season in California are exhausted as they face the state’s massive Caldor Fire that has been threatening a popular tourist city for days — and the likelihood of more fires in the weeks ahead. “Firefighters are getting tired, they’re getting drained,” Cal Fire spokesman Dave Lauchner
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three-time Super Bowl champion David Patten Jr. has died in a motorcycle accident. The Richland County (South Carolina) Coroner identified the victim of a Thursday night crash as the 47-year-old Patten, who is from Columbia. Patten played four seasons for the New England Patriots and won the Super Bowl with the
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – En Latinoamérica se ha comentado mucho sobre la variante mu del nuevo coronavirus, identificada por primera vez en Colombia. También se identificó otra variante en Sudáfrica, la c.1.2. ¿Cómo se identifican? ¿Son más peligrosas? ¿Debemos preocuparnos? En este episodio, el Dr. Huerta responde a estas preguntas y nos da
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story PEORIA, Arizona (WBAL) — Todd Langford’s passion for woodworking started at a young age. Now, that passion is a booming business. In 2017, Langford opened Chequest Millworks in Peoria, where Mother Nature’s power provides him with his material. “There are hundreds and hundreds, some years,
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a 28-year-old Dodge City man who was facing a possible first-degree murder charge in a shooting death near a Wichita park is no longer facing those charges and they are searching for another suspect. Police said Friday morning that Caesar Hermosillo of Dodge City was arrested on suspicion of
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer The NFC East nearly crowned a 6-10 champion last year. With Dak Prescott back from injury in Dallas, there’s hope at least one team will having a winning record. The Cowboys lead the division in offensive firepower with Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup and
Continue ReadingBy David Collins Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A political war of words Wednesday with Baltimore City Schools directly in the middle. Gov. Larry Hogan and State Comptroller Peter Franchot blasted the City Schools system for not providing air conditioning for students in all city schools after the school day
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have acquired defensive back Ahkello Witherspoon from Seattle in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2023 draft. The Steelers made the move to bolster a secondary that has struggled to find a replacement for Mike Hilton, who left in free agency during the offseason. Witherspoon had four interceptions
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By BEN FOX and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The secretary of homeland security says tens of thousands of Afghans have been admitted into the United States since the fall of Kabul and more are expected as part of an “unprecedented” evacuation. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Friday that the U.S.
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By Marshall Cohen The so-called “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the US Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit pleaded guilty Friday to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6. The defendant, Jacob Chansley of Arizona, is a well-known figure in the QAnon movement. He went viral after the January 6 attack because
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused. U.S. officials at intake centers in the United Arab Emirates and in Wisconsin have
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Krajewski Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A third ape has died of complications from a bacterial infection at the Albuquerque BioPark. On Thursday the BioPark announced the death of a 30-year-old female Siamang, Johore. Last month, Huerfanita, a 48-year-old female gorilla, and Brian, a 32-year-old male
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El reconocido actor cubano Enrique Molina falleció a los 77 años por complicaciones asociadas al covid-19, informó este viernes el presidente de ese país Miguel Díaz-Canel a través de Twitter. “Llegue a familiares, amigos y al pueblo cubano nuestras más sentidas condolencias. La obra del querido ‘Silvestre Cañizo’ queda
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By Nathan Hodge, Mia Alberti and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN A group of Afghan women activists staged a small protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul Friday calling for equal rights and full participation in political life, CNN has confirmed. In spite of the risk, a group called the Women’s Political Participation Network marched on the street in front
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By Nathan Hodge, Mia Alberti and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN A group of Afghan women activists staged a small protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul Friday calling for equal rights and full participation in political life, CNN has confirmed. In spite of the risk, a group called the Women’s Political Participation Network marched on the street in front
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Health care workers in Hawaii say a lack of government action is worsening an already crippling surge of coronavirus cases in the islands, and without effective policy changes the state’s limited hospitals could face a grim crisis. An infectious diseases doctor says the state’s health care workers
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kristen Stewart says there’s a “huge, vast” difference between her loss of privacy as a teenage movie star and that of Princess Diana. Stewart gained that perspective filming Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer,” the latest cinematic look at the late Princess of Wales, which premiered Friday at the
Continue Reading By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A group of parents of disabled students has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to strike down Iowa’s law banning schools from requiring masks, arguing it endangers their health and denies equal access to education. The lawsuit is backed by the American Civil Liberties Union
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