By COLLIN BINKLEY and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal pandemic funding on athletics projects. One school district in Iowa is spending $100,000 on a weight room renovation, while another in Wisconsin is spending $1.6 million on new synthetic
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By COLLIN BINKLEY and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal pandemic funding on athletics projects. One school district in Iowa is spending $100,000 on a weight room renovation, while another in Wisconsin is spending $1.6 million on new synthetic
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By COLLIN BINKLEY and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal pandemic funding on athletics projects. One school district in Iowa is spending $100,000 on a weight room renovation, while another in Wisconsin is spending $1.6 million on new synthetic
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By Rob Picheta and Katie Hunt, CNN The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan, two scientists honored for creating “an ingenious tool for building molecules” that has helped develop new drugs and make chemistry greener. The pair were announced as the prize winners in Stockholm, Sweden, on
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is urging member countries to provide relief funds to consumers and small businesses hit hardest by rising gas and electricity prices. The suggestion comes amid criticism that the bloc’s climate change fighting policies are fueling the problem. Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said Wednesday that
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is urging member countries to provide relief funds to consumers and small businesses hit hardest by rising gas and electricity prices. The suggestion comes amid criticism that the bloc’s climate change fighting policies are fueling the problem. Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said Wednesday that
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are releasing 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore after the two sides couldn’t come to terms on a new contract. The four-time Pro Bowl cornerback confirmed his departure in a post on Instagram, saying the moments he shared
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel — including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel — are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Una vez más, las altas tensiones entre China y Taiwán vuelven a ocupar la atención del mundo, aún mientras continúa la guerra en Ucrania y los fuertes combates en Bakhmut: en esta ocasión son protagonizadas por la presidenta de la isla, Tsai Ing-wen, que acaba de iniciar una gira por
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Louis woman in connection with a fire that destroyed a downtown St. Louis convenience store during a protest that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced the indictment of 26-year-old Nautica Turner, who is accused of conspiracy
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By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson should be in trouble. There are very real challenges to everyday life unfolding all over Britain. Drivers have been lining up at gas stations hoping to fill their cars, something made difficult by widespread fuel shortages. There are fears that that the cost of heating is about to surge,
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson should be in trouble. There are very real challenges to everyday life unfolding all over Britain. Drivers have been lining up at gas stations hoping to fill their cars, something made difficult by widespread fuel shortages. There are fears that that the cost of heating is about to surge,
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El suave tintineo de los vasos, el murmullo de la conversación, las luces suaves y los aromas que abren el apetito. Todo esto fue extrañado lastimosamente cuando los restaurantes de todo el mundo se vieron obligados a cerrar sus puertas en 2020 y 2021, los hornos se enfriaron y los propietarios
Continue ReadingBy Abby Dodge Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (KCTV) — A recent study by the CDC shows unvaccinated people are almost 12 times more likely to be hospitalized than vaccinated Americans. Some breakthrough cases have become deadly. Seventy-year-old Kent Sar’s family is next to him in the hospital from sunrise
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Long delayed evictions are rolling out more than a month after the end of a federal moratorium that had protected tenants, including some who hadn’t paid rent for many months because of the coronavirus pandemic. It is far from the tsunami many people predicted, but the
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Motors and General Electric are looking at developing a supply chain of rare earth materials that help make electric vehicles and renewable energy equipment. The companies said Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding between the automaker and GE Renewable Energy will evaluate options to improve supplies of heavy
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco closed just shy of a $2 trillion valuation the kingdom’s crown prince has long sought. Aramco’s market cap is being buoyed by high oil prices and increased demand for energy as economies recover from last year’s pandemic lockdowns. Aramco
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco closed just shy of a $2 trillion valuation the kingdom’s crown prince has long sought. Aramco’s market cap is being buoyed by high oil prices and increased demand for energy as economies recover from last year’s pandemic lockdowns. Aramco
Continue Reading FOLKESTONE, England (AP) — A man who posted a video on Facebook in which he racially abused England soccer players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka following the European Championship final was handed a suspended prison sentence. Bradford Pretty, 50, appeared at a court in Folkestone in southern England and admitted to sending a
Continue Reading SHREWSBURY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a charge of abandoning a corpse against a Missouri woman arrested in connection with the 2018 stabbing death of a man behind a Shrewsbury Walmart. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the case against Abigail Miller, of Webster Groves, has been dismissed after prosecutors determined that they could
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