MYTISHCHI, Russia (AP) — The players hoping to make China’s men’s hockey team for next year’s Beijing Olympics have lost a second trial game against a Russian club as uncertainty builds over whether they will be allowed to play at the Winter Games. International Ice Hockey Federation officials observed Kunlun Red Star’s 4-1 loss to
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Battery-powered vehicles will get top billing at the Los Angeles Auto Show opening this week after a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Subaru will unveil its first all-electric vehicle, a smallish SUV named the Solterra. VinFast is a Vietnamese automaker that plans to start selling in the U.S. next
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LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 5-year-old boy died when he was hit by a vehicle in front of an elementary school in Liberal. The patrol says Nathaniel Garro Rivera was in a crosswalk in front of Prairie View Elementary School Wednesday when the driver of a pickup truck made a
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By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is not expected to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics as his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, a senior administration official told CNN. The President has not yet formally signed off on having no government officials
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By Theresa Waldrop, CNN The 11-year-old sole survivor of a plane crash Saturday in Michigan is “doing amazing,” her mother said. Christie Perdue’s husband, Mike Perdue, did not survive, but she believes he saved their daughter, Laney, by holding her tight as the plane crashed. “It was a miracle and a tragedy, all in one
Continue ReadingBy CBS13 Staff Click here for updates on this story CLEMENTS, California (KOVR) — A bar in a small San Joaquin County town has had its liquor license suspended after an investigation into allegations that it was selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says alcohol sales at the Old
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NEW YORK (AP) — An emerging young filmmaker is also very much in demand in the book world. Nick Brooks has reached a seven-figure deal for his young adult thriller “Promise Boys.” In it, three boys at a Washington, D.C., charter school investigate the murder of their principal and learn hard truths about their education
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered a freeze on returning a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy to his relatives there until it decides whether to hear an appeal by family members in Israel. Lawyers representing Eitan Biran’s maternal relatives confirmed the decision on Wednesday. The court is expected
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial says he’ll “think long and hard” about allowing televised trials in the future. Judge Bruce Schroeder’s comments came Wednesday on the second day of jury deliberations while he was addressing the jury’s request to
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The 5:2 diet, a type of intermittent fasting, is no more effective than traditional approaches to weight loss, according to what researchers said was the first study of the regimen in a “real-life setting.” However, the researchers found that the approach, which involves two days of heavily restricting calories (500 calories
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Rising summer temperatures could lead to an exponential increase in the number of wildfires and acres burned in the Sierra Nevada in California, researchers have found. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that there’s a 19% to 26% jump in wildfire risk for each degree of summer
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The NCAA’s Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld penalties against UMass’ men’s basketball and women’s tennis programs in a case that garnered national attention. Former UMass tennis player Brittany Collens has waged a public fight against the NCAA since having a conference championship stripped by the
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN) — Moderna anunció este miércoles que solicitó “la autorización de uso de emergencia (EUA, por sus siglas en inglés) de su vacuna covid-19 de refuerzo en el nivel de dosis de 50 [microgramos] para todos los adultos de 18 años o más a la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los
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By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is not expected to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics as his administration is on the verge of implementing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, a senior administration official told CNN. The President has not yet formally signed off on having no government officials
Continue Reading LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech has cleared junior Terrence Shannon Jr. to return to play for the Red Raiders after the standout forward was held out of their first three games during a review of eligibility rules. The school says all questions related to Shannon going through the NBA draft process last summer have
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has extended the use of facemasks and mandatory remote work in an attempt to contain a new surge of COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Wednesday that facemasks would be mandatory in crowded places for those 10 and older and that remote work, where
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium has extended the use of facemasks and mandatory remote work in an attempt to contain a new surge of COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Wednesday that facemasks would be mandatory in crowded places for those 10 and older and that remote work, where
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Congressman Larry Hopkins has died. He was 88. Hopkins served as a state lawmaker before representing central Kentucky in Congress for more than a decade. He was elected to Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District in 1978 and served until 1993. He was the Republican nominee for governor in 1991, but
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines are seeking two people suspected in the fatal shooting a dog that was protecting its owner during a home invasion early Wednesday. Police say the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. as a woman and her dog returned home from a walk. Investigators say two armed people
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago mayor has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking a cash bribe from a representative of a red-light camera company and has resigned from office. Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta is the latest public official to be caught up in a corruption investigation involving the company. According to his plea
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