Story by Reuters At least 13 people in Oslo have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus following a corporate Christmas party described as a “superspreader event,” and their numbers could rise to over 60 cases, authorities said on Friday. The outbreak took place at a Christmas party on November 26 organized by
Continue Reading Story by Reuters At least 13 people in Oslo have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus following a corporate Christmas party described as a “superspreader event,” and their numbers could rise to over 60 cases, authorities said on Friday. The outbreak took place at a Christmas party on November 26 organized by
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By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a teen accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. A prosecutor described chilling moments that day when a teacher found a drawing of a gun, a person bleeding and the words
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal appeals judges are weighing whether former President Donald Trump can be held liable in a defamation case that concerns his response to a rape allegation. At a hearing Friday in New York, the judges asked multiple questions about the line between public and private conduct
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By Elizabeth Joseph and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The parents of Ethan Crumbley, the suspected shooter at Oxford High School in Michigan, have each been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Four students were killed in the shooting, and six other students and a teacher were wounded. In announcing the charges Friday, Oakland County Prosecutor
Continue ReadingCésar López (CNN) — Lewis Hamilton ha dicho que no se siente cómodo corriendo en Arabia Saudita antes de la penúltima carrera de la temporada de Fórmula 1, que se disputará en Jeddah el domingo. “¿Me siento cómodo aquÃ? No dirÃa que me siento cómodo”, dijo Lewis Hamilton a la prensa el jueves. “Pero esta
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story STONY BROOK, Long Island (WABC) — A Suffolk County police officer who spent weeks in a medically induced coma after a drunk driving crash on Long Island was finally released from the hospital Friday. Hundreds of Suffolk County police officers lined the exit of Stony
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times asked Friday to move the criminal case into federal court. Attorneys for Meade argue that as a member of a U.S. Marshals Service taskforce, Meade was operating as a federal agent
Continue ReadingBy KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A MacArthur High School student has been arrested and could face criminal charges after the student pulled a loaded gun on another student in the gym locker room on Thursday morning. According to a statement from Aldine ISD, the students
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California’s governor and attorney general that they have enough tools to combat shoplifting and other retail thefts. California Retailers Association President Rachel Michelin says recent large-scale thefts in which groups of individuals steal in plain sight or
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California’s governor and attorney general that they have enough tools to combat shoplifting and other retail thefts. California Retailers Association President Rachel Michelin says recent large-scale thefts in which groups of individuals steal in plain sight or
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway won a World Cup super-G race less than a year after tearing a ligament in his right knee. Kilde finished a tricky and technical Birds of Prey course in 1 minute, 10.26 seconds to edge Swiss racer Marco Odermatt.
Continue Reading SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Seton Hall has suspended second-leading scorer and top rebounder Andra Espinoza-Hunter for its game against No. 2 Connecticut. Coach Anthony Bozzella announced the suspension of the graduate student for a violation of team rules. The move came Friday just hours before the Pirates hosted the Big East Conference game. Espinoza-Hunter
Continue ReadingBy Brhe Berry Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — People living in a part of the Kashmere Gardens neighborhood where a man in his 60s was shot to death Friday morning told police they hear gunshots all the time and that they usually carry on with their business. The shooting
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials say St. Louis police officers shot and killed a man Friday morning in a shootout at an apartment complex just north of Forest Park. St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden said in a news conference that the shooting happened around 11 a.m. after officers were called to the 275 on
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly nine months, the Federal Reserve has relentlessly raised interest rates to try to slow the U.S. job market and bring inflation under control. And for just as long, the job market hasn’t seemed to get the message. The November employment report the government issued
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — At first glance, the November jobs report was a sour one. U.S. employers added just 210,000 jobs. That was the lowest monthly gain since December — and not even half the total that economists had expected. It meant that hiring had decelerated even before the new
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is upset that her beloved Mariah Carey Christmas album has gone missing. But she was promised a replacement copy courtesy of the five-time Grammy winner herself. The Democrat in a tweet Friday asked that whoever took the album could leave it at her office door, no questions asked.
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is upset that her beloved Mariah Carey Christmas album has gone missing. But she was promised a replacement copy courtesy of the five-time Grammy winner herself. The Democrat in a tweet Friday asked that whoever took the album could leave it at her office door, no questions asked.
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the National Guard has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an overseas trip to visit guard troops in Europe for Thanksgiving. Guard spokesman Wayne Hall says Gen. Dan Hokanson has been working remotely and isolating himself from contact with others all week.
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