By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Housing and Urban Development has laid out new guidelines for the disbursal of $2 billion in disaster-relief bloc grants, with an emphasis on climate-change mitigation and equity for underserved communities. The new guidelines spell out priorities for the use of the funds by state
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Multiple Jewish businesses and synagogues were vandalized on the Northwest Side over the weekend. Sunday’s incidents took place just hours and blocks apart. Police said around 7 a.m., officers were called to a synagogue at 3635 West Devon Avenue for a man
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BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — United States defender George Bello has joined German first division team Arminia Bielefeld from Atlanta United on the last day of the winter transfer period.  The German club says 20-year-old Bello signed a deal through June 2026. Bielefeld was promoted as second division champion in 2020, but in the Bundesliga it’s
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors guard Gary Payton II faced daunting challenges reading as a boy because of dyslexia that was diagnosed in second grade. He’s now an NBA star with Golden State and he’s finding ways to support Bay Area youth with similar learning disabilities to give them
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — We’ve heard a lot about cancelation policies and confusion related to COVID. Now we have a new one — a seller cancelling, bailing, and then refusing to provide a refund. That’s what happened to a suburban couple planning a big birthday bash.
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Security forces in Myanmar have arrested dozens of people in a preemptive move to suppress plans for a nationwide strike on Tuesday, which is the one-year anniversary of the army’s seizure of power. Military rule opponents have planned the strike to empty the streets of Myanmar’s cities
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By Nikki Carvajal, CNN A bipartisan group of governors told President Joe Biden that the country needs to “move away from the pandemic,” Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said at the White House Monday. “There’s a number of areas that we have full agreement on, and that is one: We need to move away from the
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Medicare will start paying for home Covid-19 tests purchased at participating pharmacies and retailers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told CNN on Wednesday. It anticipates the option will be available in the early spring. As part of its effort to contend with the pandemic, the Biden administration last month
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrann Mathieu walked off the field in stunned disappointment, his hopes of playing in a third straight Super Bowl dashed by Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, and spent a moment dressing in a somber Kansas City Chiefs locker room. The time spent composing
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrann Mathieu walked off the field in stunned disappointment, his hopes of playing in a third straight Super Bowl dashed by Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, and spent a moment dressing in a somber Kansas City Chiefs locker room. The time spent composing
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrann Mathieu walked off the field in stunned disappointment, his hopes of playing in a third straight Super Bowl dashed by Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals, and spent a moment dressing in a somber Kansas City Chiefs locker room. The time spent composing
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Days before protests swept across Cuba last July, Marbelis Vázquez Hernández felt that the island was at a breaking point. Like so many other businesses, the small cafeteria she and her husband ran was shuttered because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Worsening food and medicine shortages had left many store shelves in
Continue Reading By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Days before protests swept across Cuba last July, Marbelis Vázquez Hernández felt that the island was at a breaking point. Like so many other businesses, the small cafeteria she and her husband ran was shuttered because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Worsening food and medicine shortages had left many store shelves in
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is close to publicly naming his ambassador to Ukraine, but his administration is still waiting on formal approval from the Ukrainian government, US and Ukrainian sources told CNN. Biden has selected Bridget Brink, the current US ambassador to Slovakia, but hasn’t officially nominated
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business The world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft is preparing to take flight. The Alice, a plane developed by Israeli company Eviation, went through engine testing last week at Arlington Municipal Airport north of Seattle. According to Eviation CEO Omer Bar-Yohay, the Alice is just weeks away from its first flight. With
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Gov. Mike Parson defended his choice of Missouri health director Monday after vaccine mandate opponents gathered in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda to register their opposition to his pick.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Bradley Beal is expected to miss the next two games for the Washington Wizards after spraining his left wrist. Beal was injured in the third quarter at Memphis on Saturday. Washington plays at Milwaukee on Tuesday and at Philadelphia on Wednesday. The team says Beal’s status beyond those two games will be
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court is wrestling with whether a man invoked his right to remain silent before making statements that were key to him being convicted of capital murder. The state Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in an appeal from Kyle Trevor Flack. He was sentenced to
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La PolicÃa Nacional de Ucrania arrestó a un grupo de personas por planear una protesta violenta en Kyiv, cerca de la oficina del presidente, anunció el ministro del Interior, Denis Monastyrskyi. Las detenciones ocurrieron este domingo. Pero, la protesta estaba prevista para este lunes. Por qué Rusia culpa a la OTAN por
Continue Reading MEDFORD, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake centered near the northwest Oklahoma town of Medford had a preliminary magnitude of 4.5. The quake was reported at about 11:10 a.m., seven kilometers northwest of Medford. A Grant County dispatcher said there were no immediate reports of damage.  People across Oklahoma, as well
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