SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A doctor facing 11 child sex abuse counts involving students at a Missouri boarding school pleaded not guilty to three of the charges. Dr. David Smock entered the plea Thursday to three charges filed in Greene County. Smock is the longtime physician for Agape Boarding School, a Christian school based in
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By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan fashion houses were charting a path out of the pandemic that included a menswear calendar packed with 22 live runway shows and another 18 physical presentations this month. But that was before the omicron surge. Milan Fashion Week with previews for fall-winter 2022-23 opens Friday
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By Brian Lowry, CNN The Screen Actors Guild nominations were all over the place, but on the television side, they did reveal one significant trend: The recent boon for older actors, driven heavily by, but not limited to, streaming. The nominations saw Martin Short and Steve Martin recognized for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,”
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By Antonia Mortensen, CNN Denmark’s former defense minister has been charged with leaking state secrets, he said in a statement Friday. It’s unclear exactly what Claus Hjort Frederiksen, a current opposition lawmaker, said or revealed — or when he allegedly did so. Frederiksen, who also served as chairman of the Intelligence Services Committee, alleged that
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration’s sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers. At a time when hospitals are being overrun with patients and record numbers of people are
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By Jason Hanna, CNN Labor shortages could mean North Carolina road crews won’t be able to clear roads of snow and ice as fast as usual if a winter storm hits the state this weekend, the governor’s office said. The storm is expected to drop a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Senado de Argentina informó este viernes que sufrió un ataque informático el miércoles último en horas de la madrugada. En una serie de tuits detallaron que se trató de una acción tipo “ransomware” o secuestro de datos, una técnica que consiste en usar un virus de computadora para bloquear
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Forecasters’ predictions of debilitating snow and ice as far south as Georgia have shoppers scouring store shelves for storm supplies and road crews trying to prevent a repeat of past wintertime debacles. The National Weather Service says from 2 inches to 5 inches of
Continue Reading MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a northwest Indiana man allegedly killed his roommate by repeatedly spiking her beverages with windshield washer fluid because he felt she was disrespecting him by not approving of his heavy drinking. Fifty-nine-year-old Thomas Holifield of Michigan City is charged with murder in the June 1 methanol poisoning death
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has hired former Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Sterling Lucas as its outside linebackers and defensive ends coach. University trustees approved a two-year contract on Friday that will pay Lucas $350,000 a year. Lucas takes over for Mike Petersen, who left this month to join the new staff of coach Billy
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the complaint alleges. The original redacted lawsuit, filed in December
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NEW YORK Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the complaint alleges. The original redacted lawsuit, filed in December
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge could be facing discipline after he mocked an attorney in comments that he apparently did not realize were being broadcast live on YouTube. Cook County Judge William Raines made the comments about attorney Jennifer Bonjean after she appeared before him during a court call. Bonjean is a New York-based
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Your Netflix bill is about to go up again. The streaming media company said Friday it is raising the prices on its plans in the United States and Canada. In the United States, the subscription price for the standard plan rose $1.50 to $15.49. The basic plan went up $1
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A district attorney says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records laws by withholding or failing to retain his communications relating to his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last year. The Austin-based Travis County district attorney’s office told
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The website for the newly established federal effort to distribute Covid-19 rapid tests by mail across America will launch for requests on January 19, but will be limited to four rapid tests per residential household, according to senior administration officials. According to senior administration officials on a call with reporters on
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un momento fundamental de la historia de Spider-Man, esbozado en una sola página de un cómic de Marvel, se convirtió en la página más cara de un cómic jamás vendida en una subasta. La página, que muestra la primera vez que Spider-Man se pone el infame traje completamente negro, obtuvo US$
Continue Reading TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Mark Kondratiuk has survived some shaky landings to win the men’s gold medal at the European figure skating championships in Tallinn. Kondratiuk held on to his landings on a triple axel and on one of his three quadruple jumps to score a total 286.56 points. Daniel Grassl took a surprise silver
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs will be without Clyde Edwards-Helaire for their wild-card playoff game against the Steelers on Sunday night after their starting running back was unable to put together a full week of practice because of a hurt collarbone. Chiefs coach Andy Reid confirmed Friday
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs will be without Clyde Edwards-Helaire for their wild-card playoff game against the Steelers on Sunday night after their starting running back was unable to put together a full week of practice because of a hurt collarbone. Chiefs coach Andy Reid confirmed Friday
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