By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat has refused to rule out a Russian military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United States over Ukraine and NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe mount. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in televised remarks on Thursday that
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have arrested more than two dozen people for allegedly taking part in a multistate shoplifting ring involving more than $10 million in stolen merchandise. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson in Tulsa and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced state and federal charges Thursday against 29 defendants, including 25 who have been
Continue Reading TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have arrested more than two dozen people for allegedly taking part in a multistate shoplifting ring involving more than $10 million in stolen merchandise. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson in Tulsa and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced state and federal charges Thursday against 29 defendants, including 25 who have been
Continue Reading TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have arrested more than two dozen people for allegedly taking part in a multistate shoplifting ring involving more than $10 million in stolen merchandise. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson in Tulsa and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced state and federal charges Thursday against 29 defendants, including 25 who have been
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have arrested more than two dozen people for allegedly taking part in a multistate shoplifting ring involving more than $10 million in stolen merchandise. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson in Tulsa and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced state and federal charges Thursday against 29 defendants, including 25 who have been
Continue ReadingBy Jack Lowenstein Click here for updates on this story ARVADA, Colorado (KCNC) — Police in Arvada shot and killed an auto theft suspect overnight who had a large knife and tried to run away from officers. That suspect has been identified as Kenneth Delton Hutcheson. The situation began at 1:18 a.m. Wednesday when police
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Angi, Elastic fall; KB Home, Delta Air Lines rise.
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Technology stocks led another decline on Wall Street Thursday, leaving the Nasdaq composite down 2.5%. Microsoft, Nvidia and other big tech companies had some of the biggest losses. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 0.5% Industrial stocks did
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis firefighter died and another was injured after a large house collapsed while the firefighters were searching to make sure no one was inside. Fire officials identified the firefighter who died as Benjamin Polson. He had been with the department since November 2019. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says the
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Sounders added a key piece to their midfield for the upcoming season after signing Albert Rusnák to a designated player contract. The Slovakian midfielder spent the past five seasons with Real Salt Lake, where he had 41 goals and 39 assists in 140 regular season appearances. Rusnák’s contract covers the
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By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has issued four subpoenas to giant social media conglomerates after the panel said the companies provided “inadequate responses” to its initial request for documents and information over the summer. The subpoenas were sent to Meta, the parent
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Atlantic League is restoring its pitching mound to 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate and returning strike zone judgement to umpires after experimenting with moving the rubber back a foot and using an automatic ball-strike system. The independent league announced the changes Thursday
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Agresiones a miembros de la tripulación. Intoxicación pública. Abuso verbal. El año pasado fue el peor registrado en cuanto a comportamiento indisciplinado de los pasajeros de los aviones en Estados Unidos, según los datos de la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA, por sus siglas en inglés). Hasta el 31 de diciembre,
Continue Reading AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Federal work-safety investigators say another federal agency violated safe handling policies at a helium plant in the Texas Panhandle. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a statement Thursday that it has issued 21 notices of unsafe working conditions to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The citations involved the
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Students returned from winter break last week after the Columbia Board of Education voted for the mask mandate to end Jan. 4.
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By Tina Burnside, CNN A massive cleanup effort is underway after a pipeline ruptured, causing more than 300,000 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel to spill just outside of New Orleans last month. The incident occurred on December 27 on a 16-inch diesel pipeline located at the Chalmette Refinery, just east of New Orleans, in
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s refusal to provide information to a committee investigating the Capitol riot is deepening a standoff between the committee and GOP lawmakers. McCarthy’s stand is forcing committee members to consider whether they could subpoena one of their
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department announced the charges against Rhodes. of Granbury, Texas,
Continue ReadingBy Bryant Reed Click here for updates on this story PLUM, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman is accused of shooting her boyfriend several times during a breakup in Plum. Crystal Veasey, 38, shot Glen Smith Jr. in the chest, shoulder and hand at a home on Emerald Drive, police said. Veasey was in a relationship
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story CONCORD, New Hampshire (WBZ) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he has instructed the state’s Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to begin an “immediate review” of how it handled the case of missing 7-year-old girl Harmony Montgomery. Harmony was reported missing recently,
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