By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Kylie Atwood, and Aqeel Najim and Devan Cole, CNN A woman and a child were wounded when several rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, including the US embassy, on Thursday, the embassy and Iraqi military said in statements. US personnel in the area are safe following the attacks, a State Department official
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police say no arrests have been made in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy on the city’s West Side and a second fatal shooting of another boy the same age on the city’s South Side hours later. Police say the first shooting happened Wednesday afternoon shortly before 4 p.m. and
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The Omicron surge has driven Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations to record highs in the United States. This week, however, officials have started to call out very early signs that the wave is peaking — or at least plateauing — in parts of the Northeast. But case rates are still higher in
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are no longer the Patriots patsy in preparing to host New England in a wild-card playoff game on Saturday night. Buffalo has turned the tables on its division rival by winning three of the past four meetings to earn consecutive AFC
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business About 8,000 grocery store workers at 77 King Soopers and City Markets stores in the Denver area are on strike after the union rejected what the company described as its best and final offer to replace a recently expired contract. The strike started Wednesday morning against the stores, which are
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 on Thursday. He
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department escalated its January 6 investigation by bringing seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes. The latest accusations — with a charge that had not previously been brought in the department’s US Capitol attack
Continue ReadingBy WISN Staff Click here for updates on this story SILVER LAKE, Wisconsin (WISN) — Alex Hook, the Kenosha County first-grader critically injured in a lawnmower incident, has returned to school. In September, Alex was playing during recess in Silver Lake when a piece of metal kicked up by a lawnmower hit him in the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Formula One’s governing body started a detailed analysis Thursday into last season’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the last lap in one of the most controversial finishes in F1 history. All teams have been consulted and a discussion with drivers will now follow. The FIA
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– A pesar de tener una visibilidad menor a la habitual, Kylie Jenner logró conquistar el tÃtulo de reina de Instagram. La estrella de reality show y magnate del maquillaje es la primera mujer que alcanza los 300 millones de seguidores, según la revista People. Critican a Kylie Jenner por regalarle un anillo
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A Grafton nurse is being hailed a hero after her quick actions helped save a man life while out at a Port Washington bar. According to a news release from Advocate Aurora Health, Ryan Suetta, 44, of Cincinnati, was in town visiting
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Borussia Dortmund midfielder Gio Reyna won’t dress for Friday’s Bundesliga match against Freiberg, decreasing his chance of making the roster for upcoming U.S. World Cup qualifiers. Dortmund coach Marco Rose says the match is too soon for the 19-year old, who has not played in any games since injuring his right
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By Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona reiterated from the Senate floor Thursday that she is not backing off her position to uphold the filibuster, less than an hour before President Joe Biden arrived on Capitol Hill to pitch Democrats on eradicating it. She said removing the filibuster would
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials say at least four rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Two officials say three rockets struck within the perimeter of the embassy, while another hit a school in a residential complex. Iraq’s military said one girl and one woman
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By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is extending its work-from-home guidance by another two weeks amid the wave of Covid-19 infections. The Wall Street bank on Thursday encouraged US employees who can work remotely to do so until February 1, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. That is in line with new health policies Goldman Sachs
Continue Reading By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is extending its work-from-home guidance by another two weeks amid the wave of Covid-19 infections. The Wall Street bank on Thursday encouraged US employees who can work remotely to do so until February 1, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. That is in line with new health policies Goldman Sachs
Continue ReadingBy Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — The 6-year-old girl who fell through a frozen pond over the weekend is back home with her family. Zakiyah Williams was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon and was welcomed by the people responsible for saving her life. “I’m overwhelmed
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet privately with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, a visit intended to deliver a jolt to the party’s long-stalled voting and elections legislation. Before he arrived on Thursday, Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema blunted the bill’s chances further, declaring she could
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy directed a sewage treatment facility to cancel a vote Thursday on a backup power plant after Newark residents complained that it would violate a law intended to keep minority communities from being overburdened with pollution. The Passaic Valley Sewerage Community was
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds canceled official activities Thursday and Friday due to an illness but her spokesman says she tested negative for COVID-19. Reynolds was absent from the Condition of the Guard address Thursday morning in the Iowa House by Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Ben Corell. Alex
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