By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist For millions across the South, this weekend’s winter storm is the talk of the town. Will it bring snow or ice — and how much? Even the mid-Atlantic and Northeast will get in on the action. So much is still to be determined, but one thing is 100% certain —
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is forecasting lower global economic growth for 2022 and 2023. It says this is because the world is facing new waves of coronavirus infections, persistent labor market challenges, lingering supply chain issues and rising inflationary pressures. The U.N.‘s global economic forecast released
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is forecasting lower global economic growth for 2022 and 2023. It says this is because the world is facing new waves of coronavirus infections, persistent labor market challenges, lingering supply chain issues and rising inflationary pressures. The U.N.‘s global economic forecast released
Continue ReadingBy Mary Caltrider Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND-LD) — The Morris Performing Arts Center is where you would typically go to hear the South Bend Symphony Orchestra for their annual MLK concert. However, this year they had a new goal in mind. Take the concert to the community. This
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police are treating a fire at the home of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors chair and a prominent labor leader as suspicious. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said he escaped unharmed with his family and his house was saved. He and his wife, labor leader and former state lawmaker Lorena Gonzalez,
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police are treating a fire at the home of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors chair and a prominent labor leader as suspicious. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said he escaped unharmed with his family and his house was saved. He and his wife, labor leader and former state lawmaker Lorena Gonzalez,
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By Paula Reid and Annie Grayer, CNN Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, met with the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection for eight hours Thursday. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat and the panel’s chairman, said the interview began Thursday morning. Kerik appeared virtually for the voluntary
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin FC has signed Colombia defensive midfielder Jhojan Valencia from Deportivo Cali to a three-year deal with an option for a fourth season. The 25-year-old Valencia helped Deportivo Cali won the Colombia first division championship. He will occupy an international spot on the Austin roster. Financial terms of the transfer from
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Johns Click here for updates on this story SOUTH BEND, Indiana (WBND-LD) — One South Bend neighborhood says squatters have taken over the corner of Carroll and Victoria Street. Residents say the van has been parked in their neighborhood for over a month and since it’s arrival – they say car break ins
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Despite several recent drenching rainstorms in the West and enough snow to top the second story of some buildings, the United States has tied an alarming drought record: At least 40% of the Lower 48 has gone 68 straight weeks — more than 17 months — in drought conditions. Drought
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The struggling Atlanta Hawks traded forward Cam Reddish to the New York Knicks for a protected 2022 first-round draft pick. The Hawks also sent forward Solomon Hill and a 2025 second-round pick to the Knicks, and small forward Kevin Knox is heading to Atlanta in the
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By Dan Merica, CNN The Republican National Committee said Thursday in a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates that it is prepared to “prohibit future Republican nominees from participating in CPD-sponsored debates” unless the commission makes a number of significant changes to its procedure. The letter, which was first reported by The New York
Continue ReadingBy Ed Walsh Click here for updates on this story HILLSBOROUGH, California (KGO) — The wrongful death case against Hillsborough heiress Tiffany Li has been settled out of court, lawyers announced at a hearing on Wednesday. The complete terms of the settlement were not disclosed. In 2019, a jury found Li not guilty of killing
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By Rachel Ramirez The last 45 years have all been above the 20th century average for global temperature, new data shows, as Earth continues its relentless warming due to heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions. Twin reports released Thursday from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found 2021 was the sixth warmest year on record,
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The latest Broadway show to pause during the omicron variant is “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which will stage its final performance on Sunday — and not return until June. And when the popular show resumes, it will do so in
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee says it is planning a rules change that would force presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination to sign a pledge saying they will not participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. RNC spokesperson Danielle Alvarez said
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By Liz Stark The US Energy Department is launching a Clean Energy Corps to help implement the recent bipartisan infrastructure law and develop clean-energy solutions to the climate crisis, the agency announced Thursday. The Clean Energy Corps — which will comprise staff from over a dozen offices across the department — will also seek to
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil coach Tite has announced his squad for two upcoming World Cup qualifier matches, leaving out injured star Neymar and noting that defender Renan Lodi wasn’t selected because he hasn’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. Team director Juninho Paulista noted that Lodi wouldn’t have been able to enter Ecuador for an
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative push to effectively end absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin is scheduled to return to a courtroom in a case that seeks to prohibit dropping ballots off anywhere other than at the local clerk’s office. The lawsuit is one of three on the topic
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ST. ROBERT, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say two children were killed and two other people were injured in a Missouri mobile home fire. The Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District said in a Facebook post that crews from throughout the region responded Wednesday night to the scene northeast of the town of St. Robert. They found
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