By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss skier Carlo Janka was once crowned the world’s best all-around men’s alpine racer. Janka has announced the end of his injury-hit racing career at his home country’s most storied venue. His career peaked in 2010 as the overall World Cup champion ahead of greats
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Residents in a Huntington Beach community said they are fed up with a problem house in their neighborhood, especially after what one one woman found this week. Neighbors said that pills were found right across from Peterson Elementary school
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An investigation has found that Utah police made “several unintentional mistakes” when they stopped Gabby Petito and her boyfriend before she was killed in what became a high-profile missing person case. The independent report released Wednesday examines a stop by police in the tourist town
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Forecasters are predicting that a winter storm could dump nearly a foot of snow on parts of Iowa. The National Weather Service said the the storm could move into central Iowa on Friday, with wind gusts of 20 to 25 mph producing pockets of blowing and drifting snow, especially in
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — You’ve heard of the “Field of Dreams” — but have you heard of the “Rink of Dreams?” In the heart of the heartland, there’s a farm that seems to fit right in. The Schulz family is known for producing corn, soybeans
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street had another day in the red at the start of this shortened trading week as investors grapple with earnings seasons and rising Treasury bond yields. All three major indexes spent the entire day sharply lower. The Dow closed 1.5%, or some 540 points, lower, after falling as many
Continue Reading TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Kamila Valieva bettered her own world-best score in the women’s short program to take the lead at the European figure skating championships. Valieva landed four triple jumps and scored 90.45 points to lead by 14. The 15-year-old Russian is widely considered to be a favorite for the Olympic title next month.
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By Katia Hetter, CNN These days, it’s much easier to contract the coronavirus as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads worldwide. As people face this current reality, it’s important to note that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recently changed its guidelines around isolation and quarantine. Many have questions about what to
Continue ReadingBy David Hixon Click here for updates on this story AINA HAINA, Hawaii (KITV) — The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) extinguished a blaze that broke out in an Aina Haina home’s attic on Jan. 11, 2022, at around 2:56 p.m. HFD said in a press release that the 911 caller who reported smoke billowing from
Continue Reading LAAX, Switzerland (AP) — Shaun White all but wrapped up a spot in his fifth Olympics on Thursday when he qualified for the finals of a contest in Switzerland and his nearest American pursuer failed to move on. White finished fifth in the qualifying round, while Chase Blackwell failed to make it to Saturday’s 12-man
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN en Español) — El Gobierno de Argentina dispuso la modalidad de trabajo a distancia para este jueves y viernes en la administración pública nacional desde el mediodía para reducir el consumo de energía eléctrica. Su objetivo es que la población mantenga los servicios de agua y electricidad en momentos en que
Continue ReadingBy DREW MARINE Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — Every summer kids from Oregon and across the country head to the coast with the Cascade Pacific Council Boy Scouts of America. In the last few years, they’ve started up a mountain bike program where scouts can ride along a 2.5
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped again this past week, reaching their highest level since March 2020, just as the coronavirus pandemic was breaking in the U.S. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE SANDERS Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — St. Louis County Police arrested a man who allegedly took his daughter from a daycare Wednesday afternoon. Daisy Ware, 4, was taken from a daycare in the 8200 block of St. Charles Rock Road at 3 p.m. by her
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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his administration will purchase an additional 500 million Covid-19 tests and said he will soon detail plans for his administration make high-quality masks free to Americans.
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By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood, CNN A senior US official warned Thursday that the “drumbeat of war is sounding loud” following a week’s worth of diplomacy between the West and Russia that wrapped up Thursday. The effort ended without clear breakthroughs over the tens of thousands of Russian troops amassed
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch king has ruled out using, for now at least, the royal family’s “Golden Carriage.” One side of the ornate vehicle is decorated with a painting that has drawn fire from critics who say it glorifies the Netherlands’ colonial past, including its role in
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The man accused of plowing through the Waukesha Holiday Parade, Darrell Brooks, is facing dozens of new charges after an amended complaint was filed Wednesday, Jan. 12. Brooks’ charges now include: First-degree intentional homicide (six counts) First-degree recklessly endangering safety (61
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Continue Reading CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been arrested after hundreds of pigs died at his farm last month after they went without adequate food and were kept in conditions so cold that some of their ears froze off. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Black Hawk County sheriff’s deputies arrested the 38-year-old
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