BAFOUSSAM, Cameroon (AP) — Sadio Mané saved Senegal with a 97th-minute penalty to beat Zimbabwe 1-0 at the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Morocco won the first meeting of heavyweights at the tournament with a late goal to edge Ghana 1-0. Both were played in front of sparse crowds as the African soccer showpiece
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By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter is pushing for federal voting rights legislation and has slammed “false narratives under the banner of critical race theory.” Rev. Bernice King said Monday that there is an urgent need for voting legislation, and that it is crucial to the world that
Continue ReadingBy Tim McNicholas Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — It’s been a roller coaster for the Loop. The latest numbers show December foot traffic was way up from last year, but many areas still lagged behind pre-pandemic numbers. CBS 2 Morning Insider Tim McNicholas goes behind the scenes of a new
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A top delivery company in Israel says rapid antigen tests have become its most in-demand product as the omicron variant tears through the population and prompts the government to scramble policies. Wolt, the Finnish company that’s served Israel since 2018, says the demand for antigen
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has died. He was 78. Durst was convicted of the 2000 killing of Susan Berman in September. State prison officials say Durst died Monday in
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by her conservative colleague Justice Amy Coney Barrett, raised concerns on Monday about disparities in the federal system over sentencing guidelines. The United States Sentencing Commission has been unable to issue new guidelines to lower courts because the commission currently
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — El incendio en Nueva York que cobró la vida de al menos 17 personas este domingo en el Bronx, según las autoridades, es una de las perores tragedias en la historia moderna de la ciudad. Decenas de personas se encuentran en el hospital: aproximadamente la mitad de ellas con heridas que pueden ser
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A snowy owl apparently touring iconic buildings of the nation’s capital is captivating birdwatchers who manage to get a glimpse of the rare, resplendent visitor from the Arctic. Far from its summer breeding grounds in Canada, the snowy owl was first seen on Jan. 3, the
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled that Harvard University is not required to pay legal defense fees for a professor who was found guilty of hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. The Supreme Judicial Court said Monday that Harvard was acting within its “broad statutory authority” when it refused to provide
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make California the first state to cover all low-income state residents under its Medicaid plan regardless of their immigration status. He’s also attempting to aid consumers and businesses hard hit by the pandemic and rising costs. The proposals Monday address what
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to make California the first state to cover all low-income state residents under its Medicaid plan regardless of their immigration status. He’s also attempting to aid consumers and businesses hard hit by the pandemic and rising costs. The proposals Monday address what
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By Ryan Bergeron, CNN On January 9, 2022, an electric space heater sparked a fire in a Bronx apartment building that killed 17 people, eight of them children. More than 60 people were injured. New York City’s fire commissioner said it is one of the worst fires in the city’s modern history. As the fire’s
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los últimos siete años fueron los más calurosos de los que se tiene registro, según nuevos datos, ya que la temperatura de la Tierra continúa su precario ascenso debido a las emisiones de combustibles fósiles que atrapan el calor. Un nuevo análisis realizado por el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copérnico de
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Menitoff Click here for updates on this story MIDDLE RIVER, Maryland (WJZ) — Two people were hurt after a car barreled into a Baltimore County home Monday morning and exploded, authorities said. It happened about 8:45 a.m. at a home on Ramble Run Road off Campbell Boulevard in Middle River, according to the
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel has named Jesse Watters as host of a 7 p.m. Eastern opinion hour, leading in to its prime-time opinion lineup of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham. The network has had a rotating series of guest hosts in the hour for
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Livia Borghese, CNN An incident in which vandals apparently smeared red pigment across a famous white cliff on the island of Sicily has been condemned as “cowardly” by local officials. An investigation has been launched after the Scala dei Turchi, or Turks’ Steps — a distinctive cascade of marl limestone rock jutting out of the
Continue Reading By KONSTANTIN MANENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top Russian diplomat pressed the United States to ease a post-Cold War chill over Ukraine, ratcheting up Moscow’s demands that NATO pledge to stop giving membership to former Soviet states and halt weapons shipments to them that have led to a “precarious” standoff.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed concerns on Monday to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about detentions and civilian killings in the conflict in the country’s Tigray region, while commending Abiy for the recent release of several political prisoners. The White House in a statement said that Biden also raised to Abiy on the
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Mayor Michelle Wu said the city is working to move 62 people still living near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard before Wednesday when tents are set to be removed. Wu temporarily halted cleanup of the camp on her
Continue ReadingBy Liam Martin Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — For decades, Eugenia Zukerman delighted audiences as a flutist and shared the stories of others as the music correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning. Then, two years ago she shared her own story: a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, with a lyrical memoir ‘Like Falling
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