By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court is keeping intact a law that allows people to sue counties over mask mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions and obtain quick trial-court decisions. The court declined Friday to consider whether it’s constitutional for a state law to require judges
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans still reluctant to return to the workforce. The drop in the
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans still reluctant to return to the workforce. The drop in the
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By Brandon Griggs, CNN Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94. Clint Watson, press secretary for the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, confirmed to CNN that Poitier died Thursday evening.
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, who played roles of such dignity and intelligence that he transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, becoming along the way the first Black actor to win an Oscar for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw,
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leaders have agreed to toughen requirements for entry to restaurants and bars. They also decided Friday to shorten quarantine and self-isolation periods as the new omicron variant advances quickly. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the country’s 16 state governors built on restrictions introduced just after Christmas that
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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on Feb. 10 at NFL Honors in Los Angeles. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider. From best play to worst. From most improved player to most disappointing. From most memorable celebration to get out
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Sidney Poitier, actor ganador del Oscar y activista de los derechos civiles, murió a los 94 años, confirmó a CNN Clint Watson, secretario de Prensa del primer ministro de Bahamas. Poitier murió en la noche del jueves, dijo Watson, citando a miembros directos de su familia en las Bahamas. 1 de 5
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By Allison Morrow and Anneken Tappe, CNN Business One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work because they were getting by just fine on government aid. People had too much money, went the narrative. Only trouble is, the numbers don’t back it up. Instead, early retirement —
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot drive being launched in Michigan would protect a woman’s right to an abortion in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Supporters of the petition that Reproductive Freedom for All launched on Friday say it would amend the state constitution to affirm
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Bon Jovi is hitting the road again. The rock ‘n’ roll band announced on Friday its Bon Jovi 2022 tour, which will kick off this spring. This is the first time the group has toured since 2019. “We have all missed touring and we know that nothing can replace the energy
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese court has acquitted a former defense minister but convicted 11 others in connection with the theft of weapons from the national armory more than four years ago. The former defense minister stood accused of malfeasance in relation to the mysterious reappearance of the weaponry in a nearby field four
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit its highest level on record, led by surging food and energy costs. The European Union’s statistics office said Friday that consumer prices in the eurozone rose 5% in December compared with the previous year. That’s
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit its highest level on record, led by surging food and energy costs. The European Union’s statistics office said Friday that consumer prices in the eurozone rose 5% in December compared with the previous year. That’s
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kaiser teenager was hurt after a crash on eastbound Highway 54 in Camden County on Thursday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 11:50 p.m. near the 117.6-mile marker. Troopers said the 15-year-old driver was thrown from the car after he failed to go around
Continue Reading GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut prep school hockey player has died after falling to the ice and being run into by another player during a game. Police say the accident occurred Thursday as the Brunswick school, a college preparatory school for boys in Greenwich, played St. Luke’s School, a private co-educational school from New
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are wavering between small gains and losses Friday as Wall Street weighs whether a mixed report on the U.S. jobs market will sway the Federal Reserve from its path to raise interest rates later this year. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in morning
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are wavering between small gains and losses Friday as Wall Street weighs whether a mixed report on the U.S. jobs market will sway the Federal Reserve from its path to raise interest rates later this year. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in morning
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic is spending one of his important religious holidays in an Australian detention hotel working on his challenge against deportation regardless of who made an error on the visa or the vaccination waiver or whatever. Attention is moving away from Djokovic’s vaccination status and onto questions about how
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic is spending one of his important religious holidays in an Australian detention hotel working on his challenge against deportation regardless of who made an error on the visa or the vaccination waiver or whatever. Attention is moving away from Djokovic’s vaccination status and onto questions about how
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