By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers More weakness in technology companies pulled most major stock indexes lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq pulled back 1.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 blue-chip companies managed a tiny gain of 0.2%, pulling
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By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — News reports say protesters in Kazakhstan’s largest city have stormed the presidential residence and the mayor’s office and set both buildings on fire. The demonstrations sparked by a rise in fuel prices in the Central Asian nation escalated sharply Wednesday. Police fired on some protesters at the
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — News reports say protesters in Kazakhstan’s largest city have stormed the presidential residence and the mayor’s office and set both buildings on fire. The demonstrations sparked by a rise in fuel prices in the Central Asian nation escalated sharply Wednesday. Police fired on some protesters at the
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DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — A regional tourism agency in Alabama is standing up for its chief executive despite his federal fraud indictment related to a music festival in Iowa that lost more than $2 million. WTVY-TV reports that a Visit Dothan statement says the agency is aware of the charges against president and CEO Aaron
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Of course, Kanye West went to see a controversial Broadway play. On Tuesday, the rapper/mogul/provocateur attended a performance of “Slave Play,” which takes on race, sex, interracial relationships and trauma. But it was who he was reportedly there with that garnered the most attention. People published photos of West with
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chrysler says it plans for its vehicle lineup to go all electric by 2028. It’s the latest brand to announce a major shift away from gas-powered cars amid pressure to act on climate change. The American automaker also said Wednesday that it will launch its first battery-electric vehicle by 2025. Chrysler announced
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chrysler says it plans for its vehicle lineup to go all electric by 2028. It’s the latest brand to announce a major shift away from gas-powered cars amid pressure to act on climate change. The American automaker also said Wednesday that it will launch its first battery-electric vehicle by 2025. Chrysler announced
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — France is allowing medics and health workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate. The extraordinary stop-gap measure is aimed at alleviating staff shortages at hospitals and other medical facilities caused by an
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — En Nicaragua, varios familiares de líderes opositores detenidos denunciaron este martes que sus parientes muestran deterioro físico —y en algunos casos incluso mental—luego de seis meses en la cárcel; daños, según dijeron, provocados por una alimentación deficiente, el frío, el aislamiento, y los interrogatorios recurrentes en la Dirección de
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. health authorities have eased COVID-19 testing requirements in England. The move is designed to help tackle staff shortages that are hitting public services amid an omicron-fueled surge in infections. The change announced Wednesday came a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. health authorities have eased COVID-19 testing requirements in England. The move is designed to help tackle staff shortages that are hitting public services amid an omicron-fueled surge in infections. The change announced Wednesday came a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that
Continue ReadingBy JACKSON HICKS Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV) — The University of Kansas is removing two of its Greek Life organizations after multiple misconduct violations. The university released its organizational conduct status report for 2021-2022, and in it, announced sanctions against Phi Delta Theta and Phi Gamma Delta fraternities. The
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By EMILY RITTMAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man is accused of using his position as a hotel front desk clerk to make a duplicate key to get inside a woman’s hotel room to assault her. Fletcher Clardy, III is charged with attempted rape.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna, Hannah Gard and Alanne Orjoux, CNN A massive storm system dumping snow on the central US is expected to wallop much of the country’s eastern third with snow and freezing rain this weekend, and could cause a crippling ice event in parts of Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas by Sunday. Nearly 74
Continue Reading ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A deputy with the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department was seriously injured after being hit early Wednesday morning by a sport utility vehicle that fled a police stop. Authorities say the incident happened around 4 a.m. near Interstate 70 and 5th Street in St. Charles County, after members of the
Continue ReadingBy TYLER FINGERT Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — COVID cases are once again surging in the South. Thousands are testing positive every day in Alabama and Mobile County is seeing a similar bump in cases. With the rising case count many are on the hunt for rapid at-home testing
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Gal Gadot comenzó el año 2022 abordando a fondo el controvertido video de “Imagine” que se hizo viral por todas las razones equivocadas al comienzo de la pandemia mundial. En una entrevista para el número de febrero de la revista InStyle, la actriz de “Wonder Woman” dijo que el video
Continue ReadingBy DAESHEN SMITH Click here for updates on this story BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Bus driver shortages have put a strain on the Baldwin County Public School System. “We have several open routes we cannot fill because we don’t have certified drivers to fill those routes,” said Tony Pollard. Transportation Coordinator Tony Pollard says
Continue Reading ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian rescuers are praising a dog who protected his injured owner from freezing high on a snowy mountain, keeping him warm for 13 hours in the dark until he could get medical attention. “Friendship and love between man and dog know no boundaries,” the county’s mountain rescue service wrote on Twitter
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Liverpool’s match against Arsenal in the English League Cup semifinals has been postponed following a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad that has forced the club to close its training center. The first leg that was scheduled to take place at Arsenal on Thursday will now be staged at Anfield
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