VIENNA (AP) — Austria will subsidize household energy costs with a $1.9-billion relief package to offset rising prices. Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Friday that the package consists of both direct subsidies and tax suspensions. Almost half will be spent on suspending an “eco-tax” introduced in 2012 that amounted to about roughly 33 euros per
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By CNN Weather staff A major nor’easter is set to move up the US East Coast and bring significant impacts to cities this weekend, beginning Friday evening. Here is a look at when the storm is expected to hit certain cities and for how long: Portland, Maine: Blizzard warning in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday
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By Ben Church, CNN Former Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman says he is “scared” for the safety of athletes who might be contemplating speaking out about human rights issues during Beijing 2022. Hoffman, who retired from competitive skiing after the PyeongChang Games in 2018, says he is concerned by the human rights record of the
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Janet Jackson gave a documentary crew access for five years, but with Jackson and brother Randy Jackson serving as executive producers the resulting project, “Janet Jackson,” feels too conspicuously like a licensed product. Addressing some uncomfortable parts of her biography but sidestepping others, it’s pretty obvious who’s in control here.
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By JEFF BABINEAU Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Lydia Ko keeps taking steps toward the top of women’s golf again. She ended a three-year victory drought last year. She opened the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio with a clean card and a 63 for a two-shot lead over Danielle Kang. It’s easy to
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By Brian Lowry, CNN The title might be the funniest thing about “The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window,” which is sort of the verbal equivalent of that “Spaceballs” visual gag where the spaceship just won’t end. Beyond that, this Netflix series provides a fun showcase for Kristen
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By Marianne Garvey Bob Saget’s daughter wrote a touching tribute to honor her late father, who died earlier this month at age 65. Lara Saget, the second of Saget’s three daughters, shared her thoughts on Instagram Thursday, writing that she felt so loved by her father and that she was grateful to have had him
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El camino este fin de semana de una poderosa bomba ciclónica se está volviendo más claro a medida que 75 millones de personas desde los estados del Atlántico Medio hasta Nueva Inglaterra enfrentan potencialmente una peligrosa amenaza de fuertes nevadas y vientos huracanados, según los pronósticos. Más de 75 millones
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department chief plans to leave for a new position in Arkansas. According to Southern Arkansas University Tech, Andy Woody will take over as the next director of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy (AFTA). A date wasn’t immediately available for when Woody will start in his new role. The school
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and other goods. The report Friday from the
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Deficiencies at the US Department of Health and Human Services put the department at “high risk” of failing to respond to future public health threats as the department’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted longstanding concerns, the US Government Accountability Office, the government watchdog agency, said Thursday. The GAO placed the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN en Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, anunció este viernes que su gobiberno alcanzó un acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para reestructura la deuda que tiene el país con el organismo de crédito internacional. “Quiero anunciarles que el gobierno de la Argentina ha llegado a un acuerdo
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, considered one of the world’s most prestigious golf clubs, as he fights allegations of sexual abuse that have forced him to retreat from public life. The club in St. Andrews, Scotland, announced the
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis city council has ousted one of its own members over her rogue investigation into the city’s former police chief. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the O’Fallon City Council voted 6-1 Thursday to convict Katie Gatewood of violating city rules by unilaterally investigating former police Chief Philip
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Former Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman says he is “scared” for the safety of athletes who might be contemplating speaking out about human rights issues during Beijing 2022. Hoffman, who retired from competitive skiing after the PyeongChang Games in 2018, says he is concerned by the human rights record of the
Continue Reading By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) — Novak Djokovic was honored at a small Adriatic Sea resort in Montenegro even as doubts re-emerged about the positive COVID-19 test he used to try to compete in the Australian Open. The BBC on Friday reported discrepancies in Djokovic’s test serial numbers that were issued by
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors in stocks have balked at the Federal Reserve’s aggressive pivot as it takes a stand against inflation. But earnings from some of the biggest companies still look pretty solid. Does that mean the sell-off of tech and other high-growth companies is overdone? Apple: The iPhone maker, whose shares are
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Since losing one-third of its workforce at the outset of the pandemic, the child care industry has seen a jobs recovery that’s been slow and incomplete. And now it’s starting to backslide. After shedding 4,500 jobs from September through November, preliminary estimates from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — High-stakes diplomacy continues to try to avert a war in Eastern Europe. The urgent efforts come as 100,000 Russian troops are massed near Ukraine’s border and the Biden administration worries that Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount some sort of invasion in the next several weeks.
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Parkhill Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — New research by a Université de Montréal biologist seeks to explain how squirrels conserve energy when they hibernate, and what implications that information could have on the future of space travel. Matthew Regan’s study of the thirteen-lined ground squirrel found in
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