WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House Oversight Committee will hold a roundtable next week with former Washington Football Team employees about workplace misconduct and sexual harassment. The discussion is set for Feb. 3, a day after Washington reveals its new name. Five former employees are scheduled to be a part of the roundtable. The NFL
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ARVADA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Arvada teacher took matters into her own hands when a lack of school bus drivers threatened a field trip. Stephanie Hultine is a fourth-grade teacher at Foster Dual Language School in Jefferson County. She started a fundraiser to charter a
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Covid era of free money is coming to an end. After dropping interest rates to zero in March 2020 to revive the economy, the Federal Reserve is shifting gears and going into inflation-fighting mode. Fed officials indicated Wednesday they plan to raise interest rates in March, launching a series
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Got milk? There was a time when the milkman was as common as the mail carrier. And a Minnetrista man is going all-out to make sure people never forget that. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how Bill
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A day before her 22nd birthday, UT Dallas student Jaqueline Durand was mauled by two dogs and left “permanently and catastrophically disfigured,” according to her attorney Chip Brooker of Dallas’ Brooker Law. Two days before Christmas, Durand allegedly went to the
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By John Bonifield and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Three large new studies from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the importance of getting a booster shot to provide the best protection against the Omicron coronavirus variant. This is the first real-life data to examine the effect of boosters against Omicron, which now accounts
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Bill Russell, 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league. Personal Birth date: February 12, 1934 Death date: July 31, 2022 Birth place: Monroe, Louisiana Birth name: William Felton Russell Father: Charles Russell Mother: Katie (King) Russell
Continue ReadingBy Dave Savini and Michele Youngerman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — There are new developments in a parking scam first exposed by the CBS 2 Investigators. Conmen have been ripping off fans outside Chicago sports venues for years. Posing as parking attendants, they lure in drivers, take their cash,
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Canada is among the gold-medal contenders at the Olympics even though the NHL is not sending players to Beijing. The hockey-crazed country won men’s hockey gold in Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014 when the NHL participated. Canada walked away with bronze four years ago in Pyeongchang. There
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist You’ve probably heard rumblings or seen our headlines about the bomb cyclone hitting the Northeast with feet of snow and blizzard conditions. It’s still happening Friday night through Saturday night — and much more likely in places like Boston. It could also cause problems in New York City, where this
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City, Kansas, police department plans to open a new unit to investigate unsolved cases. Chief Karl Oakman announced Thursday that the city has about 285 unsolved homicides spanning five decades. He says the cases could benefit from a fresh review, new DNA techniques and other forensic testing. The
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — PETA is once again calling for the retirement of Punxsutawney Phil. Ahead of Groundhog Day, the animal rights group has sent a letter to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club asking them to retire Phil, and his companion Phyllis, to a reputable animal
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La elección del nuevo presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, llegó con una promesa de cambio: una más alta paridad política con un gabinete cuya mayoría son mujeres. Boric anunció que de los 24 ministerios de su gobierno, 14 iban a estar ocupados por mujeres. La fotografía dominada por mujeres,
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — You can bet that Texas saw what Kansas State forward Ayoka Lee did to Oklahoma last weekend. It didn’t seem to help a whole lot. Sure, the ninth-ranked Longhorns managed to shut down the rest of the No. 25 Wildcats in a 66-48 victory
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — You can bet that Texas saw what Kansas State forward Ayoka Lee did to Oklahoma last weekend. It didn’t seem to help a whole lot. Sure, the ninth-ranked Longhorns managed to shut down the rest of the No. 25 Wildcats in a 66-48 victory
Continue ReadingBy Ukee Washington Click here for updates on this story CAMDEN, New Jersey (KYW) — A former South Jersey teacher found a new calling that keeps her close to both schools and the wider community. It’s a cold winter morning outside Veterans Memorial Family School in Camden, but there’s no stopping Michele Pilla. “That’s a
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a shooting at a Des Moines apartment complex earlier this month has become the city’s first homicide of 2022 after the victim died from his wounds Thursday. The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. Jan. 9 in the parking lot of the complex. Police say officers called to
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, se comprometió a designar a la primera jueza negra de la Corte Suprema, durante un evento en el que honró al juez Stephen Breyer, quien anunció previamente su retiro. “La persona que designaré será alguien con calificaciones, carácter, experiencia e integridad extraordinarios. Y esa persona
Continue Reading By The Associated Press China has finalized its roster for the men’s hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics. The team includes a dozen players from North America. Forward Brandon Yip and others on the roster have Chinese ancestry. Arizona State University’s Peter Zhong was born in Beijing and began playing hockey in the U.S. He
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By CNN Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer formally notified President Joe Biden of his intent to retire at the end of this year’s Supreme Court term in a letter released Thursday. Read the letter: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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