By Chris Boyette, CNN A South Carolina jury found former police officer Jonathan Moreno not guilty Wednesday in connection with the arrest of a man last summer that sparked nights of protests. “I want to thank everybody out there in the community that believes and supports my family,” Moreno said after the verdict was read.
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank says it reaped its best annual profit in 10 years last year. Germany’s largest bank said it had put most of its wrenching, years-long restructuring behind it. The bank underlined its progress by announcing a dividend for 2021 and a 300 million-euro share
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THURSDAY A few flurries will be possible at times throughout the morning but no accumulations are expected. Clouds will be stubborn to shake this afternoon as temperatures warm into the upper 30’s and low 40’s. TONIGHT Clouds will start to filter out as cooler air filters in. Lows tonight will fall into the teens,
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El lote de tres artÃculos que la exprimera dama Melania Trump puso a subasta a principios de este mes no alcanzó el umbral monetario deseado de US$ 250.000 para una oferta inicial. Cuando la subasta de los tres artÃculos  –un sombrero blanco de ala ancha personalizado que usó Trump durante una
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Since the pandemic began, the arrival of each new year feels like a reprise of “let’s do the time warp again” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Now, imagine if you lived in space. For those of us on Earth, adjusting to a new normal, like extended periods of working from
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion dollars, the IOC to earn a couple billion, and sports bodies to share around hundreds of millions. But turning a profit from the 2022 Beijing Games was never China’s priority
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion dollars, the IOC to earn a couple billion, and sports bodies to share around hundreds of millions. But turning a profit from the 2022 Beijing Games was never China’s priority
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un sismo de 6,2 grados de magnitud se produjo este jueves a unos 225 km de la isla de Pangai, Tonga, según datos del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos. Según los datos del USGS, el sismo se produjo a las 19:40 hora local, a una profundidad de 4,2 km. El
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Amanda Musa, CNN A high school teacher in the Atlanta area has been charged with battery for allegedly shoving a 14-year-old student to the ground in front of his classmates, local officials said. Marquett Thinn, 44, was seen on video pushing a male student to the ground during an argument in a room full of
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Australia’s Woodside Petroleum says it is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn Myanmar, following a similar decision by Total and Chevron. Woodside put all its Myanmar activities under review after the military took over power a year ago, deposing the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Oscar Holland, CNN From the moment 57-year-old supermodel Kristen McMenamy opened Valentino’s latest show in Paris, it was clear the fashion house was breaking with convention. With Haute Couture Week collections normally worn by young, waif-like models, the Italian label’s creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli offered two things rarely seen on the most exclusive of runways:
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A regulatory body in Dubai is fining the Pakistani-born founder of Abraaj Group a staggering penalty of $135.5 million. The now defunct Mideast private-equity firm’s founder and CEO, currently in Britain, is accused of fraud and misleading investors, including in the U.S. where prosecutors
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Heavy snow and strong winds are expected to slam some metro areas in the Northeast this weekend, with millions already under winter storm watches. Forecasters predict eastern Massachusetts, including Boston, and Rhode Island will see 12 to 24 inches of snow that could begin falling late Friday through the day Saturday,
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Apple has once again become the top-selling smartphone brand in top market China, along with the rest of the world. That’s according to findings from two separate research reports, which come just before the tech giant is set to release its earnings for the most recent quarter on Thursday. A
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have since developed thyroid cancer have filed a lawsuit demanding a utility pay compensation. The plaintiffs are demanding a total of $5.4 million from the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings,
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By Emmet Lyons, CNN What is the next move for a football team that has a designated poet in residence and the sport’s very first climate officer? To design a shirt in honor of reggae legend Bob Marley, of course. In the latest progressive scheme from Irish club Bohemians, a member-owned and not-for-profit team, the
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Story by Reuters Egypt booked a quarterfinal place at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 5-4 shootout victory over Ivory Coast on Wednesday as substitute goalkeeper Mohamed Abo Gabal saved Eric Bailly’s tame penalty and Mohamed Salah stroked home the decisive spotkick. The match finished 0-0 after extra time before Abo Gabal, who had
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The Biden administration has put thousands of U.S. troops on high alert amid fears that Russia will invade Ukraine.
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By Travis Caldwell and Sarah Moon, CNN A bronze statue of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna was placed Wednesday at the crash site in Calabasas, California, where the Bryants and seven others were killed. Wednesday marked two years since the helicopter crash, which was determined by federal investigators as having been caused
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Maren Lundby was the world’s best female ski jumper for three years, starting in 2018 when she won Olympic gold. The Norwegian will not be at the Olympics coming up in China. Lundby decided to skip the World Cup season and the Olympics in order to make her physical
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