By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slap sanctions on Russia’s defense minister and a top presidential adviser. The measures also target companies, banks and hundreds of Russian lawmakers who voted to recognize the independence of separatist parts of Ukraine. Wednesday’s sanctions will freeze the assets of those
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Economists say the costs of climate change are growing as global warming happens more quickly than expected and its impacts become better understood — from crop losses due to drought, to lessened worker productivity because of the heat. The Biden administration wants to put a price
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Toto Wolff and Christian Horner say they’ve moved on from the acrimony that marked the Formula One title race last season when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dethroned Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton. The team principals sat side by side Wednesday on the first day of preseason testing in Spain
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer Lewis Hamilton feels re-energized for the new Formula One season after the disappointment of losing the title to Max Verstappen on the last lap of the last race of the 2021 season. Hamilton, Verstappen and the rest of the F1 drivers began preseason testing in Barcelona and got their
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Jeremy Herb, Matthew Chance and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US has issued a warning to the Ukrainian government that the latest intelligence points to Russia imminently launching a full-scale invasion, according to Ukrainian, US and western officials familiar with the matter. The US intelligence assessment comes as foreign leaders
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By Marianne Garvey Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield posed for a classic Spider-Man meme ahead of the digital release date announcement of “Spider Man: No Way Home.” On Wednesday, the official “Spider-Man” film account Tweeted the picture, writing, “Of course, we got THE meme.” The meme is a take on a ’60s cartoon
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American midfielder Weston McKennie has two broken bones in his left foot and will miss the United States’ final three World Cup qualifiers next month. McKennie was hurt playing for Juventus in a Champions League match at Spain’s Villarreal on Tuesday night. Pervis Estupiñán made a two-leg, sweeping sliding tackle in
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By Tim Lister, Ivana Kottasová, Nada Bashir and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A state of emergency is to be introduced across all parts of Ukraine under government control, officials said Wednesday, while President Volodymyr Zelensky said reservists would be called up as Russian forces remain massed along Ukraine’s borders, as fears of an incursion mount. Ukrainian,
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DALLAS (AP) — Hundreds of flights have been canceled at the busy Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas braced for an ice storm making its way into the Southern Plains. The National Weather Service says more than half an inch of ice could accumulate in parts of the Ozarks through
Continue ReadingBy JAMES FELTON, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — A surprise proposal at the Saginaw City Council meeting is putting a pause on hero pay for police and firefighters. The mayor, Brenda Moore, said the postponement is to make sure things are done the right way. “I’m not against
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El subsecretario del Departamento del Tesoro de EE.UU., Wally Adeyemo, explicó el anuncio de las sanciones a Rusia del martes por la mañana, detallando el triple enfoque del gobierno de Biden. “Las sanciones que impusimos fueron acciones significativas que tuvieron un impacto en Rusia de múltiples maneras”, dijo Adeyemo durante una breve
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union sanctions against Russia have taken effect. They target senior government officials, companies and hundreds of lawmakers who voted in favor of recognizing the independence of separatist parts of southeast Ukraine. Wednesday’s sanctions will freeze the assets of those listed and a ban on them traveling
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By Anaëlle Jonah, CNN When Paris clinched the race to host the 2024 Olympic Games, it may have been in part thanks to a slogan that embodied the Olympic spirit: “Made for sharing.” But for French officials, that generosity doesn’t extend to the Games’ official languages. “The official languages of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Continue ReadingBy EMILY RITTMAN Click here for updates on this story IOLA, Kansas (KCTV) — For more than a year and a half, a Kansas husband, father and grandfather fought to come back home from the hospital. In the hospital, Roger Collins battled COVID and the toll it took on his body for more than 570
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Ocho niños y 12 adultos habrÃan sido sacrificados como parte de un ritual funerario para acompañar a un hombre de alto estatus social hace unos 800 o 1.200 años en Perú. Investigadores de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos presentaron este martes los hallazgos relacionados a la momia de Cajamarquilla
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — In a story published Jan. 19, 2022, about a federal appeals court considering whether to vacate the murder convictions of a man who died in prison, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Gary Lee Sampson’s death sentence involved three killings. Sampson was sentenced to death in only one of his three murder
Continue ReadingBy BRIANNA OWCZARZAK, TREVOR SOCHOCKI Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — Ethan Crumbley, the suspect accused of shooting and killing four of his classmates at Oxford High School in November, appeared in court in Oakland County on Tuesday. The 15-year-old is being charged as an adult in this case and is
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pepsi is putting a whole new meaning into the soft drink. In what the company describes its “most ambitious feat yet,” PepsiCo announced Wednesday a first-of-its-kind nitrogen-infused cola that has a creamier and smoother taste compared to traditional carbonated sodas. The beverage, called Nitro Pepsi, is being released in the
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been condemned by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, who used Africa’s past to warn that clinging to the legacies of colonialism risked “new forms of domination and oppression.” Russia sharply escalated its military campaign against Ukraine on Monday
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been condemned by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, who used Africa’s past to warn that clinging to the legacies of colonialism risked “new forms of domination and oppression.” Russia sharply escalated its military campaign against Ukraine on Monday
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