By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution. The state alleged that Monsanto and spinoff companies Solutia and Pharmacia are responsible for contamination of public property, water and other natural resources. It also alleges that the PCB contamination
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By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution. The state alleged that Monsanto and spinoff companies Solutia and Pharmacia are responsible for contamination of public property, water and other natural resources. It also alleges that the PCB contamination
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SOUTHLAKE, Texas (KTVT) — The Southlake Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a ring containing a woman’s son’s ashes. It was lost at Trader Joe’s on Feb. 18 around 2:30 p.m. The cremation ring is a custom 7/8th marquise diamond with two
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The Internal Revenue Service will continue using controversial facial recognition software for the rest of the current tax-filing season to verify taxpayers’ identities before they can log on to its website. But after facing a backlash, the agency is now offering an alternative, too. The IRS announced Monday that people
Continue Reading GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 21, 2022, about an explosion at a Louisiana refinery, The Associated Press erroneously stated that four contract workers were treated on the scene. The correct number is three.
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By Whitney Wild, Geneva Sands, Gabe Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Defense Department on Tuesday approved the use of 700 National Guard members and 50 large tactical vehicles ahead of possible trucker convoy protests descending on the Washington area in the coming days, according to the DC National Guard. The guard members, activated on
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The worries rocking Wall Street about interest rates, inflation and now Ukraine have sent the S&P 500 tumbling by 10% from its recent high. It’s an arbitrary number, but it’s big enough that Wall Street has a name for such a decline: a “correction.” Such
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Ryan Lindberg had 14 points to lead five St. Thomas players in double figures as the Tommies ended their 12-game losing streak, topping North Dakota 84-74. Riley Miller and Brooks Allen added 12 points apiece for the Tommies on Tuesday. Parker Bjorklund and Burt Hedstrom chipped in 10 points each. Matt
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s president announced he was calling up some of the country’s military reservists as the threat of a Russian invasion grew, but he added there was no need for a full military mobilization. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address to
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — After a lengthy battle with COVID, a New Hampshire mother was finally able to see her baby two months after he was born. Macenzee Keller was fighting for her life the last several months. The 20-year-old chose not to get
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities continue to search for a suspect in a shooting at a party in southeast Missouri that left two people dead and 14 people injured. The shooting occurred early Saturday in Charleston in the Missouri Bootheel. Robert Hearnes, director of the Charleston Department of Public Safety, identified the victims
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Locked out baseball players and team owners agreed to meet for a third day in a row on Wednesday in an attempt to reach a deal that would salvage opening day on March 31. Players made counteroffers on several topics during the latest session in
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By Laura He and Rob McLean, CNN Business Global stock markets tumbled and crude oil prices surged to $99 per barrel on Tuesday after Russia ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine. Wall Street also fell as traders returned from the holiday weekend, but stocks finished off their lows of the day. The Dow briefly
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Tempur-Sealy, TransUnion fall; Tegna, Meritor rise.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge says a former Kansas City, Missouri, police detective will be allowed to remain out of jail while he appeals his conviction in the shooting death of a Black man. Jackson County Circuit Court Presiding Judge J. Dale Youngs ruled Tuesday that Eric DeValkenaere will remain free on bond
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Tuesday after Russia sent forces into Ukraine’s eastern regions, escalating tensions. The benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1% to 4,304.76, and is now more than 10% below it’s all-time high set in January, what’s
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. and all 27 European Union member nations are ordering initial penalties targeting Russian officials over their actions in Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden announced sanctions of Russian financial institutions and oligarchs on Tuesday for what he called “the beginning of a Russian
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Neighbors are involved in a controversy over a backyard treehouse in a New Hampshire city. Jill Maloney of Portsmouth had the structure built for her 8-year-old son. Maloney has to take up the issue with the city because neighbors complained
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Many Kansas legislators want to make sure that counties don’t change the longstanding tradition of electing sheriffs by enshrining the policy in the state constitution. The Republican-controlled state House gave first-round approval Tuesday to a proposal to add language to the Kansas Constitution’s short article
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Los movimientos del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, en las próximas horas decidirán la gravedad de la crisis para Ucrania, pero también determinarán un impacto potencialmente enorme para los estadounidenses y en un mundo ya profundamente inestable. Si Putin lanza una invasión a gran escala en toda Ucrania o si decide
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