By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business BP is cutting ties with Rosneft in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The British company said in a statement Sunday that it would exit its 19.75% stake in the Russian state oil giant, describing Moscow’s decision to attack its neighbor as “an act of aggression which is having tragic
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By KENDALL KEYS, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story ESSEXVILLE, Michigan (WNEM) — The Coast Guard in Essexville was called into action Friday to rescue two people on the Saginaw Bay. Officers say two made it out alive because they were prepared. Just before sunrise Friday morning, the United States Coast Guard
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER LIFSEY Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — For a second weekend in a row, the Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks in Midtown has been defaced by cars doing donuts. New video posted overnight on social media shows cars, once again, doing donuts and leaving screeching tire-marks on the beloved intersection
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By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has stumbled again in the Bundesliga with a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened Augsburg to let Bayern Munich open up an eight-point lead. Thorgan Hazard scored in the first half for Dortmund but the visitors failed to build on their lead as Donyell Malen hit
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN A federal grand jury in San Diego indicted the founder of BitConnect for allegedly orchestrating a $2.4 billion global Ponzi scheme, the Justice Department said Friday. Satish Kumbhani, 36, is accused of misleading investors about the cryptocurrency’s “lending program,” where he claimed the proprietary technology would bring substantive returns to investors
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN Republican leaders in Congress are condemning two GOP lawmakers, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona, for speaking at a White nationalist conference over the weekend. On Monday evening, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy publicly weighed in on the matter for the first time. “Last week, I
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Locked-out players and management officials were bargaining for the seventh straight day, just one day before Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage March 31 openers and a 162-game schedule. Negotiators entered the 88th day of the work stoppage far apart on big issues that include
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By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Jackie Wattles, CNN A shipment of Starlink user terminals — small antennas that allow customers to access SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service — arrived in Ukraine Monday, providing a back stop for Ukrainians who may see their traditional service interrupted amid the Russian invasion. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer With Russian troops encircling the capital of Kyiv, more than 60 athletes from Ukraine and elsewhere sent an open letter to Olympic and Paralympic leaders urging them to immediately suspend the Russian and Belarussian Olympic and Paralympic Committees. Among them was Ukranian skeleton rider Vladyslav Heraskevych. He made headlines
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ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Police are searching for two people who exchanged gunfire with Ankeny police officers Saturday night. Ankeny police Sgt. Corey Schneden said officers were responding to a fight at Prairie Point Apartments where gunshots were reported when they spotted a white car with its lights off. When officers pulled the car over,
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spanish media reports say former Wales forward and coach John Toshack is in intensive care in a Barcelona hospital. Toshack has been in the hospital since last week for the treatment of pneumonia that stemmed from a COVID-19 infection. Reports said the 72-year-old Toshack is on a ventilator. As well as leading
Continue ReadingBy NICK SLOAN Click here for updates on this story BONNER SPRINGS, Kansas (KCTV) — A bald eagle that was rescued in Bonner Springs this week has passed away. The eagle was found injured in the woods and Operation Wildlife was able to assist it. However, on Saturday, the Bonner Springs Police Department said the
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer BP says it’s exiting its share in Rosneft, a state-owned Russian oil and gas company, in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. BP has held a 19.75% stake in Rosneft since 2013. It’s currently valued at $14 billion. The British company also said its CEO, Bernard Looney, and former
Continue Reading CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline spiked 10 cents over the past two weeks to $3.64 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that the jump came after a rise in crude oil costs amid global supply concerns following Russia’s invasion of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Business) — El alcohol de fabricación rusa es el objetivo más reciente en la creciente reacción contra la invasión en Ucrania por parte de la nación que dirige Vladimir Putin. Hasta ahora, los funcionarios de Ohio, Utah y New Hampshire han pedido a las licorerías que retiren de los estantes los productos
Continue Reading DHARAMSALA, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer struck his third consecutive half-century as India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in their third and final Twenty20 cricket game to sweep the series 3-0. Iyer followed up his scores of 57 not out and an undefeated 74 in the first two games with another 73 not out
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Bohdan Andrukh was on his way to meet friends for dinner at a San Francisco restaurant last Wednesday when he received a phone call from his mother in Lviv. She was crying; the sound of a nearby explosion had woken her. The war has begun, she told Andrukh, who was far
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Bohdan Andrukh was on his way to meet friends for dinner at a San Francisco restaurant last Wednesday when he received a phone call from his mother in Lviv. She was crying; the sound of a nearby explosion had woken her. The war has begun, she told Andrukh, who was far
Continue Reading By Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz and Devan Cole, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put Russia’s deterrence forces, which includes nuclear arms, on high alert are part of a wider pattern of unprovoked escalation and “manufactured threats” from the Kremlin. “This is really a pattern
Continue ReadingBy Alex Corradetti Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church needs the community’s help to keep their doors open. The sound of church bells throughout Milwaukee serves as a sound of solace for many. While there are several places of worship in the city, only a
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