By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States is closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and “temporarily relocating” the small number of remaining diplomatic personnel in the country to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, “due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday.
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By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States is closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and “temporarily relocating” the small number of remaining diplomatic personnel in the country to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, “due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El embajador de Bolivia en Cuba, Eduardo Pardo, falleció este domingo en La Habana, informó el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del paÃs sudamericano en un comunicado oficial. Sin ofrecer más detalles, la dependencia de Bolivia señaló que el funcionario estuvo luchando “semanas” para recuperar la estabilidad en su salud. “La CancillerÃa
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities man says he watched helplessly this week as a thief drove off with his custom wheelchair van. John Anderson said he visited a caregiver at the Radisson Hotel in Brooklyn Center Thursday night, but as he got to the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois who served time in prison after being convicted on racketeering, conspiracy and fraud charges. Personal Birth date: February 24, 1934 Birth place: Maquoketa, Iowa Birth name: George Homer Ryan Father: Thomas Ryan, pharmacist Mother: Jeannette Ryan Marriage:
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN With demonstrations in the Canadian capital in their third week, Ottawa Police sent a message Wednesday to protesters, saying, “You must leave the area now.” Protests clogging downtown streets began in late January as truckers blocked roads and irritated residents with honking horns. This week, they agreed to move out of
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Naturally, Netflix gifted us with a look at the new season of “Bridgerton” on Valentine’s Day. A teaser trailer dropped Monday and it did not disappoint. It starts with a voice over by Julie Andrews, who serves as the voice for “Lady Whistledown.” “Dearest gentle reader,” she asks. “Did you
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the February 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was acquitted in the case. Facts Trayvon Benjamin Martin, born February 5, 1995, was an African American high school student who lived in Miami Gardens, Florida, with his mother, Sybrina Fulton. In February
Continue ReadingBy David Schuman Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — St. Paul are struggling to deal with speeding drivers. Cars are going too fast on main thoroughfares and in residential neighborhoods, but fewer speeding citations are being handed out than in years past. Graeme Webster, who lives with his family
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Iowa State has climbed to No. 6 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. That is the best ranking for the program in 20 years and it comes with big games against No. 14 Texas and No. 15 Oklahoma this week.  South Carolina remained a unanimous No 1 in
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Iowa State has climbed to No. 6 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. That is the best ranking for the program in 20 years and it comes with big games against No. 14 Texas and No. 15 Oklahoma this week.  South Carolina remained a unanimous No 1 in
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The saga of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva moves on to the short program — which she can participate in after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A test that Valieva took in December was flagged for a banned heart medication, but CAS
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta. The lawsuit claims the social media giant has been unlawfully collecting biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed the lawsuit that claims Facebook has been storing millions of biometric
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Era el dÃa de San ValentÃn de 1996 cuando Lee Green entró en un albergue de montaña en Nepal, rodeado por el Himalaya nevado, y se encontró con Mandy Halse por primera vez. Green y Halse estaban a miles de kilómetros de sus respectivos hogares en Inglaterra y Nueva Zelandia. Ambos
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Opinion by Tim Calkins for CNN Business Perspectives The Super Bowl is the biggest single advertising event of the year. Companies line up to spend millions of dollars buying commercial time during the game, and they spend months working on the ads, surveying consumers and testing different creative ideas. But unlike most advertising these days,
Continue ReadingBy KCAL KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — Some celebrations turned violent and destructive following the Los Angeles Rams thrilling win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI Sunday night. Large crowds gathered in downtown L.A., surrounding passing vehicles, setting off fireworks and shutting down streets. Los
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By Stephanie Elam, CNN The West is in its worst drought in centuries, scientists reported Monday. A study published in Nature Climate Change found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest in 1,200 years. Last year’s drought severity was “exceptional,” researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022.
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is weighing whether to  invoke emergency powers to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. For the past two weeks, hundreds and sometimes thousands
Continue ReadingBy Michael Abeyta Click here for updates on this story WELD COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — In Colorado oil and gas companies don’t have to disclose what chemicals they use in their fracking operations and a physician’s advocacy group says that’s a problem. Dusty Horwitt, a consultant with Physicians for Social Responsibility, says his group has
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By Holly Yan and Aileen Graef, CNN Once again, a bomb threat has derailed classes at Howard University — one of more than a dozen historically Black colleges and universities targeted with bomb threats during Black History Month. “A shelter-in-place order has been issued following a bomb threat against the main campus,” the university’s Department
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