WAINSCOTT, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that land-based construction has started on a wind project off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island that’s expected to produce enough power for about 70,000 homes. The South Fork Wind project will consist of 12 turbines and connect to the electric grid on
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By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference has long heralded itself as the premier basketball conference in the country. This year, that hasn’t been the case. Besides No. 7 Duke, only one other ACC team has been ranked in the Top 25 this season. North Carolina was No. 18 in the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Christian Eriksen says he has no anxiety about playing his first match on Monday since a cardiac arrest last June while playing for Denmark in the European Championship. He hasn’t played competitively since that incident when he collapsed and in his own words was “gone from this world for five minutes.” He
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have put the brakes on their push to speed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children under 5. Friday’s move creates major uncertainty about how soon the shots could become available. The Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer to apply before the companies’
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer McLaren is now the majority owner of the IndyCar team it has partnered with the last two seasons. The IndyCar team is still based in Indianapolis, but McLaren will have full control of the team known as Arrow McLaren SP. It means higher expectations for an organization that
Continue Reading By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer The Wizards are on the fringe of playoff contention in the Eastern Conference and won’t have Bradley Beal for the rest of the season. That didn’t stop Washington general manager Tommy Sheppard from turning over a quarter of his roster at the trade deadline. Sheppard says the moves weren’t
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN, MATTHEW DALY and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on the potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions in the federal rulemaking process. Known as the “social cost of carbon,” the estimate is a key component of federal
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The past two years have dramatically altered the retirement calculus for millions of Americans. For some, the threat of contracting Covid-19 pushed them out of the workforce before they were ready. Others found they could retire sooner than they’d planned, thanks to a booming stock market and soaring home prices.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come within the week, possibly within the next two days, even before the end of the Winter Olympics, and is urging Americans to leave the country now. U.S. national security adviser
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina’s Grayson McCall is considered a mid-round NFL draft prospect but the quarterback who passed on transferring to a Power Five school won’t throw a football for months as he rehabs an upper body injury. McCall had surgery last month and with his right
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks fell sharply Friday after the White House said Americans should leave Ukraine “immediately” due to worries about an imminent invasion by Russia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a little more than 500 points, or 1.4%, after the Biden administration said it would be ready to respond
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is setting up shop while it chills out a million miles from Earth. The observatory shared its first selfie from space after testing its iconic gold mirror and Near Infrared Camera. Webb has been in the process of cooling down and aligning its mirror segments since
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden spent parts of the weekend reviewing materials on potential successors to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as his self-imposed end-of-February deadline inches closer. Biden is “currently reviewing the legal record and writings of potential nominees, all of whom deserve fair bipartisan review,” according to White House talking points
Continue ReadingBy Alyssa Flores Click here for updates on this story MADERA COUNTY, California (KFSN) — As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, the California Highway Patrol says its officers are getting ready for big-time enforcement the night of the big game. “We are going to have every available officer out on the roadway,” says Madera CHP Officer
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Independence man made millions of dollars selling catalytic converters. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that 56-year-old James Spick faces a 26-count indictment. The indictment says Spick, owner of J&J Recycling in Independence, made more than $11 million by selling catalytic converters, many of which were
Continue ReadingBy Alyssa Flores Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — The love for Missy Hernandez is in the air at the Three Hearts fundraiser at Tioga Sequoia in downtown Fresno. Missy would often sell crystals at events just like these and now, the tight-knit vendor community she was a part of
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Carpenter Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — A teacher’s aide at an elementary school in Pasadena ISD was honored Thursday by the American Red Cross for her potentially lifesaving actions. Back in November, Jhanet Diehl jumped into action when a third-grade student at Burnett Elementary School started choking
Continue ReadingBy Rosie Nguyen Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dr. Lupita Hinojosa always knew that education would be important to her. But she didn’t know that she would end up dedicating her life and career to the field. As a child of immigrant parents who had to navigate the barriers
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks and Treasury yields are falling sharply on Wall Street Friday, as rising worries about an imminent Russian invastion of Ukraine add to the market’s already high pile of concerns about inflation and interest rates. The S&P 500 was 1.6% lower in afternoon trading after the White House
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By Dakin Andone, Nick Valencia and Jade Gordon, CNN A Black FedEx driver who says he was shot at by a White father and son while delivering packages in Mississippi “can definitely see the similarities” between his case and that of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and murdered in south Georgia. “That’s
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