By Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is planning to begin conducting face-to-face interviews with final contenders for the Supreme Court vacancy as soon as next week, aides say, after spending the weekend at Camp David studying a list of at least four candidates. The President is making clear to his advisers
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top court official says masks will no longer be required in Iowa courtrooms as a statewide policy beginning next week. Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen says effective Monday, the courts will end the mandatory mask protocol. However judges will be allowed to use discretion to require face
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa court judge has ordered the state to pay a labor union representing state workers nearly $2 million in a five-year legal dispute centered on whether the state could continue to deduct union dues from state worker paychecks after a state law change in
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Desilva Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police are looking for a man reported missing on Wednesday. Timothy Lane, 49, was last seen on Feb. 9 about 8 a.m. in the 8300 block of Cozumel Creek Court, near Windmill Lane and Buffalo Drive. Police said he
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Lilly Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — UPDATE (Feb. 11) — A representative for MountainView Hospital in northwest Las Vegas shared that Eddie D. passed away a few days after this wedding was held. According to the hospital, Eddie passed away Jan. 27 at about 8:30 p.m. at
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By Lizzy Yee, Arnaud Siad and Aleks Klosok, CNN The United States could prosecute Russian individuals allegedly involved in figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case under the American Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA), the head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, told CNN on Friday. The RADA bill, named after whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov who
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Columbia Public Schools has dropped its mandate for face coverings to be worn at school, effective Friday, citing declining coronavirus case rates and fewer staff and students being infected.
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Scott Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Six family members were stabbed inside their Philadelphia home while they were sleeping early Friday morning, police say. Authorities say a 29-year-old male, also a family member who lived in the home, was arrested a short time later. “It’s a very violent
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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A necropsy on 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit showed no definitive cause of death. The California Horse Racing Board released the results of the examination done after the colt collapsed and died after a workout on Dec. 6 at Santa Anita. Trainer Bob Baffert said the colt suffered a heart
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By AAMER MADHANI and KATHY GANNON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to split $7 billion in Afghan assets frozen in the U.S. to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and create a trust fund to compensate Sept. 11 victims. The order calls for U.S. financial institutions to facilitate
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the moves tells The Associated Press the Seattle Seahawks are continuing the overhaul of their coaching staff with the expected hiring of Sean Desai and Karl Scott as key defensive assistants. The Seahawks also let go of veteran offensive line
Continue ReadingBy TaRhonda Thomas, WPVI Digital Staff and George Solis Click here for updates on this story GLENOLDEN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Briarcliffe Fire Company Station 75 is silent. No firetrucks and no firefighters are moving inside or outside. It comes after the fire company was temporarily shut down following allegations of racist remarks by firefighters who
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al menos seis personas, incluidos cinco policÃas, resultaron heridas durante un tiroteo este vierneso en un suburbio de Phoenix, dijo la policÃa. Un agente que respondÃa a una llamada por un tiroteo recibió disparos alrededor de las 2:15 a.m., hora local, fuera de la casa en Buckeye, en el oeste
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Only a month ago, a significant percentage of investors thought that the Federal Reserve wouldn’t need to raise interest rates in March. So much for that. The stock and bond markets are now gripped by fears of multiple rate hikes this year. Inflation worries have become so prevalent
Continue ReadingBy Dann Cuellar Click here for updates on this story HATBORO, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A Montgomery County community is banding together to support a police officer who is still recovering from a bee sting that’s left him incapacitated. Officer Ryan Allen has been on the force since 2013. He helped start Hatboro Police Department’s first
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN African countries are on course to control the coronavirus and its emerging variants this year, the World Health Organization’s regional head for the continent has said. African countries have faced a number of challenges since the first outbreak of the Covid-19 virus in February 2020, including the impact of lockdowns on
Continue Reading PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Virginia man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to interfering with the crew on a United Airlines flight last year. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Kameron Stone of Fairfax, Virginia, tried to open the cockpit door and struck a flight attendant who tried to stop him. The flight
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Kansas Republicans appeared to get the new congressional district lines they wanted this week through horse-trading in the Legislature. Then, hours after the new map became law, the GOP leader who supposedly struck the deal seemed to go back on it. The sparring between
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Fowler Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The death of a 2-month-old child is being investigated as a homicide, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. IMPD officers were called to the 7900 block of Timber Ridge Dr. on Saturday on a report of an unresponsive infant who was
Continue ReadingBy Amicia Ramsey Click here for updates on this story WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (WISH) — Video of the arrest of a Purdue University student on Friday has sparked outrage on campus, and the police say they’re getting death threats. Questions surround the Purdue University Police Department officer’s use of force. A video recorded Friday shows
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