Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Casa Blanca aprobó un plan del Pentágono para que los casi 2.000 soldados de EE.UU. en Polonia ayuden a los estadounidenses que puedan tratar de evacuar Ucrania si Rusia invade, según dos funcionarios estadounidenses familiarizados con el asunto. Las fuerzas estadounidenses actualmente no están autorizadas a ingresar a Ucrania si
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Uber’s ride-hailing service edged closer to returning to its pre-pandemic levels during the final three months of last year. But prospects for the San Francisco-based company remain clouded by the future direction of the novel coronavirus that has plagued its business. Its fourth-quarter results
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By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to Peter Navarro, former President Donald Trump’s one-time trade adviser who following the US Capitol riot has consistently defended efforts to overturn the election. Navarro is just the latest former Trump official to
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By Caitlin Kaiser and Pedram Javaheri, CNN This could be the hottest Super Bowl kickoff ever. An unseasonable wintertime California heat wave — with temperatures in the 80s, maybe even as high as 90 — is forecast to stretch from Wednesday afternoon right through kickoff on Sunday. The out-of-season forecast heat prompted the National Weather
Continue Reading By Caitlin Kaiser and Pedram Javaheri, CNN This could be the hottest Super Bowl kickoff ever. An unseasonable wintertime California heat wave — with temperatures in the 80s, maybe even as high as 90 — is forecast to stretch from Wednesday afternoon right through kickoff on Sunday. The out-of-season forecast heat prompted the National Weather
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Chipotle, Paycom rise; CVS, New Relic fall.
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Sesame Street theme park is set to open next month in San Diego. Officials on Wednesday announced the opening of the first Sesame Street theme park on the West Coast. It will feature Big Bird’s Beach, Oscar’s Rotten Rafts, and a Cookie-Monster Tower, among other
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Nearly every time the Kansas City Chiefs got pressure on Joe Burrow in the AFC championship game, he managed to pull off a surprising escape. That ability to get out of trouble with his legs is one of Burrow’s best traits and a big reason why he has
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Borrasso Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A Butler County doctor is being prosecuted for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient. Last month, state police arrested Dr. Matthew Sabo for sex crimes against a female patient. Now, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case. Offices in Armstrong
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney+ regained some of its magic on Wednesday with subscriber totals that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. The streaming service now has 129.8 million subscribers, a gain of nearly 12 million in the company’s fiscal first quarter. Those results beat expectations and were a rebound for the media company after a
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Dominique Ducharme. The 48-year-old was relieved of his duties Wednesday after Montreal began its season with a dismal 8-30-7 record for a league-worst 23 points. His dismissal comes in the wake of a 7-1 rout by the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. The Devils had
Continue ReadingBy WGCL Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Former Cobb County Sheriff’s Office deputy Peter Bilardello has been arraigned on federal charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. He was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 25. “Bilardello allegedly shared child pornography through social media while he
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una niña negra de 12 años fue descalificada de una competencia de natación en Wisconsin durante el fin de semana por llevar un traje de baño casero con la frase Black Lives Matter, pero los organizadores revirtieron rápidamente la decisión y la dejaron nadar. Sarah Lyons declaró a CNN que su
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Officials at Dotdash Meredith say the company will lay off 200 workers and stop print publications of several magazines. Wednesday’s announcement comes two months after New York-based Dotdash merged with Meredith, a magazine company based in Iowa. A company spokesperson said most of the layoffs occurred in the company’s New York office but some people
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending the country’s COVID-19 restrictions in the face of protesters who kept up the pressure with truck blockades Wednesday in the capital and at key U.S. border crossings, including the economically vital bridge to Detroit. A growing list of Canadian provinces moved
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La deportación de inmigrantes cubanos desde Estados Unidos ha aumentado más del 2.370% desde 2016, según datos del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de este país (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés). ¿A qué se debe este aumento? Si bien los inmigrantes cubanos por años se beneficiaron en
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — While New York works to launch a legal recreational marijuana market, some entrepreneurs have jumped into a legal gray area. They say they’re not selling pot but are giving it away while people buy something else. Now, the state says they need to stop. The Office
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — European scientists have taken a significant step closer to mastering a technology that could allow them to one day harness nuclear fusion, providing a clean and almost limitless source of energy. British officials said Wednesday that researchers at the Joint European Torus experiment near Oxford managed to produce a record amount of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una gran cantidad de atletas de países occidentales se sorprendieron por las estrictas restricciones por el covid-19 que se encontraron a su llegada a Beijing para los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno en las últimas semanas. Algunos fueron puestos en aislamiento por semanas luego de una prueba positiva, mientras que otros se
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By Carma Hassan, CNN People should not delay getting a mammogram because of a recent Covid-19 vaccination, a new study says. It’s common for mammograms to pick up swollen lymph nodes, also known as lymphadenopathy, after vaccination, said the study, published Tuesday in the journal Radiology. Swollen lymph nodes following a vaccination are a short-term,
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