urielblanco (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Nicaragua informó el lunes que a partir del primero de febrero se realizarán los juicios orales y públicos de más de 40 opositores que desde hace varios meses se encuentran en la Dirección de Auxilio Judicial. El anuncio incluye a quienes se encuentran bajo arresto domiciliario. Mynor
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Home Depot has a plan to combat the worker shortage: Speedy job offers. The world’s largest home improvement retailer said Tuesday that job applicants “could receive an offer within one day of applying.” Home Depot said the “accelerated” hiring process is part of its plan to hire more than 100,000
Continue ReadingBy MATT MCFARLAND Click here for updates on this story GUILFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A sight on Guilford’s town green is putting smiles on plenty of faces. Dozens of penguins are the handiwork of a local artist who took advantage of this weekend’s storm and turned it into what is now the talk of the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A medida que las conversaciones sobre la guerra en Ucrania alcanzaron un punto álgido y los temores de invasión aumentaron durante la última semana, un líder mundial se mantuvo decididamente por encima de la refriega: el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. Blinken y Lavrov hablan por teléfono en medio de
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By Tami Luhby, CNN While the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is not upending the nation’s economy like the virus did at the start of the pandemic, it has wreaked havoc on millions of Americans’ ability to work and pay their bills. Nearly 9 million people said they were not working because they were sick
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By Jack Bantock, CNN Move aside Joe Burrow, the true franchise star of the Cincinnati Bengals is rolling towards Super Bowl LVI — get ready for ‘The Cart.’ More commonly found in high-school classrooms, the Bengals’ three-tiered metal cart went viral in October after being wheeled out for media conferences. The contraption was initially used
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as the market comes off its worst month since early in the pandemic nearly two years ago. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% and the Nasdaq fell 0.7%. Technology stocks were the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers stepped up their search for workers in December despite the looming impact of the omicron wave of coronavirus infections. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of posted jobs rose 1.4% to 10.9 million on the last day of December, compared with the
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL Click here for updates on this story BARKHAMSTED, Connecticut (WFSB) — Firefighters saved a dog that fell the through ice at Peoples State Forest in Barkhamsted Monday afternoon, officials said. Officials say members of the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) saw a dog about 75 feet offshore through the ice. “3
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL, ERIN EDWARDS, MARCY JONES, ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT (WFSB) — Police across the state are investigating cases of mail fraud. Several towns reported checks stolen from post office boxes, and the name and amount of money on the checks were changed. “Unfortunately, it’s sad that here
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark is scraping most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers COVID-19 to be “a socially critical disease.” The reason for that is that while the omicron variant is surging in Denmark it’s not placing a heavy burden on the health care system and
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By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it will not reopen the federal investigation into the 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot to death by Cleveland police. It notified Tamir’s mother after she had participated in a federal training event for state prosecutors on investigating police misconduct
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona came agonizingly close to losing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but it never really had a chance of getting rid of Ousmane Dembélé. Barcelona president Joan Laporta says the deal to sign Aubameyang was sealed a minute before the transfer window deadline ended on Monday night and that
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady has retired after winning seven Super Bowls and setting numerous passing records in an unprecedented 22-year career. He made the announcement in a long post on Instagram. Brady has long stated his desire to spend more time with his wife, supermodel Gisele
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By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN Felony hate crime charges have been filed against a man arrested in connection with a series of antisemitic vandalism incidents at synagogues and Jewish schools over the weekend, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown announced Tuesday. Shahid Hussain, 39, faces four felony hate crime charges, two felony counts of
Continue ReadingBy KANDRA KENT Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland father and disabled veteran said his trailer was stolen from his Jeep while he was shopping Sunday at Home Depot. Christopher Hedgecock told FOX 12 that he’d just spent six days sanding and painting his old trailer and was
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By Marianne Garvey Jessica Biel wished husband Justin Timberlake a happy 41st birthday on social media. “The Sinner” actress took to Instagram on Monday, writing, “Happy birthday, 80s baby,” alongside a snap of the two in ’80s inspired looks on the beach. The two will celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary in October and share two
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Last year was a historic one for American jobs. A record number of workers quit their jobs while US employers had more positions to fill than ever before. In December, 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs, down slightly from the record 4.5 million in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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By Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN As he stepped back and stared at his 66-year-old father and 12-year-old son following the family tradition of working on a car, Donald Fennoy made a life-changing decision. He needed more quality time with his aging parents and young children and less time dealing with other people’s parents
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By Ben Morse, CNN Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. The 44-year-old, arguably the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announced the news on social media. “I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there,
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