By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — What was interpreted as a threatening and hateful letter was mailed to the home of Middletown Public Schools’ superintendent. Superintendent Michael T. Connor called it a “hate crime packet.” Connor posted it to his Twitter account on Feb. 25. “Yes, racism
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Local rescue organizations have taken in animals seized in an animal cruelty investigation in Rutherford County last week. According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, 23 horses, 17 goats and a sheep were all taken from Paws Ranch after
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Granada and Cádiz have drawn 0-0 in a Spanish league match marked by a fan racially insulting a player. A fan behind one of the goals at Granada’s stadium was seen on the television broadcast making what appeared to be gestures imitating a monkey as Cádiz
Continue ReadingBy CHUCK MORRIS Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A woman was arrested Friday night at the airport after becoming upset about a lost bag. Metro Nashville Airport Police officers were called to the baggage claim area at 6:11 p.m. because an irate passenger was yelling at American Airlines employees.
Continue ReadingBy CATHERINE CATOURA Click here for updates on this story CLAYTON COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Heavy police presence was reported at Jonesboro High School after a student brought a gun to school Monday, according to Clayton County Public Schools. School officials say the loaded handgun discharged but no students or employees were injured as a
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN Republican leaders in Congress are condemning two GOP lawmakers, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona, for speaking at a White nationalist conference over the weekend. On Monday evening, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy publicly weighed in on the matter for the first time. “Last week, I
Continue Reading BERGAMO, Italy (AP) — Russia international Aleksei Miranchuk held his head down and didn’t celebrate after scoring the final goal in Atalanta’s 4-0 win over Sampdoria in Serie A. Miranchuk’s goal came hours after Russia’s national team was suspended from qualifying matches for the World Cup as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The US and its European allies on Friday announced new sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a rare move targeting a foreign leader’s personal wealth. But the impact of those sanctions may be largely symbolic. Although Putin is believed to hold billions of dollars in personal wealth, little is
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors is joining a host of other companies in cutting off its business with Russia. The Detroit-based automaker announced Friday it is halting all exports to the country which is currently invading neighboring Ukraine. Cutting off exports to Russia will not be terribly costly to GM, though. GM only
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By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Vietnam was the only destination added to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk Level 4 category for travel on Monday. The “very high” risk category still contains more destinations than all the other levels put together, with nearly 140 places now at Level 4. In
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By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, died Sunday evening following “a long battle with cancer,” according to an announcement from Feinstein’s office. Feinstein, a California Democrat, said in a statement that her “heart is broken today.” “My husband was my partner and best friend for more
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are all taking tougher stances on content from Russian state media amid intensifying pressure from European officials for the Big Tech platforms to act against pro-Russian propaganda and address the escalating information war in Ukraine and across the internet. But there are concerns that cracking down
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states are seeking to add to the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine. States were taking steps Monday to pull state pension and treasury funds out of investments in Russian-held entities or Russian companies supporting the war. Some states have
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states are seeking to add to the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine. States were taking steps Monday to pull state pension and treasury funds out of investments in Russian-held entities or Russian companies supporting the war. Some states have
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war with Russia, the company announced Monday. The stays will be funded by donations to the Airbnb.org Refugee Fund as well as with help from hosts on the platform. Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s cofounder
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Ukrainian forces have so far managed to stave off Russian ground forces massed less than 20 miles north of the embattled capital Kyiv — but though they’ve defied US intelligence predictions that the city would likely fall within one to four days of a full-scale
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By Paul P. Murphy, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, is believed to have been one of the invading Russian military’s first strategic targets. Home to 1.4 million people, it is located less than 20 miles from the Russian border, in northeast Ukraine. It
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BEREGSURANY, Hungary (AP) — The mass exodus of refugees from Ukraine to the eastern edge of the European Union has showed no signs of stopping as they flee Russia’s burgeoning war. The U.N. estimated Monday that more than 520,000 people have already escaped. Long lines of cars and buses were
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las fuerzas ucranianas han logrado hasta ahora mantener a raya a las fuerzas terrestres rusas, las cuales se encuentran a menos de 32 kilómetros al norte de la asediada capital de Ucrania, Kyiv. Pero, a pesar de que han desafiado las predicciones de los servicios de inteligencia de Estados Unidos, según las
Continue Reading LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Lenexa police say a shooting that left three people dead over the weekend apparently was a murder-suicide. Police spokesman Danny Chavez identified those killed early Sunday as 20-year-old John Williamson, of Lenexa, Kansas, and 22-year-old Sara Beck and 37-year-old Dustin Johnson, both of Belton, Missouri. KSHB-TV reports Chavez said Monday that
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