By Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Caddo Parish schools may bump up the start of next school year to Aug. 3. School board member Tony Nations said the district is having to make up for lost time during the pandemic the last two years. The Louisiana Department
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on its border with Ukraine, Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor with a multi-pronged attack, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. A whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to stave off a Russian invasion in recent weeks failed to defuse tensions that had
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La invasión de Rusia a Ucrania comenzó horas antes del amanecer con una serie de misiles contra lugares cercanos a Kyiv, así como el uso de artillería de largo alcance contra la ciudad nororiental de Kharkiv, cerca de la frontera con Rusia. Rápidamente, el ataque se extendió por el centro y
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOE McDONALD and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration prepares its response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, U.S. Treasury Department officials and their counterparts in Europe are tasked with finding ways to make Russia’s economy pay a price. One key question is how to measure the success.
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The Associated Press has learned that UEFA will no longer stage this season’s Champions League final in St. Petersburg after Russia attacked Ukraine. An extraordinary meeting of the UEFA executive committee will be held on Friday to discuss the geopolitical crisis and a person with knowledge of the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ty Pennington was just trying to make his wife laugh and it brought out the trolls. The “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” host responded Wednesday on Instagram to negative comments on an earlier video he posted in which he danced on the beach. “What was an honest moment of just trying
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Thank goodness Lindsay Lohan joined TikTok so the world could learn the proper pronunciation of her last name. The “Mean Girls” introduced herself in her first post. “Hey everyone it’s Lindsay Lohan and guess what? Now I’m on TikTok,” she said in the video. She pronounced her last name “Lo-wen”
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN More than half of US abortions in 2020 were conducted using medication, according to new data assembled by a reproductive rights think tank that marked a notable inflection point in the method’s growing popularity amid new efforts to limit access to the pills. Use of medication abortion, in which patients use
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — State officials have identified two drivers killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 235 in north Wichita. Television station KAKE reports the crash happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a southbound pickup truck driven by 56-year-old Darth Cline, of Wichita, crossed the median and collided head-on with
Continue ReadingBy Caitlyn Penter Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville Police Chief David Zack said he wishes police had been called sooner to the Omni Grove Park Inn overdose incident earlier this month. Officials said six people had to be taken to the hospital for suspected overdoses that night,
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business The West is promising “massive” sanctions on Moscow in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that European sanctions would target Russia’s military, economy and energy, and Germany’s decision this week to halt certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline built by Russia’s Gazprom shows
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By Maureen O’Hare and Hadeel Ghaboun, CNN In a major new archaeological discovery, a Neolithic complex of 9,000-year-old stone carvings has been uncovered in Jordan’s southeastern desert. The find was recorded by a team of Jordanian and French archaeologists and announced on Tuesday at a press conference held by the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN Three Milwaukee police officers have been suspended after a man arrested during a traffic stop Wednesday died in jail hours after he was taken into custody, Milwaukee police said. Keishon Thomas, 20, was pulled over for a traffic violation around 1:55 a.m. Wednesday, police said. He was arrested on an outstanding
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s jobs recovery didn’t lose steam in the new year with a key measure of jobless claims dropping to its lowest level since March 1970, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Continuing claims for unemployment benefits, which count people who have filed for jobless aid for at least two weeks in
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — All government-mandated coronavirus restrictions have ended in England, including the legal requirement for people who test positive for COVID-19 to isolate at home. Officials say that those who tested positive will still be advised to stay at home for at least five days, but from Thursday they
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon will return to full capacity with 50,000 runners this year after the race was canceled in 2020 and limited last fall due to the coronavirus. The announcement for the Nov. 6 event was made Thursday by New York Road Runners,
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By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the West and making punishing sanctions all but certain. European stocks tumbled on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 3.9% in London, while France’s CAC 40 dropped 3.8% and Germany’s DAX 30 shed 4%. Russian stocks
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stock prices have tumbled 10% since the S&P 500 set its record high early this year, hurt by worries about interest rates, inflation and conflict in Ukraine. But based on measures that Wall Street uses to gauge stocks, they look perhaps 15% cheaper. That’s shaving
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The widower of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed after a prop gun was discharged by Alec Baldwin on the set of the film “Rust,” appeared in an interview with NBC that aired Thursday. Matthew Hutchins told “Today” host Hoda Kotb that he believes Baldwin is among those responsible.
Continue Reading GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — The logo of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom is being removed from the jerseys of German soccer team Schalke following Russia’s wide-ranging attack on Ukraine. Schalke says the logo will be replaced by lettering reading “Schalke 04” instead following what it called “recent developments.” A senior Gazprom executive had already quit
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