By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story PICKENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WLOS) — The National Weather Service on Thursday confirmed two tornadoes touched down Wednesday in Pickens County, South Carolina. According to NWS, the winds in one were clocked at 115 miles per hour and damage was consistent with that of an
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LONDON (AP) — The Football Association will offer free buses for up to 5,000 Manchester City and Liverpool fans to attend their FA Cup semifinal match at Wembley Stadium in response to calls for a venue change because of expected rail service disruptions. The FA confirmed the game will be April 16 at Wembley despite
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Poder Judicial de Perú dictó este jueves 18 meses de comparecencia restringida e impedimento de salida del país contra el expresidente Alberto Fujimori. La medida corresponde al caso abierto por la acusación, por parte de la Fiscalía peruana, del homicidio calificado de seis ciudadanos en la localidad de
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Members in the Audrain and Callaway Community will now have to make the journey to Columbia or Jefferson City to seek emergency services, whether that be by ambulance or driving themselves after Noble Health suspended operations at two Mid-Missouri hospitals. Noble Health Corporation announced on Facebook all services at the Audrain Community
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis say an officer has shot and injured a knife-wielding man who attacked another officer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting happened just before 4 a.m. Friday in the Walnut Park East neighborhood in north St. Louis. Police say two officers confronted a man at a
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business DC is taking a page from Marvel’s playbook comic book. Warner Bros. on Thursday released a deleted scene from “The Batman” showing more of the Caped Crusader’s greatest nemesis, The Joker. The scene is from the latest film based on the superhero, which hit theaters earlier this month. The five-minute-long
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The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward gains when markets open Friday after Western governments promised new sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin tried to prop up Moscow’s sinking ruble by threatening to require Europe to use it to pay for gas exports. Futures for the Dow Jones rose 0.3%
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Thursday marks exactly one month since Russia launched its invasion into Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted a quick takeover of Kyiv, but instead, he has left a trail of broken-down tanks, military convoys stuck in the mud and thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Turnbull Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Two European parliamentarians blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his handling of the recent Freedom Convoy protests, saying Canada has become a “symbol of civil rights violations.” Following a Wednesday speech from Trudeau in Brussels – his first in five years
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business North Atlantic shipping lanes are going to be very busy this year as an armada of US natural gas shipments heads to Europe, helping the continent to reduce its reliance on Russian energy following the invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration said Friday that the United States will work with
Continue ReadingBy Robert Chappell, for Madison365 Click here for updates on this story MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) — Madison Ballet’s 40th anniversary season closes this weekend and next with a program titled Turning Pointe, which, the company’s website says, “celebrates the company’s past, while it steps into a brilliant future.” Leading the way into
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The governing body of the U.N.’s labor agency has picked a Togo executive to be the agency’s new leader and the first director-general from Africa. The group of government, worker and government representatives voted on Friday to make Gilbert Houngbo the next chief of the International Labor Organization. Houngbo currently is president
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Tara Subramaniam, CNN January 6 rioters are publicizing their actions at the US Capitol and pushing misinformation in an effort to gain notoriety in ways that echo former President Donald Trump. But it has not gone well for many of them. Some rioters are finding that their words and their posts
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that have been buffeted by the pandemic, inflation and shipping woes have another challenge to add to their plate: taxes. Tax season can be complicated for everyone, but as the April 18 filing deadline looms, small business owners, contractors, entrepreneurs and others face
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By Nathan Hodge, CNN and Julia Presniakova in Lviv Ukrainian forces “continue to maintain circular defense” in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian general staff said early Tuesday, even as Russian forces consolidated control around the southeastern port city. On Monday, the mayor of Mariupol said that evacuation corridors had come largely under
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN and SAM PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union set the stage for a stepped-up crackdown on tech companies with an agreement on landmark digital rules to rein in online “gatekeepers” such as Google and Facebook parent Meta. EU officials agreed late Thursday on wording for the bloc’s Digital Markets
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By Jason Hanna and Gregory Lemos, CNN A 14-year-old boy died after he fell Thursday night from a drop tower amusement ride that recently opened at the Orlando area’s ICON Park entertainment complex, authorities said. Tyre Sampson, 14, of St. Louis, Missouri, fell from the Orlando FreeFall ride, described by its operators as the world’s
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By Danya Gainor, CNN Egg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never imagined that their research would help scientists more than 100 years later understand how birds are affected by the changing environment. Using a modern and a Victorian-era collection of egg samples, researchers
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 cases in the United States have fallen more than 95% from their peak in January, and on Friday, Hawaii will become the last state to roll back its indoor mask mandate. Testing has slowed, and states are scaling back on reporting surveillance data, too. But experts say that tracking new
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In the third week of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in a video, dressed in a dark green shirt, speaking slowly and deliberately while standing behind a white presidential podium featuring his country’s coat of arms. Except for his head, the Ukrainian president’s body barely moved as he
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