By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Africa’s World Cup playoffs will serve up a Mohamed Salah vs. Sadio Mané sequel as the Liverpool teammates face off on opposite sides again with their countries. Salah’s Egypt will face Mané’s Senegal in one of the continent’s five decisive World Cup playoffs,
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By ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has passed a Republican bill that would increase the age to purchase or possess cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21. The GOP-controlled House voted 79-43 for the bill Wednesday. The legislation also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products, and
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington has joined nine other states, including California and New Jersey, that restrict firearm magazine capacity size. Gov. Jay Inslee signed a package of bills tightening the state’s gun laws, including the measure that bans the manufacture, distribution and sale of firearm magazines that hold
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Parra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An elderly woman was attacked in her own home in southwest suburban Oak Lawn Tuesday night. One of the attackers rang the door bell of the 70-year-old woman at her home, on 105th Street near Kenton Avenue, pretending to sell candy around
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: David A. Andelman, colaborador de CNN y ganador en dos ocasiones del Premio del Club Deadline, es Caballero de la Legión de Honor francesa, autor de “A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen” y el blog SubStack Andelman Unleashed. Anteriormente
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — CTA Red Line trains were delayed Wednesday when a raccoon got onto the tracks in the State Street subway section of the line downtown. At 11:30 a.m., the Chicago Transit Authority said southbound Red Line trains were halted near the Lake Street
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS criminal investigation arm tasked with tracking down sanctioned Russian oligarchs’ property failed to receive an infusion of money in the Ukraine aid package. This appears to be because of broader reluctance by Republicans to put more money into IRS enforcement actions. Republicans close to the
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — UEFA is exploring fresh action against Russia to thwart a bid to host soccer’s European Championship that was launched on Wednesday, one month after invading its neighbor and seeing its teams suspended from international competitions over the war in Ukraine. The late declaration of interest
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Officials say Anthony Crudup Jr. has been found safe. In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, officials said Anthony was located at a residence near 44th and Capitol. He was medically cleared at the scene and is in the process of being reunited
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN The star ingredient responsible for an airy, bubbly pizza crust is yeast. As cells that eat sugar and convert into carbon dioxide, yeast is what makes dough rise — yet Italian scientists have discovered a way to make pizza dough without it. Because of a severe yeast allergy, Italian materials scientist
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Clarke Raines was found guilty today of murdering his mother, who prosecutors and investigators say he hog-tied. The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office said he also was found guilty of 13 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. The victim,
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A Belle man is facing multiple counts of possession of child porn after an investigation by the Maries County Sheriff’s Office.
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El embajador de Nicaragua ante la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), Arturo McFields, tomó distancia de su gobierno y denunció este miércoles ante el Consejo Permanente del organismo que el gobierno de Daniel Ortega es una “dictadura” y que él no puede “seguir guardando silencio y defender lo indefendible”.
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The 21st century tornado problem is far different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Killer tornadoes hit the Southeast far more than they do in Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas. An Associated Press analysis shows that nearly 89% of tornado deaths since 2000 have happened from Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana east.
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The 21st century tornado problem is far different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Killer tornadoes hit the Southeast far more than they do in Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas. An Associated Press analysis shows that nearly 89% of tornado deaths since 2000 have happened from Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana east.
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Numerous people have been accused of partaking in what Henderson County authorities are calling a “criminal enterprise.” The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) says a months-long investigation alongside Loss Prevention teams from Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart has resulted
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caleb Williams and head coach Lincoln Riley are back at work together as spring football begins at Southern California. The quarterback who seized the starting job at Oklahoma midway through his freshman season is starting over on the West Coast. But it isn’t a completely
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Revenge over a social media insult motivated last year’s sensational slaying of a Happy Hill couple whose home exploded during a hail of gunfire, a police investigator testified Tuesday. Mobile County District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis found prosecutors had presented enough evidence
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — The British government will allow Chelsea to sell some tickets again under the terms of its sanctioning license, meaning Real Madrid supporters can attend the Champions League quarterfinal at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea had been banned from selling tickets after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned last
Continue Reading The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will demand “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials Wednesday that “a number of Western countries made illegitimate decisions on the so-called freezing of the Russian assets, effectively drawing
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