By Lauren Brigman Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A local jail that caught fire nearly two weeks ago is now back in operation. Sheriff Buddy Harwood tells News 13 the Madison County Jail reopened on Friday, March 18th. An electrical fire broke out at the detention center
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri System has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by a white woman who alleged she was removed from her position in favor of a younger, Black woman. The Columbia Missourian reports the university will pay $1.57 million to Rachel Brown, who was 60 when she lost her job
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MADRID (AP) — Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says that Karim Benzema will miss Real Madrid’s match against fierce rival Barcelona because of a leg injury. Madrid hosts Barcelona on Sunday with an already commanding lead of the Spanish league. Benzema has not yet recovered since hurting his left leg in Monday’s 3-0 win at Mallorca.
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Arsenal has strengthened its hold on the final Champions League spot in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa secured by a first-half strike by Bukayo Saka. The England international latched onto a ball that was weakly cleared by the Villa defense and lashed a low shot past
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Quarterback Emory Jones is leaving Florida after just two days of spring practice. Jones says he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. It’s an about-face for a fifth-year senior who said earlier this week he wanted to give new coach Billy Napier and his staff
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MERIBEL, France (AP) — There was a surprise winner of the final slalom of the World Cup ski season. Andreja Slokar stepped up with a career-best result to win at the World Cup Finals meeting in the sunny French Alps. Olympic champion Petra Vlhová was third and the new World Cup overall champion Mikaela Shiffrin
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William and Kate are embarking on a tour to Central America and the Caribbean, even as some countries in the region mull cutting ties to the British monarchy. The couple will visit Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas on the week-long journey that starts Saturday. The trip
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere Joe Biden always says foreign relations is about relationships, and he’s been developing the one he has with Vladimir Putin for two decades. Biden warned that Putin had dreams of rebuilding an authoritarian empire going all the way back to his days as a senator from Delaware. On the campaign trail, he
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Formula One champion Max Verstappen has warmed up for the first qualifying of the season by leading the third and final practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton again struggled to keep up. Verstappen’s lap of 1 minute, 32.54 seconds put
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca politics producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she thinks that Canada’s military needs to be “better equipped” and that the government has to “do more” when it comes to stepping up the defence budget. In an interview on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers have linked a common chemical to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers including lymphoma, in a study that looked at nearly 1.3 million children. Pthalates, a group of chemicals that are part of what makes plastic
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Maryland is one step closer to becoming the second US state to ban the declawing of cats. The Maryland House of Representatives voted on March 10 to pass a bill that would ban declawing, a procedure used to prevent cats from scratching. The bill, HB0022, would prohibit veterinarians “from performing certain
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Like most every other nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been participating behind closed doors in so-called “moot court” sessions to prepare for her upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar. Under the system, allies play the role of hostile senators, launching questions
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer As the driving force behind Formula One’s most successful team Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has reached the summit of success alongside star driver Lewis Hamilton. Embarking on a new season, Wolff also wants to throw his weight behind furthering discussions on mental health to help people suffering
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One person has died after emergency crews responded to a crash Friday evening just before 5 p.m. Friday evening.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: As of Saturday night around 7:30 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol canceled the silver alert for Stanly Depee because he was safely found. On Saturday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Chillicothe Police Department issued a silver advisory for a missing man that was last seen on Friday night.
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By Thomas Lake, CNN On February 12, 2020, Jacque Hollander sat in a conference room on the third floor of an Atlanta courthouse and told prosecutors she thought James Brown had been murdered. District Attorney Paul Howard listened, took notes, and accepted a green plastic bin full of items that Hollander said were corroborating evidence.
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In 2018, Kohl’s was a bright spot in the beleaguered department store sector. Sales were growing, Kohl’s stock price was booming and new CEO Michelle Gass was earning widespread praise for her creative approach, including partnering with Amazon to offer free Amazon returns at Kohl’s stores. Out of the three
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — Marco Odermatt has finished his standout World Cup ski season on top yet again. The new World Cup overall champion retained his first-run lead in a giant slalom to win at the World Cup Finals meeting at Méribel in France. Odermatt’s near-flawless season in giant slalom now counts five wins and
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business March Madness isn’t just for college basketball fans. That phrase is also an apt description of the volatility on Wall Street, and this March is no different. Just look at what stocks have done so far this month. It began with worries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and
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