By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MAPLEWOOD, Minnesota (WCCO) — It doesn’t take much to create dangerous driving conditions. Wet weather and cooler temperatures can cause chaos. Add in rush hour traffic, and you get what happened Thursday morning on Interstate 94 in Maplewood. MnDOT traffic cameras captured more than a
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By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is refusing to say if he thinks transgender people actually exist. At a news conference Thursday, he twice dodged that exact question just a day after signing legislation limiting transgender rights. The Republican instead defended his signatures on bills barring transgender girls and
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s difficult to understand where we are in the pandemic. But two years ago, the situation was clear: for many people, coronavirus had brought the world to a stop. That’s when pediatric surgeon
Continue Reading By Kathleen Toner, CNN As Covid-19 infection rates and restrictions are waning in some places and a variant is surging in others, it’s difficult to understand where we are in the pandemic. But two years ago, the situation was clear: for many people, coronavirus had brought the world to a stop. That’s when pediatric surgeon
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By Caroll Alvarado and Rebekah Riess, CNN An investigation is underway at Chicago Public Schools after a teacher hung a small stuffed Black football player doll on a string from a projector screen in their classroom, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s principal and obtained by CNN. The March 29 letter
Continue Reading By Caroll Alvarado and Rebekah Riess, CNN An investigation is underway at Chicago Public Schools after a teacher hung a small stuffed Black football player doll on a string from a projector screen in their classroom, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s principal and obtained by CNN. The March 29 letter
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By Andy Rose and Chloe Melas, CNN After Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles police officers were prepared to arrest Smith, according to an interview with the award show’s producer, but the comedian was adamant he did not want to press charges. In an excerpt
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By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in Arlington, Texas, have reached a $250,000 settlement with the city. Bakari Williams died last September after spending five days in the hospital with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and
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By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid in a tight race, according to early results on Thursday. But outstanding challenged votes could change the outcome. Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against forming a union.
Continue Reading AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Harris English has decided not to play in the Masters next week. He’s still recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum. English won twice on the PGA Tour last year and finished third in the U.S. Open. He has not played since the Sony Open in Honolulu the second week
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By Kyung Lah and Sarah Boxer, CNN Khrystyna Pavluchenko strokes the tiny hand of her newborn, Adelina. She had anticipated the profound joy of becoming a mother for the first time — but not the guilt. “(That’s) because I left,” Pavluchenko says, choking on tears, as her hours-old child sleeps in the crib next to
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The Missouri House has defeated a congressional redistricting plan passed by the state Senate — intensifying a stalemate that could lead to court intervention.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeff Walz has had a lot of success getting players to transfer to Louisville over the last few years, including three starters on his Final Four team this season. He’s not the only coach in the Final Four who has bolstered the roster by using the transfer portal
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Title IX has been a passionate subject for Candace Parker ever since she learned of its impact while doing a paper on it in the eighth grade. So, it is no surprise her first documentary as an executive producer is about the landmark legislation. Parker considers herself to be
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By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Jamie Gangel, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Ashley Semler, CNN In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence that
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) – El fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI), Karim Khan, informó que llegó a un acuerdo con el gobierno del cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, para abrir una oficina en Caracas. Khan, que llegó el martes a la capital del país, dijo que se trata de un paso importante.
Continue Reading By NORM FRAUENHEIM Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Dodgers’ left-handed pitcher David Price isn’t quite sure what role he’ll play this season. The 36-year-old is a five-time All-Star. He reached 93 miles per hour in a one-inning appearance on Wednesday. Manager Dave Roberts believes Price could have an immediate role by pitching relief
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By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A number of Democratic senators are growing increasingly wary of the administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US, setting up a rare clash between President Joe Biden and some members in his own party. Known as
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri nonprofit at the center of a corruption probe that involved several legislators has agreed to pay more than $8 million to the federal government and the state of Arkansas. Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the agreement with Preferred Family Healthcare. The nonprofit agreed to forfeit more than $6.9 million
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert says investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men’s college basketball programs have taken “way too long.” The implicated programs include current men’s Final Four participant Kansas. Emmert did not specify what solutions to speed the process are on
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