By Web staff Click here for updates on this story IMMOKALEE, Florida (WFOR) — A year-old endangered Florida panther died after being struck by a vehicle. The remains of the male panther were found Monday along a rural road northwest of Immokalee in Collier County. It’s the eighth panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is gearing up for its first big product event of the year. The company announced Wednesday it will host a virtual event, with the tagline “Peek Performance,” on March 8. Apple is rumored to be unveiling a series of new MacBooks and iMacs featuring the second iteration of
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Palm oil prices have shot up in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as markets scramble to find alternatives to shipments of sunflower oil stuck in Black Sea ports. Palm oil futures prices in Indonesia — the world’s biggest exporter of the product — have soared by more than
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (kcal) — A man and his 3-year-old daughter were killed after a speeding pickup truck crashed into their Long Beach apartment Tuesday night. At about 10 p.m., a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck careened through the wall of an apartment in the
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY and CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican elected officials across the U.S. are criticizing President Joe Biden over his energy policies and want to ramp up domestic production as a way to help wean the nation and its allies off oil from Russia. Governors, senators and state attorneys general
Continue Reading By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer’s new COVID-19 treatment came with a catch when it debuted late last year: It can take months to make the tablets. Company leaders say they have since expanded production and expect big gains in the next several months. That could help if another wave of cases develops later
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Socket Telecomm in Boone County is receiving over $5 million to expand broadband infrastructure in Northern Boone County as part of a $42.2 million federal grant to the state of Missouri.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Maass Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — When a high-pressure pipeline carrying scalding hot water began flooding throughout an unopened gate and lounge area at DIA, the flood continued for 5½ hours according to a briefing provided to the airport’s CEO two days after the catastrophic event. It’s estimated
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By Faith Karimi and Samantha Kelly, CNN Volodymyr Bondarenko spends most of his day holed up in his apartment in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Between listening for air-raid sirens and frantically messaging family for updates, he trades messages with a flurry of Airbnb guests booking his one-bedroom rental in the heart of Ukraine’s capital.
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By Brian Lowry and Frank Pallotta, CNN After a year of simultaneously releasing movies on HBO Max and in theaters, Warner Bros. returns to exclusive theatrical releases bearing a rather sizable gift: “The Batman.” The movie, which is set to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, has wider implications for the studio
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry and Frank Pallotta, CNN After a year of simultaneously releasing movies on HBO Max and in theaters, Warner Bros. returns to exclusive theatrical releases bearing a rather sizable gift: “The Batman.” The movie, which is set to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, has wider implications for the studio
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An Arizona man is accused of leading law enforcement officers on three separate chases across Callaway County and into Boone County, reaching speeds well over 100 mph.
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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass has fired men’s basketball coach Matt McCall. The move is effective at the end of the season. McCall is 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst. He will coach the Minutemen through the conference tournament. UMass is 12-16 overall and 5-11 in the Atlantic 10 this season. UMass has reached the
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Pressure is growing on Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, and one potential buyer has revealed the Russian oligarch is trying to offload the Premier League club. Chelsea and Abramovich’s media representatives have not disputed a claim by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss that he “received an
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russian troops move deeper into Ukraine, President Joe Biden is taking steps to rein in rising energy costs – even if those moves run counter to his agenda for addressing climate change. The crisis threatens to derail Biden’s clean-energy strategy in the short term as officials
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street took another sharp swing Wednesday, this time back to rally mode, as stocks and Treasury yields rose even as oil prices continued to climb. The S&P 500 rose 1.9%, putting it back into the green for the week, after Federal
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By Kiely Westhoff and Mirna Alsharif, CNN A New York man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly assaulting seven Asian women in a span of about two hours over the weekend, according to the New York City Police Department. Police have recommended Steven Zajonc, 28, be charged with seven counts of assault as a hate
Continue Reading By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish prosecutors are shelving two investigations into alleged financial wrongdoing in Juan Carlos I’s business dealings that prompted the former monarch to move from Spain to Abu Dhabi. Prosecutors said Wednesday they didn’t find evidence that could be prosecuted, because the monarch was protected by immunity until
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By Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN Russia is intentionally targeting Ukrainian civilians in its attack on the country, the US President alleged Wednesday, adding to mounting Western warnings of Moscow’s brutality as the human toll of the seven-day war creeps higher. Despite the accusation, President Joe Biden stopped short of formally saying Moscow is
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr, Jim Sciutto and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russia’s strategy in its war on Ukraine is shifting toward a “slow annihilation” of the Ukrainian military, US and other Western officials tell CNN, warning that Russia could focus on a bloody and deadly bombardment of cities and civilian targets as the conflict
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