By David Custer Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — An injured bald eagle was rescued in Tuscola County on Friday. The bird of prey suffered an injury to the tip of its wing and was discovered by Peggy Pelkey and her son-in-law in a field in Fairgrove. The Wildlife Recovery Association
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN Business) — La Reserva Estratégica de Petróleo de Estados Unidos (SPR, por sus siglas en inglés) es un complejo de almacenamiento subterráneo del Gobierno que fue construido dentro de cuatro domos de sal separados en la costa del golfo de Texas y Louisiana. Combinadas, las cuatro ubicaciones de la SPR
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have taken up a bill that would ban transgender girls and women from competing in female only sports. A Senate committee on Tuesday debated the proposal. The measure would put limits on transgender girls and women but not transgender boys and men. It would
Continue ReadingBy Adam Murphy Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — President Biden is expected to talk about historic infrastructure investments during his speech on Tuesday night. A newly-signed law is sending $9 billion dollars to Georgia to be used for road and bridge improvements. It comes at a time when our state
Continue Reading LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — In a story published February 28, 2022, about a murder-suicide in Lenexa, Kansas, The Associated Press erroneously reported the hometown of two of the victims. John Williamson was from Lenexa, Kansas, and Dustin Johnson was from Belton, Missouri.
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republicans have forged ahead with an overhaul of mine safety regulation that strips the state of its ability to cite coal companies for unsafe working conditions. They blocked an effort Tuesday by Democrats to derail the measure. That came after dozens of miners and
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have signed veteran inside linebacker Joe Thomas. Thomas has 16 starts over seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. He has 12 tackles for loss and 10 pass breakups. The Bears made big changes after going 6-11 last season, hiring general manager
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By Matt Egan US oil prices briefly spiked on Thursday to their highest level in nearly 14 years, as concerns about disruptions to Russia’s supplies continue. US crude jumped as much as 5.4% to $116.57 a barrel early Thursday — the highest trade since September 22, 2008. A week earlier Lehman Brothers collapsed. However, the
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Mallory Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The good times rolling in full force Monday night. Lundi Gras was in full swing Monday as back-to-back parades made their way through downtown Mobile. It’s all leading up to the main event, Fat Tuesday. Plenty of spectators lined the streets
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have waived center DeAndre Jordan and signed veteran point guard D.J. Augustin and forward Wenyen Gabriel. The Lakers also waived Sekou Doumbouya before their home game against Dallas. Jordan was a flop in his only season with the Lakers, who signed the 14-year veteran in September. He
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By Caitlin Kaiser and Stephanie Elam, CNN Winter is California’s wet season, but a discouraging snow survey performed on Tuesday, along with an ominous (lack of) precipitation record set in Sacramento, shows that California reservoirs will likely not fill up again this year. “With below-average precipitation and snow up until this point, our team’s latest
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent television viewers to the cable news networks for updates, with Fox News Channel gaining the largest audience and CNN the most dramatic increase. Collectively, CNN, Fox and MSNBC had 6.4 million viewers in prime time between last Wednesday and Sunday,
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By Clare Foran, CNN Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds went after President Joe Biden over rising inflation, foreign policy and the Democratic Party’s handling of the pandemic in the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. Reynolds outlined a lengthy list of GOP criticisms, arguing that reckless government spending
Continue Reading LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman won a narrow victory over her counterpart in England in the traditional Pancake Day race. Whitney Hay of Liberal, Kansas, ran the 415-yard course in 1 minute, 7 seconds on Tuesday. That beat Katie Godof of Olney, England, who ran her race in 1 minute, 10 seconds. The
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By Alex Rogers and Steve Contorno, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rebutted Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s plan “to rescue America,” trying to keep attention on Republicans’ perceived failures of the Biden administration as the party looks to take back the Senate this year. Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senate Committee,
Continue ReadingBy Amy Wadas Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A W&J student was disenrolled for holding up a disrespectful sign during a women’s basketball game targeting a player on the opposing team, college officials said Sunday. In a statement posted to Facebook, W&J Dean Eva Chatterjee-Sutton said the sign held
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Stellantis, the company formed one year ago from the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s PSA, has plans to double its net revenues by 2030 while moving more of its 14 car brands to being fully electric, CEO Carlos Tavares said in a presentation Tuesday. The company also says
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By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN The midterm election season kicked off Tuesday in Texas — with election workers, voters and voting rights activists reporting several glitches, including poll worker shortages in several counties and a delay in tabulating ballots in heavily populated Harris County. But election officials in the Lone Star State identified
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Russia’s attack on Ukraine is causing wheat prices to spike, exacerbating already high food prices. Wheat futures were up about 5.35% Tuesday, reaching prices not seen since 2008. The higher prices make wheat more expensive for food makers, who will likely pass those costs on to consumers.
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Russia’s attack on Ukraine is causing wheat prices to spike, exacerbating already high food prices. Wheat futures were up about 5.35% Tuesday, reaching prices not seen since 2008. The higher prices make wheat more expensive for food makers, who will likely pass those costs on to consumers.
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