By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Karim Benzema and Vinícius Júnior will likely be rested on Saturday for the match that can give the team the Spanish league title. Madrid needs a draw against Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to clinch its record-extending 35th league
Continue ReadingBy Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A West Roxbury dad is defeated. Just so tired of the headaches and the hounding – trying to get his special needs sons safely to school. “It doesn’t matter who you call. Nothing gets done. No one cares,” Barry Wiener said. “All
Continue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in early trading on Wall Street Friday, putting major indexes back into the red for the week after several sharp moves both up and down. The market is also heading for steep losses in April as traders fret about the tough medicine the Federal Reserve is planning to
Continue Reading
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies will join a nationwide effort to collect expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office will partner with police departments from Ashland, Columbia, Centralia, Hallsville, the University of Missouri, and Truman VA Hospital for events at several locations. Collection Site Locator On Friday, law
Continue ReadingBy Marlee Ginter Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, California (KOVR) — A Lincoln city leader is accused of hurling insults and even hitting one of his constituents at a local debate—and it was all caught on camera. Now, city leaders are asking City Councilman William Lauritsen to resign, but he refuses, saying
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story MALDEN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Surveillance video captured the moment a good Samaritan tried to stop a man police say had stolen an Amazon truck in Malden. Police say 42-year-old Michael Cunha of Somerville jumped into an open Amazon truck in the area of Bickford Road
Continue ReadingBy Darleene Powells Click here for updates on this story SAN BERNARDINO, California (KCAL) — San Bernardino police on Wednesday released disturbing video of an intruder breaking into a home, and standing over the residents, looking at them, as they slept in their bed. Investigators say the intruder has been identified and arrested, but is
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — American Hunter Armstrong has set a swimming world record in the men’s 50-meter backstroke. Armstrong posted a time of 23.71 seconds in the non-Olympic event at the International Team Trials at Greensboro, North Carolina. The meet is selecting the U.S. team that will compete at this summer’s world championships in Budapest,
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil reported $5.48 billion in profits during the first quarter as oil and gas prices rose steadily. That was more than double its profits during the same quarter last year. But the oil giant took a huge hit as it abandoned its Russian operations
Continue Reading
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Michael Douglas has spoken out for the first time about refusing to work with actress Debra Winger after she allegedly bit him on the arm. Appearing on the 100th episode of Rob Lowe’s podcast “Literally!,” the 77-year-old star confirmed longstanding Hollywood rumors that Winger lost the female lead role in the
Continue Reading
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Thousands of emperor penguins cluster on the ice of Atka Bay in Antarctica, mostly unaware that an interloper lives among them. Slightly shorter than the average adult emperor, the 3-foot-tall (1-meter-tall) autonomous robot sits silently within the colony, nondescript compared with humans who sometimes emerge from a nearby research station. The
Continue Reading
By Ashley Strickland, CNN We all need room to roam. It’s instinctual to crave the freedom of having our own space to thrive. The same is true for animals, which are critical to the survival of delicate, diverse ecosystems around the world. But we’re not doing so well on that score. One-fifth of all reptile
Continue Reading
By Lisa Respers France, CNN These days it feels like everything is coming back, so why not Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman? In a recently published interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actress said she’s not against the idea. “It would depend on the context but, yeah, I’d consider it,” said Pfeiffer. It sounds like that
Continue Reading
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Sharon Osbourne is taking some time off from her new job to help her husband through Covid-19. “The Talk UK,” Osbourne’s new talk show, tweeted a video on Thursday in which she tearfully shared the news that Ozzy Osbourne had tested positive. “But I spoke to him and he’s okay,”
Continue Reading
By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN White House communications director Kate Bedingfield has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest high-level Biden official to test positive for the virus. President Joe Biden, she said in a statement, is not a close contact. “This morning, I tested positive for COVID-19. I last saw the President
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, tres de cada 1.000 personas en Estados Unidos murieron por covid-19. Estados Unidos tenía una población total de alrededor de 331,4 millones en 2020, según la Oficina del Censo de EE.UU. Y en los últimos dos años, más de 993.000 personas han muerto por covid-19. ¿Qué
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Helping Ukrainians can generally be done by using existing aid strategies. It’s just a matter of scale and adapting to circumstances on the ground. So says Thomas Tighe, who is the president and CEO of the nonprofit humanitarian medical organization Direct Relief. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Direct
Continue Reading
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans had to reach deeper into their pockets in March, as yet another key inflation index showed prices hit a fresh 40-year high. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index increased by 6.6% for the year ended in March, the Commerce Department reported Friday. It was the highest rate since the
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans had to reach deeper into their pockets in March, as yet another key inflation index showed prices hit a fresh 40-year high. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index increased by 6.6% for the year ended in March, the Commerce Department reported Friday. It was the highest rate since the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve surged 6.6% in March compared with a year ago, the highest 12-month jump in four decades and further evidence that spiking prices are pressuring household budgets and the health of the economy. Yet there were signs in
Continue Reading