By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of West Coast flights are being canceled by Alaska Airlines on the same day that pilots are picketing over stalled contract negotiations. At least 66 Alaska Airlines flights were canceled in Seattle, 20 in Portland, 10 in Los Angeles and seven in San Francisco. The
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The family of an American citizen taken hostage in Afghanistan more than two years ago welcomed an apparent proof of life video that was published on Friday and called on the Biden administration to take “bold and decisive action” to bring him home. Mark Frerichs, a veteran and contractor who was
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Tom Hanks will launch a new era of Cleveland baseball. The Oscar-winning actor will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Guardians’ home opener against the San Francisco Giants on April 15. It will be Cleveland’s first home game since dropping Indians, the team’s name since 1915. Hanks, who famously said
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El balón de la Copa del Mundo Qatar 2022 empezará a rodar el 21 de noviembre en el Estadio Al Bayt. Pero este viernes se dio el primer paso de la fiesta máxima del fútbol mundial con el sorteo que determinó cómo quedaron conformados los grupos y cómo
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from the Valero Texas Open after nine holes of the second round, citing discomfort in his neck. Wearing a strip of medical tape on the side of his neck, Matsuyama teed off Friday and birdied his opening hole at TPC San Antonio. He made
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Honduras informó este viernes que comenzó un proceso de aseguramiento e incautación de bienes y del patrimonio financiero del núcleo familiar del expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández, a través de la Fiscalía Especial Contra el Crimen Organizado. El expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández presenta recurso
Continue ReadingBy KDKA News Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An investigation is underway after a man arrived at the Pittsburgh Police Zone 2 station with his son who had been stabbed. Just before 7 a.m., the man arrived at the station and EMS took the child to the hospital. From
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KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — Two people who helped another person dispose of the body of an Iowa murder victim have been sentenced to prison. The Des Moines Register reports that 56-year-old Julia Cox was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison and 59-year-old Roy Garner was sentenced to nine years for their roles in the
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Chilling details have emerged about an armed gang’s attack on a train in northern Nigeria which left eight people dead and more than two dozen injured. Musa Bashir Usman was one of more than 300 people traveling on a train from Nigeria’s capital Abuja to the northern city of Kaduna when
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired eight-time All-Star reliever Craig Kimbrel from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for outfielder AJ Pollock. Kimbrel was 4-5 with 24 saves in a combined 63 games with the Chicago Cubs and White Sox last season. The Cubs shipped him across town at midseason in
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps across more of the American West. As of Friday, anyone 21 and older in New Mexico can purchase up to 2 ounces
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the World Cup football (soccer) tournaments. The World Cup is organized by FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association. Men’s and women’s tournaments are held every four years. July 10-August 20, 2023 – The Women’s World Cup is scheduled to take place in Australia and New Zealand. November
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower on Wall Street Friday while Treasury yields soared, after a healthy report on the U.S. job market strengthened expectations for coming interest rate hikes. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% in afternoon trading, after flitting between small gains and losses earlier. The index
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The jobs market is still healthy and paychecks are growing at a solid rate — although not fast enough to make up for surging prices on just about everything. That means that the Federal Reserve is increasingly certain to raise interest rates in May by a half-point to
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have extended manager Charlie Montoyo’s contract through the 2023 season. The 13th manager in Blue Jays history, and the first from Puerto Rico, Montoyo has a 190-194 record through three seasons with Toronto. He led Toronto to a wild-card playoff berth in the
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bundesliga players’ salaries reached an all-time high of nearly 1.57 billion euros last season despite a huge shortfall in German clubs’ revenue during coronavirus lockdowns. The German soccer league says the downturn in revenue since the start of the pandemic across the top two divisions has
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer Minor leaguers with wives and children are finding out days before the start of their seasons that some teams are not taking their families into account as part of a new policy guaranteeing housing for players. MLB initiated a policy for this season mandating that teams provide housing for
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former city councilwoman is suing Jefferson City and its mayor over a decision to remove two decorative stones that contained a message about a Confederate general. Edith Vogel filed the federal lawsuit Thursday, alleging that the city council and Mayor Carrie Tergin violated her free speech rights when they
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Former Councilwoman Edith Vogel filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin and the city over the removal of pavers with a Confederate message from a riverwalk.
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By Holmes Lybrand Concluding one of the more unnerving cases surrounding January 6, a man who brought multiple firearms, Molotov cocktails and other weapons near the US Capitol that day was sentenced to 46 months behind bars on Friday. Lonnie Coffman, 72, parked his truck — filled with 11 Mason jars filled with gasoline and
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