By Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN The family of a US Navy officer imprisoned in Japan rallied outside the White House on Wednesday to protest his detention and try to attract President Joe Biden’s attention to the case. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis was sentenced to three years in a Japanese prison in October for
Continue ReadingBy Cynthia Yip Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Some schools are looking in unusual places to help them deal with the shortage of teachers. The State Department of Education is trying to boost its teachers and staff ranks by streamlining the application process. The new hiring platform will streamline the
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By The Associated Press The NBA has released its schedule for the upcoming season. Most teams will open the season on Oct. 19. There are four that open on Oct. 18. That includes reigning NBA champion Golden State. The Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks have to wait until Oct. 20 to begin their regular
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carl Nassib couldn’t be happier playing with Shaq Barrett again even if their Tampa Bay reunion came Wednesday in a different city. Nassib joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Nashville where they are practicing ahead of Saturday night’s exhibition with Tennessee. The Bucs
Continue Reading By GARY SCHATZ Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Barrero hit a game-ending RBI single off Seranthony DomÃnguez with two out in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Albert Almora Jr. helped set up Barrero’s winning hit with a one-out walk. Almora advanced to second on Alejo Lopez’s single
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer By mid-January, LeBron James could be the NBA’s scoring king. The NBA schedule is out and 1,230 games are set to be played between Oct. 18 and April 9. They’ll take place in four countries with Mexico and France playing host to regular-season contests along with the U.S. and
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A spacewalk was cut short just a few hours into what was intended to be a nearly seven-hour spacewalk after a Russian cosmonaut was repeatedly ordered to drop what he was working on and return to the International Space Station’s airlock because of an issue with his spacesuit. NASA officials
Continue Reading By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow says he’s trying to gain back the weight and strength he lost after having surgery to remove his ruptured appendix three weeks ago. The goal is for the QB to be mobile and sharp by the time Cincinnati opens the regular
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 is being released by the state’s parole board. Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the board to reconsider paroling 70-year-old Frederick Woods on Tuesday after
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Tres meses después de que empezara el brote actual de la viruela del mono, Estados Unidos ya tiene más de 12.000 casos… y contando. Por qué catalogar la viruela del mono como una enfermedad de transmisión sexual va más allá de una simple etiqueta Y a pesar de un suministro creciente de la
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh say prosecutors are taking too much time to share their evidence that the disbarred attorney killed his wife and son. They say that is unfairly making it tougher for them to defend him at trial. It’s a technical
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A tiny fish that lives in the icy waters off the coast of Greenland may be unassumingly small, but scientists have found it’s exceptional in more ways than one. The variegated snailfish is full of naturally occurring antifreeze proteins at previously unseen levels that help it survive in subzero waters, according
Continue Reading By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two Ohio counties that won a landmark lawsuit against national pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, claiming the way they distributed opioids to customers caused severe harm to communities and created a public nuisance. U.S.
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s government says it wants to pass legislation forcing the country’s public power transmission network operator to help reduce household and business electricity bills this winter. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, whose Social Democratic minority government faces parliamentary elections next month, said Wednesday the proposal would cost Svenska kraftnat at least 30 billion
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The union that was the first to win a representation vote at an Amazon facility has filed for an election among about 400 employees at another Amazon distribution center. The facility is in suburban Albany, New York. The National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union representation votes, has confirmed the
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — France is being whipped by violent storms that have flooded Paris subway stations, snarled traffic and disrupted the president’s agenda. Winds over 60 mph were recorded at the top of the Eiffel Tower during a flash flood Tuesday. President Emmanuel Macron postponed a World War II commemoration on the French Riviera planned
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The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is asking people interested in taking a newly authorized COVID-19 vaccine to let them know.
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida college student exploring the east Alabama wilderness with his girlfriend was fatally wounded during a shootout with a would-be robber. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Adam Simjee was shot to death in the Talladega National Forest on Sunday. Two women were charged with murder, kidnapping
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials saw signs that the U.S. economy was weakening at their last meeting but still called inflation “unacceptably high’’ before raising their benchmark interest rate by a sizable three-quarters of a point in their drive to slow spiking prices. In minutes from their July
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Ocurrió una explosión dentro de una mezquita durante las oraciones vespertinas en Kabul, Afganistán, el miércoles, indicó un portavoz del jefe de policÃa de la ciudad. El portavoz Khalid Zadran le dijo a CNN que la explosión dejó vÃctimas, pero no especificó más. Republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes emitirán un
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