By Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story EAST LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan State University research shows a larger number of students scored low enough in reading to be held back in third grade in 2022, but school districts promoted most of those students to fourth grade. Michigan’s Read by Grade Three
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El descubrimiento en Australia del esqueleto de un reptil marino gigante de 100 millones de años de antigüedad ha sido aclamado por los investigadores como un gran avance que puede proporcionar pistas vitales sobre la vida prehistórica. Los restos de este plesiosaurio joven de cuello largo y seis metros de altura, también
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN New York Yankees and slugger Aaron Judge have reportedly agreed on a nine-year deal worth $360 million, sources told ESPN, The Athletic senior writer Ken Rosenthal and MLB Network insider Jon Morosi on Wednesday. The slugger comes off a historic season with the Yankees. Despite losing the American League Championship Series
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Britain is bracing for further disruption from strikes heading into the Christmas period, as ambulance drivers and nurses join rail operators and postal workers in the worst wave of walkouts the country has endured for at least a decade. More than 20,000 ambulance workers, including paramedics and call handlers, are
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LONDON (AP) — Time Magazine on Wednesday named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy its person of the year, awarding him the accolade “for proving that courage can be as contagious as fear.” Editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said the choice of Zelenskyy — alongside “the spirit of Ukraine” — was “the most clear-cut in memory.” “Whether the battle
Continue ReadingBy Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story Courtney Allen (WSMV) — People are struggling to make ends meet and facing evictions right ahead of the holidays. New numbers from the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office show that evictions are up substantially this year. So, what is the reason behind the jump? Patricia
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered between small gains and losses in early trading on Wall Street, leaving prospects uncertain for the market to break a four-day losing streak. The S&P 500 was down 0.2% in the early going Wednesday and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 major blue
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Basic services like electricity and telecoms have been restored to key parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region following the signing of a cease-fire deal a month ago, but most areas are still cut off from the world. The agreement signed Nov. 2 requires Ethiopia’s federal government to restore basic services to Tigray,
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Thousands of customers looking to purchase an item on Amazon early Wednesday encountered an error message on the e-commerce site’s checkout page, a rare issue for a platform that has become even more of a central shopping hub for countless households during the pandemic. There were more than 9,000 user reports
Continue ReadingBy Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, Tennessee (WSMV) — A vehicle nearly crashed into a Springfield home on Tuesday night, according to Smokey Barn News. The vehicle was involved in a rollover crash at around 5:30 p.m. on Highway 41 near Courtland Road. The crash sent the vehicle off the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ryan Reynolds was being celebrated Tuesday night at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, but he made the moment about his family. The “Spirited” star received the Icon Award at the event. “I’d be pretty remiss if I didn’t mention that it starts with my family and it ends with my
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A former Theranos executive learns Wednesday whether he will be punished as severely as his former lover and business partner for peddling the company’s bogus blood-testing technology that duped investors and endangered patients. The sentencing for Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who was convicted in July of fraud and conspiracy, comes
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Microsoft agreed Wednesday to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through — an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony. The blockbuster merger is facing close scrutiny from regulators in the
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU and DAVID CRARY of The Associated Press and CATHERINE PEPINSTER of Religion News Service Friction has long-simmered within the global Anglican Communion over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy. The divisions widened this year as conservative bishops affirmed their opposition to LGBTQ inclusion
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Former St. Louis Aldermen John Collins-Muhammed and Jeffrey Boyd have been sentenced after previously pleading guilty to charges related to bribery schemes. Collins-Muhammed pleaded guilty in August to three counts. On December 6, he was sentenced to 45 months (three
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Miracle, Stella Chan, Jason Hanna and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Police on Wednesday will begin returning to their families some personal belongings of the four University of Idaho students found slain last month, the Moscow department said. “It’s time for us to give those things back that really mean something to those families and
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El senador demócrata Raphael Warnock permanece invicto. Después de que tuviera que ir a segunda vuelta en noviembre, Warnock pidió a los votantes de Georgia que lo pusieran en la cima “una vez más” en diciembre y, una vez más, le cumplieron. Desde noviembre de 2020, Warnock ha sido el
Continue ReadingBy Leah Hill Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Lindbergh High School student Mehtap Akcaoglu has a dream. She wants to work for NASA. Akcaoglu is on track with her dream, taking courses in calculus, physics, mechanics, and biomedical science, to name a few. A course load such as
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, the story of book publishing was often the industry itself. Penguin Random House’s attempt to purchase Simon & Schuster ended up in a Washington, D.C. courtroom, as the Department of Justice prevailed after a three week antitrust trial last summer that also served
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN A threat by Facebook owner Meta to remove news content from its platforms appears to have been averted — for now — after US lawmakers omitted an antitrust bill it opposed from the text of an annual defense spending bill released late Tuesday evening. Meta had warned on Monday that if
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