By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — WeWork, the beleaguered coworking space company, has filed for bankruptcy, marking a stunning downfall for what was once the world’s most valuable startup. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy announcement was widely expected after the company said last month it was struggling to pay back its debt. The pandemic
Continue ReadingMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Quinn Slazinski scored 18 points, Jesse Edwards had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and West Virginia beat Missouri State 67-59.  It took a while, but the Mountaineers were able to put a tumultuous offseason behind after the resignation of coach Bob Huggins following a drunken driving arrest. West Virginia made only
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By Steve Contorno, Kit Maher and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Des Moines (CNN) — Breaking from the tradition of the first-in-the-nation caucuses, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president, sending a clear message to Republicans looking for an alternative to former President Donald Trump that the time to act has
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Hace más de 40 años, Farouk El-Baz, un cientÃfico espacial y geólogo conocido por sus investigaciones de campo en desiertos de todo el mundo, argumentó que el viento desempeñó un papel importante en moldear la Gran Esfinge de Guiza antes de que los antiguos egipcios agregaran detalles en la superficie de
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US is planning to transfer $320 million worth of precision-guided bomb equipment to Israel, according to three people familiar with the matter, amid Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza as part of its war on Hamas. The sale of the Spice Family Gliding Bomb
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Soldados estadounidenses fueron atacados ocho veces más desde el viernes por la mañana con drones de ataque unidireccionales y bombardeos con cohetes en Iraq y Siria, lo que representan una intensificación de los ataques a las fuerzas estadounidenses por parte de grupos respaldados por Irán. Los nuevos incidentes –uno
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is endorsing former President Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race. Sanders said in a statement Monday that she supports Trump, whom she served as White House press secretary. The two are expected to appear together Wednesday at a rally
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of candidates onstage for the third Republican presidential debate will be the smallest yet. The Republican National Committee says five candidates will participate in Wednesday night’s debate in Miami. They are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La canciller de Perú, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, renunció a su cargo este lunes, informó a los medios de comunicación el presidente del Consejo de Ministros, Alberto Otálora. El funcionario no dio detalles de la razón por la que Gervasi se separó del cargo. La renuncia de Gervasi se produce en medio de la
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By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee announced Monday that five presidential candidates have met the criteria to participate in Wednesday’s third primary debate in Miami. They are former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A jury has acquitted another Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died. It was the second of three trials against first responders indicted by
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two people are facing weapons charges after authorities in Washington, D.C. say the pair crashed into a barricade near the US Capitol building while in possession of a pistol illegally converted into an automatic firearm. A law enforcement official familiar with the incident told CNN there was no indication
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says 22 U.N. peacekeepers in a convoy withdrawing from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali were injured when vehicles hit improvised explosive devices on two occasions on Saturday. There have now been six incidents since the peacekeepers left their base in Kidal on Oct. 31 for the estimated 350 kilometer
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For 265 years, more than 100 letters written by family members to the men serving aboard the French warship Galatée languished in piles, still sealed with red wax because they never reached their intended recipients. When the ship was captured by the British in 1758 while sailing from Bordeaux
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man who has been accused of killing his wife in 2002 pleaded not guilty in court on Monday morning. Harold Dickens, 64, of Williamsburg, was charged with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Dickens appeared in court via video from the jail.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — National Geographic Traveller publicó su “lista de destinos cool” para 2024, que incluye 30 lugares y experiencias para no perderse. Aproximadamente la mitad de la lista está en Europa, e incluye zonas tan diversas como las ruinas de Pompeya y las montañas de Albania, que la revista califica de “estrella emergente
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has once again failed to agree on a resolution about the Israel-Hamas war. Despite hours of closed-door talks on Monday, differences remained among Security Council members on how to prevent more civilian deaths in Gaza. The U.S. is calling for “humanitarian
Continue ReadingCALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a suburban Chicago community have dropped municipal citations against a local news reporter for what they say were persistent contacts with city officials seeking comment on treacherous fall flooding. The reversal Monday occurred days after officials in Calumet City mailed several citations to Hank Sanders, a Daily Southtown
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s easy to forget how much we used to rely on real, physical paper and, like, other people to buy basic things. It wasn’t all that long ago that you’d call a travel agent to book a flight. Maybe you’d pick up the telephone (a landline, even) and
Continue Reading By John King, CNN Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Nanette Mees is a registered Republican and a textbook example of Virginia’s shift from red to blue. Her last Republican vote for president was in 2004, which is also the last time a GOP presidential nominee – George W. Bush back then – carried suburban Loudoun County
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