By Web staff Click here for updates on this story BENTON, Louisiana (KTBS) — Sheriff Julian Whittington is launching a new program aimed at focusing on people with special needs in our community. Called “Friends of Bossier Sheriff’s Office,” the program includes a decal that will help law enforcement officers and first responders identify a
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La titular de la FiscalÃa Especializada en materia de Derechos Humanos de México, Sara Irene HerrerÃas Guerra, informó que ya se ejecutaron al menos cinco órdenes de arresto contra presuntos involucrados en el incendio que esta semana dejó al menos 39 personas muertas en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Al responder
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled back down in February after ticking up unexpectedly the month before, a welcome sign in the central bank’s long battle to bring down historic price increases. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 5% for the 12 months ended in February, lower than January’s
Continue ReadingBy Hayatullah Amanat, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new study conducted by the University of Cambridge suggests an increase of non-alcoholic drinks on sale online may reduce the amount of alcohol people buy. Researchers studied 737 regular alcohol buyers in England and Wales using a simulated
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Scientists think they may have pinpointed the cause of a mysterious outbreak of liver disease that affected children worldwide last year. In a study published Thursday in the scientific journal Nature, researchers from the University of California and the
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By JOE McDONALD and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street inched higher ahead of an inflation update Friday that could influence the Federal Reserve and its decision on interest rates at its next meeting. Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index inched up about 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% before
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Inflation in Europe has fallen to its slowest pace in more than a year, though stark signs of persistent underlying pressure on prices will complicate policymakers’ next move on borrowing costs. Prices in the 20 countries that use the euro rose 6.9% this month compared with a year ago, the European
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in Belarus along with part of Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday. . Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that his country intended to deploy tactical, comparatively short-range and small-yield nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media says Israel has launched airstrikes on the suburbs of Syria’s capital for the second day in a row. Iranian and Syrian state media on Friday reported that the strikes killed an Iranian adviser when they hit south of Damascus. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on targets inside
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and ANNA FURMAN Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When two skiers collided on a beginner run at an upscale Utah ski resort in 2016, no one could foresee that seven years later, the crash would become the subject of a closely watched celebrity trial. But Gwyneth Paltrow’s live-streamed trial over
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state TV says a former chairman of Bank of China Ltd., one of the country’s four major state-owned lenders, is under investigation by the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption agency. China Central Television said on its website that Liu Liange is suspected of “serious disciplinary violations.” The one-sentence report gave no details
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN The swirl of unprecedented political, legal and historical implications ignited by the indictment of Donald Trump reached a fever pitch Tuesday with the former president arrested and pleading not guilty in Manhattan. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating Trump in connection with his alleged role in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN In the wake of a Manhattan grand jury’s historic decision to indict Donald Trump, the former president and some other prominent Republicans, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have invoked liberal billionaire George Soros in their attacks on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump claimed
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Huawei has reported a nearly 70% fall in profit last year amid sanctions and pandemic challenges, but saw its enterprise sales rise as the Chinese technology giant sought to pivot into digital industries and reduce its vulnerability to U.S. sanctions. Huawei says its annual revenue for
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Turkey has finally approved Finland’s application to join NATO, putting an end to months of delays while also continuing to block Sweden from joining the military alliance. The Turkish Parliament voted unanimously in favor of Finland’s membership on Thursday, clearing the last hurdle in the accession process. The vote fulfills Turkish
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris and Gene Norman, CNN At least three people are dead and dozens of others were hospitalized after a series of brutal tornadoes tore through multiple states in the South and Midwest Friday, ripping homes to shreds and reducing neighborhoods to scattered debris as meteorologists warned the danger would continue into the night.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Seven US government investigators briefly fell ill in early March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CNN on Thursday. The investigators’ symptoms included sore throats, headaches, coughing and nausea — consistent with
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Andi Babineau, CNN The US Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Thursday, alleging violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and seeking damages over the train derailment and subsequent environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. The Norfolk Southern Railway Company and parent company Norfolk Southern Corporation
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine freed last year after two years of imprisonment in Russia, said he’d like to see the Biden administration take “definite action” in freeing an American and Wall Street Journal reporter recently detained by the Kremlin. “I want to see some definite action,” Reed
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine freed last year after two years of imprisonment in Russia, said he’d like to see the Biden administration take “definite action” in freeing an American and Wall Street Journal reporter recently detained by the Kremlin. “I want to see some definite action,” Reed
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