By TARA COPP Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The first U.S. missile fired at an unidentified aerial object over Lake Huron missed the target and “landed harmlessly” in the water before a second one successfully hit, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. The acknowledgment by Gen. Mark Milley of the errant
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Air India has unveiled orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. India’s largest international airline is racing to tap surging demand for increasingly affordable air travel from the nation’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers. Air India is buying 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion. It
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as the new director of his National Economic Council. That would make the Ph.D. economist a key point person for coordinating policy, talking with business leaders and negotiating with Congress. An announcement
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is swinging Tuesday after a highly anticipated report showed inflation is continuing to cool, but perhaps by not as much or as smoothly as hoped. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower after bouncing between losses and gains in morning trading. The bond market
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge & Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina (WLOS) — A mountain community is reeling after a teenage girl was killed and two other teenagers were injured in a crash over the weekend. Trooper Rohn Silvers, a public information officer with the North Carolina State Highway
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN People who’ve had Covid-19 have a higher risk of developing diabetes, and that link seems to have persisted into the Omicron era, a new study finds. Mounting evidence suggests Covid-19 infections are tied to a new diagnosis of diabetes, though it’s not clear whether this relationship is a coincidence or cause-and-effect.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have extended the contract of president of baseball operations John Mozeliak through the 2025 season. Mozeliak is the longest tenured head of baseball operations in the National League. Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. had said last month that he was pleased with Mozeliak and wanted to retain
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have extended the contract of president of baseball operations John Mozeliak through the 2025 season. Mozeliak is the longest tenured head of baseball operations in the National League. Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. had said last month that he was pleased with Mozeliak and wanted to retain
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Former NBA player Keith Appling pleaded guilty to second degree murder and a firearm charge on Monday in relation to a fatal shooting in 2021 in Detroit. Appling, who played for the Orlando Magic in 2016, pled guilty in a Michigan court to one count each of second-degree murder and weapons
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — In their quest for treasure, Wiley and Wilson Blankenship usually find really old coins with their metal detector. Their most recent discovery was a little more explosive. “The detector kind of made a really strange sound and it was showing metal
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Vuelve la serie que tantos aman: la tercera temporada de “Ted Lasso” se estrenará el miércoles 15 de marzo, según se anunció este martes. Con esta fecha de lanzamiento, “‘Ted Lasso’ es la primera serie de Apple TV+ que se estrena a mitad de semana”, afirma un comunicado de prensa
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Columbia Board of Education member Katherine Sasser said she could no longer fulfill her role on the board at Monday night’s meeting.
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Scott Bronstein, CNN Authorities identified the gunman in the deadly mass shooting at Michigan State University as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae. Here’s what we know about him: FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES MSU shooter pleaded guilty to firearm charge in 2019, court records show The gunman in the Michigan State University
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By Eve Brennan, Stephanie Busari and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate, armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles has docked in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of joint military drills with South Africa, Russia and China, Cape town’s Russian Consulate said on Monday. “The battleship arrived in the Mother City on its way to Durban
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Scott Bronstein, CNN Authorities identified the gunman in the deadly mass shooting at Michigan State University as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae. Here’s what we know about him: FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES MSU shooter pleaded guilty to firearm charge in 2019, court records show The gunman in the Michigan State University
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Cuando Roger Federer tomó la decisión de dejar el tenis el año pasado, a los 41 años, lo hizo como una de las figuras más influyentes del deporte. Federer fue dominante en la cancha, ganando 20 títulos individuales de Grand Slam entre 2003 y 2018 y pasando un total de 310 semanas
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Kelsea Ballerini has a Valentine’s Day present for her fans. At midnight on Feb. 14, the singer dropped a surprise album containing six new songs, along with a short film, titled, “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (A Short Film).” Ballerini wrote or co-wrote each song on the album and also wrote
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Olivia Wilde is explaining why she posted about Rihanna’s partner, A$AP Rocky, in regards to the singer’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The “Don’t Worry Darling” director and actress shared on the Instagram stories portion of her verified account a video from Rolling Stone that showed A$AP Rocky jubilantly filming Rihanna’s
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN In the 12 months since President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine, one of the biggest surprises has been the willingness with which Western countries, especially in Europe, have handed over increasingly sophisticated military equipment for Ukrainian use. At times the debates around sending certain types of weapons, most
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says a radio station he ordered closed will not be allowed to reopen, spurning pleas and protests from around the world. Voice of Democracy, better known as VoD, was closed on Monday after Hun Sen said it had not properly
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