By Tami Luhby, CNN Marisa Diaz y Diaz doesn’t understand why her order for the free federal home Covid-19 tests isn’t going through. The Uniondale, New York, resident rents a single-family home from a friend. But when she entered her information on covidtests.gov on Tuesday, she got an error message stating that the tests were
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, a doctor who formerly served as White House physician to presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, made a sensational claim this past weekend about undocumented immigrants. “In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans… Just
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Al menos 67 personas murieron y más de un centenar resultaron heridas en un ataque aéreo liderado por Arabia Saudita que tuvo como objetivo un centro de detención en la localidad de Saada, en Yemen, según declaró este viernes a CNN el portavoz de Save the Children, Amjad Yamin. La
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the talk about rising U.S. home values in cities and suburbs, they have nothing on the skyrocketing price of farmland. While median existing-home prices rose by 15.8% in the U.S. last year, farmland values went up about double that rate in places like
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the talk about rising U.S. home values in cities and suburbs, they have nothing on the skyrocketing price of farmland. While median existing-home prices rose by 15.8% in the U.S. last year, farmland values went up about double that rate in places like
Continue Reading By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the talk about rising U.S. home values in cities and suburbs, they have nothing on the skyrocketing price of farmland. While median existing-home prices rose by 15.8% in the U.S. last year, farmland values went up about double that rate in places like
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks are lower at the open on Wall Street Friday, extending their losses to a fourth consecutive day. The S&P 500 is down 0.3%, the Nasdaq Composite is 0.4% lower and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 0.2%. Netflix plunged over 20% after the streaming
Continue Reading By JAMES FELTON, JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan sergeant was arrested after crashing a county vehicle she was operating while under the influence. Nearly two weeks after her drunk driving arrest, there has not been much progress made. No charges have been announced and she is
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Daily new coronavirus infections in Russia have reached an all-time high and authorities are blaming the highly contagious omicron variant, which they expect to soon dominate the country’s outbreak. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova on Friday noted “intensive spread of the omicron variant” and said the authorities
Continue Reading By JAMES PAXSON Click here for updates on this story Flint-Saginaw-Bay City (WNEM) — A 29-year-old Harrison man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison after he plead guilty for engaging in sexual exploitation of children while required to register as a sex offender. Nathanial Alexander Tessner was sentenced before United States District
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Airbus says it has terminated a multibillion dollar order by Qatar Airways for 50 of its single-aisle A321neo jet. The termination of the contract comes as the planemaker and its major Gulf customer, Qatar Airways, are embroiled in a legal dispute in London over
Continue Reading By ADAM MURPHY Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — There is cause for concern at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Medical professionals have seen a spike in children with cases of scoliosis. “We see patients coming in with larger curves where we would have hoped to catch them earlier. We also see
Continue Reading By JOYCE LUPIANI Click here for updates on this story SPALDING COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The Griffin pastor who was arrested Jan. 13 for locking people with disabilities in the basement of his home held a press conference on Thursday afternoon. According to a press release from Curtis Bankston’s attorney, he is denying the allegations
Continue Reading By ANDREW MASSE Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A juvenile is in custody after police say they made a violent threat towards a school in Fairfield. Authorities say the juvenile posted the threat on the social media app Yik Yak, after which officials with Yik Yak contacted police. Police
Continue Reading By SPENCER THOMAS Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — The Vancouver Police Department says it’s seen 123 car thefts in the month of January alone. FOX 12 spoke with Vancouver Police Department Public Information Officer, Kim Kapp, who says, “we’re going to be at around 3,000 if we don’t have
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Martha Stewart reveló que terminó su romance con Anthony Hopkins porque no podía separar al actor de su papel cinematográfico más notorio. En el programa “The Ellen Show”, la gurú del estilo de vida y personalidad de la televisión, de 80 años, dijo que tuvo que romper con el ganador
Continue Reading By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Temperatures in the single digits are making it especially difficult on Milwaukee’s homeless population. Thursday night, Jan. 20, volunteers are out doing what they can. We met a woman named Tammy who grew up in Milwaukee, went to Milwaukee public schools, but
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of causing a fatal motorcycle crash in Wichita more than two years ago has been arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter while under the influence and operating without a proper license. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Travis James Brent Bryson was arrested Wednesday at his home
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Temperatures have dropped and clouds exited as Arctic high pressure begins to settle over the Midwest for the rest of the work week, giving us some of the coolest air of the season so far. THURSDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Wind chills are in the single digits, and this is still expected to be the worst of
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A treacherous wintry mix including freezing rain and snow is set to hit parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina from Friday into Saturday, moving the governors of those states declare emergencies as forecasters anticipate poor travel conditions and power outages. A coastal swath of the Carolinas
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