JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general says he is launching an investigation into the police’s use of phone surveillance technology following reports that investigators tracked targets without proper authorization. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit’s four-page letter Thursday said he had not yet found evidence substantiating the reports in the Israeli business daily Calcalist, which claimed that
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EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Fire officials say several rural brush fires set in two Kansas counties were arson. The fires were set Tuesday in Chase and Lyon counties. No one was injured and no buildings were damaged. The Emporia Gazette reports the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office believes the fires are connected and is helping with
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Un nuevo estudio se suma a la creciente evidencia que demuestra que no existe ninguna relación entre ponerse la vacuna contra el covid-19 y tener menos posibilidades de concebir un bebé. En cambio, las parejas del estudio tenían unas probabilidades ligeramente inferiores de concebir si el varón se había infectado con
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Two organizations that influence many Americans’ automobile buying decisions will begin rating vehicles on how well they track behavior of motorists who use partially automated driver-assist systems. Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety say the ratings will factor into scores for new models
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer A late-afternoon sell-off wiped out gains for stocks on Wall Street Thursday and sent major indexes deeper into losing territory for the year. The S&P 500 lost 1.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.9%. The Nasdaq slumped 1.3% after rising by 2.1% earlier in the day,
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to convert his first paycheck this week into two cryptocurrencies. he has been hyping as a potential economic engine for the city. The Democrat’s office announced Thursday that Adams’ first salary payment will be deposited
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Christina Aguilera revisita sus raíces en “La Fuerza”, su primera producción en español en más de 20 años. La cantante estadounidense, de ascendencia ecuatoriana, presenta este viernes el EP que contiene los sencillos “Pa’ mis muchachas”, una colaboración con Becky G, Nicki Nicole y Nathy Peluso, y “Somos nada”, una
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By Jason Hanna and Taylor Romine, CNN The superintendent of the district where four students were shot dead at a Michigan high school posted an open letter countering claims made in a lawsuit accusing the district of not doing enough to prevent the attack. Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne’s letter on Tuesday decried what
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $7.5 million in restitution in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud case. A federal judge in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday sentenced 42-year-old Brandy McKay. She had earlier pleaded guilty. McKay, of Cape Girardeau, operated several durable
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State education officials say COVID-19 has caused 62 Missouri school districts to temporarily close for one or more days in January. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said that is 12% of the state’s school districts. The Kansas City Star reports the closures come as COVID-19 cases increase because
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The Columbia Board of Education signed off on Superintendent Brian Yearwood’s temporary mask mandate during a special meeting Thursday morning.
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By Daniel Dale President Joe Biden held a news conference on Wednesday to mark the end of the first year of his presidency. Biden made at least three inaccurate claims during the extended proceedings, which he allowed to run for nearly two hours. He also made a claim about surprise medical billing in which he,
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve released a highly anticipated report on central bank digital currencies that suggested it is leaning toward having banks and other financial firms, rather than the Fed itself, manage digital accounts for customers. A central bank digital currency would differ in some key ways
Continue Reading WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A judge has denied a request to stop a county from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to the project’s opponents. In an order Thursday, Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett denied a request to restrain Camden County from closing on the land deal
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay has been charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property after authorities say he broke some items during an argument. Gay was arrested Wednesday night in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas. He pleaded not guilty during
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies has asked the American and French governments to support targeted sanctions against Myanmar’s oil and gas funds. The funds are the largest single source of income for the country’s military leaders. In a letter to Human Rights Watch released Thursday, the CEO of
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time ever, a flight delay has occurred on another planet due to bad weather. The Ingenuity helicopter, which was slated to take to Martian skies on January 5, had to push its 19th flight back because of an unusually strong regional dust storm on Mars, according to NASA.
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government said Thursday that it was canceling all licenses for mining giant Rio Tinto to open a lithium mine in the Balkan country. “We have fulfilled all the requests of the environmental protests and put an end
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Recuerdas a Cheech y Chong? Los clásicos que pasan sus días en una habitación (o auto) cubierta de marihuana, capaces de poco más que encontrar su próximo churro. Si no los recuerdas, no es de extrañar. A medida que más y más estados legalizan la marihuana, los efectos estereotipados de adormecimiento
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Año nuevo, perspectivas nuevas, planes de viaje nuevos. Ahora es el momento en el que mucha gente suele planear las escapadas del año en torno a los calendarios escolares y los eventos familiares y el buen tiempo y los grandes festivales y exposiciones y conciertos. Y, una vez más, el covid-19
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