TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 7-year-old Topeka boy has died after fire broke out at a home. Firefighters were called just before 7 a.m. Monday and were told residents were possibly trapped. A news release from the fire department says crews searched the home despite heavy fire and smoke coming from the first floor. A
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Boone County firefighters responded to a building with smoke coming out of the eves on the 200 block of North Ogden St. in Sturgeon at 1:17 p.m.
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urielblanco (CNN) — Se encontraron en el Reino Unido los colosales restos fosilizados de un ictiosaurio —conocido coloquialmente como “dragón marino”— de 180 millones de años de antigüedad, en lo que los investigadores calificaron como uno de los descubrimientos más importantes de la región. Descubierto en un embalse del condado de Rutland, en la región
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended slightly lower on Wall Street Monday after recouping much of an early slide. Technology stocks bounced back after leading the market lower in the morning. Losses for industrial companies and banks were partly offset by gains in health care companies. The S&P 500
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine why safety doors failed to close in a New York City high-rise when a deadly fire broke out. The failures allowed thick smoke to billow through the tower and kill 17 people, including eight
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By Sarah Fortinsky and Devan Cole, CNN A new US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin. The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for her role in the insurrection at the Capitol. Esther Schwemmer of Leavenworth also must perform community service and pay $500 in restitution for damage to the Capitol building. The Kansas City Star reports that the sentence was handed
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said he will step down on Friday, the third Fed official to resign in the wake of a trading scandal at the central bank. The announcement followed new revelations around Clarida’s trading in a stock fund in February 2020, when
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said he will step down on Friday, the third Fed official to resign in the wake of a trading scandal at the central bank. The announcement followed new revelations around Clarida’s trading in a stock fund in February 2020, when
Continue Reading By Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ACWORTH, Georgia (WGCL) — A 7-year-old Acworth girl with autism is dead after being struck by a car and the Cobb County Police Department is looking for the driver. According to CCPD, it happened around 10:16 p.m. Jan. 9 on New McEver Road east of
Continue Reading By Amanda Becker Click here for updates on this story WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — tarting Monday, Jan. 10, the city of Wauwatosa plans to get rid of nuisance coyotes roaming neighborhoods. It comes as some residents, especially those in the Fisher Woods area, are on high alert following a coyote attack that killed a dog.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family, friends, civil rights activists and community members memorialized a 14-year-old girl shot and killed in a clothing store dressing room when Los Angeles police fired at a suspect and a bullet pierced a wall. The body of Valentina Orellana-Peralta was displayed in an open casket
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Las seguros de salud deberán cubrir las pruebas caseras contra el covid-19 de venta libre a partir del sábado, anunció el lunes el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés). “A partir del 15 de enero de 2022, las personas con cobertura de
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Late Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam of Colorado and two-time runner-up Andrew Luck of Stanford headline a list of 21 former players and coaches in this year’s College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced the new inductees Monday. The induction ceremony is
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Take-Two, Lululemon fall; Jazz, BioMarin rise.
Continue Reading By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer U.S. doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life — a first for medical science. Doctors at University of Maryland School of Medicine said Monday the patient is doing well three days after surgery. The patient is 57-year-old David
Continue Reading By MARTÍN ADAMES Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic tell The Associated Press they have detained a key suspect in the killing of Haiti’s president with help from the U.S. An official not allowed to speak publicly about the case said Monday that Rodolphe Jaar is being handled
Continue Reading By KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — While people are scrambling to find a COVID-19 test, businesses are trying to keep their employees and customers safe. In recent days, CBS13 has reported how restaurants are responding to the omicron variant surge. The Waterboy Restaurant is normally a place
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s well-known statewide bicycling event has a new director of operations. RAGBRAI, short for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, on Monday announced the hiring of Matt Phippen to lead the organization that claims to host the “oldest, largest and longest recreational touring bicycle ride in the world.”
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s largest anti-abortion group is pressing state lawmakers to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Republicans. A plan put forth by Republican legislative leaders would essentially keep Missouri’s same political balance, with Republicans likely to win six U.S. House seats and Democrats
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