By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A winter storm in the eastern U.S. has snarled travel and given hundreds of school districts struggling amid a surge in coronavirus cases an excuse to shut down for a respite. Many spots in New England got more than a foot of snow Friday. Schools in Boston
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — Investigators with the Dallas Police Department are asking from help from the public identifying and locating the person involved in a recent child sex assault. It was around 5:00 p.m. on New Year’s Day when the unknown suspect committed an aggravated
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By KATHLEEN FOODY and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third consecutive day amid an ongoing fight with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols. Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she hopes a deal can be struck soon but didn’t provide more detail Friday
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Los cuerpos sin vida de nueve personas fueron encontrados en una carretera en la región centro-sur del estado mexicano de Veracruz, informó este viernes en un video publicado en Facebook el gobernador estatal, Cuitláhuac García Jiménez. García dijo que ya se había desplegado un operativo para dar con
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 54-year-old Kansas City woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for a fatal traffic crash that occurred while she was driving drunk. Tonya Rolf pleaded pleaded guilty in November to driving while intoxicated involving the death of another person. She was sentenced on Thursday. Court documents say
Continue Reading MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Murray State will become the 11th member of the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1. University officials announced Friday the Board of Regents accepted an invitation from the Missouri Valley Conference and will be leaving the Ohio Valley Conference. The Missouri Valley does not include football or rifle. Murray State is
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Kansas State assistant Collin Klein, who had been serving as the interim offensive coordinator during the bowl season, was given the full-time job on Friday after an impressive performance by the Wildcats in the Texas Bowl. The former Heisman Trophy finalist, who had worked primarily with quarterbacks, put together
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Alta Spells and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Three White men who chased and murdered 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in south Georgia were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with two having no chance of parole. Travis McMichael, 35, his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A ransomware attack on software provider Finalsite has affected the websites of about 5,000 schools, most of them in the US, a Finalsite spokesperson told CNN Friday. About 8,000 schools — including boarding schools, high schools and colleges —worldwide use Connecticut-based Finalsite’s software for their websites and public communications, according to
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of a memoir by Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is correcting a passage about a deadly Iraq War battle that falsely alleged a journalist had reported Gallego’s entire platoon was lost. “They Called Us ‘Lucky,’” co-written by Gallego and Jim DeFelice, was published
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. Greg and Travis McMichael
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By Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Herb and Michael Conte, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that progress can be made during next week’s diplomatic talks between US, European and Russian officials, but that it had to be a “two-way street” with Russia deescalating its aggression toward Ukraine. Speaking following a meeting with NATO foreign
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration has signed its first contracts with a Covid-19 test manufacturer as part of President Joe Biden’s efforts to distribute half a billion free rapid tests throughout the country, a White House official confirms to CNN. The Department of Defense awarded a $51 million contract to Goldbelt Security, LLC,
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is giving state and local governments greater flexibility in spending $350 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. The new rules from the U.S. Treasury Department come nearly 10 months after Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act. Some cities and counties had said the initial rules
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is giving state and local governments greater flexibility in spending $350 billion in federal COVID-19 aid. The new rules from the U.S. Treasury Department come nearly 10 months after Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act. Some cities and counties had said the initial rules
Continue Reading CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says it has reached a $21.1 million settlement with a Missouri company over the inaccurate reporting of pharmacy benefit services cost. Centene and its affiliates Granite State Health Plan, Inc. and NH Healthy Families, Inc. are responsible for one of three health plans in New
Continue Reading CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says it has reached a $21.1 million settlement with a Missouri company over the inaccurate reporting of pharmacy benefit services cost. Centene and its affiliates Granite State Health Plan, Inc. and NH Healthy Families, Inc. are responsible for one of three health plans in New
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Massachusetts State Trooper was shocked by what he found when he pulled over a driver for speeding in West Springfield on Wednesday. The driver explained his girlfriend was in labor and her water had broken. He was driving over
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Valet drivers and businesses on the Near West are being warned to be on alert after carjackings. Chicago police said in one incident, an offender held a gun against a valet driver’s stomach and demanded keys to two cars. A second offender
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dado que las pruebas de covid-19 son difíciles de encontrar en muchas partes del país y la variante ómicron se está propagando rápidamente, los expertos en salud aconsejan a las personas con síntomas que se aíslen si solo sospechan que tienen el virus. Y con las noticias recientes de que
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