By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is resuming his telephone diplomacy over the Russian troop buildup near its border with Ukraine, coordinating with Ukraine’s leader on strategy to de-escalate a crisis that Moscow says could rupture ties with Washington. Biden’s planned call Sunday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes as
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Continue Reading By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — There once was a small fish called “tequila splitfin” or “zoogoneticus tequila” that swam in a river in western Mexico, but disappeared toward the end of the 20th century. Scientists and local residents, however, have achieved the return of a species extinct in nature _ but
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By Ben Tinker and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said he anticipates “further clarification” on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidelines to end the Covid-19 isolation period after just five days for people who are not exhibiting symptoms. Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday whether the CDC’s shorter Covid-19
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Doctors are worried about hospital capacity in the Wichita area amid the latest surge in virus cases and the ongoing staff shortages. The high number of COVID-19 cases along with other patients who need hospital care is leading to long waits in emergency rooms across Kansas’ largest city. Dr. Tom Moore,
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By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN An off-duty New York City Police Department officer was shot in the head while sleeping in his car on New Year’s Day, police announced at a news conference Saturday. Officials said it was unclear whether the officer was the intended target. The bullet was fired from a significant
Continue Reading By TORRENCE BANKS Click here for updates on this story HOPKINSVILLE, Kentucky (WSMV) — Damage to several buildings and businesses from Saturday’s severe weather has been reported in Hopkinsville Kentucky. A church, an AutoZone, and a grocery store on East 9th and South Campbell Street have been damaged. Several homes in Hopkinsville also sustained significant
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag. Under a law signed in August, local governments can’t sign new agreements with federal immigration authorities and must end old ones to detain immigrants. The three counties with such contracts faced
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese medical group says security forces have violently dispersed pro-democracy protesters, killing at least two people. Thousands had taken to the streets in Khartoum and other cities across the country to denounce an October coup and a subsequent deal that reinstated the prime minister but sidelined
Continue Reading By TREVOR SOCHOCKI, ANNA MUCKENFUSS Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — A group of Michigan residents got a head start to their New Year’s Resolutions on Saturday by rucking 20.22 miles. “Rucking” is like a walk or a march with weights. Local ruck club Hyland’s Hopeless and the Bay City Chapter
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By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is joining a growing list of Wall Street firms advising employees to stay home due to soaring Covid cases. The bank sent a memo Sunday encouraging employees who can work remotely to do so until January 18, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. Goldman Sachs cited “rising community infections” in
Continue Reading By SAVANNAH LOUIE Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Just one day until Atlanta-mayor elect Andre Dickens officially takes over. His inauguration is scheduled for tomorrow at 1 p.m. at his alma mater, Georgia Tech. Before taking over for outgoing Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor-elect Dickens spent the first day of
Continue Reading By BETSY WEBSTER Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — As temperatures dropped into the single digits on New Year’s Day, about a dozen men and women sat inside a convention center loading dock, warmed by industrial heat lamps in the concrete ceiling above them, waiting to be checked in
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By Eric Cheung and Tara John, CNN Business The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News said it will be shutting down on Tuesday, citing the deteriorating media environment in the city and the need to protect its staff. Citizen News was the largest remaining independent news outlet in Hong Kong following the shuttering of
Continue Reading By LEE PECK Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Despite Mobile Police sending out a stern warning — the new year was not without celebratory gunfire. A West Mobile family finding that out first hand — after a bullet came through the roof of their home. It happened in the
Continue Reading By Natalie Shepherd Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — When a Sheboygan County farmer got Covid-19, his neighbors did what any good friends would do. They put aside some of their own work to harvest his crops when he was hospitalized. “I appreciate it, I really do,” Dave Obbink
Continue Reading By Rose Schmidt Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — From Christmas caroling to serving meals at homeless shelters, members of a local church spent the entire month of December giving back as part of the nationwide “light the world with love” initiative. But the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN What seems like a not-necessary idea actually turns into a pretty good one with “Around the World in Eighty Days,” adapting Jules Verne’s novel into an eight-episode Masterpiece series, one already renewed for another voyage. David Tennant plays the unlikely adventurer Phileas Fogg, in a slick retelling that significantly updates
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Firefighters are battling a major blaze at South Africa’s national Parliament complex in the southern city of Cape Town. Officials say Sunday’s fire started in a building that houses offices and spread to the National Assembly building, where South Africa’s Parliament
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has banned the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of its COVID-19 misinformation policy. That’s according to a statement Sunday from the company. The Georgia Republican’s account was permanently suspended under the “strike” system Twitter launched in March, which uses artificial intelligence to identify posts about
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