DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has reached a milestone — 175 years as a state. WHO-TV reports that Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation on Tuesday declaring Iowa Statehood Day. President James Polk signed the bill that made Iowa the 29th state on Dec. 28, 1846. Fewer than 100,000 people lived in Iowa at
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Belarús, Alexander Lukashenko, y su homólogo de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, acordaron realizar ejercicios militares conjuntos en el territorio de Belarús, tras su reunión cara a cara en San Petersburgo de este miércoles. Lukashenko agradeció a Putin por su apoyo durante el duro año de sanciones y la
Continue Reading By Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story BEMIDJI, Minnesota (WCCO) — Despite the falling temperatures, some lakes remain unsafe this late in December. On Christmas Eve, John Herman Klasen III’s truck went through the ice as he fished on Lake Bemidji. “Losing a family member that close to the holidays, it’s devastating
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A 5-year-old girl is dead after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel at Water Tower Place. Police and the Fire Department said the girl – identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Tabitha Shields
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The Associated Press Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street in early trading Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 slightly above the record closing high it set on Monday. Banks and technology companies helped lead the gains, while energy, the best-performing sector in the market this year, lagged behind. European markets were mostly lower, and Asian
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The Associated Press Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street in early trading Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 slightly above the record closing high it set on Monday. Banks and technology companies helped lead the gains, while energy, the best-performing sector in the market this year, lagged behind. European markets were mostly lower, and Asian
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will resume their lengthy deliberations amid some intrigue raised by a closed-door meeting among her attorneys, federal prosecutors and the judge presiding the case. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila held the “in camera”
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes will resume their lengthy deliberations amid some intrigue raised by a closed-door meeting among her attorneys, federal prosecutors and the judge presiding the case. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila held the “in camera”
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Un año que comenzó con un caótico ataque a la democracia en Washington (la “insurrección” en el Capitolio estadounidense) terminó con una defensa más digna de la misma, la “Cumbre por la Democracia” del presidente Joe Biden. Los dos acontecimientos fueron los adecuados cierres de un año lleno de agitación y
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs. The country reported 208,000 new cases of COVID-19 infection. It’s a record fueled by the highly-contagious omicron variant. Health Minister Olivier Veran on Wednesday defended a government
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs. The country reported 208,000 new cases of COVID-19 infection. It’s a record fueled by the highly-contagious omicron variant. Health Minister Olivier Veran on Wednesday defended a government
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In politically divided North Carolina, hostilities between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and majority-Republican lawmakers have eased somewhat as 2021 nears its end. The governor last month signed a $53 billion state spending measure more than three years after the last comprehensive budget was enacted. The
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities say rescue workers retrieved at least 31 bodies from a collapsed gold mine in West Kordofan province. The country’s state-run mining company said workers and villagers were still searching the Darsaya mine for more bodies or possible survivors. The defunct mine collapsed earlier this week,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El basquetbolista profesional mexicano Alexis Cervantes fue hallado con vida por las autoridades, según anunció este miércoles el fiscal general de Michoacán, Adrián López Solís, en su cuenta de Twitter. Cervantes estaba desaparecido desde el 21 de diciembre, según informó la Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, que pidió ayuda para
Continue Reading By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s rate of vaccination against the coronavirus is one of the lowest in Europe, but one population in the Balkan country has bucked the national trend: its prison inmates. Authorities say that over 80% of the 2,000 men and women serving sentences in Bosnia’s 13 prisons
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Joe Sutton, CNN There were no winners in the final Powerball drawing of 2021, and the jackpot grew to $483 million, according to the game operator. The winning numbers Wednesday were 02 – 06 – 09 – 33 – 39 and Powerball 11. The next drawing will take place place January
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Moscú (CNN) — Un tribunal de Moscú ordenó este miércoles el cierre del Centro de Derechos Humanos Memorial, en el último golpe a los grupos de la sociedad civil rusa. El centro fue acusado de múltiples violaciones de la ley rusa de “agentes extranjeros” y de “justificar el terrorismo y el extremismo”
Continue Reading Greece’s health minister says music will be banned at all commercial venues for New Year’s celebrations as part of new restrictions announced in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the omicron variant. The restrictions were originally supposed to take effect on Jan. 3. But they will start early Thursday after the daily
Continue Reading Greece’s health minister says music will be banned at all commercial venues for New Year’s celebrations as part of new restrictions announced in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the omicron variant. The restrictions were originally supposed to take effect on Jan. 3. But they will start early Thursday after the daily
Continue Reading By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have decided to allow a boat carrying 120 Rohingya Muslims to land after drifting for days off the country’s northernmost province of Aceh. An official says the decision was made because of the severe conditions experienced by the passengers, who are overwhelmingly women
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