Visa, Target fall; TJX, Varex Imaging rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Visa, Target fall; TJX, Varex Imaging rise.
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Centralia city government narrows police chief search
The Centralia Board of Aldermen will have a closed-door meeting at 6 pm. Wednesday to discuss details regarding personnel.
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He was wrongly convicted of murder as a teen. After fighting for 26 years, his name has finally been cleared
By Christina Zdanowicz and Noah Sheidlower, CNN Dontae Sharpe, a Charlotte, North Carolina, resident, breathed a heavy sigh of relief Friday upon receiving a pardon for a murder he didn’t commit — after spending 24 years in prison. Sharpe, 46, who’s Black, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the 1994 murder of
Continue Reading Correction: Nielsens story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published November 16, 2021, about weekly prime-time ratings, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a Taylor swift song. It is “All Too Well,” not “All of Me.”
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Messi celebra la clasificación de Argentina al Mundial de Qatar 2022, “la frutilla del postre en un año muy especial”
Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — El astro del fútbol argentino Lionel Messi regresó a París luego de que la selección albiceleste se asegurara un lugar el Mundiar de Qatar 2022 y publicó un mensaje de agradecimiento a sus más de 280 millones de seguidores en Instagram. “Recién aterricé en París con la inmensa alegría de
Continue Reading Boston museum workers on 1-day strike over pay, COVID safety
BOSTON (AP) — Pandemic-weary workers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts are holding a one-day strike over stalled contract negotiations with management. Members of the Museum of Fine Arts Union picketed outside the museum Wednesday. The union has said workers are concerned about pay, safety, workplace diversity and job growth. The union represents public-facing staff,
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Boston museum workers on 1-day strike over pay, COVID safety
BOSTON (AP) — Pandemic-weary workers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts are holding a one-day strike over stalled contract negotiations with management. Members of the Museum of Fine Arts Union picketed outside the museum Wednesday. The union has said workers are concerned about pay, safety, workplace diversity and job growth. The union represents public-facing staff,
Continue Reading US airman shot down over Romania in WWII is accounted for
BOSTON (AP) — An airman from Massachusetts who was shot down over Romania during World War II has been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin was accounted for in August. The announcement was not made until Wednesday because his family was only recently briefed
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Columbia Water and Light reports five water main breaks
Columbia Water and Light reported five water main breaks Wednesday morning between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.
Continue Reading Belarus brings some migrants in from cold at Polish border
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials say groups of migrants who were camped in the cold on the Poland-Belarus border have been moved to a nearby warehouse in Belarusian territory, with some of them still harboring hopes of entering the European Union. The move followed a melee Tuesday with migrants throwing
Continue Reading Pentagon boosts housing money for troops, as hunger persists
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will increase housing payments for troops in key areas and look into ways to combat hunger across the force,. That word comes from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and it’s the department’s latest effort to address food insecurity among service members. Austin
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Biden announces two new circuit court selections in first-year sprint to fill judicial openings
By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced two new selections to serve as circuit judges as the push to name — and confirm — a raft of judicial nominees stays a central focus of the White House and Senate Democrats, according to a White House official. Biden has selected Andre B. Mathis
Continue Reading 2 men set to be cleared in the 1965 killing of Malcolm X
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are to be cleared after insisting on their innocence since the 1965 killing. Lawyers and the Innocence Project said Wednesday that a new investigation found authorities withheld evidence favorable to the defense in the
Continue Reading Officials release inmate who was key in juvenile life debate
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Officials have released the inmate who was central to a Supreme Court case that extended the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life without parole as juveniles. A Louisiana board Wednesday unanimously approved parole for 75-year-old Henry Montgomery. He was convicted in
Continue Reading Husband convicted of lethally poisoning wife’s cereal with heroin
By STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — A man accused of poisoning his wife and causing her death was convicted by a jury. Jason Harris, 47, of Davison, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 17 for first-degree premeditated murder, and delivery of a controlled substance causing death.
Continue Reading What’s next in the investigation of January 6
By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN It has been over 10 months since rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 and the House select committee investigating the attack continues to insist it is making progress, pointing to the fact it has issued 35 subpoenas and interviewed over 200 witnesses so far.
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What’s next in the investigation of January 6
By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN It has been over 10 months since rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 and the House select committee investigating the attack continues to insist it is making progress, pointing to the fact it has issued 35 subpoenas and interviewed over 200 witnesses so far.
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Iowa virus cases lead to rise in hospitalizations, ICU cases
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State data shows hospitalizations, people in intensive care and deaths from COVID-19 are all up in Iowa. The information released Wednesday by the Iowa Department of Public Health data says 544 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, including 123 who are in intensive care. The latest report posted 102 deaths, which
Continue Reading Canadian farmers rescue cows from floods after a month’s worth of rain in two days
By Jess Winter, Reuters A flotilla of motorboats, canoes, dinghies and jet-skis helmed by farmers raced to move dozens of trapped cows from frigid waters as floods hit the Canadian province of British Columbia. After a month’s worth of rain in two days, the downpours triggered widespread flooding. Mudslides hit cities and towns across the
Continue Reading How a right-wing provocateur is using race to reach Gen Z
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) — Right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk has built a well-funded and growing organization aimed at reaching the next generation of conservatives. Now he’s on a tour of college towns, attacking critical race theory in terms that are confrontational and, some say, dangerous. Yet he is drawing large crowds
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