By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top criminal investigation agency is looking into an oil spill off the country’s Black Sea coast that appeared hugely bigger than initially reported. The spill occurred over the weekend at the oil terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka near the port of Novorossiysk that belongs to the Caspian
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By ROBERT BURNS, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just weeks before the U.S. military is scheduled to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is rushing 3,000 fresh troops to the Kabul airport to help with a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. The move highlights the stunning
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Mammoths covered huge distances in their lifetime. The beasts traveled the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth almost twice, information from the study of a 17,000-year-old tusk has revealed. Mammoth tusks grow by age — a bit like tree rings — and analysis of chemical traces in each layer of
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 at indoor restaurants, bars, gyms and entertainment venues. Mayor London Breed said Thursday that it’s needed to protect the health of workers, customers and the city overall. The mandate is more stringent
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has jailed a specialist in hypersonic technologies pending trial on charges of high treason. It’s the latest in a series of espionage cases targeting Russian scientists. The court ruled at a hearing behind closed doors that Alexander Kuranov, the director-general and chief designer of the St.Petersburg-based Hypersonic Systems
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has jailed a specialist in hypersonic technologies pending trial on charges of high treason. It’s the latest in a series of espionage cases targeting Russian scientists. The court ruled at a hearing behind closed doors that Alexander Kuranov, the director-general and chief designer of the St.Petersburg-based Hypersonic Systems
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Scientists have confirmed the discovery of two massive new dinosaur species in northwest China — some of the first vertebrates uncovered in the region, according to a new study published Thursday. A number of fossils have emerged from China’s northwest region in recent years, including Xinjiang and the Turpan-Hami Basin. The
Continue Reading By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press School systems across the U.S. are setting up their own virtual academies in growing numbers to accommodate families who feel remote instruction works best for their children, regardless of the rise or fall of COVID-19 infection rates. A majority of the 38 state education departments that responded to an Associated
Continue Reading The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — AEG Presents, a major tour and festival promoter, announced that COVID-19 vaccines would be required for concertgoers at its clubs, theaters and festivals. The company says Thursday in a news release that the requirement is set to go into full effect no later than Oct. 1. AEG owns
Continue Reading MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s storied La Prensa newspaper says it will suspend its print edition after the government once again withheld newsprint paper. La Prensa has been criticial of President Daniel Ortega, who has also recently arrested dozens of opposition figures. La Prensa said Thursday it will continue an online edition. The move marks
Continue Reading MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s storied La Prensa newspaper says it will suspend its print edition after the government once again withheld newsprint paper. La Prensa has been criticial of President Daniel Ortega, who has also recently arrested dozens of opposition figures. La Prensa said Thursday it will continue an online edition. The move marks
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to open 700 delivery-only kitchens by 2025 to meet the growing demand from people who want their fast food brought to them. Wendy’s says the kitchens will primarily operate in big cities in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. The company will open its first 50
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to open 700 delivery-only kitchens by 2025 to meet the growing demand from people who want their fast food brought to them. Wendy’s says the kitchens will primarily operate in big cities in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. The company will open its first 50
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation’s political maps. The new figures
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TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) — An east-central Iowa county sheriff has confirmed that Tama County inmates have not been given COVID-19 vaccines, saying only one inmate has asked for it. Tama County Sheriff Dennis Kucera said Thursday his jail has no onsite medical staff that could give the vaccine and would have to take inmates out
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina authorities have dropped criminal charges related to a 2019 boat crash against a member of a prominent legal family after he and his mother were found shot dead earlier this year. The state Attorney General’s Office officially dropped the charges against Paul Murdaugh last week in what officials described
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The guidelines are effective as of Wednesday but may be updated, especially if conditions related to COVID-19 change within the Helias Catholic school building or the wider community, according to the plan.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates rose this week for the first time after six weeks of declines amid signs of strong economic recovery. Average rates for home loans remain historically low, however, at under 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average for the 30-year mortgage jumped to 2.87% from 2.77% last week. The
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her live-in boyfriend 17 years ago, the second murder charge handled by a new unit that investigates cold cases. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Thursday announced that Alice Weiss is charged with second-degree murder in the death of James Summers, who
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By Rob Picheta, Niamh Kennedy and Anna Chernova, CNN A Russian millionaire and politician has confessed to shooting a man he says he mistook for a bear. Igor Redkin was served a two-month house arrest sentence as an interim restrictive measure for accidentally shooting the man outside a dump near the village of Ozernovsky, in
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