By Ben Westcott, CNN Melanie McTighe and her 92-year-old father live in the same city, but they haven’t been able to see each other for almost four months. That changed on Monday as Sydney, Australia’s largest city and the capital of New South Wales, emerges from a strict lockdown imposed in June to contain a
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ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Ben Frederickson from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full segment in the video player above.
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By LYNN BERRY and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiona Hill was Donald Trump’s Russia adviser and a central figure in his first presidential impeachment. Hill now has a book out detailing her White House experiences. Hill tells The Associated Press that Trump had no interest in her Russia expertise and widely disdained
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Year-end pileups of crucial legislation and the brinkmanship that goes with it are normal behavior for Congress. This time, lawmakers are barreling toward an autumn of battles striking for the risks they pose to both parties and to their leaders. Democrats aren’t sure they’ll have the votes
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By Drew Kann and Ella Nilsen, CNN As a massive investment to repair roads and adapt to climate change faces an uncertain fate in Congress, a new report finds much of the country’s infrastructure is already at risk of being shut down by flooding. And as the planet heats up, the threat is expected to
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a popular Southern California beach that had been closed since an undersea pipeline leaked crude into ocean waters is set to reopen on Monday. City and state beaches in Huntington Beach are set to reopen after water quality tests revealed no detectable levels
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s next book mentions a rising Taliban in Afghanistan and a Joint Chiefs of Staff chair who clashes with the president. The book is a novel, “State of Terror.” It’s co-written with crime fiction author Louise Penny and was conceived well before the latest
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Dozens of large German companies have urged the country’s next government to put in place ambitious policies to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate accord. The 69 companies said in an open letter Monday that the next government needs to put Germany “on a clear
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Dozens of large German companies have urged the country’s next government to put in place ambitious policies to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris climate accord. The 69 companies said in an open letter Monday that the next government needs to put Germany “on a clear
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher despite persisting worries about the region’s energy crunch and coronavirus infections. Benchmarks in Japan and China rose in afternoon trading, while South Korean markets were closed for a national holiday. Shares fell in Australia. Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, calmed
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher despite persisting worries about the region’s energy crunch and coronavirus infections. Benchmarks in Japan and China rose in afternoon trading, while South Korean markets were closed for a national holiday. Shares fell in Australia. Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, calmed
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Congratulations to our Week 7 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Hallsville running back Trenton Hobbs runs for a long touchdown against Blair Oaks. Nominee No. 2: Helias standout Carson Brauner returns
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By Pete Muntean, David Williams and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, prompting the flight arriving at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to be deplaned on the tarmac, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, David Williams and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Authorities determined there was no criminality at play in an incident Saturday when a passenger was detained after reports of suspicious behavior, prompting the flight arriving at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to be deplaned on the tarmac, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Para miles de millones de personas en todo el mundo, Facebook puede ser una fuente de fotos de bebés bonitos, de desinformación sobre vacunas y otras cosas más, y todo ello aparece en nuestros feeds con la ayuda de algoritmos. Ahora, horas de testimonio y miles de páginas de documentos de la
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By Whitney Wild and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A whistleblower identifying as a former high-ranking US Capitol Police official excoriated the department’s leadership before, during and after the deadly January 6 insurrection in a new letter to Congress. The 16-page letter, obtained by CNN and first reported by Politico, claims two Capitol Police officials — assistant
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Alexandrina Denysenko, a senior flight attendant with seven years of experience, says she sometimes does not get a spare minute to sit down during a flight and dreams of resting her swollen legs after spending hours wearing heels. SkyUp Airlines, the privately-owned Ukrainian carrier that employs Denysenko, decided to put an end to
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Officers are continuing to investigate after two people were shot in downtown Columbia as many people were out celebrating homecoming Saturday night. The Columbia Police Department was seen investigating the area from Ninth to Tenth Streets and Cherry to Locust Streets last night. In a press release, the Columbia Police Department identified
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By Gregory Lemos and Melissa Alonso, CNN The Boynton Beach City Commission will meet this week to discuss a lawsuit filed on behalf of the city’s first Black female firefighter over a mural where she was inaccurately depicted with a White face. “The City Commission will meet in a closed-door session to discuss the litigation.
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana police say a trooper was killed by a man who authorities believe also fatally shot another person and wounded three others across multiple parishes. Louisiana State Police say Master Trooper Adam Gaubert was ambushed in his patrol vehicle Saturday near Prairieville. Suspect Matthew Mire was taken into custody after
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