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SEATTLE, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced an agreement to purchase 80,800 acres of high-quality timberlands in North and South Carolina from a fund managed by Campbell Global for approximately $265 million. The acquisition is comprised of highly productive timberlands situa... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/14/weyerhaeuser-acquire-timberlands-north-south-carolina/ | 2022-04-15T02:22:20 | 1 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/14/weyerhaeuser-acquire-timberlands-north-south-carolina/ |
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO) ("Broadcom" or the "Company") announced today the pricing terms of the Company's new notes due 2037 (the "New Notes") to be issued in connection with its offers to eligible holders (the "Exchange Offers") of the Company's or its subsidiaries'... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/broadcom-inc-announces-pricing-terms-its-private-exchange-offers-certain-outstanding-notes-new-notes/ | 2022-04-15T02:22:28 | 0 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/broadcom-inc-announces-pricing-terms-its-private-exchange-offers-certain-outstanding-notes-new-notes/ |
- CBL joins hands with Indonesia's ANTAM and IBI on the Indonesia EV Battery Integration Project
- With a joint investment of nearly 6 billion USD, the project focuses on nickel mining and processing, battery materials, battery manufacturing as well as battery recycling
- The partnership marks an important milestone fo... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/catl-partners-up-with-indonesia-boost-e-mobility-with-an-investment-nearly-6-billion-usd/ | 2022-04-15T02:22:35 | 0 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/catl-partners-up-with-indonesia-boost-e-mobility-with-an-investment-nearly-6-billion-usd/ |
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creature Hunters recently launched a successful IDO Launching on the NFT Launchpad in March 2022. Furthermore, the project's CHTS Token has been reviewed and successfully listed on Pancakeswap's DEX for sale. Players can now follow the growth of CHTS's value dir... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/creature-hunters-by-producer-one-piece-mecha-is-now-officially-launched-pancakeswap/ | 2022-04-15T02:22:41 | 0 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/creature-hunters-by-producer-one-piece-mecha-is-now-officially-launched-pancakeswap/ |
QINGDAO, China, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hisense, a leading global home appliance and consumer electronics brand and Paris Saint-Germain step into their second year of partnership and join forces to launch their second commercial today.
Looking back on 2021, Hisense has released an impressive commercial featuring... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/hisense-enters-homes-paris-saint-germain-players-introducing-its-second-year-partnership-with-club/ | 2022-04-15T02:22:49 | 1 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/hisense-enters-homes-paris-saint-germain-players-introducing-its-second-year-partnership-with-club/ |
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 15, to discuss the wet dress rehearsal test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Ar... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/nasa-discuss-initial-findings-artemis-moon-mission-modified-test/ | 2022-04-15T02:22:55 | 0 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/nasa-discuss-initial-findings-artemis-moon-mission-modified-test/ |
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TIM S.A. ("Company") (B3: TIMS3; NYSE: TIMB) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it has filed its 2021 annual report ("Form 20-F") for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
The Form 20... | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/tim-notice-market-filing-annual-report-form-20-f-year-ended-december-31-2021/ | 2022-04-15T02:23:02 | 1 | https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/04/15/tim-notice-market-filing-annual-report-form-20-f-year-ended-december-31-2021/ |
The war in Ukraine has led to some remarkable profiles of humanity – including a love story spanning several continents.
Philip Hurst and Olga Ganay met through work virtually. Although Philip lived in Ohio and Olga lived in Ukraine, the two had an instant connection.
“I felt like I knew this person all my life,” said ... | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/ohio-man-drives-55-hours-to-reunite-with-ukrainian-fiance-at-u-s-mexico-border/3647421/ | 2022-04-15T02:27:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/ohio-man-drives-55-hours-to-reunite-with-ukrainian-fiance-at-u-s-mexico-border/3647421/ |
Authorities are investigating the cause of death this week of a Mexican woman whose leg was entrapped while using a climbing harness and ended up hanging upside down off the border wall in eastern Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials offered few details, but the local sheriff’s office said the woman wa... | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/woman-hanging-upside-on-border-wall-for-significant-amount-of-time-found-dead/3647417/ | 2022-04-15T02:27:49 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/woman-hanging-upside-on-border-wall-for-significant-amount-of-time-found-dead/3647417/ |
WASHOUGAL, Wash. — This week's Let's Get Out There takes us to the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge will reopen to the public on May 1 after more than two years of improvements to wildlife habitats and the floodplain.
The groves of cottonwood trees and wildlife sightings make the Steigerwald Lake N... | https://www.kgw.com/article/life/style/lets-get-out-there/steigerwald-lake-national-wildlife-refuge-reopens-may-1/283-39af152a-6392-4e83-964a-e023d22db83d | 2022-04-15T02:28:05 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/life/style/lets-get-out-there/steigerwald-lake-national-wildlife-refuge-reopens-may-1/283-39af152a-6392-4e83-964a-e023d22db83d |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to ban the public display of human remains for profit. The proposed ordinance comes after a controversial event where people paid hundreds of dollars to watch a live autopsy of a human cadaver in a hotel conference room.
“Today, we are saying en... | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-ban-pay-per-view-autopsy/283-03839f15-a016-45ae-b679-78abbcdd7dad | 2022-04-15T02:28:11 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/multnomah-county-ban-pay-per-view-autopsy/283-03839f15-a016-45ae-b679-78abbcdd7dad |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two members of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club were sentenced to life in federal prison on Wednesday for the 2015 kidnapping, torture and murder of a former fellow member.
Mark Leroy Dencklau, 51, of Woodburn and Chad Leroy Erickson, 51, of Rainier were convicted in December of a laundry list of... | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gypsy-joker-motorcycle-gang-president-life-sentence-murder-torture/283-c6d0edfe-0fdf-4719-9722-06c8472fd699 | 2022-04-15T02:28:17 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/gypsy-joker-motorcycle-gang-president-life-sentence-murder-torture/283-c6d0edfe-0fdf-4719-9722-06c8472fd699 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Day eight of the Nancy Brophy murder trial saw testimony from her stepson who had previously sued her in civil court for the wrongful death of his father.
Romance novelist Nancy Brophy is accused of shooting and killing her husband, chef Daniel Brophy, at the Oregon Culinary Institute in June 2018.
Fat... | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/nancy-brophy-trial-stepson-testifies/283-e33d8777-d670-4d54-b272-0607457e5056 | 2022-04-15T02:28:23 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/nancy-brophy-trial-stepson-testifies/283-e33d8777-d670-4d54-b272-0607457e5056 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five hundred people were recognized as new U.S. citizens Thursday at a ceremony at the Oregon Convention Center. Event organizers said it’s the largest naturalization event ever to be held in Portland.
As part of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ceremony, citizenship candidates stood up wh... | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/new-us-citizens-500-portland-oregon-convention-center-naturalization-ceremony/283-51b1cf7f-fefd-4e43-9083-6c513e0a9256 | 2022-04-15T02:28:29 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/new-us-citizens-500-portland-oregon-convention-center-naturalization-ceremony/283-51b1cf7f-fefd-4e43-9083-6c513e0a9256 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — For some employees at Oregon Health & Science University, an email sent by the university on April 12 offering up to $7,500 in financial assistance may have seemed like a lifeline.
The email read, in part: "In response to the current community hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Oregon Health & S... | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ohsu-phishing-scam-cybersecurity-test-financial-aid/283-d9430607-126f-4c43-bbb7-de8e92583e73 | 2022-04-15T02:28:35 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ohsu-phishing-scam-cybersecurity-test-financial-aid/283-d9430607-126f-4c43-bbb7-de8e92583e73 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland city commissioners voted against giving $225,000 to a project aimed at bringing a public ferry to Portland amid tension between TriMet and the nonprofit Friends of Frog Ferry.
The plan to bring a ferry to Portland has been building for about five years, with Frog Ferry leading the way. Now ten... | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-frog-ferry-trimet-tension/283-849cabc8-b0ae-45a8-a9cc-fa2f9b57717a | 2022-04-15T02:28:41 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portland-frog-ferry-trimet-tension/283-849cabc8-b0ae-45a8-a9cc-fa2f9b57717a |
Updated April 14, 2022 at 9:55 PM ET
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is trying to assuage employee fears in the wake of Elon Musk launching a hostile $43 billion takeover attempt of the social media company.
At an all-staff meeting on Thursday, Agrawal said Twitter's board is considering Musk's offer and will act in the best... | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-14/twitter-ceo-addresses-employees-worried-about-elon-musks-hostile-takeover-bid | 2022-04-15T02:31:09 | 0 | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-14/twitter-ceo-addresses-employees-worried-about-elon-musks-hostile-takeover-bid |
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Some sellers and creators on the online marketplace Etsy are going on a weeklong strike starting today. They say the company's fees and unfair practices make staying on Etsy untenable for their businesses. And they hope their strike forces the company to address their concerns. NPR's Jaclyn Diaz has ... | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-04-11/etsy-sellers-launch-weeklong-strike-over-increased-fees | 2022-04-15T02:35:30 | 1 | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-04-11/etsy-sellers-launch-weeklong-strike-over-increased-fees |
As the music critic Joe Levy wrote 30 years ago about Pavement, Wet Leg is a band that feels simultaneously like it came from nowhere and everywhere. History repeats itself: Another crew of droll, deadpan rockers has slouched out of an unlikely locale to rattle indie rock awake. As alluring and insouciant as those Cali... | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-09/meme-girls-three-squares-talk-about-wet-leg-the-band-everybodys-talking-about | 2022-04-15T02:35:36 | 0 | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-09/meme-girls-three-squares-talk-about-wet-leg-the-band-everybodys-talking-about |
Back in March, a White House reporter got President Biden to say out loud that he considered Russian President Vladimir Putin "a war criminal."
Those words resounded like a pistol crack in Washington and around the world. Even in the realm of rhetoric, accusations of war crimes carry weight. Attaching Putin's name made... | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-10/from-nuremberg-to-darfur-history-has-seen-some-war-criminals-brought-to-trial | 2022-04-15T02:35:42 | 1 | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-10/from-nuremberg-to-darfur-history-has-seen-some-war-criminals-brought-to-trial |
Recently, as I drove home from Walmart on a quiet Sunday morning, I was startled by a rumble above me. I looked up to see a plane flying uncomfortably low in the sky. My heart raced as I thought, "What if this jet starts dropping bombs?"
I briefly — but genuinely — felt as if my life were at risk, and I almost took the... | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-10/opinion-a-jet-flew-by-in-michigan-it-reminded-me-that-wartime-trauma-is-hard-to-heal | 2022-04-15T02:35:48 | 0 | https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2022-04-10/opinion-a-jet-flew-by-in-michigan-it-reminded-me-that-wartime-trauma-is-hard-to-heal |
After two years of navigating a pandemic, things are just about back to normal at Ebenezer United Methodist in northern Virginia. But, there are a few exceptions.
For example, during a normal church service, parishioners could turn in an attendance card or place contributions in an envelope. Now at Ebenezer, QR codes i... | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/churches-prepare-for-easter-sunday-celebrations-after-pandemic-pause | 2022-04-15T02:36:39 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/churches-prepare-for-easter-sunday-celebrations-after-pandemic-pause |
Keith Marion crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine and handed Easter bags filled with food and candy to families, but he was caught off guard by the generosity of a Ukrainian boy who appeared to be about 10-years-old.
The child pulled a small candy bar from his pocket and insisted that Marion keep it.
This week, ... | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/man-returns-home-after-helping-ukrainian-refugees-in-poland-tells-his-story | 2022-04-15T02:36:46 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/man-returns-home-after-helping-ukrainian-refugees-in-poland-tells-his-story |
(OTTAWA, Ontario) — Canada is sending soldiers to Poland to help with the care, coordination, and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, including some who will come to Canada.
Defense Minister Anita Anand announced the deployment of up to 150 troops on Thursday.
More than 2.6 million Ukrainians have fled into P... | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/canada-sends-troops-to-poland-to-assist-in-resettling-with-some-returning-to-canada | 2022-04-15T02:36:53 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/canada-sends-troops-to-poland-to-assist-in-resettling-with-some-returning-to-canada |
From the food you eat to the products you buy, surging inflation has crept into the daily lives — and budgets — of Americans, regardless of socioeconomic status. For small business owners, the tentacles of inflation are even more pronounced, leaving them to precariously toe the line between rising costs and whether to ... | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/small-business-owners-walking-an-increasingly-difficult-balancing-act-as-inflation-surges | 2022-04-15T02:37:00 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/small-business-owners-walking-an-increasingly-difficult-balancing-act-as-inflation-surges |
A crowd of people evacuated Orlando Sanford International Airport Thursday evening and some flights were delayed due to a glitch in one of the terminal’s HVAC systems.
Lauren Rowe, a spokesperson for airport, said it was an air handler malfunction that caused a “smoky haze with an awkward smell” in Terminal B. The fire... | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-orlando-sanford-international-airport-evacuation-smoke-hvac-20220415-u3iphxjkzjct7eqkv3hl3xrf6y-story.html | 2022-04-15T02:37:02 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-orlando-sanford-international-airport-evacuation-smoke-hvac-20220415-u3iphxjkzjct7eqkv3hl3xrf6y-story.html |
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The school closures, stay-at-home mandates and curfews that Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine imposed early in the pandemic still infuriate Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters. His dismissal of the former president’s stolen election lie and criticism that Trump “poured gas on the fire” before the U.... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/74663/ohios-gop-governor-aims-to-overcome-anger-in-party-base | 2022-04-15T02:37:02 | 1 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/74663/ohios-gop-governor-aims-to-overcome-anger-in-party-base |
A 32-year-old-man who police say shot at a parked vehicle outside an Orlando hotel, injuring two passengers, is in custody.
Police were called to the Home Suite Home extended-stay hotel on Colonial Drive about 11 a.m. Thursday, an arrest report said. That’s where Erick Ramirez Ramos allegedly approached a male and fema... | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-orlando-shooter-shooting-home-suite-home-20220415-yieusn2g2zckrolroz25upw6eu-story.html | 2022-04-15T02:37:03 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-orlando-shooter-shooting-home-suite-home-20220415-yieusn2g2zckrolroz25upw6eu-story.html |
WEST PORTSMOUTH — After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the annual True Lure Trout Derby is back.
This year’s derby will honor World War II and Korean Navy Veteran Harley Ellis, with his name being a part of the official title of this year’s event. The Harley Ellis True Lure Trout Derby is scheduled for April 23 at ... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/74690/harley-ellis-to-be-honored-at-true-lure-trout-derby | 2022-04-15T02:37:03 | 1 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/74690/harley-ellis-to-be-honored-at-true-lure-trout-derby |
PORTSMOUTH — All three Scioto County Commissioners were present and accounted for at Thursday’s regular session, as Chairman of the Commissioners, Scottie Powell called attention to an item that normally doesn’t receive much notice.
Before casting a vote on a resolution involving the weekly appropriation of funds, Powe... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/74692/commissioners-tackle-25-item-agenda | 2022-04-15T02:37:05 | 1 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/74692/commissioners-tackle-25-item-agenda |
SPRING SCOREBOARD — April 13
Baseball
Valley 3, Wheelersburg 2
Minford 11, West 1
South Webster 7, Eastern 0
Waverly 3, Oak Hill 2
Notre Dame 12, Clay 4
Green 27, Western 7
Symmes Valley 6, Ironton St. Joseph 4
New Boston at East, ppd. to April 26
Ironton 10, Chesapeake 0 (5 innings)
Fairland at Portsmouth, ppd. to Apr... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74657/spring-scoreboard-april-13 | 2022-04-15T02:37:12 | 1 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74657/spring-scoreboard-april-13 |
PORTSMOUTH — The first meeting of the two previously unbeaten SOC I teams lived up to its’ billing.
Dominant pitching in the circle by Clay senior Preslee Lutz and Notre Dame sophomore Gwen Sparks meant that Wednesday’s game was one where runs were hard to come by.
With the game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, a l... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74668/late-runs-push-notre-dame-past-clay-lady-titans-continue-unbeaten-start | 2022-04-15T02:37:18 | 0 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74668/late-runs-push-notre-dame-past-clay-lady-titans-continue-unbeaten-start |
MINFORD — A pair of four-run frames in the bottom of the third and fifth helped the Minford Falcons (5-4, 5-2 SOC II) fly past visiting Portsmouth West on Wednesday by an 11-1 margin.
Junior leadoff hitter Noah Martin led the Falcons at the plate, going 2-of-4 with a team-high three RBI.
Sophomore Carson Cronin and fre... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74671/falcons-fly-past-senators | 2022-04-15T02:37:22 | 0 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74671/falcons-fly-past-senators |
LATHAM — After the Green Bobcats’ offensive performance at Western on Wednesday, the scoreboard in Latham may need new lights.
That’s because the Bobcats defeated the host Indians 27-7 — including scoring a season-high 12 runs in the top of the seventh.
As a team, Green (1-8, 1-4 SOC I) collected 12 hits and drew 21 wa... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74674/bobcats-pummel-indians-27-7 | 2022-04-15T02:37:29 | 1 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74674/bobcats-pummel-indians-27-7 |
LATHAM — The Green Lady Bobcats got on the scoreboard early in Wednesday’s 13-2 road win over Western — scoring five runs in the first inning and never trailing.
As a team, Green (2-6, 2-3 SOC I) combined to out-hit Western 11-5.
Senior Kasey Kimbler led Green from the three-spot in the Lady Bobcats’ lineup, going 3-of... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74679/green-softball-blows-by-western | 2022-04-15T02:37:35 | 0 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74679/green-softball-blows-by-western |
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Lady Trojans (7-1, 5-0 OVC) plated a pair of runs in the sixth inning to overcome a late deficit and defeat visiting Fairland 3-2 in Ohio Valley Conference play.
With one out in the sixth and Portsmouth trailing 2-1, senior Madison Perry tripled to give the Lady Trojans the potential game-ty... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74682/portsmouth-uses-late-rally-to-upend-fairland | 2022-04-15T02:37:43 | 0 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74682/portsmouth-uses-late-rally-to-upend-fairland |
NEW DELHI (AP) — Popular Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were married Thursday in a private ceremony at their Mumbai residence.
The couple wore ivory outfits as they came out and waved to photographers from their apartment building. Kapoor picked Bhatt up and walked back into the apartment with her in his ... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-stars-ranbir-kapoor-alia-bhatt-marry-in-mumbai/ | 2022-04-15T02:37:47 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-stars-ranbir-kapoor-alia-bhatt-marry-in-mumbai/ |
LUCASVILLE — It’s lonely being at the top sometimes, but right now, indeed the Valley Indians are enjoying their view —in more ways than one —and actually wouldn’t want it any other way.
That’s because, by Wednesday evening, the Indians —already the top-ranked team in the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association D... | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74687/valley-edges-burg-in-soc-ii | 2022-04-15T02:37:49 | 0 | https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/sports/74687/valley-edges-burg-in-soc-ii |
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The brother of rapper Arthur “Archie” Eversole, known for the “We Ready” anthem used by Atlanta’s pro soccer team, has been charged in the musician’s fatal shooting, police said Thursday.
Eversole was found with a gunshot wound at a Chevron gas station just east of Atlanta on March 25 and died at a ... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/brother-charged-in-we-ready-rapper-archie-eversoles-death/ | 2022-04-15T02:37:54 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/brother-charged-in-we-ready-rapper-archie-eversoles-death/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Rose, whose career as a journalist imploded in 2017 due to sexual misconduct allegations, emerged Thursday by posting online a lengthy interview he conducted with investor Warren Buffett.
Rose said in a message on his website that he was proud to have the recent conversation with Buffett. The 80... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/charlie-rose-reemerges-with-first-interview-since-firings/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:01 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/charlie-rose-reemerges-with-first-interview-since-firings/ |
A former personal assistant to Amber Heard said she never saw the actress suffer any physical abuse at the hands of then-husband Johnny Depp — but she said Heard once spit in her face when she asked for a higher salary.
Heard descended into screaming fits of blind rage, sent incoherent text messages at 4 a.m. and was o... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/depp-witness-actor-was-southern-gentleman-heard-was-mean/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:08 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/depp-witness-actor-was-southern-gentleman-heard-was-mean/ |
Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin.
The Monte Carlo Opera said Thursday that Netrebko will sing the title role in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in performances on Ap... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/dropped-by-met-netrebko-to-sing-at-monte-carlo-opera/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:15 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/dropped-by-met-netrebko-to-sing-at-monte-carlo-opera/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of arts organizations is distributing more than $4 million in aid to nonprofits around the U.S. that have sustained losses during the pandemic.
The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, established in 2020, includes the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazine & Presses and the ... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/hundreds-of-arts-organizations-to-receive-emergency-funding/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:21 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/hundreds-of-arts-organizations-to-receive-emergency-funding/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists are sounding an alarm about the spread of disinformation in society and how it affects their jobs on a daily basis, along with skepticism on whether traditional methods to combat it really work.
The free speech advocates PEN America found in a survey of journalists released Thursday that 90%... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/journalists-despair-over-toll-of-disinformation-on-jobs/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:27 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/journalists-despair-over-toll-of-disinformation-on-jobs/ |
ROME (AP) — Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and the bodies of their victims, has died in her native Sicilian city of Palermo. She was 87.
Among the authorities announcing her death was Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando, who stood vigil next to her coffin during her wake... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/letizia-battaglia-who-shot-life-and-death-in-palermo-dies/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:34 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/letizia-battaglia-who-shot-life-and-death-in-palermo-dies/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Before he was working with Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse and many others, Mark Ronson was a teen DJ in 1990s downtown New York, a place and time he will look back on in an upcoming book.
The Oscar and Grammy-winning producer and songwriter has a deal with Grand Central Publishing for “93 ‘Til Inf... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/mark-ronson-will-remember-the-dj-life-in-upcoming-book/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:42 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/mark-ronson-will-remember-the-dj-life-in-upcoming-book/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and the Smithsonian Channel are partnering to highlight racial disparities in the health care system through a new campaign and documentary.
The network revealed on Thursday the Color of Care campaign to create a solution toward health equity. The campaign will follow the premiere of Wi... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/oprah-smithsonian-focus-on-health-care-racial-disparities/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:48 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/oprah-smithsonian-focus-on-health-care-racial-disparities/ |
TROUTMAN, N.C. (AP) — A person was shot and wounded outside the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby, authorities said Thursday, but it was unclear if he himself was involved or hurt.
DaBaby and at least one other person were at the home when the shooting happened Wednesday evening, Troutman Police Chief Josh Watson to... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/police-person-shot-outside-north-carolina-home-of-dababy/ | 2022-04-15T02:38:55 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/police-person-shot-outside-north-carolina-home-of-dababy/ |
PARIS (AP) — Films by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d’Or at a Cannes Film Festival set to unspool against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.
Cannes film festival artist director Thierry Frémaux and president Pierre Lescure announced the lineup to this year’s festiv... | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/top-gun-to-star-at-cannes-film-fest-under-ukraine-shadow/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:03 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/top-gun-to-star-at-cannes-film-fest-under-ukraine-shadow/ |
The Justice Department is improving language access to its programs to help people with limited English proficiency better report crimes. The Interior Department is providing technical assistance to Native American tribes to help them apply for grants. The Energy Department is helping low-income households access progr... | https://www.wivb.com/news/administration-unveils-steps-to-boost-racial-equity-in-govt/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:09 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/administration-unveils-steps-to-boost-racial-equity-in-govt/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The average salary in the major leagues rebounded to $4.4 million on opening day, boosted by a frenzy of free agent signings before and after the 99-day lockout, according to a study of baseball contracts by The Associated Press.
New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer set a season record at $43.3 million, t... | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-exclusive-mlb-average-salary-up-5-9-after-lockout/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:15 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-exclusive-mlb-average-salary-up-5-9-after-lockout/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to President Donald Trump, was questioned for hours Thursday by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Miller was a senior adviser for policy during the Trump administration and a central figure in many of the Republican’s deci... | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-source-trump-aide-miller-to-testify-to-jan-6-committee/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:22 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/ap-source-trump-aide-miller-to-testify-to-jan-6-committee/ |
RISON, Ark. (AP) — A 20-year-old Arkansas woman was killed when a tree fell on her home as severe storms swept through the state and a possible tornado ripped roofs off homes in Alabama, officials said.
The woman’s death occurred Wednesday as part of a multiday severe weather outbreak that caused tornadoes, powerful wi... | https://www.wivb.com/news/arkansas-woman-killed-when-tree-falls-on-home-during-storms/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:29 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/arkansas-woman-killed-when-tree-falls-on-home-during-storms/ |
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As a casino dealer, Shamikah Townsend knows when the odds are in her favor.
And they definitely are right now.
While working at one Atlantic City casino last year, she went to a job fair held by a different one, and was surprised at how instantly in-demand she was when the recruiter wanted to... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/a-safe-bet-if-you-want-a-casino-job-odds-are-on-your-side/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:36 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/a-safe-bet-if-you-want-a-casino-job-odds-are-on-your-side/ |
In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its warehouse workers while also vowing to improve injury rates inside the facilities.
Jassy, who took over from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as CEO last July, wrote the company has researched and creat... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/amazon-ceo-jassy-says-he-wants-to-improve-warehouse-safety/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:43 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/amazon-ceo-jassy-says-he-wants-to-improve-warehouse-safety/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday as investors gave mixed reviews to earnings from four of the nation’s largest banks.
The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, ending a shortened trading week with a 2.1% decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% and the Nasdaq composite lost 2.1%. Both indexes also en... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/asian-shares-track-wall-street-higher-oil-prices-retreat/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:49 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/asian-shares-track-wall-street-higher-oil-prices-retreat/ |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a victory for President Joe Biden, a federal appeals court Thursday refused to revisit its March decision reviving administration plans to account for potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for pollution-generating industries.
A Louisiana-based federal judge had blocked... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/biden-cost-of-carbon-policy-survives-another-legal-hurdle/ | 2022-04-15T02:39:56 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/biden-cost-of-carbon-policy-survives-another-legal-hurdle/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Four big banks reported noticeable declines in their first-quarter profits Thursday, as the volatile markets and war in Ukraine caused deal-making to dry up while a slowdown in the housing market meant fewer people sought to get a new mortgage or refinance.
The results from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Mor... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/big-bank-profits-decline-as-deal-making-mortgages-slow/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:03 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/big-bank-profits-decline-as-deal-making-mortgages-slow/ |
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The board of directors of Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras elected on Thursday José Mauro Coelho as its new president – the third to take the lead of the state-run company in a little more than three years.
His appointment by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last week followed the dismissal of his p... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/bolsonaro-pick-for-president-of-brazil-oil-giant-takes-over/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:10 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/bolsonaro-pick-for-president-of-brazil-oil-giant-takes-over/ |
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters contained a massive blaze at a central California food processing plant that prompted authorities to tell thousands of nearby residents to evacuate Thursday and to order tens of thousands more to stay inside their homes.
The fire started Wednesday night at the Taylor Farms packaged s... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/california-food-plant-fire-prompts-evacuations-for-thousands/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:17 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/california-food-plant-fire-prompts-evacuations-for-thousands/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies using a now-closed loophole, including a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become teenagers’ top choice.
Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products tha... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/e-cigs-using-synthetic-nicotine-come-under-fda-oversight/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:23 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/e-cigs-using-synthetic-nicotine-come-under-fda-oversight/ |
The head of the European Central Bank reiterated Thursday that the bank would raise interest rates “some time after” ending its pandemic stimulus efforts later this year, sticking to a gradual path even as the United States, United Kingdom and other countries take a harder line to combat soaring consumer prices.
People... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/european-central-bank-faces-pressure-from-record-inflation/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:31 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/european-central-bank-faces-pressure-from-record-inflation/ |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major fertilizer company says the limits Union Pacific is putting on rail traffic to clear up congestion will delay shipments that farmers need during the spring planting season.
CF Industries said Thursday that the railroad ordered it to cut its shipments nearly 20%. Union Pacific has said it is l... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/fertilizer-company-complains-about-railroad-shipment-limits/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:37 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/fertilizer-company-complains-about-railroad-shipment-limits/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world’s countries and called high inflation “a clear and present danger’’ to the global economy.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the conseq... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/imf-chief-ukraine-war-and-inflation-threaten-global-economy/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:44 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/imf-chief-ukraine-war-and-inflation-threaten-global-economy/ |
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Every time someone is killed in the City of Raleigh, Police Chief Estella Patterson says she is immediately alerted -- day or night.
According to Patterson, that has happened 13 times so far this year.
It's an increase of five more people dead compared to this time last year.
"Very disturbing," ... | https://abc11.com/raleigh-crime-police-officer-shortage-estella-patterson/11749289/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:45 | 1 | https://abc11.com/raleigh-crime-police-officer-shortage-estella-patterson/11749289/ |
CHICAGO -- It's been 50 years since the passing of Title IX, and 40% of all athletes are women despite the inequalities that continue.
Now, the second generation -- or the grandchildren of Title IX -- understand their part in pushing forward and knowing more is still possible.
Born 20 years after Title IX, professional... | https://abc11.com/title-ix-what-is-kendall-coyne-candace-parker/11749023/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:51 | 1 | https://abc11.com/title-ix-what-is-kendall-coyne-candace-parker/11749023/ |
A former police officer who discussed Russia’s invasion on the phone. A priest who preached to his congregation about the suffering of Ukrainians. A student who held up a banner with no words — just asterisks.
Hundreds of Russians are facing charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine since a repressive law was... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/kremlin-crackdown-silences-war-protests-from-benign-to-bold/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:51 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/kremlin-crackdown-silences-war-protests-from-benign-to-bold/ |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is facing renewed pressure from a hedge fund to speed up its transition to digital publishing and consider adding new digital-savvy leaders to its board after successfully fighting off a hostile takeover from a different hedge fund.
Lee’s largest shareholder, Canne... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/news-publisher-lee-faces-renewed-pressure-from-hedge-funds/ | 2022-04-15T02:40:58 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/news-publisher-lee-faces-renewed-pressure-from-hedge-funds/ |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey for those 21 and older will begin April 21, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday.
“This is a historic step in our work to create a new cannabis industry,” said Murphy, who made the announcement via Twitter.
The news comes just three days after state r... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/nj-to-start-recreational-marijuana-sales-april-21/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:05 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/nj-to-start-recreational-marijuana-sales-april-21/ |
Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants — and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer s... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/pfizer-to-seek-covid-booster-for-healthy-5-to-11-year-olds/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:11 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/pfizer-to-seek-covid-booster-for-healthy-5-to-11-year-olds/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose modestly in March, but higher prices for food, gasoline and other basics took a big share of consumers’ wallets.
Retail sales increased 0.5% after registering a revised 0.8% increase from January to February, reported the U.S. Commerce Department Thursday. Spending has been fueled by w... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/retail-sales-up-0-5-in-march-despite-soaring-inflation/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:18 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/retail-sales-up-0-5-in-march-despite-soaring-inflation/ |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank on Thursday kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fourth month even as surging inflation has hit a 20-year high and eroded people’s purchasing power.
In a statement following a monetary policy committee meeting, the bank said it was keeping its policy rate “constant” at... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/turkeys-central-bank-keeps-rate-steady-amid-high-inflation/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:25 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/turkeys-central-bank-keeps-rate-steady-amid-high-inflation/ |
LONDON (AP) — British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva, despite the government’s decision last year to cancel an order for at least 100 million doses.
The U.K. is the first country to authorize Valneva’s vaccine, which is also under review by the European Med... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/uk-clears-6th-covid-shot-despite-canceling-deal-for-doses/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:33 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/uk-clears-6th-covid-shot-despite-canceling-deal-for-doses/ |
UnitedHealth Group delivered a better-than-expected first quarter and raised its 2022 forecast, as growth in Medicare Advantage and care delivery once again helped the health care giant.
The nation’s largest health insurance provider said Thursday that enrollment in its Medicare Advantage plans grew nearly 9% to about ... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/unitedhealth-tops-q1-forecasts-raises-2022-outlook/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:39 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/unitedhealth-tops-q1-forecasts-raises-2022-outlook/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week but remained at a historically low level, reflecting a robust U.S. labor market with near record-high job openings and few layoffs.
Jobless claims rose by 18,000 to 185,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, after nearly touching... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/us-jobless-claims-rise-but-remain-near-a-half-century-low/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:46 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/us-jobless-claims-rise-but-remain-near-a-half-century-low/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates continued to climb this week as the key 30-year loan rate reached 5% for the first time in more than a decade amid persistent high inflation.
The average 5% rate on the 30-year mortgage was up from 4.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. The average... | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/us-long-term-mortgage-rates-rise-30-year-loan-reaches-5/ | 2022-04-15T02:41:53 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/business/us-long-term-mortgage-rates-rise-30-year-loan-reaches-5/ |
An Ohio man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and stealing a coat rack testified that he joined thousands of protesters in ransacking the building last year on what he thought were orders from the president, Donald Trump.
Dustin Byron Thompson, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, said Wednesday he took to websites after being ... | https://www.wivb.com/news/capitol-riot-defendant-i-was-following-trumps-instructions-2/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:00 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/capitol-riot-defendant-i-was-following-trumps-instructions-2/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A grand jury indicted 43-year-old Steven Gonzalez Wednesday on sex trafficking charges that carry a minimum of 15 years in prison if convicted.
U.S. attorneys allege Gonzalez, also known as Steven Hernandez and Unc, conspired with others to coerce two minors to engage in sex trafficking between 2... | https://www.wivb.com/news/crime/buffalo-man-indicted-for-alleged-sex-trafficking-of-minors/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:07 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/crime/buffalo-man-indicted-for-alleged-sex-trafficking-of-minors/ |
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Agricultural workers in the east and Horn of Africa are preparing for their most severe drought in 40 years, as authorities warn that higher temperatures and less than normal rainfall was recorded by weather agencies in March and April this year.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development said... | https://www.wivb.com/news/east-and-horn-of-africa-prep-for-worst-drought-in-decades/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:13 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/east-and-horn-of-africa-prep-for-worst-drought-in-decades/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples.
The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, the FDA said, and can be used in doctor’s offices, h... | https://www.wivb.com/news/fda-authorizes-1st-breath-test-for-covid-19-infection/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:20 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/fda-authorizes-1st-breath-test-for-covid-19-infection/ |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll back abortion rights in America.
“This will represent the most significant protect... | https://www.wivb.com/news/florida-governor-expected-to-sign-abortion-restriction-bill/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:27 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/florida-governor-expected-to-sign-abortion-restriction-bill/ |
Easter’s message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S. congregations rebounding from disasters.
Their churches were destroyed by a tornado in Kentucky, gutted by a blaze in New York City, shattered when Hurricane Ida hit the Louisiana coast, and filled with smoke and ash by the most destructive... | https://www.wivb.com/news/for-churches-hit-by-disasters-easter-brings-promise-of-hope/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:34 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/for-churches-hit-by-disasters-easter-brings-promise-of-hope/ |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a series of vexing equipment trouble.
The launch team had just begun loading fuel into the core stage of the rocket when the leak cropped up. This was NAS... | https://www.wivb.com/news/fuel-leak-thwarts-nasas-dress-rehearsal-for-moon-rocket/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:41 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/fuel-leak-thwarts-nasas-dress-rehearsal-for-moon-rocket/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse JD Vance in the crowded upcoming primary for an open Senate seat.
A draft letter circulating among Republicans and obtained by The Associated Press calls on Trump to remain n... | https://www.wivb.com/news/gop-leaders-in-ohio-try-to-block-trump-endorsement-of-vance/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:47 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/gop-leaders-in-ohio-try-to-block-trump-endorsement-of-vance/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is sticking with its coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, but it won’t happen until at least the summer of 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday.
Last year, California was the first state to announce it would require all schoolchildren to receive the... | https://www.wivb.com/news/health-news/california-delays-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-for-schools/ | 2022-04-15T02:42:54 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/health-news/california-delays-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-for-schools/ |
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will ease some social distancing measures later this month, allowing people to dine in at restaurants in the evening and lifting restrictions on private gatherings, as the number of COVID-19 infections declined in recent weeks.
From April 21, restaurants will be able to operate until 10 p.m. ... | https://www.wivb.com/news/health-news/hong-kong-to-ease-covid-19-restrictions-as-infections-fall/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:01 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/health-news/hong-kong-to-ease-covid-19-restrictions-as-infections-fall/ |
The missile cruiser Moskva, named in honor of the Russian capital, was launched during the Cold War, saw service during conflicts in Georgia, Syria and Ukraine, and helped conduct peacetime scientific research with the United States.
Now the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet has sunk in those waters off Ukraine whil... | https://www.wivb.com/news/in-wars-cold-and-hot-the-moskva-has-sailed-through-history/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:08 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/in-wars-cold-and-hot-the-moskva-has-sailed-through-history/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams cannot immediately begin raising and spending unlimited campaign contributions under astate law passed last year because she is not yet her party’s nominee, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Abrams and her One Georgia committee filed a lawsuit last m... | https://www.wivb.com/news/judge-denies-abrams-bid-to-seek-unlimited-contributions/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:15 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/judge-denies-abrams-bid-to-seek-unlimited-contributions/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio man who claimed he was only “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol was quickly convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Taking less then three hours, a federal jury also found Dustin Byron Thompso... | https://www.wivb.com/news/man-blaming-trumps-orders-for-riot-actions-awaits-verdict/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:22 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/man-blaming-trumps-orders-for-riot-actions-awaits-verdict/ |
(ABC4) – Over one million hot glue guns have been recalled due to fire and burn hazards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on Thursday.
The glue guns, which were recalled by Dollar Tree, can malfunction when plugged in.
Dollar Tree received several reports of electrical malfunctions when using the... | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/over-1-million-hot-glue-guns-sold-at-dollar-tree-recalled-due-to-fire-hazard/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:30 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/over-1-million-hot-glue-guns-sold-at-dollar-tree-recalled-due-to-fire-hazard/ |
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A top Republican candidate for Nebraska governor faced an onslaught of criticism Thursday after several women, including a GOP state lawmaker, alleged that he groped them at public events and forcibly kissed one woman.
The accusations drew widespread condemnation from Charles W. Herbster’s primary ... | https://www.wivb.com/news/nebraska-gop-governor-hopeful-accused-of-groping-women/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:36 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/nebraska-gop-governor-hopeful-accused-of-groping-women/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, a guided-missile cruiser that became a potent target of Ukrainian defiance in the opening days of the war, sank Thursday after it was heavily damaged in the latest setback for Moscow’s invasion.
Ukrainian officials said their forces hit the vessel with miss... | https://www.wivb.com/news/neighbors-back-ukraine-demand-accountability-for-war-crimes/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:43 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/neighbors-back-ukraine-demand-accountability-for-war-crimes/ |
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The school closures, stay-at-home mandates and curfews that Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine imposed early in the pandemic still infuriate Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters. His dismissal of the former president’s stolen election lieand criticism that Trump “poured gas on the fire” before the U.S... | https://www.wivb.com/news/ohios-gop-governor-aims-to-overcome-anger-in-party-base/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:50 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/ohios-gop-governor-aims-to-overcome-anger-in-party-base/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City subway car in which he raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.
Even as police arrested James on Wednesday i... | https://www.wivb.com/news/police-search-for-motive-in-brooklyn-subway-suspects-videos/ | 2022-04-15T02:43:57 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/police-search-for-motive-in-brooklyn-subway-suspects-videos/ |
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a prison near Rome in a Holy Thursday ritual that symbolizes humility and service and highlights his papacy’s attention to those on society’s margins.
He arrived in a motorcade that included Italian police cars at the prison in Civitavecchia, a port city, 8... | https://www.wivb.com/news/pope-marks-holy-thursday-ahead-of-prison-feet-washing-ritual/ | 2022-04-15T02:44:04 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/pope-marks-holy-thursday-ahead-of-prison-feet-washing-ritual/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called Russia’s war on Ukraine a genocide and accused Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes. But his administration has struggled with how much intelligence it is willing to give the Ukrainian forces that are trying to stop the Russian leader.
Since the war began in late Febr... | https://www.wivb.com/news/pressure-on-us-to-give-ukraine-more-intelligence-on-russia/ | 2022-04-15T02:44:11 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/pressure-on-us-to-give-ukraine-more-intelligence-on-russia/ |
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — After the Capitol riot, longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin said he thought briefly that the foolishness and recklessness of dividing the country would finally stop. That didn’t happen, and the Rhode Island Democrat says it’s one reason why he’s leaving Congress.
Langevin saw some of his Republican col... | https://www.wivb.com/news/rep-langevin-public-service-has-changed-since-capitol-riot/ | 2022-04-15T02:44:18 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/rep-langevin-public-service-has-changed-since-capitol-riot/ |
DENVER (AP) — When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team wanted to report sex-abuse allegations against a longtime coach, they received conflicting information that left them unsure of where to turn — or whether they wanted to pursue the cases at all.
An Instagram post during the Olympics by a former U.S. team m... | https://www.wivb.com/news/snowboard-abuse-case-exposes-flaws-in-new-reporting-system/ | 2022-04-15T02:44:25 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/snowboard-abuse-case-exposes-flaws-in-new-reporting-system/ |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans shared milk rice and oil cakes to celebrate their traditional new year on Thursday opposite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office, where they camped out for a sixth day demanding his resignation over the worst economic crisis in memory.
Soldiers who were disabled in the island nati... | https://www.wivb.com/news/sri-lankan-protesters-mark-new-year-near-presidents-office/ | 2022-04-15T02:44:32 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/sri-lankan-protesters-mark-new-year-near-presidents-office/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City police captain, took office this year with a central focus on making the city feel safe and trying to return it to some sense of normalcy post-pandemic.
But the first 3 1/2 months of his administration have been beset by a string of high-profile violent incidents... | https://www.wivb.com/news/subway-shooting-heightens-nyc-mayors-focus-on-rising-crime/ | 2022-04-15T02:44:39 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/subway-shooting-heightens-nyc-mayors-focus-on-rising-crime/ |