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90-year-old returns to Ky. school weeks after heart attack to watch great-granddaughters play volleyball again
FLEMING COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - You may remember a story from a few weeks ago, when we told you about a 90-year-old man who was saved by some Good Samaritans at a Simons Middle School volleyball game.
Well, Leona... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/90-year-old-returns-ky-school-weeks-after-heart-attack-watch-great-granddaughters-play-volleyball-again/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:28 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/90-year-old-returns-ky-school-weeks-after-heart-attack-watch-great-granddaughters-play-volleyball-again/ |
Emergency crews preparing for massive Thunder Over Louisville crowds
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thunder Over Louisville this year will be a little different than in years past. Because there will be hundreds of thousands of people in one place at the same time, security and procedures will be a little different.
“All the... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/emergency-crews-preparing-massive-thunder-over-louisville-crowds/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:34 | 1 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/emergency-crews-preparing-massive-thunder-over-louisville-crowds/ |
‘Everyone is excited’: Pikeville prepares to host 45th Hillbilly Days Festival
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - After being canceled in 2020 and 2021, hillbillies are eager to hit the streets of Pikeville, listen to bluegrass and grab a funnel cake at the 45th Hillbilly Days Festival.
“I feel like everyone is excited, you know,... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/everyone-is-excited-pikeville-prepares-host-45th-hillbilly-days-festival/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:41 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/everyone-is-excited-pikeville-prepares-host-45th-hillbilly-days-festival/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After taking a break amid sexual assault allegations, fashion designer Alexander Wang’s comeback to the runway was greeted with adoration during his highly anticipated show in Los Angeles.
Some shouted “This is amazing!” and “I love it!” while others cheered on Wang’s 50-look collection for his “Fort... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/alexander-wang-returns-to-runway-after-sexual-assault-claims/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:40 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/alexander-wang-returns-to-runway-after-sexual-assault-claims/ |
Forensics experts aid investigation of boy found dead inside suitcase
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (WAVE) - Officials continue their search for answers on a 5-year-old boy found dead in a suitcase in Southern Indiana over the weekend.
The boy’s body was found by a mushroom hunter on Saturday night around 7:30 p.m., in a woo... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/forensics-experts-aid-investigation-boy-found-dead-inside-suitcase/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:47 | 1 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/forensics-experts-aid-investigation-boy-found-dead-inside-suitcase/ |
BOSTON (AP) — Haunted by the horrors of the war in Ukraine,the Boston Symphony Orchestra is sounding a decidedly somber note as it prepares for its 2022-23 season.
The orchestra usually gravitates toward traditional classical music with a big focus on young and current composers of our time and a wide-ranging scope of ... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/anguish-of-war-permeates-boston-symphonys-2022-23-season/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:47 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/anguish-of-war-permeates-boston-symphonys-2022-23-season/ |
Former airport employee pleads guilty to embezzlement
Published: Apr. 19, 2022 at 11:34 PM EDT|Updated: 19 hours ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A former Huntington Tri-State Airport employee has pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Melissa Hall, 46, of South Point,... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/former-airport-employee-pleads-guilty-embezzlement/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:53 | 1 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/former-airport-employee-pleads-guilty-embezzlement/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former reality TV star Blac Chyna testified Wednesday that all was joyful between her, her fiancé Rob Kardashian, and his famous family before the day five years ago when everything went awry.
Chyna was on the stand for a second day in her $100 million lawsuit against Kardashian’s mother Kris Jenner ... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/blac-chyna-testifies-of-happy-early-days-with-kardashians/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:54 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/blac-chyna-testifies-of-happy-early-days-with-kardashians/ |
Fred Hampton childhood home gets historical landmark status
MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — The suburban Chicago home where slain Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton grew up has been designated a historical landmark by the village of Maywood.
The vote follows a yearlong campaign that was tied to the Academy Award-winning film... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/fred-hampton-childhood-home-gets-historical-landmark-status/ | 2022-04-20T22:41:59 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/fred-hampton-childhood-home-gets-historical-landmark-status/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrea Elliott’s “Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City,” an in-depth portrait of New York and the struggles and achievements of a Black girl from Brooklyn, has won the Gotham Book Prize for outstanding works about the city.
Elliott, whose book expands upon her investigative seri... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/invisible-child-wins-50000-gotham-book-prize/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:01 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/invisible-child-wins-50000-gotham-book-prize/ |
Justice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said Wednesday.
The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/justice-dept-appeal-order-voiding-travel-mask-mandate/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:05 | 1 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/justice-dept-appeal-order-voiding-travel-mask-mandate/ |
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Actor Johnny Depp scoffed at the notion during court testimony Wednesday that his constant quarrels with ex-wife Amber Heard would ever prompt him to hit her, and insisted on cross-examination that her allegations devastated his career.
“Violence isn’t necessary,” Depp said from the stand during his... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/johnny-depp-back-on-the-stand-in-lawsuit-against-amber-heard/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:08 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/johnny-depp-back-on-the-stand-in-lawsuit-against-amber-heard/ |
Ky. hospice patient marries high school sweetheart
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) - A sweet story out of Georgetown-- a hospice care patient married her high school sweetheart.
Liana Craven was diagnosed with cancer, and she wrote down a bucket list of things she wanted to do. At the top of her list was marrying her high schoo... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/ky-hospice-patient-marries-high-school-sweetheart/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:12 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/ky-hospice-patient-marries-high-school-sweetheart/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center will hold a series of more than 300 Summer for the City events both indoors and outdoors following two years of programing sharply curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The performing arts institution first emerged from the pandemic last spring and summer with Restart Stages in outdoor a... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/lincoln-center-emerges-from-pandemic-with-summer-festival/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:16 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/lincoln-center-emerges-from-pandemic-with-summer-festival/ |
Ky. organization offers military experience for at-risk youth
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The Bluegrass Youth Challenge is an alternative educational experience for at-risk youth to help keep them engaged in the classroom and become prosperous citizens, along with learning some military experience.
“To see young men and wo... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/ky-organization-offers-military-experience-at-risk-youth/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:18 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/ky-organization-offers-military-experience-at-risk-youth/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” NeNe Leakes sued the companies behind the show on Wednesday, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environment.
The lawsuit filed in federal court in Atlanta says Leakes, who is Black, complained to executives about years o... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/nene-leakes-sues-saying-racism-accepted-on-real-housewives/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:22 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/nene-leakes-sues-saying-racism-accepted-on-real-housewives/ |
Man hands meth to officers during traffic stop instead of registration, police say
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV/Gray News) - Two men are facing charges after police said they found drugs on the men while conducting a traffic stop over the previous weekend.
According to a criminal complaint, officers with the Bridgeport Poli... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/man-hands-meth-officers-during-traffic-stop-instead-registration-police-say/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:24 | 1 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/man-hands-meth-officers-during-traffic-stop-instead-registration-police-say/ |
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judgeтАЩs order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes, trains and travel hubs, officials said Wednesday.
It came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed ... | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-travel-mask-mandate-20220420-4vudsrzvhrgqtazyvuzcp2wvsu-story.html | 2022-04-20T22:42:28 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-travel-mask-mandate-20220420-4vudsrzvhrgqtazyvuzcp2wvsu-story.html |
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October.
New Mexico’s Occupational Hea... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/new-mexico-fines-rust-for-willful-gun-safety-failures/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:30 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/new-mexico-fines-rust-for-willful-gun-safety-failures/ |
Verizon customers report big spike in outages, other carriers see smaller spikes
(KNOE/Gray News) - A massive spike in outages has been reported by Verizon cell phone users.
According to downdetector.com, the spike in outage reports began around 2 p.m. EST.
The site had received more than 20,000 reports from customers ... | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/verizon-customers-report-big-spike-outages-other-carriers-see-smaller-spikes/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:31 | 0 | https://www.wymt.com/2022/04/20/verizon-customers-report-big-spike-outages-other-carriers-see-smaller-spikes/ |
APRIL 20TH, 2022 — We hear the three R's all the time- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle- but we rarely get to see them in action. Well the Baltimore Department of Public Works, not only wants you to see it, but to be part of the action yourself.
They're collecting durable medical equipment for the Maryland Department of Aging to... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/baltimore-department-of-public-works-collects-medical-equipment-for-reuse | 2022-04-20T22:42:32 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/baltimore-department-of-public-works-collects-medical-equipment-for-reuse |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prince Harry is opening up about his life at home and his recent surprise visit with Queen Elizabeth II, saying he and his wife, Meghan, had tea with the monarch and shared laughs.
“It was really nice to catch up with her,” Harry told NBC’s ”Today” show in an interview that aired Wednesday... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/prince-harry-talks-about-fatherhood-the-queen-and-diana/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:37 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/prince-harry-talks-about-fatherhood-the-queen-and-diana/ |
BALTIMORE — Police are looking for a missing teenager last seen in the 2700 block of East Biddle St.
Ayanna Coolie, 13, was last seen wearing a jean jacket and black leggings.
She is described as 5'8" and weighs 120lbs.
Anyone with any information is asked to call 911. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/baltimore-police-looking-for-teenager-missing-since-april-13 | 2022-04-20T22:42:38 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/baltimore-police-looking-for-teenager-missing-since-april-13 |
BALTIMORE — The family of a teenager who died after being injured in a high school football game will get $345,000 from the city of Baltimore.
Wednesday the Board of Estimates approved the settlement with Elijah Gorham's family.
Gorham played wide receiver at Mervo.
He suffered a head injury during a game against Dunba... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/city-settlement-with-elijah-gorhams-family-approved | 2022-04-20T22:42:44 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/city-settlement-with-elijah-gorhams-family-approved |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper A$AP Rocky was taken into custody Wednesday morning at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a shooting in Hollywood last year, authorities said.
The performer, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was detained on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Police Dep... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/rapper-aap-rocky-arrested-at-la-airport-in-2021-shooting/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:44 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/rapper-aap-rocky-arrested-at-la-airport-in-2021-shooting/ |
WILTON MANORS — Jeanne Avsenew, whose testimony helped put her son on Florida’s death row four years ago, died last week in Polk County, throwing a wrench into plans to retry Peter Avsenew for the 2010 murders of Stephen Adams and Kevin Powell of Wilton Manors.
The defendant was granted a new trial earlier this year by... | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-avsenew-mother-dead-20220420-pb24jpyldjc7dhw4ffri5x76sm-story.html | 2022-04-20T22:42:47 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-avsenew-mother-dead-20220420-pb24jpyldjc7dhw4ffri5x76sm-story.html |
BALTIMORE — A settlement was finalized Wednesday for dozens of businesses and individuals who sued the city after the unrest following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.
Now many of them will receive a portion of 3.5 million dollars for that settlement.
City leaders said a lawsuit against the city was f... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/dozens-awarded-3-5-million-in-settlement-from-baltimore-city-following-freddie-gray-unrest | 2022-04-20T22:42:51 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/dozens-awarded-3-5-million-in-settlement-from-baltimore-city-following-freddie-gray-unrest |
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes on Wednesday ceremonially handed control of the city to King Momo, a ritual representing the upheaval of the status quo — but it remains to be seen how much post-pandemic partying is in store during the first Carnival in two years.
Samba schools’ elaborate float... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/rios-carnival-parade-is-back-as-street-bands-ache-to-party/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:51 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/rios-carnival-parade-is-back-as-street-bands-ache-to-party/ |
By all accounts, Terrence Ross provided the rebuilding Orlando Magic with the ideal veteran presence during the 2021-22 season. But Ross has made one thing clear: He’d like to continue his career elsewhere.
Before the season ended, Ross told the Orlando Sentinel he expected to be traded in March 2021 when the Magic tra... | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-terrence-ross-season-review-20220420-n6bmesnwwjfhlbcthnija7fcd4-story.html | 2022-04-20T22:42:53 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-terrence-ross-season-review-20220420-n6bmesnwwjfhlbcthnija7fcd4-story.html |
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say three people were injured when a fire broke out in a residence hall at a Texas university near Houston.
The fire happened shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday in a student housing building at Prairie View A&M University, about 45 miles northwest of Houston.
The school says... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/fire-forces-evacuation-of-dorm-at-texas-university-3-hurt | 2022-04-20T22:42:57 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/fire-forces-evacuation-of-dorm-at-texas-university-3-hurt |
Surrounded by his family, coaches and high school teammates, East Forsyth (N.C.) tight end Jayvontay Conner announced his verbal commitment to the UCF football program Wednesday live on social media.
The Knights beat out Florida State — where he visited last Monday — Maryland, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Virg... | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/os-sp-ucf-football-recruiting-jayvontay-conner-commits-20220420-2np5is5wg5gjrcxfjf6pmyj55m-story.html | 2022-04-20T22:42:59 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/ucf-knights/os-sp-ucf-football-recruiting-jayvontay-conner-commits-20220420-2np5is5wg5gjrcxfjf6pmyj55m-story.html |
LONDON (AP) — To run or not to run – that is the question troubling Donald Trump at the start of Mike Bartlett’s play “The 47th,” an audaciously Shakespearean take on recent and future U.S. politics.
The title of the play, running at London’s Old Vic Theatre, refers to the next president of the United States. The plot ... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/trump-gets-a-bold-shakespearean-twist-in-new-play-the-47th/ | 2022-04-20T22:42:58 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/trump-gets-a-bold-shakespearean-twist-in-new-play-the-47th/ |
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Artist Pavlo Makov’s role representing Ukraine at the Venice Biennale has become an act of defiance against the Russian invaders, whose attacks on his adopted hometown of Kharkiv have grown more intense in recent days.
Not only do the Russians intend to take over his country, the Russian-born Ukrai... | https://www.cbs42.com/local/ukrainian-artist-makes-cultural-stand-at-venice-biennale/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:00 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/ukrainian-artist-makes-cultural-stand-at-venice-biennale/ |
A former doctor in Ohio was acquitted of murder Wednesday after he was accused of killing at least 14 of his patients by prescribing them deadly doses of the powerful painkiller fentanyl.
Prosecutors said William Husel prescribed at least 500 micrograms of the painkiller to his patients. At the same time, he was a doct... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/former-ohio-doctor-acquitted-of-killing-14-patients-with-fentanyl | 2022-04-20T22:43:03 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/former-ohio-doctor-acquitted-of-killing-14-patients-with-fentanyl |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay the city of San Francisco $10 million over its role in selling prescription opioids in the city.
City Attorney David Chiu announced the settlement Wednesday, five days before a trial is to begin of the city’s claims against the drug industry over the... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/1-drug-company-settles-ahead-of-san-francisco-opioid-trial/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:08 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/1-drug-company-settles-ahead-of-san-francisco-opioid-trial/ |
MILWAUKEE — The brother of former first lady Michelle Obama is suing a prestigious Milwaukee-area private school over issues of inclusiveness and racism.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Craig and Kelly Robinson claim the University School of Milwaukee improperly terminated their two sons’ enrollment at the school, despite b... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/michelle-obamas-brother-suing-milwaukee-school-alleging-racial-bias | 2022-04-20T22:43:09 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/michelle-obamas-brother-suing-milwaukee-school-alleging-racial-bias |
Apartments and civilian homes in Ukraine have been shelled beyond recognition.
Russian bombs have exploded near hospitals and schools. There are mass graves, body bags and possible orders that German intelligence surfaced for Russian soldiers to kill civilians.
Now there are new calls for a stronger action to blunt the... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/new-evidence-strengthens-call-for-ultimate-sanction-of-russia | 2022-04-20T22:43:15 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/new-evidence-strengthens-call-for-ultimate-sanction-of-russia |
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s major stock indexes ended mixed Wednesday after another day of choppy trading, while Netflix lost more than a third of its value after reporting its first subscriber loss in more than a decade and predicting more grim times ahead.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% after a late-afternoon fade, while... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/asian-shares-mixed-after-tech-led-rally-on-wall-street/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:15 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/asian-shares-mixed-after-tech-led-rally-on-wall-street/ |
Former star of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" NeNe Leakes has sued the companies behind the show, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environment.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Atlanta alleges that Leakes' "Real Housewives" castmate Kim Zolciak-Biermann made several r... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/reality-star-nene-leakes-sues-saying-racism-accepted-on-real-housewives | 2022-04-20T22:43:21 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/reality-star-nene-leakes-sues-saying-racism-accepted-on-real-housewives |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. rolled out new sanctions on Wednesday against more than 40 individuals and entities accused of evading the ongoing wave of penalties imposed on Russia as punishment for invading Ukraine.
The sanctions include the first set of penalties against a cryptocurrency mining firm in relation to the w... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/cryptocurrency-firms-in-latest-russian-sanctions-targets/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:22 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/cryptocurrency-firms-in-latest-russian-sanctions-targets/ |
(KYIV, Ukraine) — An adviser to Ukraine’s president has challenged Russia to conduct an urgent round of talks in Mariupol.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Twitter that he and other Ukrainian negotiators are ready for any format of negotiations to save lives of Mariupol defenders ... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/ukraines-zelenskyy-challenges-russia-to-urgent-round-of-mariupol-talks | 2022-04-20T22:43:27 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/ukraines-zelenskyy-challenges-russia-to-urgent-round-of-mariupol-talks |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad struggled to keep up with demand in the first three months of the year but still manage to deliver 22% more profit thanks to higher shipping rates offsetting a slight decline in the number of shipments it handled.
The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said Wednesday it earned $859 mil... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/csx-1q-profit-jumps-22-on-higher-rates-despite-service-woes/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:29 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/csx-1q-profit-jumps-22-on-higher-rates-despite-service-woes/ |
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s President said he hasn’t seen any new Russian proposals for halting hostilities.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was asked on Wednesday about a Kremlin statement that Russia is waiting for Ukraine’s response to a draft document and “the ball is in their court.”
Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/ukraines-zelenskyy-says-russia-is-not-ready-for-a-peace-settlement | 2022-04-20T22:43:33 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/ukraines-zelenskyy-says-russia-is-not-ready-for-a-peace-settlement |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX has agreed to start paying some of its employees more in advance of raises the railroad expects to agree to as part of ongoing national contract talks.
CSX said the payments of up to $600 a month are expected to start next month for roughly 4,500 members of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transpor... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/csx-to-pay-workers-more-in-advance-of-expected-rail-raises/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:35 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/csx-to-pay-workers-more-in-advance-of-expected-rail-raises/ |
The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge's order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes, trains and travel hubs.
It came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlie... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/us-department-of-justice-set-to-appeal-order-voiding-travel-mask-mandate | 2022-04-20T22:43:39 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/us-department-of-justice-set-to-appeal-order-voiding-travel-mask-mandate |
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is further winding down the compulsory use of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and face masks as the country’s virus numbers continue to improve.
Health Minister Michael Hadjipantela announced Wednesday that as of May 15, vaccination and recovery certificates will no longer be required to... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/cyprus-to-further-ease-use-of-covid-certificates-masks/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:42 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/cyprus-to-further-ease-use-of-covid-certificates-masks/ |
Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to play at Wimbledon this year because of the war in Ukraine, the All England Club announced on Wednesday.
Among the prominent men's players affected by the ban are reigning U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev, who recently reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings and ... | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/wimbledon-bans-players-from-russia-belarus-over-ukraine-war | 2022-04-20T22:43:45 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/wimbledon-bans-players-from-russia-belarus-over-ukraine-war |
Record-keeping failures by the federal government may have left thousands of Americans saddled with student debt that should have been automatically canceled through a benefit for low-income borrowers, according to a new federal study.
In a scathing report released on Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office fau... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/feds-thousands-may-have-student-debt-that-should-be-erased/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:50 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/feds-thousands-may-have-student-debt-that-should-be-erased/ |
Many had wondered why Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was walking on a Florida highway early in the morning when he was fatally struck by a dump truck earlier this month.
According to 911 audio released Wednesday by the Florida Highway Patrol, Haskins' wife Kalabrya called the agency from Pittsburgh on A... | https://www.wmar2news.com/sports/dwayne-haskins-apparently-ran-out-of-gas-before-being-fatally-hit | 2022-04-20T22:43:52 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/sports/dwayne-haskins-apparently-ran-out-of-gas-before-being-fatally-hit |
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — After a season ravaged by major injuries to key, star players, the Ravens knew changes had to be made. That started with their offseason workout program.
"You just have to reevaluate everything, turn over every stone and there are so many different aspects of that," said head strength and conditioni... | https://www.wmar2news.com/sports/football/ravens/ravens-tweak-offseason-workout-program | 2022-04-20T22:43:58 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/sports/football/ravens/ravens-tweak-offseason-workout-program |
Michigan’s Democratic governor wants a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan to stay open and she’s asking the federal government to pay for it.
But the owner of the Palisades Power Plant says it’s too late — the plant will be shut down in May as scheduled.
The Biden administration on Tuesday launched a $6 billion effor... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/gov-whitmer-wants-federal-aid-to-keep-nuclear-plant-open/ | 2022-04-20T22:43:57 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/gov-whitmer-wants-federal-aid-to-keep-nuclear-plant-open/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank warned Wednesday that rising interest rates are squeezing the world’s poorest countries as they struggle with the coronavirus and soaring food prices.
There is “a huge buildup of debt, especially in the poorest countries,” World Bank Pres... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/imf-world-bank-chiefs-warn-of-debt-squeeze-in-poor-nations/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:04 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/imf-world-bank-chiefs-warn-of-debt-squeeze-in-poor-nations/ |
Japan’s weakening yen raised further alarm in Tokyo on Wednesday as the government reported a bigger-than-expected trade deficit largely due to soaring costs for imports of oil, food and other necessities.
The deficit of 412 billion yen ($3.2 billion) for March was lower than the previous month’s 670 billion yen but wa... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/japan-logs-trade-deficit-in-march-on-weak-yen-pricey-oil/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:11 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/japan-logs-trade-deficit-in-march-on-weak-yen-pricey-oil/ |
LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. The case will now go to Britain’s interior minister for a decision, though the WikiLeaks founder still has legal avenues of appeal.
The order, which brings and end to the years’-lo... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/judge-sends-assange-extradition-decision-to-uk-government/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:18 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/judge-sends-assange-extradition-decision-to-uk-government/ |
PARIS (AP) — In the climax of France’s presidential campaign, centrist President Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen will meet Wednesday evening in a one-on-one television debate that could prove decisive before Sunday’s runoff vote.
Both candidates have carefully prepared for the highly scrutinized d... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/macron-le-pen-square-off-for-decisive-debate-as-vote-looms/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:25 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/macron-le-pen-square-off-for-decisive-debate-as-vote-looms/ |
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a poll finds. A ruling by a federal judge has put the government’s transportation mask mandate on hold.
The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/majority-of-americans-want-masks-for-travelers-ap-norc-poll/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:32 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/majority-of-americans-want-masks-for-travelers-ap-norc-poll/ |
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in March to the slowest pace in nearly two years as a swift rise in mortgage rates and record-high prices discouraged would-be homebuyers.
Existing home sales fell 2.7% last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.77 million, the National Association ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/march-home-sales-fall-as-mortgage-rates-home-prices-climb/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:39 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/march-home-sales-fall-as-mortgage-rates-home-prices-climb/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Lawn chairs, blankets and coolers crowded the mounds along turn two at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Wednesday.
Fans got their first chance to see drivers take to the track in preparation for the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 29.
”Your hairs kind of stand on end when you walk in this pla... | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/fans-return-to-ims-as-drivers-check-out-track-during-open-test/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:45 | 1 | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/fans-return-to-ims-as-drivers-check-out-track-during-open-test/ |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s efforts to reshape Mexico’s electricity sector to favor the state-owned power company have spurred hundreds of lawsuits and sown a level of uncertainty that businesspeople say is costing jobs and private investment.
The level of uncertainty is such that a solar... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/mexicos-electricity-sector-rankled-by-doubt-and-legal-chaos/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:46 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/mexicos-electricity-sector-rankled-by-doubt-and-legal-chaos/ |
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge in California has rejected a request from shareholders in a lawsuit to force Elon Musk stop talking about his 2018 tweets in which he said he had the funding to make Tesla a private company.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen Wednesday came just hours after the Tesla CEO’s lawy... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/musk-lawyer-gag-order-would-trample-on-free-speech-rights/ | 2022-04-20T22:44:53 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/musk-lawyer-gag-order-would-trample-on-free-speech-rights/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An unexpected drop in subscribers sent Netflix shares into freefall Wednesday, forcing the company to consider experimenting with ads and — hold onto your remote — cracking down on millions of freeloaders who use passwords shared by friends or family.
The surprising net loss of 200,000 subscribers ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/netflix-aims-to-curtail-password-sharing-and-bring-in-ads/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:00 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/netflix-aims-to-curtail-password-sharing-and-bring-in-ads/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two methane explosions at a coal mine in southern Poland killed five people and injured more than 20 early Wednesday, the Polish prime minister said. Seven others were missing.
The first blast took place shortly after midnight about 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) under the surface at the Pniowek mine i... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/poland-coal-mine-blasts-kill-3-injure-20-7-missing/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:07 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/poland-coal-mine-blasts-kill-3-injure-20-7-missing/ |
A new effort to help grantmakers change the way they work so they can better support Black-led nonprofits was announced Monday. Abundance is a collaboration between three Chicago-area grantmakers, Chicago Beyond, the Grand Victoria Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Abundance is not a pl... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/program-helps-foundations-fund-black-led-nonprofits-better/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:14 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/program-helps-foundations-fund-black-led-nonprofits-better/ |
MONROE, Ga. (AP) — Opponents trying to derail a $5 billion, 7,500-job electric truck plant in Georgia dominated a state meeting this week that was meant to gather suggestions on how to design the plant to mitigate any impact on the environment.
The state assumed oversight over the Rivian Automotive project after oppone... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/rivian-electric-car-plant-blasted-by-foes-at-georgia-meeting/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:20 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/rivian-electric-car-plant-blasted-by-foes-at-georgia-meeting/ |
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Here in the dirt of one of the world’s most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian officials worry they were, in effect, digging their own graves.
Thousands of tanks and troops rumbled into the forested Chernobyl exclusion zone in the earliest hours of Russia’s invasion o... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/russias-chernobyl-seizure-seen-as-nuclear-risk-nightmare/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:27 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/russias-chernobyl-seizure-seen-as-nuclear-risk-nightmare/ |
MADRID (AP) — Spain took another step Wednesday toward a sense of normality amid the pandemic by partially ending the near two-year-long obligatory use of masks indoors.
The government decree, passed Tuesday, keeps masks mandatory for visitors and staff in medical centers and nursing homes, although patients won’t alwa... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/spain-says-masks-no-longer-totally-obligatory-indoors/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:34 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/spain-says-masks-no-longer-totally-obligatory-indoors/ |
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla reported Wednesday that its first-quarter net earnings were over seven times greater than a year ago, powered by strong sales despite global supply chain kinks and pandemic-related production cuts in China.
The electric vehicle and solar panel company made $3.32 billion from January through March. ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/tesla-1q-earnings-7-times-more-than-year-ago-on-strong-sales/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:42 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/tesla-1q-earnings-7-times-more-than-year-ago-on-strong-sales/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines reported Wednesday that it lost $1.38 billion in the first quarter of 2022 but said it expects to return to profitability in the current three-month period as post-pandemic travel ramps back up.
The Chicago-based airline posted revenue of $7.67 billion in the quarter that ended March 31. ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/united-airlines-loses-1-4b-in-1q-but-expects-profit-in-2q/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:49 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/united-airlines-loses-1-4b-in-1q-but-expects-profit-in-2q/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The idea was presented to Florida lawmakers in a movie house outside Orlando 55 years ago, with Walt Disney, who had died less than two months earlier, helping make the pitch from the screen: Let Disney form its own government and in exchange it would create a futuristic city of tomorrow.
That city... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/years-of-fruitful-relations-between-disney-florida-at-risk/ | 2022-04-20T22:45:56 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/years-of-fruitful-relations-between-disney-florida-at-risk/ |
The three-day shopping experience features fine art, luxury home decor and furnishings.
Shopping begins with for those with early access, followed by an array of high class sights and sounds of luxury.
"We are excited to return to the Metropolitan Pavilion with our first full-scale event in two years," founding chair J... | https://abc7ny.com/housing-works-design-on-a-dime-nyc-new-york-city/11772826/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:01 | 0 | https://abc7ny.com/housing-works-design-on-a-dime-nyc-new-york-city/11772826/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko walked out of a Group of 20 meeting Wednesday as Russia’s representative started talking.
Several finance ministers and central bank governors also left the room, according an official familiar with the meetings, who spoke... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/yellen-ukraine-official-walk-out-of-russias-g-20-remarks/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:02 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/yellen-ukraine-official-walk-out-of-russias-g-20-remarks/ |
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Devastating floods in South Africa this week, as well as other extreme weather events across the continent linked to human-caused climate change, are putting marine and terrestrial wildlife species at risk, according to biodiversity experts.
Africa has already faced several climate-related woes in... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/african-wildlife-coasts-suffer-effects-of-flooding-drought/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:09 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/african-wildlife-coasts-suffer-effects-of-flooding-drought/ |
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The authorities in Belarus have conducted a new wave of searches and arrests of union activists and independent journalists, a leading human rights group said Wednesday.
At least 16 people have been arrested in Minsk, Grodno, Borisov and other Belarusian cities, according to the Viasna human rights... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/belarus-launches-new-crackdown-on-activists-journalists/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:16 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/belarus-launches-new-crackdown-on-activists-journalists/ |
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A court in Rwanda sentenced a Chinese businessman to 20 years in prison for torture after he was filmed beating a local man last year.
Sun Shujun had been accused of beating his workers in a case that drew attention because he was filmed whipping a man tethered to a pole on the ground.
A Rwandan m... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/chinese-man-gets-20-years-in-rwanda-for-whipping-a-local-man/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:23 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/chinese-man-gets-20-years-in-rwanda-for-whipping-a-local-man/ |
Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds.
While insects may bug people at times, they also are key in pollinating plants to feed people, making soil more fertile and they include beautiful butte... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/climate-change-big-agriculture-combine-to-threaten-insects/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:30 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/climate-change-big-agriculture-combine-to-threaten-insects/ |
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An explosion has rocked a marketplace in Nigeria’s northeast killing six people, police and emergency response services told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The attack occurred on Tuesday evening at a busy cattle market in the Ardo-Kola local government area of Taraba state where villages have ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/explosion-hits-marketplace-in-northeast-nigeria-6-killed/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:37 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/explosion-hits-marketplace-in-northeast-nigeria-6-killed/ |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Assailants on Wednesday detonated a remote-controlled explosive device as a bus carrying prison guards was passing by, killing one of the guards, an official said. Four other guards were wounded in the explosion.
The attack occurred in the district of Osmangazi, in Turkey’s northwestern Bursa prov... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/explosion-on-bus-carrying-prison-guards-in-turkey-1-killed/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:45 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/explosion-on-bus-carrying-prison-guards-in-turkey-1-killed/ |
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said Wednesday that antisemitic offenses are continuing to rise and those that come to light are only “the tip of the iceberg.”
The head of the BfV agency, Thomas Haldenwang, said it is alarming that antisemitic narratives are sometimes embraced by people in “the mid... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/german-intel-known-antisemitism-cases-tip-of-the-iceberg/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:52 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/german-intel-known-antisemitism-cases-tip-of-the-iceberg/ |
JERUSALEM (AP) — A rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip late Wednesday, the Israeli military said, in the second such attack this week as Israeli-Palestinian tensions have soared over violence in Jerusalem.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no one claimed the strike. Isra... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/israeli-military-says-rocket-fired-from-gaza-amid-tensions/ | 2022-04-20T22:46:59 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/israeli-military-says-rocket-fired-from-gaza-amid-tensions/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — An adviser to Ukraine’s president has challenged Russia to conduct an urgent round of talks in Mariupol.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Twitter that he and other Ukrainian negotiators are ready for any format of negotiations to save lives of Mariupol defenders an... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/live-updates-ukraine-to-resume-evacuations-out-of-mariupol/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:06 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/live-updates-ukraine-to-resume-evacuations-out-of-mariupol/ |
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities used bulldozers to raze a number of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi before India’s Supreme Court halted the demolitions Wednesday, days after communal violence shook the capital and saw dozens arrested.
Shop owners searched through the rubble of their shops afterward to collect their belong... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/muslim-properties-razed-in-new-delhi-after-communal-violence/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:13 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/muslim-properties-razed-in-new-delhi-after-communal-violence/ |
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region in the past year, according to a study conducted by regional health officials and seen by The Associated Press.
The deaths were recorded at health facilities across Tigray between June last yea... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/report-hunger-kills-hundreds-of-kids-in-ethiopias-tigray/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:20 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/report-hunger-kills-hundreds-of-kids-in-ethiopias-tigray/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military said Wednesday it successfully performed the first test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin said would make the West “think twice” before harboring any aggressive intentions against Russia.
The test launch of the Sarmat missile comes amid soa... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/russia-test-fires-new-intercontinental-ballistic-missile/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:27 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/russia-test-fires-new-intercontinental-ballistic-missile/ |
PARIS (AP) — ImprisonedRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stepped abruptly into France’s tight presidential campaign Wednesday, urging voters to back incumbent Emmanuel Macron and alleging that far-right challenger Marine Le Pen is too closely linked to Russia.
Le Pen has faced scrutiny before over a 9 million eu... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/russias-navalny-accuses-le-pen-of-kremlin-ties-before-vote/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:34 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/russias-navalny-accuses-le-pen-of-kremlin-ties-before-vote/ |
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Former Prime Minister Robert Fico is facing facing criminal charges in Slovakia, police said Wednesday.
Police said in a brief statement that Fico’s former interior minister, Robert Kalinak, has been also charged in the same case. Police didn’t immediately offer any other details.
Their atto... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/slovak-former-premier-robert-fico-faces-criminal-charges/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:41 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/slovak-former-premier-robert-fico-faces-criminal-charges/ |
BANGKOK (AP) — The Solomon Islands prime minister confirmed Wednesday that his government has signed a new security agreement with China, but told lawmakers it would not “undermine the peace and harmony of our region” as has been feared by the opposition and countries including the United States and Australia.
The secu... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/solomon-islands-leader-defends-new-security-pact-with-china/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:48 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/solomon-islands-leader-defends-new-security-pact-with-china/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After spending weeks with no electricity or water in the basement of her family’s home in Ukraine, Viktoriya Savyichkina made a daring escape from the besieged city of Mariupol with her 9- and 14-year-old daughters.
Their dwelling for now is a huge convention center in Poland’s capital. Savyichkin... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ukraine-war-refugees-top-5-million-as-assault-intensifies/ | 2022-04-20T22:47:56 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/ukraine-war-refugees-top-5-million-as-assault-intensifies/ |
EUTAW, Ala. (WIAT) — The Fultondale Police Department has announced that 15-year-old Leslie Marilyn Richards has been located in Eutaw.
Richards was reported missing Tuesday morning by her mother. The Department of Homeland Security began working with FPD and eventually located the teen in Greene County.
Authorities wi... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/missing/missing-fultondale-15-year-old-found-in-eutaw-20-year-old-being-questioned/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:03 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/missing/missing-fultondale-15-year-old-found-in-eutaw-20-year-old-being-questioned/ |
TWIN BRIDGES, Calif. (AP) — In a California forest torched by wildfire last summer, researcher Anne Nolin examines a handful of the season’s remaining snow, now darkened by black specks from the burned trees above.
Spring heat waves had already melted much of the year’s limited snowfall across California and parts of t... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/after-wildfires-scorched-trees-could-disrupt-water-supplies/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:09 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/after-wildfires-scorched-trees-could-disrupt-water-supplies/ |
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday postponed sentencing for the white men convicted of hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arberyuntil Aug. 8.
U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood agreed to push sentencing hearings back one week after prosecutors cited a scheduling conflict. She scheduled the three ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/arbery-killers-sentencing-for-hate-crimes-moved-to-august/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:15 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/arbery-killers-sentencing-for-hate-crimes-moved-to-august/ |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution.
The order by the state Supreme Court puts on hold at least temporarily the planned April 29 execution of Richard Bernard Moore, who dre... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/court-halts-south-carolina-plan-for-firing-squad-execution/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:22 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/court-halts-south-carolina-plan-for-firing-squad-execution/ |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prison violated inmates’ constitutional rights by failing to protect them from violence, failing to meet their mental health needs, failing to take adequate steps for suicide prevention and by relying too much on prolonged solitary confinement, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednes... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/feds-find-severe-systemic-problems-in-mississippi-prison/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:29 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/feds-find-severe-systemic-problems-in-mississippi-prison/ |
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Frustration is building among abortion rights groups in Kentucky, where a restrictive new law has thrown the state’s only two remaining clinics into limbo.
The clinics, both in the state’s largest city of Louisville, say they were forced to halt abortions because officials haven’t had time to writ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/kentucky-abortion-clinics-in-limbo-after-new-laws-passage/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:36 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/kentucky-abortion-clinics-in-limbo-after-new-laws-passage/ |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent in the U.S. have been safely eliminated, according to Kentucky officials in charge of destroying the Cold War-era weapons.
The final M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was destroyed Tuesday at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent plant. Officials at the K... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/last-us-stockpile-of-deadly-vx-agent-destroyed-in-kentucky/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:42 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/last-us-stockpile-of-deadly-vx-agent-destroyed-in-kentucky/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama will deliver the keynote address at a democracy summit sponsored by a national, nonpartisan voting organization she helped create, the group announced Wednesday.
The former first lady’s June 13 remarks to When We All Vote’s inaugural Culture of Democracy Summit in Los Angeles will be he... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/michelle-obama-to-address-democracy-summit-june-13-in-la/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:48 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/michelle-obama-to-address-democracy-summit-june-13-in-la/ |
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Sen. Lana Theis opened a Michigan Senate session with an invocation by claiming children are being attacked by “forces” that want to indoctrinate them with ideas their parents do not support.
Three Democrats walked out of last week’s meeting to protest her apparent reference to how scho... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/michigan-lawmakers-forceful-speech-rebuts-grooming-attack/ | 2022-04-20T22:48:56 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/michigan-lawmakers-forceful-speech-rebuts-grooming-attack/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is set to execute its first inmate Thursday since the start of the pandemic, planning a lethal injection procedure that has become less common in the state than the electric chair in recent years.
Oscar Smith, 72, is scheduled to die for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her ... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/tennessee-plans-1st-covid-19-era-execution-more-scheduled/ | 2022-04-20T22:49:03 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/tennessee-plans-1st-covid-19-era-execution-more-scheduled/ |
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona wildfire more than tripled in size as relentless winds pushed the flames through neighborhoods on the outskirts of a college and tourist town, keeping hundreds of residents away from their homes and destroying more than two dozen structures.
The blaze continued its run Wednesday throu... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/wall-of-fire-forces-evacuations-near-arizona-tourist-town/ | 2022-04-20T22:49:09 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/wall-of-fire-forces-evacuations-near-arizona-tourist-town/ |
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A routine trip to the dentist was anything but normal — after an Illinois man inhaled the dentist’s drill bit and had to go to the hospital to get it removed last month.
Tom Jozsi, 60, told WISN-TVthat he was at the dentist getting his tooth filled when he was told he swallowed a tool.
“I didn’t re... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/weird/you-inhaled-it-man-inhales-drill-bit-during-dental-visit/ | 2022-04-20T22:49:15 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/weird/you-inhaled-it-man-inhales-drill-bit-during-dental-visit/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — April 20 and marijuana? What exactly is the connection.
There have been many theories, such as 4/20 being the signal code police use when responding to a call involving people smoking marijuana or that there are 420 cannabinoids produced in the cannabis plant.
After a quick search, both theori... | https://www.cbs42.com/news/why-4-20-is-associated-with-marijuana/ | 2022-04-20T22:49:22 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/why-4-20-is-associated-with-marijuana/ |