JEMISON, Ala. (AP) — Police say nearly two dozen FedEx packages have been found in woods along a rural Alabama road about 75 miles from a ravine where hundreds of undelivered FedEx parcels previously were discovered. Police in Jemison said in a statement Wednesday that about 20 packages bound for locations on nine different roads
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Investors were spooked by the discovery of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Now, they’re contending with another wrinkle in the outlook: The Federal Reserve could be prepared to roll back stimulus measures faster than planned because of persistent inflation. What’s happening: Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after Fed
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Lummi Indian Business Council has passed a resolution declaring a disaster after more than 70,000 European green crab — an invasive species — were captured and removed from the Lummi Sea Pond in recent months. The Tribe cultivates shellfish and juvenile salmon in the 750-acre sea pond surrounded by the
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Lummi Indian Business Council has passed a resolution declaring a disaster after more than 70,000 European green crab — an invasive species — were captured and removed from the Lummi Sea Pond in recent months. The Tribe cultivates shellfish and juvenile salmon in the 750-acre sea pond surrounded by the
Continue ReadingBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has warned that a number of U.S. diplomats will have to leave Russia before the end of next month, the latest salvo in a diplomatic tug-of-war between Moscow and Washington. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday that those U.S. Embassy personnel who would have
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Business Twitter has updated its privacy policy so that it can remove images of people that have been posted without their consent, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. Under its current policy, the social media giant prohibits the publication of people’s private information, including addresses, phone numbers, identity
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a World War II bomb has exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich. The fire service said the blast on Wednesday injured four people. One of them was seriously hurt. A column of smoke was seen rising from the site near a
Continue ReadingTULSA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say airport police in Tulsa shot and wounded a man after he opened fire on a vehicle carrying his wife, whom he tried to confront her after her flight landed. The wife wasn’t injured in the shooting late Tuesday outside Tulsa International Airport. During the shootout, an airport police officer
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, CNN When South African officials sounded the alarm on the new Omicron variant last Thursday, stocks around the world tumbled and up to 70 countries, including the United States, imposed travel bans and restrictions to southern African countries. The knee-jerk response followed the news that the variant had an unusually high number
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A study involving more than a million fully vaccinated people found that COVID-19 breakthrough infections were more common among immunocompromised individuals and were far more likely to lead to hospitalization or death. Researchers from Pfizer published their findings
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — In light of the new variant Omicron emerging, the World Heath Organization (WHO) has put out new advice regarding international travel, including that those over the age of 60 years old should refrain from travelling. The organization
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s troubled jail system is facing the suspension of hundreds of corrections officers for failing to meet a Tuesday deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The city’s Department of Correction reported 77% of its uniformed staff had gotten at
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s troubled jail system is facing the suspension of hundreds of corrections officers for failing to meet a Tuesday deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The city’s Department of Correction reported 77% of its uniformed staff had gotten at
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Halasz and Chris Stern, CNN Four people have been injured in an explosion caused by an old aircraft bomb near a busy train station in the German city of Munich, police said Wednesday. The explosion happened after drilling during construction work near Donnersbergerbruecke station caused the bomb to go off, police said. By
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Una explosión en Múnich, Alemania, se produjo este miércoles cerca de una concurrida estación de tren. Hasta el momento, cuatro personas resultaron heridas, según informó la policía local a CNN. La explosión se produjo durante unas obras cerca de la estación de Donnersbergerbruecke y fue causada por una antigua bomba
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Three-time Olympian Hannah Miley of Britain has retired from competitive swimming. The 32-year-old Scottish individual medley specialist is a former world, European and Commonwealth Games champion. Miley was a finalist for Britain at three consecutive Olympics. Most recently she finished fourth in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Continue ReadingBy CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cash management accounts are offered by brokerages and provide many banking-like services, such as checking and savings. CMAs tend to have above-average interest rates, and they can make money management and investing easy. But interest rates aren’t as high as they used to be, and these accounts are usually online-only,
Continue ReadingBy CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Cash management accounts are offered by brokerages and provide many banking-like services, such as checking and savings. CMAs tend to have above-average interest rates, and they can make money management and investing easy. But interest rates aren’t as high as they used to be, and these accounts are usually online-only,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British tennis player Johanna Konta has announced her retirement. The 30-year-old Konta reached a high in the rankings of No. 4 and was a four-time title winner on the WTA. She became the first British woman to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in 39 years when she got to that stage in 2017.
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet separately with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts at a time of tension over Russian military deployments on Ukraine’s borders. A State Department official confirmed the meetings, which will happen Thursday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization for
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