By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Capitals-Philadelphia Flyers game scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed. It’s the 50th NHL game postponed this season for coronavirus-related reasons. The league says COVID-19 issues with the Capitals prompted the postponement. That left the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Vegas Golden Knights as the only game
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Commonwealth University student has pleaded guilty to hazing and serving alcohol to a minor in connection with a 19-year-old freshman’s death from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity party. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 23-year-old Andrew White of Dulles pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors Tuesday. He is one of
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is reimposing coronavirus restrictions because of fears over the threat from the omicron variant. The move comes despite the country having one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world. The country’s prime minister announced Tuesday that working from home will be mandatory and discotheques and bars will be
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is reimposing coronavirus restrictions because of fears over the threat from the omicron variant. The move comes despite the country having one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world. The country’s prime minister announced Tuesday that working from home will be mandatory and discotheques and bars will be
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de España desmanteló un punto de venta de droga en Murcia, en donde hallaron pruebas de la realización de rifas para ganar una “narcocesta navideña”. Los agentes de policía realizaron un operativo en un local y en un domicilio conexo. En el primero, supuestamente se vendía y se
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Palacios Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Guide Dogs of America in Sylmar is urging people to open their homes to help raise three litters of Labrador and Golden Retriever puppies. “Raising a guide dog or service dog puppy is different from raising a pet dog in that
Continue ReadingBy NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Katie Benzan scored 17 of her 22 points in the first half and No. 6 Maryland rolled to a 98-52 victory over Coppin State. Chloe Bibby added 14 points for the Terrapins, who eased out of a difficult stretch of their schedule with this victory over
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s committed to keeping the city open as it grapples with yet another spike in coronavirus cases. The Democratic mayor said Tuesday that New York can’t see schools and businesses closed again like the city did in
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Business was starting to turn around for Lido, an Italian restaurant in Harlem, after a grinding 20 months. The 11-year-old restaurant with a James-Beard-award-winning head chef survived the traumatic spring of 2020, when New York City became the center of the coronavirus crisis in the United States. Lido shut down
Continue ReadingCOLFAX, Wash. (AP) — The largest remaining area of native Palouse prairie in southeastern Washington state will be preserved thanks to a transaction that moved hundreds of acres of Steptoe Butte into public ownership. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports Kent Bassett, of Bellevue, Washington, and Ray and Joan Folwell, of Pullman, sold a 437-acre parcel
Continue ReadingCOLFAX, Wash. (AP) — The largest remaining area of native Palouse prairie in southeastern Washington state will be preserved thanks to a transaction that moved hundreds of acres of Steptoe Butte into public ownership. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports Kent Bassett, of Bellevue, Washington, and Ray and Joan Folwell, of Pullman, sold a 437-acre parcel
Continue ReadingCOLFAX, Wash. (AP) — The largest remaining area of native Palouse prairie in southeastern Washington state will be preserved thanks to a transaction that moved hundreds of acres of Steptoe Butte into public ownership. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports Kent Bassett, of Bellevue, Washington, and Ray and Joan Folwell, of Pullman, sold a 437-acre parcel
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Goodman Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO) — Mesa police say a man allegedly shot and killed his son Sunday afternoon near Baseline Road and Val Vista Drive. When officers arrived on scene around 12:30 p.m., they found 19-year-old Adam Williams with multiple gun shot wounds. He was taken
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Just as Americans and Europeans were eagerly awaiting their most normal holiday season in a couple of years, the omicron variant has unleashed a fresh round of fear and uncertainty — for travelers, shoppers, party-goers and their economies as a whole. The Rockettes have canceled their
Continue ReadingBy TaRhonda Thomas, WPVI Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — As Philadelphia life coach Mel Wells unloaded boxes of toys from a van, he did so with a smile for a very special occasion. “I’m gonna come with toys I actually like,” Wells said as he walked the toys into
Continue ReadingBy WPVI Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A woman shot her boyfriend during a struggle inside their Philadelphia apartment and then drove him to the hospital for treatment, police say. It happened just before 2 a.m. Tuesday on the 900 block of Cliveden Street in the East Mount Airy
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The 11-week long strike at Kellogg will end next week after workers at four cereal plants ratified a tentative labor deal with the company. About 1,400 members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union have been on strike since October 5. They rejected a previous tentative
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his wife, and their teenage son have tested positive for Covid-19, his office announced Tuesday. The Democratic governor said that he and his wife Gwen tested positive Monday night following a PCR test after initially testing negative for the virus earlier that morning. Their son had tested
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt has signed Tim Corbin to a contract extension going into his 20th season running the Commodores’ baseball program. Athletic director Candice Lee announced the deal Tuesday. Terms of the extension were not announced by the private university. Corbin has a record of 802-377-1 since 2002, leading the Commodores to national
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Klopfenstein Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — The University of Utah racism response team is investigating two separate incidents from this fall — one where feces was found on the door to a student’s room and another report of people dressed like the Ku Klux Klan trying
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