By Ayah Galal, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Environmental advocates are calling on calling on the Connecticut General Assembly to do more to address climate change. Members of a group called Save the Sound and other supporters want transportation and climate change initiative legislation to be discussed
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says he doesn’t understand why people refuse to take COVID-19 vaccines. He notes that “humanity has a history of friendship with vaccines” and that serene discussion was necessary to help those who won’t get the jabs.Francis was asked about vaccine skeptics and
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN The Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Half a century ago, four Danish teenagers interviewed John Lennon for their school paper. A cassette tape with a 33-minute audio recording of the chat, that also includes an apparently unpublished song by the late Beatle, will be auctioned in Denmark later this month.
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s former sports minister has been convicted of corruption and abuse of office relating to the misuse of more than $800,000 that was meant for the country’s 2016 Olympic team. Hassan Wario and former Kenyan Olympic committee official Stephen Soi were both found guilty after some of the money set aside
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Half a century ago, the Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry provided a grand stage for the best Black college football players while the South dragged its feet on integration. Nebraska and Oklahoma dominated with star athletes most schools in the South wouldn’t even recruit. Nebraska and Oklahoma won
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Lionel Messi fue, sin duda alguna, uno de los dos fichajes más mediáticos de esta temporada (el otro, Cristiano Ronaldo al Manchester United) y probablemente uno de los más relevantes en los últimos años. Con este movimiento, Messi dio inicio a su nueva etapa futbolística con el Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) para esta
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed the third-degree murder conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman who had called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home. Mohamed Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian official say Libya’s interim prime minister has arrived in Cairo for talks on future ties between the two African neighbors. Premier Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was greeted at the Cairo airport on Wednesday by Egypt’s Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly. The Libyan premier heads his country’s delegation in talks on the so-called
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Getting some extra cash is always a nice surprise and Tuesday, two Mobile County teachers received a couple hundred bucks to help further education in some of our local schools. The College Football Playoff Foundation partnered with Mobile’s Lending Tree
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Georgetown University tennis coach accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school will plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions scandal. Gordon Ernst’s decision to plead guilty comes as the first trial in the massive case
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK, WILL GRAVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has told Congress that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women. Biles told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK, WILL GRAVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has told Congress that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women. Biles told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says Catholic bishops must minister to politicians who back abortion with “compassion and tenderness,” not condemnation. And he is warning that they shouldn’t let politics enter into questions about receiving Communion. Francis was asked en route home from Slovakia about the debate
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story MONROE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Monroe County deputies searched the home of Charles Hobbs Tuesday. While neighbors passed by to give their condolences to the family. They didn’t want to go on camera, but they all said that Hobbs was the nicest man in this
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press A GOP lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump in his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results is among speakers planned for a South Carolina gathering billed as a must-stop on the road to the state’s primary. The state GOP announced Wednesday that longtime Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell was
Continue ReadingBy HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference have some work to do to back assertions that they can play with anybody. Through two weeks of the season, they’ve won only two of eight games against teams from other Power Five conferences, or Notre Dame. Three games on Saturday will
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN It was the place to be Tuesday night. Fat Joe and Ja Rule hit the stage at Madison Square Garden for Verzuz, the epic music battles created by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland during the Covid-19 pandemic. The hip-hop legends went 20 rounds, playing their hit songs like Ja Rule’s “Between Me
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https://youtu.be/8DvS2HMXyB4 GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A strengthening system off the British Columbia coast will send a few thin clouds our way today. To that we will add a little smoky haze. With plenty of sunshine, our highs will be in the mid to upper 70’s and northerly breezes will be gentle at 5-15 mph. Clouds
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Homestead-Miami Speedway will return to the playoff portion of the NASCAR season in 2022. The series is also bringing its Cup Series to the Gateway track outside St. Louis and will race on Easter Sunday for the first time in more than three decades.
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi company that owes billions of dollars will pay banks back $1.9 billion after an agreement was reached with creditors following more than decade of efforts. The website of the Abu Dhabi-based The National newspaper on Wednesday quoted business conglomerate Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers as saying that
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