By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The line of cars started forming at dawn. It was early November in Greenville, North Carolina, and drivers waited in a line that stretched for miles to pick up Thanksgiving turkeys — 10,000 free frozen birds to anyone who asked. Who was behind this act
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The line of cars started forming at dawn. It was early November in Greenville, North Carolina, and drivers waited in a line that stretched for miles to pick up Thanksgiving turkeys — 10,000 free frozen birds to anyone who asked. Who was behind this act
Continue ReadingBy SHAIN BERGAN, MORGAN MOBLEY, NICK SLOAN Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Three people were killed late Wednesday night after a fire truck collided with an SUV and crashed into a building in Westport. A Kansas City Fire Department truck was heading northbound on Broadway Boulevard near Westport
Continue ReadingBy BLAKE SUMMERS Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police, along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, are working to investigate an officer-involved shooting that has left one person dead. A large police presence is on the shooting scene in the Bellshire area. A call went out just after
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — New home construction in the U.S. rebounded 11.8% in November, as strong demand continues to boost builder confidence even with the slower winter season approaching. The double-digit percentage increase last month left home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.68 million units,
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — New home construction in the U.S. rebounded 11.8% in November, as strong demand continues to boost builder confidence even with the slower winter season approaching. The double-digit percentage increase last month left home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.68 million units,
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Junta de Aviación de Civil de República Dominicana (JAC) informó este jueves sobre las identidades, edades y nacionalidades de las víctimas del accidente de una aeronave en el que fallecieron seis pasajeros y tres tripulantes. En un comunicado, indicaron que se trata de tres tripulantes: el venezolano Luis Alberto
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped the case against one of the suspects in a deadly mass shooting at a Miami-Dade County banquet hall because detectives improperly obtained a confession after he asked for an attorney. The state attorney’s office announced Wednesday that 20-year-old Warneric Buckner won’t face first-degree murder and attempted murder charges in
Continue ReadingBy AYAH GALAL, MIKE AGOGLIATI Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — With more COVID patients in hospitals and the omicron variant spreading, some hospitals are changing their visitor policies. At St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, several changes were made: Patients can have one adult visitor per day. Children and babies
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they don’t know the language, don’t know the culture, and they all of a sudden have to survive,” said Stephanie Giddens, founder and executive director of Vickery Trading Company. “They need extra resources,
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they don’t know the language, don’t know the culture, and they all of a sudden have to survive,” said Stephanie Giddens, founder and executive director of Vickery Trading Company. “They need extra
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week despite signs that the U.S. labor market is rebounding from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims were up by 18,000 to a 206,000, still low by historical standards. The four-week average, which smooths out week-to-week
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Police said a former American Idol contestant is responsible for a shooting at a recording studio this weekend. According to investigators, Leroy Wells was recording music at Kingdom Enterprises on Three Notch Road Sunday night when the victims showed up
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Delta CEO Ed Bastian thinks wearing masks on airplanes is a good idea. The day after Southwest CEO Gary Kelly suggested at a Senate hearing that wearing masks on a plane was not necessary, Bastian said he doesn’t agree. He said masks would be necessary for the foreseeable future. “I
Continue ReadingBy MARIYA MURROW Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Six deputies indicted for the 2018 murder of a Fulton County inmate are expected to make an appearance in court today. Antonio May, 32, died on Sept. 11, 2018, after being arrested for criminal trespassing. According to jail staff, a confrontation
Continue ReadingJoseph Ataman and Francesca Street, CNN UK travelers are to be banned from traveling to France for tourism and will instead be required to present a “compelling reason” to enter the country. The new travel restrictions, which will be enforced from midnight on December 17, come in response to the Omicron coronavirus variant, with the
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business H&R Block is suing Block, the digital payments company previously known as Square, for trademark infringement. The 65-year-old company said in a press release Thursday that CEO Jack Dorsey’s company “appears to be taking a shortcut to capitalize on the well-known Block moniker.” H&R Block alleged that the change is
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story CHEROKEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — There’s a permanent change now inside Harrah’s Cherokee casinos in the mountains. Tribal leaders have voted to ban indoor smoking for good inside their facilities. Up until the pandemic shut things down in March of 2020, Harrah’s casinos in Cherokee
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Apple suspenderá el regreso de sus trabajadores a la oficina hasta una fecha “aún por decidirse”, y además entregará a todos sus empleados corporativos y minoristas US$ 1.000 para equipar sus oficinas en casa. La medida se anunció a los empleados de Apple en un correo electrónico del CEO Tim Cook
Continue ReadingBy Christy Somos Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Tiny organisms around the world are evolving to eat plastic pollution, according to a new Swedish study. Mass production of plastic has skyrocketed in the past 70 years, from approximately two million tonnes to around 380 million tonnes per year, with
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