By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are all caught up on their bills. The hockey team paid off overdue taxes and other bills a day after receiving word the city of Glendale was going to lock them out of Gila River Arena if they didn’t get caught up.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1964 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Father: Stanley Johnson, environmentalist, writer, former politician Mother: Charlotte Johnson Wahl, painter Marriages: Carrie Symonds (2021-present); Marina
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to advance a bill to create a fast-track process allowing Democrats to raise the federal debt limit, a crucial next step as lawmakers race the clock to avert a catastrophic debt default. To get there, the plan’s supporters needed to break a GOP
Continue ReadingBy JOYCE LUPIANI Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A large crowd gathered Thursday in front of Atlanta’s capitol building to protest the sale of drones to Ethiopia. The protest is part of many that were planned in major cities, states and countries around the world, according to a flyer about
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday celebrated each year from December 26 to January 1. Facts Kwanzaa is based on traditional African harvest festivals. Also spelled Kwanza. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University at Long Beach, created the holiday in 1966 to be a nonreligious
Continue ReadingBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks workers vote to unionize in Buffalo, New York, the first successful effort at a company-owned store in the US.
Continue ReadingBy ROB POLANSKY, DENNIS VALERA Click here for updates on this story HAMDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Hamden police have made an arrest following threats made against the high school and middle school. Police said they arrested a 13-year-old, who allegedly made threats that were found on Instagram. The teen is a student at Hamden Middle
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron has urged Britain to make it easier for people to apply for asylum and harder for people to work illegally to stem risky migration efforts across the English Channel after a recent deadly sinking. Macron also accused the British government of reneging on promises over fishing licenses and of betraying French-British
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron has urged Britain to make it easier for people to apply for asylum and harder for people to work illegally to stem risky migration efforts across the English Channel after a recent deadly sinking. Macron also accused the British government of reneging on promises over fishing licenses and of betraying French-British
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Redmond Municipal Airport Director Zachary Bass has been named a 2021 “Top 40 Under 40” winner by Airport Business magazine.
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy and sued the Belgian state for allegedly committing a crime against humanity have lost their case. One of their lawyers told The Associated Press on Thursday that they will likely appeal the Brussels court’s
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Sonnet Swire and Matthew Hoye, CNN The Elizabeth Dole Foundation confirms it has cut ties with event organizer Tim Unes who was working on late Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole’s funeral arrangements because of Unes’ alleged role in helping to organize the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, which ultimately led to
Continue ReadingELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say a high school student has been taken into custody after he was found carrying a rifle with a loaded magazine on a school bus. According to The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said the juvenile student was carrying a pistol-grip AK-47
Continue ReadingBy BRITTNI THOMASON Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — Inside 87-year-old Shirley Myers’ house, many things point to her love of music. She has a wall full of performance pictures, wears a necklace of medals, and lives with a husband who can’t help but rave about her voice. “I
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale President Joe Biden visited Missouri on Wednesday to promote the infrastructure law he signed in November. And Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, a Republican who is also a US Senate candidate in the 2022 election, greeted Biden with a scathing letter — one which began with a false claim. Schmitt’s first paragraph
Continue ReadingCNN, KKTV, RUSSIA 24 By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a bill to create a fast-track process that will allow Democrats to raise the federal debt limit without votes from Republicans, a crucial next step as lawmakers race the clock to avert a catastrophic debt
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — This weekend’s Premier League game between Brighton and Tottenham has been postponed because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among the London club’s players and staff. Tottenham’s Europa Conference League game against Rennes had already been pushed back this week and the Premier League said Thursday that it approved a request from Spurs
Continue ReadingCNN By Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The New York attorney general subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for his testimony as part of a civil fraud investigation into the Trump Organization, according to people familiar with the matter. Letitia James, the New York attorney general, has set a deadline for the deposition by January
Continue ReadingBy MIA VILLANUEVA Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — We are less than 72 hours away from the MLS Cup and fans who have secured tickets are already lining up to snag a wrist band to sit in the coveted Timbers Army section. 500 fans are expected to be lined
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, FOX, JOHN HARRINGTON By Zachary Cohen, CNN A growing number of key allies of former President Donald Trump are refusing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, using various tactics to skirt the panel’s subpoenas and stonewall the sweeping probe. Members of the committee are convinced there
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