By Matt Petrillo Click here for updates on this story HAMMONTON, New Jersey (KYW) — An Atlantic City girl who was the sole survivor of a crash that killed her three siblings along the Atlantic City Expressway is speaking exclusively with Eyewitness News. On Tuesday, the 12-year-old girl was walking around without any major injuries.
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Unlike Las Vegas, what happens in the Sarlacc Pit doesn’t stay in the Sarlacc Pit, which is good news for Disney+ and “Star Wars” fans. Enter “The Book of Boba Fett,” which has returned to where it all began on the sands of Tatooine with a spare, almost silent premiere
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A massive ice sculpture of a leatherback sea turtle will stand in front of the New England Aquarium. Artist Don Chapelle has been doing work for the aquarium for years, turning blocks of ice into a host of sea life. This
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes departed court Wednesday without reaching a verdict after six days of deliberations. It won’t resume discussions until after the upcoming New Year’s holiday weekend. The eight men and four women on the jury
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes departed court Wednesday without reaching a verdict after six days of deliberations. It won’t resume discussions until after the upcoming New Year’s holiday weekend. The eight men and four women on the jury
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Un año que comenzó con un caótico ataque a la democracia en Washington (la “insurrección” en el Capitolio estadounidense) terminó con una defensa más digna de la misma, la “Cumbre por la Democracia” del presidente Joe Biden. Los dos acontecimientos fueron los adecuados cierres de un año lleno de agitación y
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs. The country reported 208,000 new cases of COVID-19 infection. It’s a record fueled by the highly-contagious omicron variant. Health Minister Olivier Veran on Wednesday defended a government
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In politically divided North Carolina, hostilities between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and majority-Republican lawmakers have eased somewhat as 2021 nears its end. The governor last month signed a $53 billion state spending measure more than three years after the last comprehensive budget was enacted. The
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Lori Loughlin took on the “Jerk.” The former “Fuller House” star made a rare social media appearance in her daughter Olivia Jade’s TikTok account recently. Olivia Jade, who is a social media influencer, rated her family members doing a viral dance known as the “Jerk.” “Mom: 100/10 cute af and
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities say rescue workers retrieved at least 31 bodies from a collapsed gold mine in West Kordofan province. The country’s state-run mining company said workers and villagers were still searching the Darsaya mine for more bodies or possible survivors. The defunct mine collapsed earlier this week,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El basquetbolista profesional mexicano Alexis Cervantes fue hallado con vida por las autoridades, según anunció este miércoles el fiscal general de Michoacán, Adrián López Solís, en su cuenta de Twitter. Cervantes estaba desaparecido desde el 21 de diciembre, según informó la Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, que pidió ayuda para
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s rate of vaccination against the coronavirus is one of the lowest in Europe, but one population in the Balkan country has bucked the national trend: its prison inmates. Authorities say that over 80% of the 2,000 men and women serving sentences in Bosnia’s 13 prisons
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Joe Sutton, CNN There were no winners in the final Powerball drawing of 2021, and the jackpot grew to $483 million, according to the game operator. The winning numbers Wednesday were 02 – 06 – 09 – 33 – 39 and Powerball 11. The next drawing will take place place January
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Moscú (CNN) — Un tribunal de Moscú ordenó este miércoles el cierre del Centro de Derechos Humanos Memorial, en el último golpe a los grupos de la sociedad civil rusa. El centro fue acusado de múltiples violaciones de la ley rusa de “agentes extranjeros” y de “justificar el terrorismo y el extremismo”
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority says two patients at Salem Health contracted a dangerous fungal infection during their hospital stays in an “outbreak” of a type of yeast rare to the United States. The Statesman Journal reports the first ever Candida auris case found in Oregon was detected at the hospital Dec.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority says two patients at Salem Health contracted a dangerous fungal infection during their hospital stays in an “outbreak” of a type of yeast rare to the United States. The Statesman Journal reports the first ever Candida auris case found in Oregon was detected at the hospital Dec.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — King County plans to distribute 300,000 COVID-19 at-home test kits to community groups, health centers, libraries and other congregate locations amid an omicron-driven surge in cases. The Seattle Times reports King County Executive Dow Constantine announced Tuesday that the first 100,000 kits are expected to arrive the second week of January. Constantine
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — King County plans to distribute 300,000 COVID-19 at-home test kits to community groups, health centers, libraries and other congregate locations amid an omicron-driven surge in cases. The Seattle Times reports King County Executive Dow Constantine announced Tuesday that the first 100,000 kits are expected to arrive the second week of January. Constantine
Continue ReadingGreece’s health minister says music will be banned at all commercial venues for New Year’s celebrations as part of new restrictions announced in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the omicron variant. The restrictions were originally supposed to take effect on Jan. 3. But they will start early Thursday after the daily
Continue ReadingGreece’s health minister says music will be banned at all commercial venues for New Year’s celebrations as part of new restrictions announced in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the omicron variant. The restrictions were originally supposed to take effect on Jan. 3. But they will start early Thursday after the daily
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