LONDON (AP) — Premier League clubs must have a minimum of four positive coronavirus cases within their playing squad before requesting a postponement. That is according to new guidelines taking effect next month. Teams previously had to show they did not have 13 senior players plus a goalkeeper available before asking for a game to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — It won’t be long before Steelers superstar TJ Watt and his fiancee will enjoy some wedding cake together, so maybe this week’s order from a legendary bakery can be chalked up to practice. Watt’s fiancee, Dani Rhodes, picked up a cake
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN “The Book of Boba Fett’s” latest episode seemingly took a page from the Marvel universe, where movies and TV shows bleed into each other. In this case, that meant indulging in an episode-long detour from the title character to bring in some new (or rather, old) “muscle” for the final leg
Continue ReadingBy Kerri Corrado Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — There is outrage brewing over illegal trash dumping in one Philadelphia neighborhood, and there’s a major effort to catch the culprits. Trash bags, cardboard, old furniture, and other debris litter 3rd and Somerville in the Logan neighborhood of North Philadelphia. “There
Continue ReadingBy Alice Gainer Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — There’s been a spike in shoplifting in New York City. The NYPD says it hasn’t seen levels like this since 1995, and elsewhere around the country, organized retail crime is ramping up. Police say video shows a known shoplifter
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Rae Click here for updates on this story CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Illinois (KMOV) — Black mold, leaking ceilings, even dead rats coming up from the drains. These are real issues at apartments in the Metro East. It’s problems News 4 has been tracking for years at Greystone Apartments off Interstate 255 and Missouri Avenue.
Continue ReadingBy Peter D’Oench Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A grieving mother is pleading for the public’s help more than 8 years after her son was shot and killed outside the family home, saying she thinks about him every day. As she spoke, Miami-Dade Police revealed the reward, in this
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Dozens of orange highway cones now lay on top of the icy Charles River alongside the Mass. Avenue Bridge. MassDOT says last weekend overnight someone threw the cones off the bridge. Some are partly submerged in ice, others lay flat. The
Continue ReadingBy Dan Greenwald Click here for updates on this story NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Days after local hospital officials requested federal help, aid will be arriving at a local hospital. Others will have to go without it. The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force says 44 healthcare professionals will soon be arriving
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who repeatedly raped and abused a child in Oregon and Washington state and placed a hidden camera to capture video of another child using a bathroom has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut sentenced Anthony Dewey Tuesday, calling
Continue ReadingMUNICH (AP) — Germany defender Niklas Süle is leaving Bayern Munich at the end of the season. Bayern chairman Oliver Kahn says the 26-year-old Süle is not extending his current contract. Süle switched to Bayern from Hoffenheim in 2017 for around 20 million euros ($22.5 million) and has since made 158 appearances across all competitions
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN Amid a violent crime wave, and as congressional efforts on police reform have petered out, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco touted the Biden administration’s efforts to both support law enforcement and address police misconduct. “This is not an either/or,” Monaco told CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday. “We
Continue ReadingBy Stetson Miller Click here for updates on this story ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — The Maryland chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held a rally in Annapolis on Tuesday to push for state lawmakers to pass a bill that would ban ghost guns. “We cannot afford to lose more lives to
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four new members to its board of trustees. It’s a first for the Seattle-based philanthropic giant, whose decision making has been guided by very few hands since its incorporation in 2000. Wednesday’s announcement means the global charitable group
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s fans have long been creating menu hacks like using hash browns as a bun. Now the chain is putting some of them on the menu. Beginning January 31 and for a limited time, McDonald’s will sell four menu hacks popularized by its biggest fans. It’s the first-time ever that
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dana Peterson for CNN Business Perspectives Prices are rising for nearly everything, biting into everyone’s income. But the surging cost of food, specifically, hits especially hard, exacerbating the wealth and income disparities between the richest and poorest Americans. The Federal Reserve has been patient throughout the Covid-19 pandemic about achieving full employment to
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that she plans to run for reelection, aiming to extend her more than 30-year run in Congress. “I am running for reelection to Congress and respectfully seek your support,” Pelosi, a Democrat from California, said in a video message posted on her political
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 13% higher profit in the fourth quarter even though the amount of cargo it transported declined because it was able to raise rates. The Atlanta-based company said it earned $760 million, or $3.12 per share, in the quarter. That’s up from
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Nearly a third of North American students think the Holocaust was exaggerated or fabricated, according to a new study, which also found that 40 per cent of students reported learning about the Holocaust through social media. “They’re getting information from who
Continue ReadingBy LACEY BEASLEY Click here for updates on this story Saraland, Alabama (WALA) — This past weekend at the Miss Saraland pageant, one young woman took home a big title, but it wasn’t the award that made her so special, it’s her motivation. From the outside, Jada Braxton looks like any other 17-year-old girl, but
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