By Steve Almasy, CNN There was a time when seven-time National League MVP Barry Bonds and seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens were considered sure-fire, first-ballot Hall of Famers. But now, in their 10th year of eligibility, the two baseball legends have yet to be invited to the National Baseball Hall of Fame —
Continue ReadingBy MARCY JONES, ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A Waterbury teacher is on the docket to be arraigned in Waterbury Superior Court Tuesday morning, accused of leaving her young children home alone to take a vacation with her boyfriend. Kerry Caviasca, 36, of Watertown, faces two counts
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is giving customers new ways to perk up: a line of energy drinks called Starbucks Baya Energy and a bunch of fresh flavors in the grocery aisle. Baya will be available for purchase at stores and online starting this week, and will go on sale at US Starbucks stores
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The former chairman of the Israeli spyware maker NSO Group says he has left the firm. But Asher Levy says his departure was planned months ago and is not linked to the recent turmoil surrounding the company. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Levy
Continue ReadingBy CARESSE JACKMAN Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A freak accident during a delivery run sent an SUV plowing into Susan Rowe’s garage in Franklin. “We had to call the wonderful Franklin Fire, Police to secure the car before getting into it,” Rowe said. “They actually had to hammer
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores. Vertical farmers tout their high-quality produce that brings higher yields while
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive by Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Jack Guy, CNN Ukraine “will not allow anyone to impose any concessions on us” as part of efforts to de-escalate the threat of conflict with Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday. Kuleba emphasized that the country would not accept any
Continue ReadingSEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Anthony Martial will play for Sevilla on a loan from Manchester United until the end of the season. There was no reported transfer fee or option to buy. United manager Ralf Rangnick said last month that the 26-year-old Martial wanted to leave after tumbling down the list of forwards at the
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS, KYW By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Students in Flint Community Schools have only been in the classroom about six months over the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and after the district’s announcement last week that distance learning would continue until further notice, some families — including some still dealing with the
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The pandemic will continue to stoke uncertainty and inflation in its third year, undermining the global recovery from the coronavirus and pushing total economic losses toward $14 trillion. That’s according to the International Monetary Fund, which on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2022 by half a percentage point
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un juez estatal anuló este lunes el mandato de mascarilla del estado de Nueva York, dictaminando que el gobernador y el Departamento de Salud del estado no tenían autoridad para promulgar dicho mandato sin la aprobación de la legislatura. A pesar del fallo, el Departamento de Educación del estado dice
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La Asamblea Legislativa de Ecuador comenzará este martes el segundo debate del proyecto de ley para la interrupción del embarazo de forma voluntaria en caso de violación. El texto promueve la regulación de la práctica del aborto en caso de violación, que es legal en Ecuador desde 2021. Este proyecto fue
Continue ReadingBy JEREMY FINLEY Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — You see all kinds of disasters on home improvement TV shows, from rotten floorboards under carpet to costly, unexpected repairs with plumbing. But what the former star of Flip or Flop Nashville said he encountered with his next-door neighbor is a
Continue ReadingCOLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Players have called on the German hockey league to consider suspending its operations because of coronavirus outbreaks. The call came as Germany revealed its men’s roster for next month’s Olympics. The Ice Hockey Players’ Union says the virus is so widespread in the Bundesliga that the league should consider following the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Kyiv, Ucrania (CNN) — Ucrania “no permitirá que nadie nos imponga ninguna concesión” como parte de los esfuerzos para desescalar la amenaza de conflicto con Rusia, dijo el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Ucrania, Dmytro Kuleba, en una entrevista exclusiva este martes. Kuleba subrayó que el país no aceptará ningún compromiso destinado
Continue ReadingBy WILLIAM MAETZOLD Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The rise in violence and crime in Portland over the last two years has not just taken a toll on the public. It’s been challenging for the city’s first responders to keep up with. The recent spike in crime has meant
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The federal tax filing season has begun. And it’s going to be tough sledding for the IRS — and for some tax filers — given the millions of returns from last year that still have to be processed, staffing issues due to Covid-19 and a lack of needed funding
Continue ReadingBy David Hixon Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguards responded to multiple swimmers in distress on Monday; three of which had to be transferred to Emergency Medical Services (EMS). According to an EMS press release, lifeguards rescued a 50-year-old man from the Ke Iki Beach shore break
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOUNT PLEASANT, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — A Milwaukee man was allegedly so enraged upon seeing Burger King workers touching food without gloves on that he demanded a refund and, even after receiving the refund, pointed a gun at a drive-thru worker. According to a
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN “I’ve come to Antarctica to find a husband,” Nicole McGrath told Cole Heinz, mock serious. Heinz laughed. The two were eating lunch at McMurdo Station, a US research facility built on volcanic rock on Ross Island, surrounded by mountains, snow and ice. It was 2013. McGrath, then 25, had graduated college in
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