By FRANCES D’EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — A first round of voting to elect Italy’s next president has failed as expected amid a political impasse. Monday’s voting yielded an avalanche of blank ballots of some 1,000 special electors in Parliament as party leaders huddled to come up with a name that
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A pro-Trump organizer and social media influencer who spoke at a Washington, DC, rally the day before the US Capitol attack was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday. Brandon Straka, a self-described “former liberal” who founded the #WalkAway campaign to encourage people to leave the Democratic
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — En la madrugada del 22 de junio de 1941 cerca de 3,05 millones de alemanes y sus aliados cruzaron la frontera para invadir la Unión Soviética sin declaración de guerra. El inicio de la “Operación Barbarroja”, hace 80 años, desencadenó una matanza de personas a una escala pocas veces vista.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former Olympic gymnastics champion Szilveszter Csollany of Hungary has died at the age of 51 after spending weeks hospitalized with COVID-19. The Hungarian Olympic Committee and the country’s gymnastics federation issued a joint statement confirming the death of Csollany. He won a gold medal in the men’s rings competition
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Weigel Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The remains of a Salisbury native who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified, nearly eight decades later, a Department of Defense unit said Monday. Navy Shipfitter 1st Class Charles F. Perdue was accounted for on Oct. 14, 2020,
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — Workers at a franchise of Tudor’s Biscuit World are hoping they will soon be members of West Virginia’s first unionized fast-food restaurant. The union drive has been led by employees in a state that has a storied history of labor activism. Prep Cook Cynthia Nicholson’s late
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia and three states are suing Google. They allege the internet search giant deceives consumers and invades their privacy by making it nearly impossible for them to stop their location from being tracked. In the lawsuit filed in a District of Columbia court,
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story EVERETT, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There were air quality concerns in Everett early Monday morning after a large fire tore through an old industrial building overnight. Flames broke out in the vacant warehouse on Norman Street around 10 p.m. Sunday. No one was hurt. Deputy Fire
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El Ejército de Burkina Faso anunció que tomó el control del país este lunes, derrocó al presidente Roch Kaboré, disolvió el Gobierno y el Parlamento, suspendió la Constitución y cerró sus fronteras. Un militar del Ejército, junto a más de una docena de soldados, hizo el anuncio en televisión estatal con un
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Richard Davis was a bankrupt pizzeria owner when he got the idea for a bulletproof vest in 1969 Michigan. Body armor was nothing new, of course, but Davis had an inkling that he could make something lighter that could be worn, undetected, under clothes. Kevlar, he’d discover, was the
Continue ReadingYAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s progress at the African Cup of Nations was overshadowed by a stampede outside the stadium that killed at least six people during the host nation’s victory over Comoros. The crush happened as crowds struggled to get access to Olembe Stadium in the capital of Yaounde as Cameroon beat Comoros 2-1
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — The Japanese snowboard team has long been filled with potential in the halfpipe but has no Olympic gold medals to show for it. The team appears poised to take over the pipe at the Beijing Games, led by the boundary-pushing tricks of Ayumu Hirano. Japan
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Dozens of cats and dogs rescued from a hoarding case in Tulsa, Oklahoma are now in Massachusetts and will soon be looking for new homes, the MSPCA says. Forty-one cats and eight dogs that were “living in cramped and dirty conditions”
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are surging at the season’s halfway point, but head coach Mike Sullivan says there is more work to be done. The Penguins have won 16 of their last 18 to vault themselves into the thick of the Metropolitan Division race. Sullivan is pleased
Continue ReadingCNN, MAXAR, VGTRK, RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA, RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, UKRAINE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, DOD, VGTRK/RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russia would consider conducting a cyberattack on the US homeland if Moscow perceived that a US or NATO response to a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine “threatened [Russia’s] long-term national security,” according to
Continue ReadingBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has undergone surgery on his right leg after breaking his femur and kneecap in a training accident. In a statement, the University of La Sabana Hospital near Colombia’s capital says Bernal received reconstructive surgery after the mishap Monday. It says he also sustained injuries
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El ministro de Gobierno de Bolivia, Eduardo del Castillo, presentó este domingo al exdirector de la Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (FELCN) Maximiliano Dávila, arrestado el sábado por sus presuntos vínculos con el narcotráfico y supuesto enriquecimiento ilícito. Según un comunicado de la cartera, la diligencia se
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Cortez Click here for updates on this story NAVAJO NATION (KPHO) — The Navajo Nation is testing drone technology in a new way — by using the technology to deliver much-needed supplies to residents in remote areas. On Saturday, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer met with several technology
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll is getting a second interview for the vacant New York Giants’ coaching job even before some candidates have gotten a chance for a first meeting. The Giants confirmed Monday that Daboll will meet with co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch and new general
Continue ReadingWATFORD, England (AP) — Claudio Ranieri has been fired by Watford after 3 1/2 months in charge of the Premier League team that has just slipped into the relegation zone. Watford won two of its 13 league matches under the 70-year-old Ranieri. A 3-0 home loss to Norwich dropped Watford into the bottom three for
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