By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS) — An investigation into a roof collapse at a Brevard College dormitory building over the weekend finds it was due in part to the winter storm that hit Sunday, Jan. 16. Structural engineers say weight from the snow and a unique
Continue ReadingBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California football coach Justin Wilcox has signed an extension through the 2027 season. Wilcox was rewarded with the extension after leading the Golden Bears to two bowls in five seasons as coach. The contract also increases the salary pool for assistant coaches. Wilcox has a 26-28 record and led the Bears
Continue ReadingBy Tammy Watford Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Students at Koontz Intermediate are taking information they have learned in their social studies class and creating skits for their classmates. The sixth graders chose an historical event, researched the information and then wrote a short play to detail what
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN A rush of emotion ran through Chong Bretillon’s body as she biked into Times Square, where massive billboards displayed the portraits of Michelle Alyssa Go and many Asian American victims of bias attacks. “I was overwhelmed with both grief and sorrow,” said Bretillon, a 41-year-old Korean American and college instructor. “It
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Reloj del Juicio Final, también conocido como “Doomsday Clock” ha estado haciendo tic toc durante 76 años. Pero no es un reloj cualquiera. Intenta medir lo cerca que está la humanidad de destruir el mundo. En 2022, el reloj se fijó en 100 segundos para la medianoche; la misma hora
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Cascades East Transit announced Thursday it will suspend Saturday regional Community Connector service starting Feb. 5 until further notice due to driver shortages and low ridership along the routes.
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri is heading home to Argentina. The Timbers announced an agreement with Lanus for the transfer of the 35-year-old former league MVP. Lanus plays in Argentina’s top division. Valeri spent nine seasons with the Timbers. He was the MLS Cup’s
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri is heading home to Argentina. The Timbers announced an agreement with Lanus for the transfer of the 35-year-old former league MVP. Lanus plays in Argentina’s top division. Valeri spent nine seasons with the Timbers. He was the MLS Cup’s
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Hay una indicación sobre el uso mascarillas que no ha cambiado durante la pandemia de covid-19: definitivamente deberías usar una. Pero, ¿qué sucede cuando no estás seguro si tu mascarilla es auténtica? Desde que comenzó la pandemia la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés)
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press New 5G wireless service is up and running in the United States, with little of the feared disruption to air travel. Some flights were canceled in the early going, but problems seemed to ease as federal regulators approved more planes to operate around 5G signals. On Thursday, the FAA said it
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators have given a key approval to a $10 billion project to build a new train tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. The Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday it had upgraded the project’s rating. That makes it eligible to pursue
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Prioritizing student, staff and community health, and building upon the successful precedent of last year’s drive-thru ceremony, Central Oregon Community College announced Thursday it will similarly hold its commencement this year as a drive-thru event.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad’s fourth-quarter profit jumped 23% even though volume slipped amid the ongoing supply chain challenges. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said Thursday it earned $934 million, or 42 cents per share. That’s up from $760 million, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier. CSX
Continue ReadingBy DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court has found that two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Officials in Los Angeles and Ventura counties had separately won lower court
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Una erupción volcánica masiva tuvo lugar el 15 de enero a unos 32 kilómetros de las islas de Tonga. La erupción dejó gran parte del país cubierto de ceniza volcánica y provocó un tsunami que ocasionó inundaciones. Debido a la ubicación remota del país, la verdadera escala de la destrucción recién
Continue ReadingBy Maria Cartaya and Holly Yan, CNN Some Atlanta-area hospitals are so packed that ambulances are getting sent elsewhere. Medical professionals from six healthcare systems described overwhelming conditions during a virtual news conference Thursday as the Omicron variant keeps tearing across the South. “Aside from being overwhelmed with patients — and we are running about
Continue ReadingCNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN During what has been another devastating surge of Covid-19 across the country, there is good news: Some states are starting to see infection numbers and hospitalizations drop. But it is not the case everywhere. As cases seem to begin plateauing, Covid-19 hospitalizations in the Northeast are down by about 11%
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — Los presidentes de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, y de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, sostuvieron una conversación telefónica en la cual hablaron de varios temas, según informó en Twitter este jueves el cuestionado mandatario venezolano. “Intercambiamos sobre temas referentes a la cooperación existente en diversas áreas estratégicas al más alto nivel, relación que
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Un tráiler del Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show de este año es una joya cinematográfica que presenta a Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige y Kendrick Lamar en un video al estilo de los años 90. El director de “Straight Outta Compton”, F. Gary Gray, creó
Continue ReadingCOMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Midfielder Cole Bassett was loaned by Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids to the Dutch club Feyenoord through the 2022-23 season. Bassett agreed to a three-year contract with Colorado through the 2024 season. Feyenoord has an option to purchase his rights, and the Rapids would get a percentage of future transfer
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