By Web staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Nine children are among the 12 people killed following a fire at two apartment units owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in the city’s Fairmount neighborhood Wednesday morning. The Philadelphia Fire Department arrived to heavy flames at the building on the 800
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month’s Super Bowl. That’s not unusual because the league does so every year. But with Los Angeles the site for this year’s title game, and restrictions increasing for attendance at
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has tapped a former coal lobbyist and Trump administration Environmental Protection Agency chief to join his cabinet in a role overseeing the state’s environmental policy. Youngkin’s transition announced Wednesday that Andrew Wheeler is his pick for secretary of natural resources. The
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press Parents who send their children to a day care center in Arlington, Texas, will be able to breathe easier after the city refused to let a major energy company drill more gas wells a few hundred feet from the center’s playground. The Arlington City Council voted 5-4
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Una publicación propalestinos en Instagram que hizo la estrella de Hollywood Emma Watson desató acusaciones de antisemitismo por parte de políticos de Israel, y también una reacción en contra de lo que muchos consideran una utilización cínica del término con el fin de atacar a los partidarios de la causa de los
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street ended Wednesday’s session sharply lower, as investors dealt with Omicron headlines as well as the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes that confirmed the central bank has its foot on the stimulus brakes. The Dow, which hit a record high Tuesday, closed down 1.1%, or 393 points. The S&P
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street ended Wednesday’s session sharply lower, as investors dealt with Omicron headlines as well as the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes that confirmed the central bank has its foot on the stimulus brakes. The Dow, which hit a record high Tuesday, closed down 1.1%, or 393
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A complex winter weather system is delivering heavy snowfall, ice and high winds to parts of the state and heavy rain and melting snow to others. The Office of Emergency Management is imploring Oregonians to avoid traveling on treacherous roads and instead stay home to stay safe and help ease the strain on the statewide response system.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The NYPD released a new photo of the gunman they say killed a Brooklyn woman and her dog over the weekend inside a bodega. Police sources tell CBS2 the victim was not the intended target, but rather an innocent bystander. Investigators
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El líder opositor venezolano Juan Guaidó, reconocido como presidente encargado de Venezuela por Estados Unidos y algunos países europeos, descartó este miércoles que se pueda llevar un proceso de negociaciones directas entre el gobierno del cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro y Estados Unidos. Al mismo tiempo insistió en que se debe
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting raised expectations that the central bank will move faster to raise interest rates to fight inflation. The S&P 500, The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq fell. Drops in major technology stocks were the biggest weight
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok, Hannah Ritchie and Helen Regan, CNN Novak Djokovic has arrived in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, but a reported visa bungle raised questions about his participation at the season-opening grand slam. Tournament organizers announced on Tuesday that Djokovic had been granted a medical exemption — a decision which has provoked a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: AT&T, Walmart rise; PG&E, Catalent fall.
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Case Keenum had a front-row seat to watch Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield play through injuries this season. Keenum, who made one start so Mayfield could let his left shoulder heal, said he’s never seen a tougher performance by an NFL quarterback. Keenum is starting Sunday’s season
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of passengers who embarked on an 11-day cruise from Miami were returned to port after less than two days at sea because of several dozen COVID-19 cases among crew members. The pandemic also prompted a last-minute cancelation of another cruise that was scheduled to depart Wednesday. Norwegian Cruise Line said it
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 ya dio su banderazo inicial. Este miércoles, el mayor evento de tecnología del mundo comenzó oficialmente con sus actividades de este año. Y se trata de una edición especial, pues es la primera vez desde 2020 que el CES regresa a Las Vegas y además
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is expected to deliver a speech on voting rights during a visit to Atlanta next Tuesday, traveling to the cradle of the civil rights movement to shine a brighter light on election reform in advance of Martin Luther King Day. Biden and Vice President Kamala
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is expected to deliver a speech on voting rights during a visit to Atlanta next Tuesday, traveling to the cradle of the civil rights movement to shine a brighter light on election reform in advance of Martin Luther King Day. Biden and Vice President
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN One Kentucky family recently got a piece of royal mail in their mailbox, sent straight from Windsor Castle. When Katelyn Sutherland checked the mail on December 27, she wasn’t expecting to find a letter addressed to her daughter, Jalayne, with a royal stamp on it. “It was mixed in with our
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Authorities in the Twin Cities say they’ve arrested the suspected gunman in the Mall of America shooting that left two people injured on New Year’s Eve. The Bloomington Police Department says that officers arrested an 18-year-old suspect Tuesday afternoon in Roseville.
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