By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states are seeking to add to the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine. States were taking steps Monday to pull state pension and treasury funds out of investments in Russian-held entities or Russian companies supporting the war. Some states have
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial are dismissing defense objections in the case as a “tempest in a teapot.” They are defending their investigation and insisting they have turned over all evidence needed for the trial to open. Judge Giuseppe Pignatone is to rule
Continue ReadingCANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars will open the 2022 NFL preseason schedule on Aug. 4 in the Hall of Fame game. Former Raiders receiver Cliff Branch and defensive lineman Richard Seymour will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 6, as will ex-Jaguars tackle Tony
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The governors of California, Oregon and Washington have announced that schoolchildren will no longer be required to wear masks starting March 12. The governors of the three states announced the measure in a joint statement as part of new indoor mask policies that
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The governors of California, Oregon and Washington have announced that schoolchildren will no longer be required to wear masks starting March 12. The governors of the three states announced the measure in a joint statement as part of new indoor mask policies that
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As case counts fall fast, two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the governors of Oregon, Washington and California made a first-ever joint announcement of their “updated health guidance” on Monday, as Gov. Kate Brown said the state will lift indoor public-health masking requirements, including schools, just before midnight on Friday, March 11.
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Governors of California, Oregon and Washington announce end to school mask mandates in mid-March.
Continue ReadingBy Anica Padilla Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — Colorado First Gentleman Marlon Reis is speaking in support of a plan to reintroduce wolverines to the high country. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, wolverines were extirpated in 1919. “With a strong survival instinct, the Wolverine is an icon of arctic
Continue ReadingBy Keith Russell Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Damon West starts his presentation with, “We got the Uptown burglar. That’s the name I’m gonna have to live with for the rest of my life. That’s the consequences of my decisions and I wanna tell you because the choices you’re making
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business If Russia halts its supply of gas to Europe to retaliate against the punishing sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, the region should still be able to make it through next winter. But it won’t be easy or cheap. That’s the conclusion from a report published Monday by Bruegel. The
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN Business Shell is getting out of Russia and ditching its joint ventures with Gazprom, including its involvement with the moribund Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The UK-based oil company said Monday it would dump its 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquified natural gas facility, its 50% stake in a project
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Verbier Festival says conductor Valery Gergiev resigned as music director at its request. The festival says it made the change as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Gergiev, a 68-year-old Russian conductor, is a friend and supporter of Russia President Vladimir Putin. Gergiev succeeded Charles Dutoit as festival director
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares in Lordstown Motors has taken another beating after the troubled electric truck maker revealed an underwhelming forecast for truck deliveries — one that would depend on raising more money and finalizing an partnership agreement with the manufacturer Foxconn. Lordstown stock, which traded above
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district announced he will resign in June after a decade-long tenure, which included a standoff with the state’s conservative governor over coronavirus protections that led to his public reprimand. Thomas Ahart said Monday that he would quit his position
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer David Stern had a vision to start a women’s professional basketball league with the NBA booming in the 1990s. The decision to call it the WNBA was intentional, a way to give the league immediate credibility and link it to the NBA. It worked. While the fight for gender
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden marked Black History Month with an event at the White House on Monday, celebrating his decision to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court and calling on Congress to pass voting rights legislation. Biden called Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom he nominated on
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez, CNN FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from their competitions “until further notice,” the governing bodies announced in a joint statement on Monday. World football’s governing body, FIFA, and European football’s governing body, UEFA, said that both organizations’ presidents — Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin —
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Welcoming the state’s move to more quickly drop its mask mandate for schools — and amid union concerns and state agency threats to fine or cost the district federal funding — the Redmond School Board voted unanimously Monday to back off plans to make masks optional as of Wednesday, and instead will line up with revised state plans.
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Sunday behind an Anne Arundel County funeral home. Officers were called about 10 a.m. Sunday in response to a body found behind the business located at 4001 Ritchie Highway, Anne
Continue ReadingBy WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — At least 25 people were forced out of their homes early Monday morning by a fast-moving fire that brought in more than 100 firefighters to East Boston. Flames broke out in a building on Maverick Street around 3:30 a.m. and quickly spread
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