MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Police believe a man told his 4-year-old child to fire at officers following a dispute over his order at a McDonald’s drive-thru in suburban Salt Lake City. An officer was able to swipe at the gun as it was fired on Monday, directing the bullet away. The unidentified man brandished a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, Kevin Dotson and Amir Vera, CNN Michigan head basketball coach Juwan Howard is out for the rest of the regular season after throwing a punch toward Wisconsin’s coaching staff following the Wolverines’ loss to the Badgers on Sunday. The Big Ten Conference has suspended Howard for five games. Howard was also issued
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A private, historically Black college in Mississippi is getting $10 million from the head of Netflix and his wife, a film producer. News outlets report that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings visited Tougaloo College on Monday to talk about the donation. A college official says half the money will endow need-based scholarships.
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended the final five games of the regular season and fined $40,000 for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head, triggering a postgame melee. The Big Ten Conference also suspended three players one game for the altercation
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended the final five games of the regular season and fined $40,000 for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head, triggering a postgame melee. The Big Ten Conference also suspended three players one game for the altercation
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Jim Sciutto and Alex Marquardt, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to recognize breakaway eastern Ukrainian territories as independent could be the opening phase of a larger potential military operation targeting Ukraine, nearly a dozen US and western officials told CNN. “This is Potemkin politics,” a senior administration
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Laura He and Rob McLean, CNN Business Global stock markets tumbled and crude oil prices surged to $99 per barrel on Tuesday after Russia ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine. European markets dropped in early trading. The FTSE 100 dipped 0.4% in London, while France’s CAC 40 shed 0.8%. Germany’s DAX
Continue ReadingCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Elias Lindholm’s go-ahead goal with 47 seconds remaining extended his goal streak to eight games and the Calgary Flames tied a franchise record with their 10th consecutive victory, winning 3-1 over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Sean Monahan and Tyler Toffoli, into an empty net, also scored for Calgary, which wrapped
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Democrats who control the Oregon Legislature are proposing to give Republicans $100 million to spend essentially as they see fit in their rural Oregon districts.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Carnival Cruises relajará sus normas sobre el uso de mascarillas. Un comunicado de la compañía indica que las máscaras se recomendarán pero no serán obligatorias a bordo de los viajes que salgan a partir del 1 de marzo. “Hemos tenido un reinicio muy exitoso de las operaciones gracias al apoyo de
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and Rob McLean, CNN Business Global stock markets tumbled and crude oil prices surged to $99 per barrel on Tuesday after Russia ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine. Wall Street also fell as traders returned from the holiday weekend, but stocks finished off their lows of the day. The Dow briefly
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has voted to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatened to shut down public campuses across the state. Monday’s 23-6 Senate vote gave the measure the needed two-thirds majority in both chambers and goes into effect immediately. The House voted last
Continue ReadingMCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Police say a drive-by shooting at a Mississippi park left a 6-year-old boy dead and four others wounded. The Enterprise-Journal reports the victims had been playing basketball when gunfire erupted Sunday. McComb police have arrested four people between the ages of 17 and 19. Pike County Coroner Wally Jones tells WLBT-TV
Continue ReadingNEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a stretch of Southern California beach is closed to swimmers and surfers after up to 50,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into nearby waters. The Orange County Health Care Agency says a blocked sewer line at a restaurant in Newport Bay caused the leak of untreated sewage. The
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Players attending the NFL’s scouting combine won’t have to stay in a “bubble” as originally ordered after organizers loosened regulations Monday night after getting blowback for strict COVID-19 rules issued over the weekend. In a memo sent to all invitees and obtained by The Associated Press on Monday
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, CNN Defense attorneys rested their case Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former officers involved in George Floyd’s death. All three officers have testified about their points of view on May 25, 2020, when Floyd, a Black man, was fatally restrained. With each vantage point now on record, the
Continue ReadingMARRERO, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a high school student was fatally shot near a bus stop and deputies have detained four young people. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto declined to describe them as suspects in the death of the teenager, whose name was not immediately released. But he says they were being
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una de las partes más duras del trabajo de Jonathan Modlich estos días es decir a las familias en duelo que no sabe cuándo tendrá listas las lápidas para sus seres queridos. Los trastornos en la cadena de suministro mundial provocados por la pandemia están sacudiendo al sector productor nacional de
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La esposa de Juan Orlando Hernández, expresidente de Honduras, presentó este lunes ante el Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (Conadeh) una denuncia por supuesta violación a los derechos del exmandatario durante su arresto y posterior presentación ante los medios de comunicación el martes 15 de febrero en Tegucigalpa. La
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Crews working through the night cleared about 170 vehicles and reopened Interstate 84 Tuesday morning in Eastern Oregon, nearly a day after snowy weather sparked several multi-vehicle crashes that injured nearly 20 people, ODOT and Oregon State Police reported.
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