MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An alcohol ban designed to curb heavy late night drinking among spring breakers in Miami Beach will be in effect for two weeks in March. The city’s commissioners voted 4-3 Wednesday to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol after 2 a.m. between March 7 and March 21 along the
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA VIDAL Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer finally returned home after what doctors and paramedics are calling a remarkably fast recovery in the hospital. “There’s no logical explanation why he’s alive, and he’s talking, and he’s going home. It’s freaking amazing,”
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Anthony Elanga’s rise to prominence at Manchester United this season has been so sharp and stark that he is already being described as a role model for his more illustrious teammates. One of them is Cristiano Ronaldo and the confident words spoken by the 19-year-old Elanga after his equalizer
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton freshman Ryan Nembhard will miss the rest of the season after injuring his right wrist. Nembhard was hurt when he collided with St. John’s Posh Alexander during the Bluejays’ 81-78 win Wednesday night. Nembhard will require surgery. He started all 27 games for the Bluejays and averaged more than 11
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story KAUAI COUNTY, Hawaii (KITV) — The contractor hired to support range training operations at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) has identified the four people killed in the helicopter crash near Barking Sands Airport on Tuesday. Croman Corporation identified the crew members as follows: •
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Google is relaxing Covid-19 policies at its headquarters and other offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and bringing back some of its famous office perks as it fully opens some of its facilities. Gone are Google’s mask mandates in all Bay Area offices, except for those in Santa Clara County,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ucrania es el segundo país europeo más grande en área después de Rusia. Limita con Moldava, Rumania, Hungría, Eslovaquia, Polonia, Bielorrusia, Rusia y el Mar Negro en Europa del Este. Estos son algunos datos generales sobre Ucrania, según el World Factbook de la CIA. Guerra Rusia – Ucrania: última hora
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell slightly this week, after rising to their highest level in three years last week. The average rate on a 30-year loan declined to 3.89% this week from 3.92% the previous week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. Available housing has
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell slightly this week, after rising to their highest level in three years last week. The average rate on a 30-year loan declined to 3.89% this week from 3.92% the previous week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. Available housing has
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA Associated Press Congressional leaders are drawing attention to state funding disparities for historically Black colleges and universities in the country’s land grant university system, urging statehouses to close those gaps in their current and upcoming legislative sessions, according to a letter sent Wednesday to state leaders and lawmakers. The letter, first shared
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was working the phones with top national security officials in the moments before and after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced he was launching a military intervention in Ukraine, the grim fulfillment of Biden’s predictions stretching back weeks. National security aides had already been huddling in the West
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A new report shows over half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery. The trend spiked during the pandemic as telemedicine increased and pills by mail were allowed. The Guttmacher Institute report says pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions in 2020. That’s up
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive. With social media amplifying a torrent of military claims and counter-claims, determining exactly what is happening can difficult.
Continue ReadingBy Gerry May Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Caddo Parish schools may bump up the start of next school year to Aug. 3. School board member Tony Nations said the district is having to make up for lost time during the pandemic the last two years. The Louisiana Department
Continue ReadingCNN By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on its border with Ukraine, Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor with a multi-pronged attack, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. A whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to stave off a Russian invasion in recent weeks failed to defuse tensions that
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La invasión de Rusia a Ucrania comenzó horas antes del amanecer con una serie de misiles contra lugares cercanos a Kyiv, así como el uso de artillería de largo alcance contra la ciudad nororiental de Kharkiv, cerca de la frontera con Rusia. Rápidamente, el ataque se extendió por el centro y
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Ty Pennington was just trying to make his wife laugh and it brought out the trolls. The “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” host responded Wednesday on Instagram to negative comments on an earlier video he posted in which he danced on the beach. “What was an honest moment of just trying
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was working the phones with top national security officials in the moments before and after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced he was launching a military intervention in Ukraine, the grim fulfillment of Biden’s predictions stretching back weeks. National security aides had already been huddling in the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Thank goodness Lindsay Lohan joined TikTok so the world could learn the proper pronunciation of her last name. The “Mean Girls” introduced herself in her first post. “Hey everyone it’s Lindsay Lohan and guess what? Now I’m on TikTok,” she said in the video. She pronounced her last name “Lo-wen”
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A retired teacher who threatened violence against the New York City LGBTQ pride march and numerous other LGBTQ-friendly groups and businesses has pleaded guilty to mailing threatening communications through the postal service. Federal prosecutors in New York say 74-year-old Robert Fehring pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip on
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