By Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Ethan Cohen, CNN A New York judge has blocked the state’s new congressional map, which would have given Democrats the advantage in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional seats, from going into effect for violating the state’s constitution. Judge Patrick McAllister ruled Thursday that the map “was unconstitutionally drawn with
Continue ReadingMt. Hood Meadows reported two new inches. Timberline reported three new inches. No other snow was reported.
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Sarah Boxer, CNN Khrystyna Pavluchenko strokes the tiny hand of her newborn, Adelina. She had anticipated the profound joy of becoming a mother for the first time — but not the guilt. “(That’s) because I left,” Pavluchenko says, choking on tears, as her hours-old child sleeps in the crib next to
Continue ReadingBy Mirna Alsharif, CNN Business A former Yale administrative employee pleaded guilty on Monday of defrauding the university of more than $40.5 million by reselling electronics purchased with school funds over at least an eight-year period, according to court documents. Jamie Petrone-Codrington, 42, who was director of finance and lead administrator at the medical school’s
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The ownership of a shuttered pharmaceutical plant in West Virginia has been transferred with the goal of finding new tenants. A nonprofit arm of West Virginia University took control of the facility Thursday. It formerly was owned by Viatris. The generic drug maker laid off 1,500
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonia Moghe and Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge is holding Donald Trump in civil contempt after the state’s attorney general’s office said he did not comply with a subpoena for documents as part of its investigation into the former President’s company. Judge Arthur Engoron said Trump failed to abide by his
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States is warning that religious minorities stand to be “crushed” if Russia gains control of Ukraine. Archbishop Borys Gudziak says groups at risk include Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox who have broken away from the patriarch of Moscow. He also cites reports that
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts after finding they were unconstitutional. Judge Patrick McAllister said in a Thursday ruling that maps redrawing the state’s congressional districts were gerrymandered to benefit Democrats. McAllister, a state trial
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials are adopting a long delayed rule aimed at reducing deaths and environmental damage from oil and gas pipeline ruptures. But safety advocates said Thursday’s move by the U.S. Transportation Department would not have averted the accidents that prompted the new rule. That’s because it
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Lviv, Ucrania (CNN) — El Ejército de Rusia dice que ha pasado a una nueva fase de su llamada “operación militar especial” en Ucrania, afirmando que está cambiando su enfoque a la región de Donbás en el este de Ucrania. ¿Es esta reagrupación de fuerzas una maniobra, que permite a las maltrechas fuerzas
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Business) –– Los precios de las viviendas en EE.UU. se han disparado a nuevos niveles y continúan subiendo, al punto que ahora algunos investigadores y economistas indican que han visto señales de que se está gestando una burbuja inmobiliaria. Los precios de las viviendas aumentan más rápido de lo que las fuerzas del
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A seat at the 182-year-old French Quarter restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller and mastered Baked Alaska is virtually impossible to get this week. The first NCAA men’s Final Four without pandemic restrictions in three years is being held in New Orleans. And the tourism-dependent city
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A seat at the 182-year-old French Quarter restaurant that invented Oysters Rockefeller and mastered Baked Alaska is virtually impossible to get this week. The first NCAA men’s Final Four without pandemic restrictions in three years is being held in New Orleans. And the tourism-dependent city
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Byron Blunt and Daria Markina, CNN A child’s doll lies curb side, covered in dirt and debris, in the war-torn Kyiv suburb of Irpin. There’s not a sign of the child who owned it, or of any of the residents of the building next to it, which was shattered to
Continue ReadingBy JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee shared the lead in The Chevron Championship at 6-under 66 after the first round of the major tournament’s final edition at Mission Hills. Unable to find a sponsor willing to remain at Mission Hills, the tournament that started in
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Villanova has passed the torch of guards playing in the low post, from Ryan Arcidiancono to Jalen Brunson. Now it’s Collin Gillespie’s turn and it may be the equalizer for the short-handed Wildcats against Kansas in the Final Four. Gillespie learned to play in the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The right-to-repair movement has scored another win. Samsung is the latest tech company giving customers the ability to repair their own mobile devices amid pressure from consumers, regulators and even US President Joe Biden to ease restrictions on fixing products. The company announced on Thursday a new program that
Continue ReadingBy JACKIE KOSTEK Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — An elderly woman was shot and wounded in broad daylight Thursday afternoon on busy Broadway in East Lakeview. At 1:36 p.m., the 72-year-old woman was shot in the upper left thigh on Broadway near Briar Place, police said. The crime scene is
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says he will begin the search for a permanent police chief in April. Harrell announced Thursday he will begin the search for a permanent police chief to replace former Chief Carmen Best, who left the position at the end of 2020, following protests against police brutality, criticism and
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Student workers at Dartmouth College have voted to unionize. The college announced the successful vote Thursday, about three months after students working in the dining hall created the union. The push by the Student Worker Collective at Dartmouth started in January. In a letter to the administration,
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