By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles. The plan largely ignores calls to replenish the mail-service fleet with electric vehicles and falls far short of President Joe Biden’s
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press A pro-Democratic super PAC says former President Donald Trump violated federal campaign laws by raising and spending money for another run for the White House without officially filing his candidacy. American Bridge filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Election Commission. American Bridge alleges Trump has already decided to run
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has held his first in-person fundraiser since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. It was a return to a traditional form of politics that many Democrats eschewed as a matter of public safety over the past two years. The event in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain says all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement for unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday. Officials say that should make going on holiday easier for the Easter school vacation. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes will
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain says all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement for unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday. Officials say that should make going on holiday easier for the Easter school vacation. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the changes will
Continue ReadingBy Logan Smith Click here for updates on this story CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A male skier triggered an avalanche while he and a female snowboarder and their dog were in the backcountry Thursday afternoon. The slide partially buried both people. The dog has not been found. An incident report from the Colorado Avalanche
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one new destination, the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday. The weekly travel risk-level update brought good news for islands clustered in and around the Caribbean Sea with nine destinations
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The 2022 solicitation of the Oregon Community Paths Grant Program will begin accepting pre-applications this summer. The Oregon Department of Transportation-coordinated program will provide investments in walking and biking facilities across the state. Oregon Community Paths, or OCP, invests in facilities that are not primarily on or along a roadway. These “off-system” paths
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who had been deployed in recent weeks to cover the war in Ukraine, has been hospitalized after being injured while reporting near Kyiv, the network said on Monday. “We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on
Continue ReadingBy JASON P. SKODA Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer and new general manager Carter Hawkins are working the phones as the team begins spring training. Gold Glove shortstop Andrelton Simmons and veteran reliever Jesse Chavez recently agreed to deals, and manager David Ross finalized a contract
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The storyline of “The Gilded Age” begins less than 20 years after slavery was abolished in the US, and so the creative forces behind the historical series would have been well within their rights to feature a Black family struggling post Reconstruction. But, instead, there is the well-to-do Scott family,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Jamion Christian is out as men’s basketball coach at George Washington after wrapping up a third consecutive losing season. GW went 12-18 this season. That includes a 99-88 loss to UMass last week in the Colonials’ first game at the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. Christian’s overall record was 29-50 during his three
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Lewis Hamilton wants to change his name to add his mother’s surname. The full name of the seven-time Formula One champion is Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton. He plans to include “Larbalestier” as a third middle name. His father Anthony and mother Carmen divorced when he was a child. Hamilton says, “I
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian tycoon whose name arose prominently in the illegal political contribution case against two associates of Rudy Giuliani was secretly charged with making illegal political donations in September 2020 in a New York court. Charges against Andrey Muraviev were unsealed in Manhattan federal court on
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial chicken operation in Wisconsin. The USDA said in a statement Monday that samples from the flock were tested at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. State animal
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the deal says the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to terms on a contract with free agent safety Quandre Diggs. NFL Network reports the deal is three years and worth up to $40 million. Retaining Diggs was a major victory for
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Vasconcelos Click here for updates on this story CLOVIS, California (KFSN) — Nicolas Hambalek was just 10 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. “There was a tumor in my back, inside of my ribcage, behind my lungs. It was the size of a grapefruit. I went through five rounds of chemo and
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business As Russia’s assault in Ukraine intensifies, fear of radioactive fallout from accidental or intentional attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear plants, or from the use of a nuclear bomb, has triggered surging demand for potassium iodide pills. In such an event, there’s the frightening risk of large amounts of radioactive iodine (or
Continue ReadingCNN By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business As Russia’s assault in Ukraine intensifies, fear of radioactive fallout from accidental or intentional attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear plants, or from the use of a nuclear bomb, has triggered surging demand for potassium iodide pills. In such an event, there’s the frightening risk of large amounts of radioactive iodine
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms. It became law as soon as the Republican signed it Monday. The short title of the legislation says it would prohibit “critical race theory.” But the main text
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