EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Marysville driver who pleaded guilty to killing two people, including a young cyclist and a sleeping 97-year-old woman, was sentenced to about 22 years in prison. Darwin Caldwell was driving in Marysville on Aug. 29, 2020. A police officer saw him doing donuts in an intersection at around 2 a.m.
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Stocks around the world fell Friday following the news that Russian troops are occupying Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant. But shares in Europe were battered particularly hard. What’s happening: Germany’s DAX index and France’s CAC 40 fell 3.8% in early trading, while the FTSE 100 in London dropped 3.5%. US
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar that killed at least 61 people and injured another 196. A post from ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency said a suicide bomber trained by the militant group had carried
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Cyclist Pavel Sivakov who raced for the Russian team at the Tokyo Olympics has announced his nationality switch to France. He has cited the war in Ukraine as a factor. The 24-year-old Sivakov grew up in France and says he long planned the eligibility change with the International Cycling Union. However he
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Bizarrap está de vuelta y en esta ocasión con una candente sesión con Residente, quien dedica gran parte de sus barras a J Balvin. El tema, titulado BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 49, es parte de la larga lista de sesiones que el joven productor argentino ha realizado con reconocidos
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kansas City police detective has been sentenced to six years in prison for fatally shooting a Black man who was backing a pickup truck into a garage in 2019. Eric DeValkenaere, who is white, was sentenced Friday afternoon to three years for second-degree
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN Business) — Yandex, el mayor motor de búsqueda de Rusia, podría colapsar a medida que se extienden las consecuencias financieras de la invasión de Ucrania. Yandex, que controla alrededor del 60% del tráfico de búsqueda en Internet en Rusia y opera un gran negocio de transporte por carretera, advirtió a
Continue ReadingBy FLORENT BAJRAMI and ALEXANDER TURNBULL Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — As exhausted refugees stream out of Ukraine, many are grappling with the pain of leaving everything behind. A teacher who found shelter with a friend in Paris recalled the piles of personal effects that others abandoned on the road as they fled miles
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A 49-year-old woman from Sweden has been convicted of war crimes for not stopping her 12-year-old son from being recruited and used as a child soldier on behalf of the Islamic State group in Syria. The Stockholm District Court said Lina Ishaq, who has been in custody in Sweden since September, and
Continue ReadingBy WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A bronze bell cast in 1834 in Paul Revere’s Massachusetts foundry has come home. The historic bell was returned Friday to the Paul Revere Heritage Site south of Boston where the Revolutionary War patriot’s son originally created it. Over the past 188 years, the bell has
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN When the explosions rocked Kyiv’s city center, Yana and Sergii Lysenko were stunned. Like many Ukrainians, they had been listening to warnings about Russia readying an assault on their country for weeks. But the idea of the war reaching their city seemed just too far-fetched. Now, it was a reality. This
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of South Koreans fled their homes as a large wildfire ripped through an eastern coastal area and temporarily threatened a nuclear power station before being driven away by winds. Around 1,000 firefighters were battling the blaze amid strong winds and focusing their efforts on preventing it from reaching a
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Andy Murray is bringing back Ivan Lendl as his coach. The duo is reuniting about 4 1/2 years after splitting up for a second time. Murray’s manager says the 34-year-old from Scotland and Lendl have agreed to return to working together over the next few months. Their partnership produced
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been freed after spending more than 200 days in prison for terror-related charges, sparking jubilation from supporters who had called his treatment politically motivated. Tanzania’s director of public prosecution in a court document said the office was no longer interested in
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The US economy added 678,000 jobs in February, exceeding economists’ expectations. It was the best month for job growth since July. The nation has 2.1 million jobs to go before hitting the February 2020 level and recouping all positions lost in the pandemic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has formally announced that he will seek a second term in April’s presidential election. Elected in May 2017, with little political experience, the centrist politician quickly took on his new role of president when meeting with other world leaders, and had several major crises to fact, at home
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business As Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, American bar and restaurant owners are hoping a small word change will help show their solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In a move reminiscent of the “freedom fries” fad of the early aughts, they’re taking Moscow Mules off the menu and replacing them with
Continue ReadingCNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business As Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, American bar and restaurant owners are hoping a small word change will help show their solidarity with the Ukrainian people. In a move reminiscent of the “freedom fries” fad of the early aughts, they’re taking Moscow Mules off the menu and replacing them
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Hiccups. Everyone has a cure, and everyone insists theirs is the best. But when they try to pass it along to others, the home remedy can be hit or miss. For something that impacts almost everyone, there are some surprisingly large gaps in information about hiccups, said Dr. Ali Seifi, director
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia’s second largest oil company has broken ranks with President Vladimir Putin. Lukoil, which produces more than 2% of the world’s crude oil and employs over 100,000 people, has called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The company’s board of directors said in a statement to shareholders, staff
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