By Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles, CNN It’s very unlikely that Europe’s first planetary rover will launch in 2022, the European Space Agency said Monday, given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on the country as a result. The ExoMars Rover, a collaboration between ESA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, had been
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last summer offers a glimpse of the types of extreme weather that a United Nations report says will become more common in North America with worsening climate change. The report warns of intensifying storms, wildfires and other weather
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last summer offers a glimpse of the types of extreme weather that a United Nations report says will become more common in North America with worsening climate change. The report warns of intensifying storms, wildfires and other weather
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed The Senate Judiciary Committee posted on Tuesday Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate questionnaire for her Supreme Court nomination, as lawmakers’ scrutiny of her record takes center stage in her confirmation push. The questionnaire revealed new details about the judge’s contact with the White House in the weeks leading up to her nomination
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Kevin Costner has agreed to narrate a four-part series on the 150th anniversary of the Yellowstone National Park for the Fox Nation streaming service. The actor stars in Paramount’s Western series named for the park, currently the biggest hit on cable television. The four-hour documentary for Fox Nation will focus
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The case against a Massachusetts judge accused of helping a man who was living in the U.S. illegally sneak out of a courthouse to evade a federal immigration agent can move forward. The Boston Globe reports that a federal appeals court on Monday declined to dismiss the case against Newton District Court
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Kyle Davidson as general manager, dropping his interim tag instead of going outside the floundering franchise for new leadership. Davidson has been with the Blackhawks since he joined the organization as a hockey operations intern in 2010. The 33-year-old from Sudbury,
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN From an English castle that’s threatened by climate change to an Egyptian landmark in the shadow of its more famous counterparts, this year’s World Monuments Watch highlights 25 culturally significant but endangered heritage sites. The World Monuments Watch is a project run by the World Monuments Fund, a nonprofit that spotlights threatened
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Zach Johnson was the obvious choice as U.S. Ryder Cup captain for the matches in Italy in 2023. And just as easy to predict was Phil Mickelson as the U.S. leader for the following Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Except now it’s not
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Maksim Chmerkovskiy has shared that he has made it safely to Poland from his native Ukraine. The “Dancing With the Stars” alum has been documenting his time in Ukraine during the invasion by Russian forces. In a note posted on his Instagram stories late Monday, Chmerkovskiy wrote that he had
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan says he and his second wife Jennifer McDaniel are divorced. Hogan shared the news on social media after some asked about his relationship status when he was pictured with a different woman. “Yo Maniacs just for the record, the Facebook and Instagram posts are of me
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The International Energy Agency’s 31 member countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves “to send a strong message to oil markets” that supplies won’t fall short after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The board of the Paris-based IEA made
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The International Energy Agency’s 31 member countries have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves “to send a strong message to oil markets” that supplies won’t fall short after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The board of the Paris-based IEA
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Virginia Tech center Elizabeth Kitley and North Carolina State coach Wes Moore headlined the list of Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball honors. Kitley was named league player of the year after ranking second in the league in both scoring and rebounding. She is the first Virginia Tech player to claim that
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business As hacking by nation-states has grown more pervasive in recent years, Microsoft has long called for the creation of a new Geneva Convention governing cyberspace. But now, for the first time, the tech giant appears to be suggesting that cyberattacks tied to the war in Ukraine could potentially be considered
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business As hacking by nation-states has grown more pervasive in recent years, Microsoft has long called for the creation of a new Geneva Convention governing cyberspace. But now, for the first time, the tech giant appears to be suggesting that cyberattacks tied to the war in Ukraine could potentially be
Continue ReadingThis current system starts out mild for all of our resorts. Highs will be in the low 40’s, so we can expect mixed showers at Mt. Bachelor for the day. Temperatures will cool quickly and rain will turn to snow tonight. 3-9″ of fresh snow are expected to accumulate by Thursday morning. This will be
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge said that while it’s likely that some parts of Georgia’s redistricting plans violate federal law, he’ll allow the new congressional and state legislative maps to be used for this year’s elections because changes at this point would be too disruptive. U.S. District Judge Steve
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Sun Belt Conference released a football schedule for the coming season that includes new members Marshall, Southern Mississippi and Old Dominion. The announcement comes two weeks after Conference USA put out its 2022 schedule with those schools included. The dispute over where Marshall, Southern Mississippi and Old Dominion compete next
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A heavy flow of moisture out of the SW will give us some very warm temperatures today, along with a chance of scattered showers all day long. Highs will be around 60 degrees and SW winds will pick up to 10-15 mph, with some areas seeing gusts to 20 mph. Those
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