By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says a Japanese battery technology company will build a $2 billion factory in Kentucky, creating 2,000 jobs. Gov. Andy Beshear says the development reinforces the state’s leadership in battery production. Beshear said Wednesday the Envision AESC plant at Bowling Green will produce battery cells
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says a Japanese battery technology company will build a $2 billion factory in Kentucky, creating 2,000 jobs. Gov. Andy Beshear says the development reinforces the state’s leadership in battery production. Beshear said Wednesday the Envision AESC plant at Bowling Green will produce battery cells
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — Three people believed to have aided a Big Island father in abducting his 11-month-old daughter from the Wailoa State Park on Saturday turned themselves over to police. Authorities have also charged Randall Santos II with first-degree custodial interference in connection with
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The unprecedented rise in drug overdose deaths in the United States continues, reaching another record high, according to new provisional data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimates that 106,854 people died due to drug overdose in the 12-month period ending November 2021. Annual
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By Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Police are searching for a suspect caught on camera setting an elderly man ablaze in Chinatown, Tuesday morning. The incident happened at the Chinatown Cultural Plaza located in the 100 block of N. Beretania Street. Honolulu firefighters and Emergency Medical Services were
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals game has been postponed because of inclement weather. The teams will make up Wednesday’s postponed game on Monday, May 2, at 3:15 p.m. Central time at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won the first game 6-5 on Tuesday night as Albert Pujols homered for
Continue ReadingBy Becky Anderson, Adam Pourahmadi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he went to Moscow to “look in President Putin’s eyes and confront him with what I saw” in Ukraine, he told CNN Wednesday. Nehammer said he raised alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine during a “tough” and unfriendly meeting Monday with Vladimir
Continue ReadingCNN By Becky Anderson, Adam Pourahmadi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he went to Moscow to “look in President Putin’s eyes and confront him with what I saw” in Ukraine, he told CNN Wednesday. Nehammer said he raised alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine during a “tough” and unfriendly meeting Monday with
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — European Union nations Finland and Sweden have reached important stages on their way to possible NATO membership. The Finnish government issued a security situation report to lawmakers on Wednesday and Sweden’s ruling party started a review of the country’s security policy options. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — European Union nations Finland and Sweden have reached important stages on their way to possible NATO membership. The Finnish government issued a security situation report to lawmakers on Wednesday and Sweden’s ruling party started a review of the country’s security policy options. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Food prices keep going up. In the year ending in March, not adjusted for seasonal swings, food prices rose 8.8% — the biggest 12-month increase since the year ended May 1981, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. Over the past year, virtually every type of food has become more
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House has tapped Lisa Barclay, the Department of Health and Human Service’s deputy general counsel, to serve as its deputy coronavirus response coordinator, a White House official said. Barclay’s selection comes days after Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, began
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Sydney (CNN) — Un hombre en Australia Occidental ha sido acusado de más de 400 delitos sexuales contra niños, en lo que la policía llama una de las investigaciones de abuso infantil más importantes en la historia del estado. El hombre de 47 años, de Perth, enfrenta 240 cargos de trato indecente
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Family law attorneys warn that sounding off against an estranged partner digitally in divorce cases can have lasting consequences when texts, posts, photos and other wrongs are hauled into court. That’s especially true when child custody arrangements are on the table. Kanye West, now legally known
Continue ReadingSALADO, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm system that’s expected to spawn more twisters and damaging winds. The storms caused widespread damage Tuesday in Salado, about 50 miles north of Austin. Bell County Judge David Blackburn, the county’s top elected official,
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN In the well-appointed house in the West Bank village of Husan, members of Ghada Sabateen’s family welcomed a stream of mourners with bleary eyes. Sabateen, a 47-year-old widow, mother of six and math teacher, died from her wounds after being shot in the legs by Israeli forces near
Continue ReadingBy Tosin Fakile Click here for updates on this story GALLATIN, Tennessee (WSMV) — A couple in one Gallatin neighborhood said portions of a railroad track are troublesome for drivers in that area. So they’re calling on the track owners to do something about it. Charlotte and Richard Cushing cross the railroad tracks at the
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Firefighters are battling a wind-driven blaze that has burned at least 150 homes, barns and other structures in a mountain community in drought-stricken New Mexico. The blaze on the northeastern side of Ruidoso was fueled by winds between 50 and 90 mph when it was sparked
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Inventory difficulties hurt Bed Bath & Beyond during its fiscal fourth quarter and will continue into the current quarter, the home products retailer said Wednesday. For the three months ended Feb. 26, sales fell 22% to $2.05 billion. Analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research predicted sales of $2.08 billion.
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