BY DREW COSTLEY AND SETH BORENSTEIN It’s long been said you can reduce emissions and keep your economy growing. The latest report from the world’s top body of climate scientists confirms that 18 countries have done just that, sustaining emissions reductions “for at least a decade,” and growing at the same time. But they are
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Oklahoma legislature on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion illegal in the state, making exceptions only in the case of medical emergencies. The bill, Senate Bill 612, would make performing an abortion or attempting to perform the procedure a felony punishable by a
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN The US Capitol Police tweeted pictures of a captured fox Tuesday after warning earlier in the day of an “aggressive fox” roaming the grounds of the Capitol in an email to Hill staffers and a congressman saying the animal bit through his pant leg. “#BREAKING: Captured,”
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Borowy and James Felton Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A dog who chewed off her own leg to try and escape while she was tied up has found a loving home. In August, a mail carrier found Bella tied up in a steel tether without food or
Continue ReadingGALENA, Mo. (AP) — A judge has dismissed charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm. KYTV-TV reports the judge dismissed the first-degree involuntary manslaughter charges against the men Tuesday. The three men, Kenneth McKee, Curtis Lanham and Charles Baltzell, were charged after a
Continue ReadingMOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Workers at a large Washington tulip grower who went on strike two weeks ago over pay and better work conditions reached an agreement just before the official start of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival April 1. Cascadia Daily News reports workers left the tulip and daffodil fields for three days
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business What does it mean when even the doves at the Federal Reserve start to sound like hawks? Investors are weighing that question after a key member of the central bank who has historically favored a gentler approach to raising interest rates talked tough about the central bank’s need
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says he is stepping away from that role later this year after a decade on the job. Bowlsby will remain the Big 12’s leader until a new commissioner is appointed. The expectation is that he will then transition into a new interim role with
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Harvard women’s basketball program is set to begin a new era. The school announced it’s hired Carrie Moore as coach, making her just the second person to hold the post in the past four decades. Moore replaces Kathy Delaney-Smith, who retired last month after 40 years, an Ivy League-record 630
Continue ReadingBy Annette Weston Click here for updates on this story Shackleford Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina (WLOS) — Officials said a Shackleford Banks foal who followed a group of people for several hours will not live a free-roaming life after it was lifted onto a boat and removed from the island – and its mother.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The new CEO of Hertz says the company is fixing problems that led to false car-theft charges against some customers. Stephen Scherr says Hertz didn’t properly record transactions when cars thought to be missing were located. Scherr told CNBC that this is one of the first things he’s trying fix since
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating the fate of a man charged with exploiting college friends of his daughter to get free labor and millions of dollars after convincing them that they’d poisoned him. The Manhattan federal court jury started Tuesday to weigh the evidence of racketeering,
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story OLD FORT, North Carolina (WLOS) — A two-year-old child has died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Old Fort. Public Information Officer Rohn Silvers with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) confirms with News 13 the child, identified as Noah Lee
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer JetBlue Airways is trying to buy Spirit Airlines and break up a plan for Spirit to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier. Spirit said Tuesday that JetBlue offered $33 a share, or about $3.6 billion. Florida-based Spirit says its board will evaluate the JetBlue bid and decide what’s best
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the final days of his presidency, Barack Obama surprised then-Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and moved his No. 2 to tears by evoking the poetry of W.B. Yeats to declare, “Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my
Continue ReadingJERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Three of the stars of Saint Peter’s remarkable run to the Elite Eight have put their names in the transfer portal following coach Shaheen Holloway’s departure for Seton Hall. Starting guards Daryl Banks III and Matthew Lee and backup Doug Edert tweeted about their moves Wednesday. All thanked the little
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Carnival, Change Healthcare rise; Block, Acuity fall.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods is planning to play in the Masters and he thinks he can win. It will be 508 days since Woods last walked and competed when he tees it up Thursday. And it will be nearly 14 months since he badly damaged his right
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Cordero Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The cause of death of two women who police say were given drugs and dropped off at separate Los Angeles hospitals last year was revealed Monday, and officials have ruled their deaths as homicides. According to police, Christy Giles and Hilda
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