By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Albert Pujols will be in the starting lineup for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Pirates when he begins his final big league season Thursday in what should be an emotional return to Busch Stadium. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol announced that Pujols will be the designated hitter for
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After Christian Smalls was fired two years ago from an Amazon warehouse in New York City following his participation in a walkout over its pandemic response, an executive at the company suggested undercutting his organizing efforts by painting him as “not smart, or articulate.” When Smalls’ newly-established organization garnered
Continue ReadingNEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — A man fatally shot two people at a gas station in southern Indiana, then took a woman at a restaurant hostage before officers shot and wounded him as he drove toward them, authorities said. State police say the man was arrested Monday morning after police opened fire at the vehicle
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A Bend man was charged with drunken and reckless driving and assault after a head-on crash on the Cascade Lakes Highway late Friday afternoon that seriously injured the other driver, Oregon State Police said Monday as they asked to hear from any witnesses to the collision.
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists say climate change is bad, and getting worse, but it is not game over for planet Earth or humanity. After years of trying to get people’s attention about the massive harms of global warming, scientists now worry that some people have gone overboard and think there’s nothing that
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– En el caso de algunas personas, el café puede estimular los movimientos intestinales además de aportar energía. A pesar de su popularidad, no hay muchas investigaciones sobre por qué el café hace que muchas personas salgan corriendo apenas minutos después de tomarlo. ¿Te gusta el café negro y el chocolate amargo? Está
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany has put a government agency in charge of a longtime German subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom after an opaque move last week by the parent company to cut ties with the unit. Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Monday that Germany’s network regulator has been appointed as Gazprom Germania’s trustee
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Dimon laid out a laundry list of big risks looming for the global and U.S. economy in his annual letter to JPMorgan Chase shareholders on Monday. Never too shy to share his thoughts on anything, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan often uses his
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors are deliberating at the trial of four men accused of plotting to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, following some four weeks of testimony. The headline charge in the case is kidnapping conspiracy, which was the focal point of testimony at the trial
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has approved a new congressional map with more compact districts, after a judge struck down a previous map 10 days ago for being a “product of extreme partisan gerrymandering.” The Republican governor, who has long pushed for redistricting reform, described the new
Continue ReadingBy WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story ANDERSON, South Carolina (WLOS) — One person is dead after a crash with an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The sheriff’s office said the crash happened Sunday, April 3, at about 3:30 p.m. in Anderson County. The deputy was responding to an armed robbery when
Continue ReadingBy BERNARD CONDON and TALI ARBEL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares in a company planning to buy former President Donald Trump’s new social media business have plunged 10% on a news report that two key executives have departed. The report by Reuters follows a filing by Digital World Acquisition Corp. that it will
Continue ReadingBy BERNARD CONDON and TALI ARBEL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shares in a company planning to buy former President Donald Trump’s new social media business have plunged 10% on a news report that two key executives have departed. The report by Reuters follows a filing by Digital World Acquisition Corp. that it will
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story SAPPHIRE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A woman in Sapphire, N.C., in Transylvania County is attempting to rebuild after high winds caused a neighbor’s tree fall on her house, crushing half of her home. Patsy Case has lived on Porcupine Path for the last 30 years.
Continue ReadingBy AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army says suspected rebels have attacked a village in the east with machetes and guns, killing at least a dozen civilians. Army spokesman Capt. Anthony Mwalushayi told The Associated Press that fighters believed to be part of the Allied Democratic Forces rebel group staged
Continue ReadingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse forward Cole Swider will forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the NBA draft. Swider announced his decision on social media and said he would sign with an agent. The Rhode Island native transferred to Syracuse last year from Villanova and started all 33 games for the Orange.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Esta anciana de 82 años huyó de los nazis. Ahora escapa de los rusos 3:00 Cracovia, Polonia (CNN) — En el exterior del Centro Comunitario Judío de la ciudad polaca de Cracovia, más de una docena de miembros esperan para recibir a su invitada de honor mientras cae la nieve. De una ambulancia
Continue ReadingBy Kati Weis Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — It’s been a full semester since Denver Public Schools eliminated school resource officers and is only using its in-house security guard unit instead. The elimination was meant to help reduce the “school to prison pipeline,” but some students say they still feel
Continue ReadingBy ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The horrific images and stories tumbling out of Ukrainian towns like Bucha in the wake of the withdrawal of Russian troops bear witness to depravity on a scale recalling the barbarities of Cambodia, the Balkans, World War II. The question now: What to do with this suffering?
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a New York man could go forward with a malicious prosecution claim against police even though he wasn’t ultimately acquitted for the underlying charge, lowering the bar for when such civil lawsuits for damages can be brought under certain circumstances. The
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