By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says that millions of enrollees will finally have access to free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at drug stores. Monday’s announcement comes amid worries that the latest coronavirus variant — BA.2 — will spark another rise in U.S. cases. More than 59 million people with Medicare’s “Part B”
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says that millions of enrollees will finally have access to free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at drug stores. Monday’s announcement comes amid worries that the latest coronavirus variant — BA.2 — will spark another rise in U.S. cases. More than 59 million people with Medicare’s “Part B”
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business On Monday Coca-Cola unveiled a new, limited-edition flavor that’s supposed to taste like…pixels. Yes, pixels. “Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte makes the intangible taste of the pixel tangible,” Oana Vlad, senior director of strategy at Coca-Cola, told CNN Business in an email. “Byte” is the second flavor to emerge from the
Continue ReadingMore workers are returning to the office after working from home the last two years. Not only has this meant an adjustment to daily routines, but also spending, as employees start shelling out money for commuting costs, coffee and lunch runs and office attire — all of which has been made more expensive by rising
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL More workers are returning to the office after working from home the last two years. Not only has this meant an adjustment to daily routines, but also spending, as employees start shelling out money for commuting costs, coffee and lunch runs and office attire — all of which has been made more expensive
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN A 255-foot luxury yacht owned by a Russian billionaire was seized by Spanish law enforcement on Monday at the request of US officials, according to the Justice Department. The Russian, Viktor Vekselberg, has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his case marks the first seizure by
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN The US Mint has announced the next five women to appear on American quarters. After honoring such figures as Maya Angelou and Sally Ride in the first run of its American Women Quarters Program, the agency has selected a new group of pioneering women who will be celebrated on US currency:
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Are upper middle class and affluent shoppers starting to feel the pinch from higher prices and geopolitical concerns? If so, what does that mean for the rest of American consumers? Stock market volatility, inflation and concerns about rising interest rates could soon slow all parts of the economy
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Following Sunday’s mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that left six people dead and a dozen injured, the head coach of one of the NBA’s most-watched teams has renewed his call for stronger gun control laws. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spoke about the Sacramento shooting during a news
Continue ReadingBy Susan El Khoury Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — More than four months after a driver ran over a MoDOT crew in a work zone, the case is still under investigation. There are growing questions about what is taking so long. The MoDOT worker who survived is speaking
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If the nine months that led to Monday night’s national title game proved anything, it’s that college sports are changing. Whoever shapes all these changes will help define whether the next decade in this multibillion-dollar ecosystem of sports, entertainment and education grows into an efficiently
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS (KMOV) — A 32-year-old Metro East man killed his ex-girlfriend and her sister outside his home in Collinsville Saturday morning, police tell News 4. Officers responded to 1075 McDonough Lake Road, where they found the bodies of Jamie Joiner, 30, and her sister
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio is blocking the military from disciplining a dozen U.S. Air Force officers who are asking for religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine. The officers are mostly from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. They along with a handful of
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Hunt, CNN I hate to fail. I suspect this trait would make me a very bad NASA scientist, many of whom have been putting the Artemis I moon mission rocket through its final, prelaunch tests. The wet dress rehearsal, as NASA refers to it, was called off twice this week as the
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, CNN The night sky has been a source of information and wonder since the dawn of humankind — and it looks almost the same now as it did then. But the night sky as we know it is on the precipice of changing dramatically due to the proliferation of satellites just a
Continue ReadingQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A clash between prison gangs armed with guns and knives left 20 people dead. Ecuador’s interior minister said Monday that five of the dead had been mutilated, six hanged and one poisoned during the clash in Turi, about 310 kilometers (190 miles) south of the capital. At least five people had
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story DALY CITY, California (KPIX) — A San Mateo County family is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person they say recently attacked their elderly grandfather. Security video shows the moments a suspect kicked 84-year-old Salomon Hernandez to the ground.
Continue ReadingBy KPIX Staff Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — Fire department officials in Santa Rosa confirmed there were no injuries when the façade of a building came crashing down to the sidewalk late Sunday morning. The Santa Rosa Fire Department tweeted about the incident Sunday afternoon, saying that firefighters
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Bolivia have told judges that Chile’s decision to file a case at the United Nations’ top court about a river that crosses their border in the Atacama Desert has hampered diplomatic efforts to resolve the disagreement. The case between the Latin American neighbors
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Shocking pictures from the Ukrainian town of Bucha and accusations of Russian war crimes are building pressure for more sanctions against Moscow. A key potential target: Russian oil and natural gas, and the $850 million that European importers pay for those supplies every day. But it’s not so easy, given Europe’s
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