By Audrey Weil Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — More than 15,000 Alaska Airlines passengers have to change their travel plans as the airline cancels flights due to a shortage of pilots. Pilots were picketing in Portland, among other cities today, over contract negotiations, and travelers are really feeling the
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Texas woman who’s denied she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter are hopeful new evidence will stop her execution. Melissa Lucio is set to receive a lethal injection April 27 for the 2007 death of her daughter Mariah. Her lawyers say Lucio’s history of
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The former chief prosecutor of U.N. war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Carla Del Ponte told Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday that “Putin is a war criminal.” In interviews given
Continue ReadingLIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool kept the heat on Manchester City in the Premier League title race by beating relegation-threatened Watford 2-0 thanks to Diogo Jota’s 20th goal of the season in all competitions and Fabinho’s late penalty. Jota darted across the face of the six-yard box and glanced in a header from a right-wing
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Dozens of Black Democratic candidates are seeking office in heavily Republican states that former President Donald Trump won easily in 2020. They include Chris Jones who will likely face former Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders in the Arkansas governor’s race if he wins the Democratic primary.
Continue ReadingBy Creeson Agecoutay and Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story ROME (CTV Network) — Three generations of the Nepinak family were present Friday when Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system. “I never thought I’d see that in my lifetime,” residential school survivor Frederick Nepinak told
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — A COVID-19 resurgence is underway in Canada, but the latest uptick in cases is not unexpected given the ongoing relaxing of restrictions, according to Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam. “As of March the 31st, daily average case counts have
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev says he expects to be sidelined for one to two months after having hernia surgery. The No. 2-ranked man in tennis wrote on Twitter on Saturday that he’s been dealing with “a small hernia” in recent months. The timeline suggests Medvedev likely will miss the next
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN Just days before the US Capitol riot, White House officials started providing fewer details about then-President Donald Trump‘s calls and visits, the person in charge of compiling those activities for the official record told the House select committee investigating January 6,
Continue ReadingBy JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly 60 years ago, a historic Black community founded as a home for people emancipated after the Civil War was demolished for a national park commemorating both the Battle of New Orleans and Civil War casualties. Now park rangers and iris enthusiasts believe they may have
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Martin Terrier has become the joint top scorer in the French league as Rennes salvaged a 1-1 draw at Nice to move into second place. Nice broke the deadlock with Youcef Atal’s outrageous cross from the outside of the boot that Andy Delort headed into the bottom corner in the 67th minute.
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A DoorDash driver’s video shows a police officer firing his stun gun at the delivery man during a traffic stop after he said the officer’s behavior made him feel unsafe. Delane Gordon faces charges of speeding, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, based on the sworn affidavit
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection for Parkland, Florida, school shooter Nikolas Cruz is about to begin after four years of legal maneuvering and pandemic delays. When it starts Monday, his attorneys will attempt to find jurors who they think will vote against sentencing him to death for murdering
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business When a trade jumps by 250% over the course of days, investors typically pop bottles of champagne. Between Friday, March 4 and Tuesday March 8, nickel futures did just that — soaring on the London Metal Exchange from about $29,000 to $100,000 per ton. But the champagne remains corked, investors
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The ban on asylum-seekers at the U.S-Mexico border on public health grounds was imposed by one president who wanted to restrict immigration entirely. It’ll soon be ended by another president under increasing pressure from his own party to welcome immigrants. With the end of
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La mayoría de la gente quiere deshacerse de la suciedad, pero esta muestra especial de polvo lunar está fuera de este mundo. Las partículas de polvo lunar recolectadas por Neil Armstrong en 1969 durante la misión Apolo 11 se subastarán este mes. Bonhams, la empresa de subastas a cargo de la
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has imposed a countrywide curfew until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the president, in an attempt to prevent more protests blaming the government for the worsening economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assumed emergency powers amid widespread calls
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s the culmination of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, with four “March Madness” teams remaining. The “Final Four” takes place in New Orleans and no matter who wins, the event will inspire tears of joy and pain. When are the games? The games will take place Saturday evening in
Continue ReadingCNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s the culmination of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, with four “March Madness” teams remaining. The “Final Four” takes place in New Orleans and no matter who wins, the event will inspire tears of joy and pain. When are the games? The games will take place Saturday evening
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Dominic Taddeo, un mafioso de Rochester, Nueva York, que disparó fatalmente a tres personas e intentó matar a otras dos, escapó de la custodia federal esta semana, menos de un año antes de que fuera liberado. Taddeo, de 64 años, fue trasladado en febrero de una prisión de seguridad media en
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