By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — At its meeting on Dec. 15, the Asheville City Schools board voted in favor of temporarily utilizing shuttered Asheville Primary School as a cold-weather shelter – but there was one condition. The shelter is contingent on clearing up zoning issues.
Continue ReadingBy Abby Phillip and Ray Sanchez, CNN Brittney Griner departed a medical military facility in Texas on Friday and returned home to Arizona, vowing in an Instagram post to play in the WNBA this season as she took another step in her reintegration into American life after her detention in Russia. “It feels so good
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Chinese tennis player Baoluo Zheng has been banned for nine months after admitting that he attempted to fix a match. The International Tennis Integrity Agency says the 21-year-old player “approached an opponent and offered money in return for deliberately losing a match at a tournament in Egypt in October 2022.” Baoluo was
Continue ReadingThis will be a good weekend to get up on the mountain! There will be plenty of sunshine and temperatures will be low enough to hold onto these nice bases. Fresh snowfall is not expected to start until Monday night. The chance of more snow will increase every day right through the end of next
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story FLAT ROCK, North Carolina (WLOS) — Dogwood Health Trust has awarded more than $8.3 million to 10 organizations working to expand and improve early childhood education access in the mountains, including Blue Ridge Community College. “Currently, less than half of children in Henderson County do
Continue ReadingGOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… That northerly flow of Arctic air that has kept us so cold will keep us cold once again today, despite seeing plenty of sunshine. Highs today will be in the low 30’s, with light and variable breezes. Skies will become partly cloudy tonight and we will stay dry. There will be
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman appeared in court Friday on a first-degree murder charge in the 2018 death of her newborn infant whose body was found floating in a seaside inlet. A Palm Beach County judge ordered Arya Singh, 29, held without bail during a brief hearing. She was arrested Thursday
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A string of burglaries across downtown Asheville has business owners frustrated and on edge. Three businesses on Patton Avenue were hit within a three-week span, Asheville Police Lt. Jonathan Brown said. Blue Dream Curry House was targeted first. Bartender and
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, CNN American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been reunited with his mother in Lyon, France, and is on his way back to the US, according to a French diplomatic official. DeLand Jr., who was reported missing more than two weeks ago in France, told relatives on Friday that he was
Continue ReadingDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konaté are among five France players who missed training two days before the World Cup final against Argentina. The two center backs have reportedly become the latest members of the France squad to be affected by a virus. Dayot Upamecano, Adrien Rabiot and Kingsley Coman were struck
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till,” Danielle Deadwyler gives one of the most powerful and subtly expressive performances of the year. Deadwyler has been making her mark for several years in series like “Station Eleven” and “Atlanta,” and in the Western “The Harder They Fall.” But her
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The global energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed global demand for coal — the most polluting of all fossil fuels — to a record high in 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Demand for coal is set to grow 1.2% and top 8
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN The global energy crisis caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed global demand for coal — the most polluting of all fossil fuels — to a record high in 2022, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Demand for coal is set to grow 1.2% and top 8 billion
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Some species of shark return to the same breeding grounds for decades at a time, and live longer than previously thought, scientists studying the animals off Florida say. Scientists with the New England Aquarium found that nurse sharks returned to the waters off the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles (113 kilometers)
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan The plunge in gasoline prices hit another milestone on Friday, with the national average sinking to the lowest level since September 2021. The sharp decline in pump prices is encouraging news for consumers after a year of high prices for groceries, rent and other essentials. A gallon of regular gas now sells
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Egan The plunge in gasoline prices hit another milestone on Friday, with the national average sinking to the lowest level since September 2021. The sharp decline in pump prices is encouraging news for consumers after a year of high prices for groceries, rent and other essentials. A gallon of regular gas now
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson will start at quarterback for the New York Jets on Sunday against the Detroit Lions after Mike White was not cleared by doctors to play. White is dealing with a rib injury that twice knocked him out of the Jets’
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un acuario de 14 metros de altura que albergaba a alrededor de 1.500 peces exóticos estalló este viernes por la mañana, hiriendo a al menos a dos personas y llenando una calle cercana de agua y escombros, dijeron la policía y los bomberos de Berlín. El acuario AquaDom estaba ubicado en
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people on Friday have been name the winners of a prize the German city of Aachen gives for contributions to European unity. The prize committee said Friday that it selected Zelenskyy and his invaded country’s citizens for the 2023 International Charlemagne Prize because they were
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a sweeping property insurance bill. How much and when it will work to stabilize the stormy market is another question. One of the key goals of the legislation signed Friday is to keep the claims process from ending up being
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