LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — One of the drivers in a crash that killed two women and injured 20 bystanders watching classic cars cruise down a Nebraska street tested positive for marijuana, police said. The 18-year-old Omaha man was driving a Ford Taurus that smashed into a Toyota Corolla carrying the two women who were killed
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek has moved into the French Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over American Jessica Pegula. Swiatek benefited from the chair umpire’s no-call on a double bounce that gave her a key first-set service break during a match-altering five-game run. Swiatek extended her
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The number of workers being fired or laid off has hit the lowest point on record, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed only 1.25 million people lost their job in April, breaking the previous record low of 1.26 million recorded in December. With
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia’s increasingly aggressive actions against its European gas customers are taking a toll. The country’s natural gas exports have tumbled by more than a quarter since January. But surging prices have kept Russia’s coffers bulging as it continues to cut off deliveries. Moscow’s gas exports to countries outside of its
Continue ReadingCNN By Omar Jimenez, Meridith Edwards, Travis Caldwell and Christina Maxouris, CNN No students or staff will be returning to Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the site of a tragic massacre last month, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell reaffirmed Friday. “We’re not going back to that campus,” Harrell said during a special
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ELK GROVE, California (KOVR) — An Elk Grove mother is planning to press charges against a teacher who she said choked her son while trying to break up a schoolyard fight. The alleged incident happened at James Rutter Middle School earlier this month and now
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are searching for a suspect who smashed in the windows of several vehicles inside the Oliver Avenue parking garage early on Wednesday morning. According to police, just before 3:30 a.m., a man was caught on video using a fire
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WILDWOOD, New Jersey (KYW) — The search continues for a missing swimmer in Wildwood. Cape May County authorities received a call around 4 p.m. Tuesday about a group in danger in the ocean near Andrews Avenue. The Coast Guard rescued three people from the water,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Todos los amantes del básquetbol seguramente están ansiosos y de fiesta, pues este jueves se inicia la edición 2022 de las finales de la National Basketball Association (NBA), el máximo evento de esta liga deportiva estadounidense. Las finales de la temporada 2021-2022 de la NBA tendrán por el lado de la
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Rincon Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, New York (WCBS) — A family is still desperate for answers more than a month after a young man was found dead in the back of a cab after a night out in Manhattan. They say his bank accounts were drained days after
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story KEY WEST, Florida (WFOR) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conversation Commission has identified the woman killed in a parasailing accident in the Keys Monday. According to FWC, weather conditions took a turn for the worse, causing the parasail chute to become controlled by the
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor more than $10 million and vindicating his allegations that Heard lied about Depp abusing her before and during their brief marriage. But
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slash Russian oil imports in a tough escalation of the bloc’s campaign of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. It’s a landmark decision that will hit Russian coffers in the long term, but could also hurt
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slash Russian oil imports in a tough escalation of the bloc’s campaign of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. It’s a landmark decision that will hit Russian coffers in the long term, but could also hurt
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of unfilled jobs remains high and companies are still desperate to hire more people. Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled a bit in April, though the number of unfilled jobs remains high and companies are still desperate to hire more people. Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — The National Weather Service says four tornadoes hit Minnesota during a destructive wave of Memorial Day storms. The most severe hit Forada, which is a few miles south of Alexandria. The NWS said this was an EF-2 tornado with max winds
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A groundbreaking ceremony for a brand new exhibit dedicated to Endeavour, the well-known space shuttle that operated over the greater part of 20 years, took place at the California Science Center Wednesday. Since 2012, the Endeavour has called the
Continue ReadingGermany’s defense ministry says the country plans to buy 60 Boeing Chinook transport helicopters as part of a massive procurement drive to upgrade its military. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced shortly after Russia invaded in February that Germany would commit 100 billion euros ($107 billion) to a special fund for its military and to raise its
Continue ReadingGermany’s defense minister says the country plans to buy Boeing Chinook transport helicopters as part of a massive procurement drive to upgrade its military. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced shortly after Russia invaded in February that Germany would commit 100 billion euros ($107 billion) to a special fund for its military and to raise its defense
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