By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado encapsulates its mission when it comes to the federal judiciary. Charlotte Sweeney is the first openly LGBT woman to serve on the federal bench west of the Mississippi River and
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story GEORGIA (Clayton News Daily) — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources will soon begin returning artifacts to culturally affiliated tribes from Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site in Cartersville. Repatriation is mandated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), a federal law
Continue ReadingBORMIO, Italy (AP) — Make it five wins in 12 starts for Marco Odermatt this season. The Swiss skier maintained his dazzling form in the last World Cup race of 2022 by dominating a super-G on one of the tour’s toughest courses. Odermatt wasn’t the fastest starter but outclassed his competitors on all other sections
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose only slightly last week with the labor market remaining strong despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and hiring. Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 24 climbed 9,000 to 225,000, the Labor Department
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, the latest sign that the labor market remains strong despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and hiring. Applications for unemployment aid for the week ending Dec. 24 climbed 9,000 to 225,000, the
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — A medida que fuertes nevadas en las montañas, lluvias generalizadas y ráfagas de viento continúan barriendo el oeste y empujando hacia el centro de EE.UU. este jueves, más de 16 millones de personas a lo largo de la costa están bajo alerta de inundaciones de cara a condiciones climáticas severas que están
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is lucid, alert and stable but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday, a day after it revealed that the 95-year-old’s health had deteriorated recently. A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis asked for continued prayers “to accompany
Continue ReadingBy HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The weather outside may be frightful, but the myriad viewing options inside can be nothing short of delightful. During press junkets in recent weeks, The Associated Press asked celebrities promoting their own projects in Europe what they planned to watch this winter season. Darren Star and Lucas
Continue ReadingBy Delia Gallagher, CNN Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “lucid and vigilant” but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday in an update on the former pontiff’s health. “He is absolutely lucid and vigilant and today while his condition remains serious, the situation at the moment is stable,” Vatican press office director Matteo Bruni
Continue ReadingBy KRISTY KEPLEY-STEWARD Click here for updates on this story NATCHITOCHES, Louisiana (KTBS) — Natchitoches police have arrested two people in connection with the death of a toddler on Christmas day. Damian Jewett, 27, and Jocelyn Crenshaw, 23, both of Natchitoches, are charged with negligent homicide, a NPD spokesman said Wednesday in a news release.
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN First-time claims for weekly unemployment benefits increased to 225,000 for the week ended December 24, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. That’s up 9,000 from the previous week’s tally of 216,000. Economists were expecting 225,000 initial claims, according to Refinitiv estimates. Weekly initial claims have been hovering at pre-pandemic levels
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to acting, Maria Bakalova considers herself to be a person of extremes. “Cinema is supposed to be provoking. It’s not supposed to be, I think, something that is somewhere in the middle,” the Oscar-nominated actor said in a recent interview with The Associated
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By KRISTY KEPLEY-STEWARD Click here for updates on this story CORNELIOUS, North Carolina (WLOS) — Police say the parents of a missing 11-year-old North Carolina girl know more than they’ve told investigators. Madalina Cojocari, 11, of Cornelius, was reported missing on Thursday, Dec. 15, by her mother, Diana Cojocari, 37, and stepfather, Christopher Palmiter, 60,
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced.
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they have detained two people sought on international warrants during a raid to locate migrants and people smugglers near the border with Hungary. Police said in a statement on Thursday that the two are wanted for “various criminal acts.” They say a total of 109 migrants were found
Continue ReadingCNN By Brenda Goodman, CNN Early this year, even before the national shortage of infant formula or a demand-driven shortfall of pain medications for kids, children’s hospitals began to worry about looming shortages of two critical medications for premature infants: sodium chloride and potassium chloride. These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy
Continue ReadingBy ADIL JAWAD and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documents. The arrests brought criticism from around Afghanistan after images of locked up Afghan
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers. In a joint statement released by UN aid chief Martin Griffiths and other humanitarian groups, it warned that further activities will likely need to be
Continue ReadingBy Clare Sebastian, CNN Russia’s currency hit an eight-month low Thursday, adding to sharp declines in December as global oil prices fell, and Western sanctions targeted Russia’s energy sector. The ruble hovered below 72 to the dollar, down 18% from the start of the month, and its weakest level since late April. After almost halving
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen the commissioning of new warships and vowed to further strengthen his country’s navy. The ships commissioned on Thursday included a corvette, a minesweeper and a nuclear submarine. The Generalissimus Suvorov submarine is armed with Bulava nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles and is the latest addition to Russia’s
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