By DAVID KOENIG and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Travelers who counted on Southwest Airlines to get them home suffered another wave of canceled flights Wednesday, and pressure grew on the federal government to help customers get reimbursed for unexpected expenses they incurred because of the airline’s meltdown. Exhausted Southwest travelers tried finding
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Travelers who counted on Southwest Airlines to get them home suffered another wave of canceled flights Wednesday, and pressure grew on the federal government to help customers get reimbursed for unexpected expenses they incurred because of the airline’s meltdown. Exhausted Southwest travelers tried finding
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday renewed its commitment to secure the release of American Paul Whelan on the fourth anniversary of his wrongful detention in Russia, as Whelan’s family expressed hope that he would not mark yet another milestone in Russian prison. “Today marks four years that Paul Whelan has spent
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN In 2022, we’re more plugged in than ever. Cars are fitted with 7-inch infotainment systems, so we can talk, navigate and DJ all at once. Refrigerators have WiFi capability — because why not? Virtual reality is somehow a thing. Even our watches are more than just timekeepers; the latest smartwatches can
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered a crackdown on local businesses operating under the names of international brands without legal permission. That’s according to a statement from the premier’s office on Wednesday. The Associated Press reported last week that Iraq has become a major center of trademark violations
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has ordered a crackdown on local businesses operating under the names of international brands without legal permission. That’s according to a statement from the premier’s office on Wednesday. The Associated Press reported last week that Iraq has become a major center of trademark violations
Continue ReadingPRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — A monthslong Toni Morrison tribute at Princeton University will range from music created and performed by Grammy-winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant to a spring lecture series to a three-day symposium. Morrison taught there for 17 years. The tribute will center around the exhibit “Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory,” an exhibition drawn
Continue ReadingHappy Wednesday, Central Oregon! Our wind advisory expired, but we are still in a winter weather advisory for much of Deschutes County lasting until Wednesday afternoon. We see a chance for snow before 10 a.m., then a slight chance of rain and snow. Wednesday’s high temperature is coming out of Redmond at about 43 degrees.
Continue ReadingBy WILSON RING Associated Press The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session to close an exemption to child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members of the clergy. Democratic Sen. Richard Sears of Bennington says he was unaware of the exemption in
Continue ReadingBy CARRIE ANTLFINGER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press Nearly 1,600 bats found a temporary home this week in the attic of a Houston Humane Society director, but it wasn’t because they made it their roost. It was a temporary recovery space for the flying mammals after they lost their grip and plunged to the pavement
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say the Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow. It was the first ministerial level meeting between rivals Turkey and Syria since the start of the Syrian conflict 11 years ago. A Turkish defense ministry statement said the Turkish, Syrian and Russian intelligence chiefs
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN TikTok has been banned from electronic devices managed by the US House of Representatives, according to an internal notice sent to House staff. Users who install the short-form video app on any House mobile device will be asked to remove the software, according to the notice, which was provided to CNN
Continue ReadingBy Ralph Ellis, CNN No winner emerged in the $565 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Tuesday night, and that means some lucky ticket-buyer has a chance of taking home an estimated $640 million ($328 million in cash) in the final Mega Millions drawing of 2022. The jackpot rolled over because nobody picked all six
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — Una mujer de 22 años fue encontrada muerta durante el fin de semana en Buffalo después de quedar atrapada en su automóvil por la tormenta de nieve que paralizaba el oeste de Nueva York, dijo su familia a CNN. Anndel Taylor, quien se había mudado a Buffalo, Nueva York, desde Charlotte,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Many Southwest customers have been desperately trying something — anything — that will get them back home. But some passengers have been horrified to find other airlines posting last-minute flights to their destinations that can cost thousands of dollars. United and American Airlines say they have a solution: The airlines will
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Chelsea Handler is opening up about her former relationship with fellow comic Jo Koy. In an episode of Brooke Shields’ “Now What?” podcast published Tuesday, Handler said that she truly thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with Koy. “I really believed that this was my guy.
Continue ReadingMANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Longtime Kansas newspaper publisher and former Pulitzer Prize Board Chair Edward Seaton has died at 79. His son Ned told The Manhattan Mercury that Edward Seaton died Monday night of natural causes at his home in the northeastern Kansas community. Edward Seaton was chairman of Seaton Publications at the time of
Continue ReadingCNN By Angela Fritz, CNN Lakefront homes in Ontario were encased in a thick, spiky coat of ice after last weekend’s blizzard whipped frigid waves on shore. Residents of the Fort Erie community, coincidentally named Crystal Beach, said the waves were crashing over their Lake Erie break wall during the storm. “Then the water has
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Emergency services were placed on alert on an island near Athens following a new earthquake Wednesday that caused no injuries or severe damage but puzzled scientists. The magnitude-4.9 quake occurred inland, near the western coast of the island of Evia, and follows an uncommon pattern of seismic activity in the area.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Commanders are turning back to Carson Wentz as starting quarterback for their Week 17 game against the Cleveland Browns. The team announced that Wentz is getting the nod over Taylor Heinicke. Wentz replaced Heinicke during the fourth quarter of Washington’s loss at San
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