By Sean Streicher Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s a delicate balance of safety and environmental awareness—treating the roads with enough ice-melting salt to make sure they’re safe to drive, while minimizing the impact on our environment. Too much salt can be detrimental to our waterways. It can damage vegetation
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, BERNARD CONDON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legal experts say a court filing alleging that Donald Trump’s company misrepresented property values for financial gain could make for a compelling civil fraud case. But they are not convinced it will be a successful one. Lawyers who examined the
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has been eliminated 2-0 by Real Sociedad in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey. That setback adds to its poor run and increases pressure on coach Diego Simeone. Less than a week ago Atlético fell to Athletic Bilbao in the semifinals
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A lawsuit has been filed for $150 million against Cobb County related to the “unreasonable” death of 17-year-old Vincent Truitt, who was shot by a Cobb County police officer on July 13, 2020. According to the Law Firms of Gerald
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Navy has decided to let Wisconsin keep a beloved badger statue for 50 more years. The U.S. Naval Academy Museum lent the statue to the state more than 30 years ago. It has sat outside the governor’s office in the state Capitol, delighting tourists who
Continue ReadingBy JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Jon Rahm is back in the California desert for The American Express after a two-year break. Rahm won the 2018 tournament in a playoff and finished sixth the following year. He couldn’t fit the event into his schedule in 2020 and was unable to
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks is no longer requiring employees to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing, following the US Supreme Court’s rejection last week of President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement for large businesses. In a letter published on January 4, the coffee company recommended that its workers get vaccinated by
Continue Reading
This year’s Oregon Department of Transportation report on the condition of Oregon’s bridges is clear, the agency said Wednesday: ODOT needs a continuous, stable funding source to maintain and upgrade our bridges in the coming decades.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal that ended a 20-year war in Afghanistan. The New York Times obtained the footage through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against U.S.
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jackie Wattles and Pete Muntean, CNN Potentially abysmal air travel interruptions were narrowly avoided this week when wireless carriers made a last-minute change to their planned 5G rollout in response to fears that new cell service towers could interfere with a key component on passenger jets that allows them to safely land
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL By Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said firmly that Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate should he run for reelection in 2024. Asked by a reporter whether he was satisfied with Harris’ work leading the voting rights effort for the White House and whether he will commit
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines lost $646 million in the last three months of 2021, and the new year doesn’t look too good either. United said Wednesday that the current spike in COVID-19 cases will hurt its results in the March quarter, and its revenue will be 20% to 25% lower than it was at
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly pushed back Thursday on US President Joe Biden’s comments that a “minor incursion” by Russia into Ukraine would prompt a lesser response than a full-scale invasion, in an implicit rebuke of Biden’s comments. “We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor
Continue ReadingBy LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles say Jalen Hurts will be the team’s starting quarterback in 2022. Of course, despite answering “yes” twice on questions about Hurts returning as the starter, general manager Howie Roseman could change his mind. If an attractive option emerges in the coming months through trade
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Hogan, Evan Sobol Click here for updates on this story GROTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 27-year-old duck hunter was rescued from the water Tuesday after slipping out of his canoe off Esker Point Beach in Groton. An eyewitness who helped make the rescue said the wind was strong, the water was cold, and
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The justices on Wednesday rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court cleared the way Wednesday for the release of presidential records from the Trump White House to a congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The court’s order means that more than 700 documents will be transferred to
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN The attempt to roll out amped up mobile service across the United States has been a bit of a mess. The aviation industry and transportation regulators are worried about new 5G antennas interfering with a key type of aircraft altimeter that’s essential for landing planes in
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old student died at a hospital after two people fired into a van at a Pittsburgh school. Pittsburgh Public Schools said the male student was shot in the school van at dismissal time Wednesday afternoon at Oliver Citywide Academy. No arrests were immediately announced. Police say they are reviewing
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the U.S. is considering restoring its designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group. Biden made his comment at a White House press conference Wednesday. It comes after a strike Monday that killed three people in the United Arab Emirates. The Houthis, a
Continue Reading