By Kristen DeSilva Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — On Thursday, two local women celebrated getting clean and turning their lives around after a rough patch in their lives. Shakiera Morris and Alicia Nerone both have a criminal history and have spent years surviving on the streets. But thanks in
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The Center Foundation held the first of two more concussion baseline testing dates Monday for student athletes in Central Oregon, with another coming up next month.
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Some schools are struggling to remain open for in-person learning due to the latest coronavirus surge — but a lack of money isn’t the problem. Much of the $190 billion that Congress authorized for schools earlier in the pandemic has yet to be used. In a majority of states, less than
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. John Katko of New York, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, announced Friday he will not seek reelection. In his announcement, Katko cited wanting to be more present with his family as part of the reason for his decision. “That’s why, after 32 years
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Three-time Olympic ski jumping champion Kamil Stoch has an injured left leg that is knocking him out of World Cup competition this week in his native Poland. The ailment jeopardizes his chances of competing in the Beijing Games. Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi is the world’s top-ranked men’s ski jumper and
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray has rejected lucrative approaches to play exhibition matches in Saudi Arabia due to human rights concerns. The revelation on Friday came from Murray’s agent in the week when the Spanish Football Federation has faced criticism from human rights activists for taking its Super
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray has rejected lucrative approaches to play exhibition matches in Saudi Arabia due to human rights concerns. The revelation on Friday came from Murray’s agent in the week when the Spanish Football Federation has faced criticism from human rights activists for taking its Super
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Treinta y dos equipos competirán en la Copa Mundial 2022 en Qatar, anunció la FIFA el miércoles. La FIFA y Qatar exploraron las posibilidades de expandir el torneo a 48 países, pero concluyeron que “en las circunstancias actuales, tal propuesta no se puede hacer ahora”. Ninguna propuesta será presentada en el
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Los fanáticos del fútbol ya pueden entusiasmarse oficialmente con la Copa Mundial 2022. La FIFA acaba de presentar el emblema de la Copa Mundial de Qatar, y se ha prestado atención a los detalles. La FIFA dice que el emblema de la Copa Mundial está destinado a encarnar la visión de
Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM and MARINA VILLENEUVE WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. John Katko has announced he is not seeking reelection this year. That makes him the third of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump last January to say they will leave Congress next January. Katko is 59 and was
Continue ReadingBy Kristen DeSilva Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas woman was reunited with her cat that had been missing for 10 years, according to the Animal Foundation. The shelter posted the update on Instagram on Thursday. Gizmo the cat was brought into the shelter as a stray.
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed Health care workers covered by the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate will have until March 15 to be fully vaccinated in the 24 states where the requirement was reinstated by the Supreme Court, the agency implementing the policy said Friday. Twenty-five states and Washington, DC, continue to face a February 28 deadline for
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Persistently high inflation has dealt investors a wake-up call this year, sending them scrambling to re-engineer their portfolios in anticipation of more aggressive action from the Federal Reserve. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down almost 10% from the all-time high it notched in mid-November. That means the index
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Snickers and Fozzy are a pair of sweet, young chihuahuas who came to Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center as strays and would love to stay together.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — La estrella de Bollywood Priyanka Chopra respondió a las especulaciones sobre su matrimonio con el músico Nick Jonas. Priyanka Chopra le dijo a la revista Vanity Fair que las redes sociales han cambiado su forma de vida. La poderosa pareja de celebridades se casó en diciembre de 2018 en medio de extravagantes
Continue ReadingBy WISN Staff Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WISN) — The Racine Zoo is showing off two of its newest family members! Twin emperor tamarins were born on Dec. 22 to Amelie and Pitino. Amelie, the mother, was born at the Racine Zoo. Her newest offspring represent the pair’s fifth and
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A 20-year-old Frenchman has died at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia when his vehicle was involved in a collision with a local truck. Quentin Lavallée was a mechanic for the PH Sport team. Organizers say he was driving an assistance vehicle when the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. local time. They
Continue ReadingBy WLKY Staff Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Students spent Thursday helping some of Louisville’s most vulnerable. The students at St. X assembled personal care kits for the homeless. Each kit included first aid supplies as well as personal care items like toothbrushes, soap, and socks. The school partnered
Continue ReadingRENTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say they arrested a 14-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old man in Renton, Washington. Officers were called out to the parking lot of a grocery store just before 5:45 p.m. Wednesday and found the victim lying on a sidewalk. The Seattle Times reports the man had suffered
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — More than two thirds of Poland’s COVID-19 medical advisory body have resigned saying the government is not heeding their advice in its pandemic measures. They said Friday that with “growing frustration” they were experiencing a “lack of political possibilities to introduce the optimal and globally tested methods of fighting the pandemic.”
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