SAN DIEGO (AP) — The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in U.S. Navy history. Bauernschmidt had served as Abraham Lincoln’s executive officer from 2016 to 2019. She took over command from Capt. Walt Slaughter during a
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Kentucky Fried Chicken is going to sell a new menu item that contains no chicken — but tastes like it does. The new plant-based fried chicken nugget alternative, called Beyond Fried Chicken, will be added to menus nationwide beginning Monday, Jan. 10 for a limited time. It marks the first
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press A family that was stuck on Interstate 95 and other roads in Virginia by a snowstorm says they went more than 18 hours without eating or sleeping. Jennifer Travis, her husband and their 12-year-old daughter were driving home to northern Virginia from Florida when the storm stranded them on I-95.
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military conducted strikes in Syria after indirect fire posed what a US-led coalition official called “an imminent threat” to troops near Green Village, a base in the east of the country near the Iraqi border. While the US is not officially confirming it conducted the strikes,
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A Sunriver-area man overdue from a snowshoeing trip in the forest near his home was found early Tuesday morning by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers who followed snowshoe impressions, a deputy said.
Continue ReadingELFRIDA, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona couple has been arrested after authorities say they left their 11-year-old son home alone for two weeks. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office arrested the couple last week after they returned to their home in Elfrida, about 100 miles southeast of Tucson. Authorities say the mother left the state before
Continue ReadingCNN By Theresa Waldrop and Omar Jimenez, CNN As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote late Tuesday on whether to return to virtual teaching as Covid-19 cases surge, a move that potentially could trigger an “electronic lockout” by the school district, the district’s CEO pleaded with the union to keep schools open. “There is
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The United States is facing an unprecedented surge of Covid-19 infections, driven in large part by the very highly contagious Omicron variant. New research is coming out every day about Omicron, and people have many questions about what this surge — and the new variant — means for considering personal risk.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business At-home Covid-19 rapid test kits were already in short supply at stores. Now, a popular version is getting more expensive. Walmart and Kroger are raising prices on BinaxNOW test kits, made by Abbott Laboratories, after an agreement with the White House to sell the kits at cost expired. The White
Continue ReadingCNN, WFOR By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business At-home Covid-19 rapid test kits were already in short supply at stores. Now, a popular version is getting more expensive. Walmart and Kroger are raising prices on BinaxNOW test kits, made by Abbott Laboratories, after an agreement with the White House to sell the kits at cost expired.
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. public health officials are investigating how civilians have been affected by the leakage of petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water from a Navy fuel storage facility. The Hawaii Department of Health says it asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. public health officials are investigating how civilians have been affected by the leakage of petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water from a Navy fuel storage facility. The Hawaii Department of Health says it asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
Continue ReadingCNN, TWITTER @TIMKAINE By Chandelis Duster and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads. “At some point it switched from a miserable travel day into kind of
Continue ReadingBy Tom Loewy Click here for updates on this story MOLINE, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — George Greer always had a hustle. And a story. His most-told tale always starts in the same place: Once upon a time he was a kid without a father who lived with grandparents in a place called Belfast in rural
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — Doug Dieken, who after retiring as a left tackle for the Browns became a beloved radio color commentator for the team, is retiring from broadcasting after spending 50-plus years with the organization. Dieken’s last game will be Cleveland’s season finale on Sunday against Cincinnati. The 72-year-old Dieken played in 203 consecutive games
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN In its first update of travel advisories for 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added just one new destination — a popular Caribbean winter getaway — to its highest-risk category. The CDC advises travelers to avoid Aruba, a Dutch island just off the coast of South America,
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction in North Dakota of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state’s open records law. The ruling by South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland is a victory for The Intercept news
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction in North Dakota of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state’s open records law. The ruling by South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland is a victory for The Intercept news
Continue ReadingBy Lori Pilger Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — A 29-year-old Lincoln man was sent to prison Monday for assaulting and falsely imprisoning a woman who got away after leaving a message to call 911 on toilet paper in a convenience store bathroom last April. Britton Ayres declined
Continue ReadingBy Alyce Brown Click here for updates on this story BETTENDORF, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Local journalism has long been touted as an important part of every community, seen as integral to smooth functioning and accountability. One place where local journalism cannot be forgotten about is high schools, where student journalists are facing a distinct
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