By LAUREN MARTINEZ Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A young boy from Las Vegas, killed by a distracted driver in 2020, was honored on New Year’s Day for helping hundreds of people through organ donations. Alex Bush was one of 35 organ donor heroes featured on the 2022 Donate
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — A new survey shows that Israeli technology companies once again thrived during the coronavirus pandemic last year. The survey by Start-Up Nation Central says Israeli tech companies raised $26.6 billion in investment in 2021. It says that is an all-time high and more than doubles its previous record set in 2020. The
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general recently issued subpoenas to former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family’s business practices. Attorney General Letitia James’ office said in a court filing Monday that it is seeking testimony
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Más de 20 personas fueron asesinadas en enfrentamientos de grupos armados en diferentes zonas rurales del departamento de Arauca, en Colombia, ubicado en la frontera con Venezuela, informó la gobernación. “Estamos avanzando con la cifra preliminar de 23 víctimas, pero la información aún no está (totalmente) clara. Es muy
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes for the third time in four weeks
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The Trumps moved late Monday to quash subpoenas from the New York attorney general’s office to two of former President Donald Trump‘s children seeking their testimony as part of its civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization manipulated the values of its properties. Lawyers for the former President,
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that the chamber will take a vote on whether to change the Senate’s legislative filibuster rules by Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 17. In a new letter to his colleagues, Schumer said the Senate will “debate and consider changes to Senate rules”
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVT, WFSB, WPLG, WCVB By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is joining a growing list of Wall Street firms advising employees to stay home due to soaring Covid cases. The bank sent a memo Sunday encouraging employees who can work remotely to do so until January 18, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. Goldman Sachs
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of coronavirus infections fueled by the ultra-contagious omicron variant. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also announced indoor dining and gyms will close. Ontario is seeing record new
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers, CNN The last living parent of one of the four children killed in the terrorist bombing of an African American church in 1963 has died at 93. Maxine McNair died on Sunday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said. McNair was the mother of Denise McNair, one of the four little girls killed
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed Hungary’s right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, offering his “complete support” to the controversial leader. Orban, a champion of what he calls “illiberal democracy,” is facing a close parliamentary election this spring. In a statement on Monday, Trump praised
Continue ReadingBetiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — En Argentina será prohibido exportar ciertos cortes de carne durante dos años. El Gobierno del país publicó este lunes una medida en el Boletín Oficial en la que anunció una limitación a la exportación de siete cortes de carne llamados “Preferidos” en su modalidad de frescos, enfriados o congelados.
Continue ReadingTROYES, France (AP) — Struggling first division side Troyes has appointed Bruno Irles as its new coach after Laurent Batlles was fired during the midseason break. Troyes says Irles has been given a contract until June 2023. Troyes was promoted last season and is in 15th place after 19 rounds heading into Sunday’s game at
Continue ReadingBack to back systems moving in over the next couple days will make for a major event in the mountains. Forecasters are saying that Mt. Bachelor could receive as much as 4-6 feet of snow over the next 48 hours. Of course, this will mean whiteout conditions on the mountain, along with the threat of
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The trailer for Janet Jackson’s forthcoming two-night documentary is “All For You.” That’s if you are someone who has been following her longstanding career and wondering about the intensely private singer and actress. Here are just a few of the moments from the trailer that have folks excited that we
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GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… A major winter storm is pressing into the Pacific NW. It will bring mixed showers to most of the High Desert today along with high winds. Highs will be in the mid 30’s to low 40’s, so higher elevations are likely to see mostly snow. 20-30 mph southerly winds will gust
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVT, WFSB, WPLG, WCVB By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters to children ages 12 to 15. The agency also shortened the time needed before receiving a booster shot from at least six months after completion of the initial
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine boosters to children ages 12 to 15. The agency also shortened the time needed before receiving a booster shot from at least six months after completion of the initial series to at least five
Continue ReadingBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ferran Torres has been presented as a Barcelona player although the Spanish team isn’t able to register him in the squad yet. Barcelona’s director of football, Mateu Alemany, said the club knew there was no room for Torres in the squad “in terms of salaries” when he was bought from Manchester
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote soon on easing filibuster rules in an effort to advance stalled voting rights legislation. Schumer says in a letter to colleagues that the Senate “must evolve” on the rules. Pointing to the Jan. 6 attack on the
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