NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77. His death was announced Sunday evening by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. The cause of death was not announced. Leakey, the son of globally known anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey, also held a number
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has conferred with Ukraine’s leader over the Russian troop buildup near its border, promising that the U.S. and allies will act “decisively” if Russia further invades Ukraine. Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s on Sunday came as the U.S. and
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — There once was a small fish called “tequila splitfin” or “zoogoneticus tequila” that swam in a river in western Mexico, but disappeared toward the end of the 20th century. Scientists and local residents, however, have achieved the return of a species extinct in nature _ but
Continue ReadingBy Ben Tinker and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci said he anticipates “further clarification” on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidelines to end the Covid-19 isolation period after just five days for people who are not exhibiting symptoms. Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday whether the CDC’s shorter Covid-19
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Fraser Hornby was on the field only three minutes when he scored with seconds of injury time remaining as first division Reims scraped a 1-0 win at amateur side Thaon to reach the last 16 of the French Cup. In the day’s last game 10-time Cup
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN An off-duty New York City Police Department officer was shot in the head while sleeping in his car on New Year’s Day, police announced at a news conference Saturday. Officials said it was unclear whether the officer was the intended target. The bullet was fired from a significant
Continue ReadingBy TORRENCE BANKS Click here for updates on this story HOPKINSVILLE, Kentucky (WSMV) — Damage to several buildings and businesses from Saturday’s severe weather has been reported in Hopkinsville Kentucky. A church, an AutoZone, and a grocery store on East 9th and South Campbell Street have been damaged. Several homes in Hopkinsville also sustained significant
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been removed from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol and New York Rangers star forward Artemi Panarin was added to the list. The 37-year-old Fleury was added to the list on Monday. He is 9-10-1 with two shutouts, a .913 save percentage and 2.86 goals-against average in
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag. Under a law signed in August, local governments can’t sign new agreements with federal immigration authorities and must end old ones to detain immigrants. The three counties with such contracts faced
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced his resignation amid political deadlock and widespread pro-democracy protests following a military coup that derailed the country’s fragile transition to democratic rule. Hamdok called for a dialogue to agree on a “national charter” and to “draw a roadmap” to complete
Continue ReadingBy TREVOR SOCHOCKI, ANNA MUCKENFUSS Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — A group of Michigan residents got a head start to their New Year’s Resolutions on Saturday by rucking 20.22 miles. “Rucking” is like a walk or a march with weights. Local ruck club Hyland’s Hopeless and the Bay City Chapter
Continue ReadingBy 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 cited “rising community infections” in
Continue ReadingBy SAVANNAH LOUIE Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Just one day until Atlanta-mayor elect Andre Dickens officially takes over. His inauguration is scheduled for tomorrow at 1 p.m. at his alma mater, Georgia Tech. Before taking over for outgoing Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor-elect Dickens spent the first day of
Continue ReadingBy BETSY WEBSTER Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — As temperatures dropped into the single digits on New Year’s Day, about a dozen men and women sat inside a convention center loading dock, warmed by industrial heat lamps in the concrete ceiling above them, waiting to be checked in
Continue ReadingBy LEE PECK Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Despite Mobile Police sending out a stern warning — the new year was not without celebratory gunfire. A West Mobile family finding that out first hand — after a bullet came through the roof of their home. It happened in the
Continue ReadingBy Natalie Shepherd Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) — When a Sheboygan County farmer got Covid-19, his neighbors did what any good friends would do. They put aside some of their own work to harvest his crops when he was hospitalized. “I appreciate it, I really do,” Dave Obbink
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung and Tara John, CNN Business The independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News said it will be shutting down on Tuesday, citing the deteriorating media environment in the city and the need to protect its staff. Citizen News was the largest remaining independent news outlet in Hong Kong following the shuttering of
Continue ReadingBy Rose Schmidt Click here for updates on this story WAUKESHA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — From Christmas caroling to serving meals at homeless shelters, members of a local church spent the entire month of December giving back as part of the nationwide “light the world with love” initiative. But the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN What seems like a not-necessary idea actually turns into a pretty good one with “Around the World in Eighty Days,” adapting Jules Verne’s novel into an eight-episode Masterpiece series, one already renewed for another voyage. David Tennant plays the unlikely adventurer Phileas Fogg, in a slick retelling that significantly updates
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. That’s the latest strike against the firebrand whose embrace of conspiracy theories has been called “a cancer” for the GOP and led the House to boot her from committees.
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