By Amanda Rooker Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Crowds packed into Iowa Tap Room Sunday night for a silent auction. Most were friends, family, coworkers and students of beloved Ankeny teacher Greg Lage. “Looking across the room, I can only compare it to our wedding when we had
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations in a short blog post Monday that emphasized her interest in supporting people from underserved communities. Scott made the announcement on her blog. The announcement Monday brought the amount she’s said she’s given to around
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations in a short blog post Monday that emphasized her interest in supporting people from underserved communities. Scott made the announcement on her blog. The announcement Monday brought the amount she’s said she’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SCHUMAN Click here for updates on this story STILLWATER, Minnesota (WCCO) — A double amputee from Minnesota says that if it weren’t for the state’s shortage of personal care assistants, he’d still have his legs. “I didn’t have anybody at night Monday through Friday and then nobody at all on the weekends,” said
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, nearly screamed through tears from the witness stand Monday when she told the court Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room and spoke of the devastating effect it had on
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Esta semana, nuestra lista de estrenos musicales está encabezada por Pablo Alborán y Juanes. Alborán presentó “Amigos” junto a María Becerra mientras Juanes deleita a su público con “Amores prohibidos”. En nuestra lista también incluimos a Nathy Peluso, quien lanzó “Estás buenísimo”, Karol G con “Cairo”, además de los
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s nine forwards in its World Cup squad offer so many variables and options. That gives coach Tite a nice selection headache up front. Brazil has almost a week of training in Italy to fine-tune the bid to win the World Cup for the first
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El presentador Jay Leno se encuentra recuperándose de las quemaduras que sufrió tras una explosión de gasolina, según dijo el exconductor de “The Tonight Show” a la revista Variety. ¿Quién es Jay Leno? El presentador estrella de la televisión estadounidense y un amante de los autos “Sufrí algunas quemaduras graves por una
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Natasa Pirc Musar has been a human rights lawyer, a TV presenter and ran Slovenia’s top data protection agency and its Red Cross. Now she is the small European Union country’s first female president. She tells The Associated Press that “not a single day of my
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A basketball game scheduled between Northern Iowa and No. 16 Virginia has been canceled after three football players for the Cavaliers were killed in a shooting. The university says Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry were fatally shot Sunday night after they returned from a class trip. Two other
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business As the dust settles from one of the most shocking financial implosions in history, one of the key unknowns is how much customers who can’t access their money expect to get back from FTX, the crypto exchange that filed for bankruptcy last week. The answer, according to legal experts,
Continue ReadingBy Alex Cabrero Click here for updates on this story OREM (KSL) — Lots of people are getting ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other winter-time holidays. But for John Massaro, he feels it is important to not forget about Veterans Day. “It means a lot to me because so many of my family members served.
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon is planning to lay off some 10,000 employees in corporate and technology jobs, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter. The job cuts could start as early as this week, and will likely include staff working on Amazon devices (such as
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Wednesday said an “uncertain” economy pushed the e-commerce giant to move forward with rare and wide-ranging layoffs after having gone on a significant hiring spree for much of the pandemic. “We had the lens of a very uncertain economic environment, as well as our
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business It could soon be time for the Federal Reserve to ease up on its super-sized rate interest hikes, according to the central bank’s number-two policymaker, Vice Chair Lael Brainard. “I think it will probably be appropriate soon to maintain a slower pace of increases,” Brainard said Monday at an event
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jay Leno is recovering from burn injuries following a gasoline fire, according to a statement from the hospital where he is getting treatment. Aimee Bennett, a spokesperson at the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, told CNN that Leno was in stable condition, being treated for “burns that he received to
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A Caldera high school student is training for the next Youth Winter Olympics, in the very fast, risky winter sport of skeleton.
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots returned from their bye week very much in the AFC playoff picture. But so is everyone else in an AFC East that suddenly has the most parity in the NFL. Entering Week 11 it’s the only division in the league featuring all four
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company slashed its stake in U.S. Bank’s parent company in the third quarter and also sold shares in Chinese electric car maker BYD. The moves were among several others, including a more than $4.1 billion investment in Taiwan Semiconductor, that Berkshire Hathaway disclosed
Continue ReadingBy Christina Zdanowicz, Caroll Alvarado and Eric Levenson, CNN Devin Chandler was a gifted football player who was always smiling and trying to make sure those around him were happy, his former football coach Adam Sykes said in a statement. Chandler was one of three football players from the University of Virginia who were killed
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