SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian cardinal who spent more than a year in prison before his child abuse convictions were quashed on appeal will be interred next month after a requiem Mass at Sydney’s St. Mary’s Cathedral. Cardinal George Pell died on Jan. 10 after undergoing hip surgery in a Rome hospital. Pell’s funeral was held
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tennis, in particular, and sports, in general, can’t help but reflect society. And that means athletes, spectators and the folks who run leagues and events must contend with and perhaps confront whatever the prevailing global touchpoints are at any given time. A pandemic. A war.
Continue ReadingPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a romance scam in which women from across the nation were cheated out of a total of about $1.6 million by someone often pretending to be a U.S. Army general. Fola Alabi, who is also known as Folayemi Alabi, 52, pleaded
Continue ReadingPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a romance scam in which women from across the nation were cheated out of a total of about $1.6 million by someone often pretending to be a U.S. Army general. Fola Alabi, who is also known as Folayemi Alabi, 52, pleaded
Continue ReadingIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The men’s basketball game between Iowa and Northwestern scheduled for Wednesday in Iowa City will not be played due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Northwestern program. The two schools will work with the Big Ten to reschedule the game. All distributed tickets for the Northwestern-Iowa contest will
Continue ReadingFernanda Brovia (CNN Español) — Impacto visual y creación de comunidad: bajo esas premisas CNN en Español logra forjar una red que supera los 7 millones de seguidores y se convierte así en la cuenta de noticias en español más seguida en el mundo, según se pudo confirmar en el ranking de medios de CrowdTangle. ¿Cómo
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has denounced as “absurd” a decision by a Swedish prosecutor not to open an investigation into a protest by Kurds in central Stockholm where an effigy of the Turkish president was hung from a lamppost. Last week’s protest drew an angry backlash from Turkey, a NATO member which has been
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SMITH Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Arthur Ravenel, the former congressman and South Carolina lawmaker who helped get the money for the graceful bridge that dominates the Charleston skyline and bears his name, has died at age 95. Ravenel’s family announced in a short statement that he died Monday. Ravenel spent six
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Kyle Richards wants Chrissy Teigen as a fellow housewife. Richards says Teigen could replace Lisa Rinna, who recently announced her departure from “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” She was out to lunch when she told TMZ crew her idea, saying, “I always said Chrissy Teigen would be the best. It’s
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian prosecutors say the alleged ringleader of a European Union cash-for-influence corruption scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco has decided to reveal information about the affair in exchange for a lighter sentence. Pier Antonio Panzeri was charged last month with corruption, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization. Prosecutors said Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Leslie Jones will be taking a temporary whirl as host of “The Daily Show” this week, and she says viewers can expect her trademark — some blunt, edgy humor. “I’m not Jon Stewart. I’m not Trevor Noah, I’m Leslie Jones. So I’ll be bringing
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Un reciente ataque de Rusia contra un complejo de apartamentos en Dnipro, Ucrania, que dejó un saldo de al menos 45 muertos, ha vuelto a poner la atención del mundo sobre los intensos y mortíferos bombardeos que se han dado contra los civiles en las ciudades ucranianas desde el inicio
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Does The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have too much power and influence? It’s a question the foundation’s CEO Mark Suzman raised in its annual letter released Tuesday that outlines the organization’s priorities and announces its budget for the coming year. With $8.3 billion to give away in 2023, the
Continue ReadingMost of our resorts have received some fresh snow, the Mt. Hood resorts in particular. So have the mountain roads. Watch for packed snow and ice. Carry chains or traction tires. With the passage of this next system Wednesday, Mt. Bachelor could see another 3-6″ fresh snow. The week will end with near bluebird conditions
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reaccionó este martes ante el comunicado de la Fiscalía de Guatemala que afirma que “emprenderá las acciones legales correspondientes” contra el ministro de Defensa colombiano, Iván Velásquez, en el caso que se lleva adelante en el país contra la constructora Odebrecht por presunta corrupción.
Continue ReadingGOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We start the day partly cloudy with a few isolated snow showers to our north, but this will clear and become a nice, mild day. Under mostly sunny skies our highs will reach the upper 30’s to low 40’s. Breezes will remain light and variable. The advance of the next system
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Europe is scrambling to buy diesel fuel from Russia before a ban on imports comes into force in early February, but the frantic stockpiling is unlikely to prevent a new price shock for truckers, drivers and businesses. In the first two weeks of January, European countries snapped up almost 8 million
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The profits for two iconic Wall Street firms _ Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley _ plunged sharply last quarter as volatile markets cut deeply into investment banking. Goldman posted a 66% drop in fourth quarter profits on Tuesday, reporting a profit of $1.33 billion, well
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Continue ReadingCNN By Celina Tebor, CNN Two New Jersey veterans say now-Congressman George Santos promised to raise funds for lifesaving surgery for one of their dogs in 2016, then became elusive and took off with the money. Santos, the embattled freshman Republican, faces growing pressure to resign after he lied and misrepresented his educational, work and
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