By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer NAPLES, Italy (AP) — It’s a celebration more than three decades in the making and Napoli fans are not waiting for it to become official before coloring their city in the team’s blue colors. Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi says in an Associated Press interview that when the team clinches
Continue ReadingBy Joel Seymour Click here for updates on this story LEICESTER, North Carolina (WLOS) — It was all things quilts in Leicester this weekend, in honor of Community Quilt Day. The free two-day event wrapped up Sunday, April 23, at the Sandy Mush Community Center. Attendees got to learn about the ins and outs of
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is leaving next month. As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Rice had broad sway on the administration’s approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality. Biden on Monday praised Rice for her “steady leadership” and
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday plans to welcome to the White House the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse. The episode has turned the lawmakers, known as the “Tennessee three,” into Democratic heroes. Vice President Kamala Harris already
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Banks are paying up for savers’ deposits in a much bigger way than they have in a long time. After a decade of low interest rates, the Federal Reserve has unleashed a rapid series of rate hikes to combat inflation. a move that has also
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN The World Health Organization has elevated the fast-growing Omicron sublineage XBB.1.16 as a new variant of interest, and says it is outcompeting the previously dominant XBB.1.5 in many regions. XBB.1.16 is a descendant of the recombinant XBB, which is a mashup of two BA.2 sublineages. On social media, the variant has
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN For those wondering where he has been for the last few years, Richard Lewis has an answer. The comedian, actor and writer posted a video Sunday on social media to celebrate his completion of filming the 12th season Larry David’s hit series, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which Lewis described as “an
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN British radio presenter Adele Roberts became the fastest woman to complete the London Marathon with an ileostomy, running the distance in just over three and a half hours on Sunday. The Guinness World Records awarded Roberts with a framed certificate at the finish line, writing on Twitter: “Adele Roberts completed the
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice will leave her administration post next month, an official tells CNN, marking one of the Biden administration’s highest-profile departures as the president’s domestic agenda stalls in a divided Congress. Rice’s final day will be May 26, the official said. NBC News first reported her
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Happy Monday! Central Oregon woke up to partly cloudy skies and temperatures above freezing, but is expected to clear out and warm up as we head into the rest of the week. Monday will be the coolest day of the week, with temperatures ranging in the upper 30s to low 50s. Partly cloudy skies for
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has given a craft beer enthusiast a $4,360 fine for violating a law on advertising alcoholic beverages by posting a photo of a beer with his evaluation of it on Facebook. Artid Sivahansaphan says he plans to appeal his conviction in the hope
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Ray Romano regrets not taking his doctor’s advice years ago. The “Everybody Loves Raymond” star said he recently has a heart stent installed after doctors found a 90 percent blockage in a major artery. “I had high cholesterol 20 years ago and my guy always told me, ‘Why don’t we
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed The Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider whether the First Amendment protects social media users from being blocked from commenting on the personal pages that government officials use to communicate actions related to their duties. The justices said they were taking up two cases concerning the question: one lawsuit brought
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian president has sharply criticized Western officials mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them liars and fraudsters, and says the Serb minority in the former Serbian province won’t tolerate foreign “occupation.” Aleksandar Vucic spoke on Monday, a day after local elections in the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Donald Judd, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced that the warring factions in Sudan agreed to a a ceasefire, “starting at midnight on April 24, to last for 72 hours.” The agreement between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, came
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Eric Braeden, one of the most famous actors in daytime television, is sharing about his cancer diagnosis. The 82-year-old actor, who for decades has portrayed mogul Victor Newman on “The Young and the Restless,” recently opened up about his health in a video on social media. According to Braeden, he
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El escritor y poeta venezolano Rafael Cadenas recibió este lunes el Premio Cervantes de Literatura en 2022, en un acto encabezado por los reyes de España. El jurado, que anunció la decisión en noviembre de 2022, destacó su “vasta y dilatada” obra literaria. Es el primer venezolano en ganar
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Jennifer Grey reveló que su “mala ansiedad” le impidió volver a interpretar su papel en “Friends”. Aunque al principio estaba entusiasmada, como “fan de la serie”, Grey declaró al sitio web MediaVillage que, cuando llegó el momento de grabar sus escenas, “tenía mucha ansiedad porque no paraban de cambiar el guión”. Grey
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Hundreds of foreign nationals have been safely evacuated from Sudan where continued fighting threatens to plunge the African country deeper into chaos. Foreign governments deployed their military assets to fly people out safely – among them France, which is using its airbase in neighboring Djibouti for the airlift. Britain deployed hundreds
Continue ReadingBy KIA BREAUX Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — On April 13, the nightmare that I’d worried about ever since we moved into our neighborhood came true. That was the day that I learned 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot after mistakenly ringing a doorbell at the wrong house while trying to pick up his
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