By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Amazon is attempting new measures to get customers to return fewer of their online orders, including charging a fee to return items to UPS stores. For decades, Amazon built its business by creating shopping that was fast, ridiculously easy and, seemingly, error-proof. You don’t like it, just return it. But not
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — While Major League Baseball has no current plans to add teams, the family that used to own the NBA’s Utah Jazz says it wants an expansion franchise. The Miller family and the Larry H. Miller Company said Wednesday a coalition calling itself Big League Utah has targeted a site for
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN State Rep. Liz Harris was expelled Wednesday from the Arizona House of Representatives for ethics violations resulting from inviting a conspiracy theorist to publicly testify before lawmakers earlier this year. The resolution to expel the first-term Republican, elected in November, stated that she had brought “disrepute and embarrassment
Continue ReadingBy Brian Hamrick Click here for updates on this story CLERMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT) — A sanctuary for animals that need special care burned to the ground just days before the animals were set to move into their new home. “It was shocking,” Chanel Rock said. “I’m feeling completely broken. Everything that we have worked
Continue ReadingBy Fletcher Keel Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Cincinnati Children’s is the first medical center in the United States to pilot a video game to help children relax when they need to receive anesthesia before falling asleep for surgery. Children’s says one of the hospital’s nurse practitioners, Abby Hess, invented
Continue ReadingBy Amy Coveno Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — On Christmas Eve 2019, a 5-year-old boy died in Laconia. More than three years later, no charges have been filed, and no suspect has been publicly identified. After Dennis Vaughan died, the attorney general’s office announced an investigation, and an
Continue ReadingBy Ted Wayman Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — With less than a week to go until the 127th running of the Boston Marathon, preparations are well underway in Boston. Officials expect 30,000 runners and guests will spend over $100 million this week while spectators and visitors will spend over $30
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court’s stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada. The ruling could have ramifications for a huge lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line and other future mines on public
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Robinson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — After a chaotic scene at the Inner Harbor led to two teens shot and multiple arrests, Mayor Brandon Scott is planning to enforce a new curfew for young people. “They’re not just kids coming from east and west Baltimore. I spoke to
Continue ReadingBy WESH Staff Click here for updates on this story POLK COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Friday, a woman and her 9-year-old child helped rescue a man at a pool in Polk County. Police said a mother and her daughter were at the Carlton Arms Apartment Complex pool around 4 p.m. Friday. The 9-year-old notified her
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Lang Click here for updates on this story BROWARD COUNTY, Florida (WPBF) — The personal representative of the estate of Dwayne Haskins Jr., the Pittsburgh Steeler’s quarterback who was fatally struck by a dump truck while walking on a Florida interstate highway, filed a lawsuit claiming he was drugged at three Palm Beach
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed lower following the latest update on inflation and the latest warning of a possible recession. The S&P 500 lost 0.4% Wednesday after bouncing between small gains and losses earlier. The Nasdaq composite slid 0.9% and the Dow also fell. Minutes from the Fed’s last meeting revealed Wednesday that its staff
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Haruki Murakami wrote a story of a walled city when he was fresh off his debut. More than four decades later, as a seasoned and acclaimed novelist, he gave it a new life as “The City and Its Uncertain Walls.” It was three years ago when he
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A former Art Institute executive has pleaded guilty to charges he embezzled more than $2 million from the museum over the course of 13 years. Michael Maurello, 56, was indicted in January on two counts of wire fraud and two counts of
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Kelly Uber is funding a new program that aims to get electric bikes with dangerous non-certified lithium-ion batteries off New York City streets. The company said on Wednesday it will soon allow the thousands of New York City delivery workers who use e-bikes the ability to trade-in their bikes for newer, safer models.
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story SIERRA MADRE (KCAL, KCBS) — Sierra Madre residents are catching bears scrounging for food in their homes, cars and porches as many of them emerge from their hibernations. The hungry animals have been seen breaking into homes, munching on someone’s chicken, boldly chewing up car
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Devan Cole, CNN Former President Donald Trump is suing Michael Cohen for $500 million in damages for allegedly breaching his contract as Trump’s former personal attorney. The lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court on Wednesday, accuses Cohen of spreading false information about Trump and breaching his contractual obligations to
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Oswaldo Cabrera hit a tiebreaking, two-out double in the ninth inning off Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase and the New York Yankees survived a nerve-racking finish for a 4-3 win over the Guardians. Cabrera’s shot to right off Clase scored Giancarlo Stanton, who reached on an infield
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Ryan Hartman of the Minnesota Wild has been suspended one game for interfering with Nikolaj Ehlers of the Winnipeg Jets. Hartman will miss the Wild’s regular-season finale against Nashville on Thursday. But he avoided supplemental discipline that could have caused him to miss the start of the first round
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La Policía de Irlanda del Norte (PSNI) informó que cuatro artefactos, que describió como bombas de tubo viables (bombas caseras), fueron recuperados en Creggan, Derry, este martes antes de la visita del presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, a Irlanda del Norte. “La Policía puede confirmar que cuatro artefactos recuperados en el
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