By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Kroger, the largest grocery chain in the United States, is ditching its long-running weekly newspaper ad circulars announcing the latest grocery specials. The ads for Kroger stores and subsidiaries, including Ralphs, Fred Meyer and King Soopers, will shift online. Printed copies will be available in stores, the company said. The company
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter. Tou Thao, who already had been convicted in federal court of violating Floyd’s civil rights, was the last of four former officers
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Italy (AP) — At least one Napoli player is looking forward to the club’s possible title celebrations on Thursday in a town far from home. Alex Meret is the team’s goalkeeper and is from the northeastern Italian city of Udine. That’s where Napoli can secure the title by getting at least a draw against
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The president of long-haul carrier Emirates is suggesting that it could reach deals with more firms to share routes after the start of a similar arrangement with U.S.-based United Airlines. Tim Clark, who joined the airline in 1985 when it was first launched, also
Continue ReadingBy Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A bill that the St. Louis County Council will soon evaluate aims to crack down on pedestrians in the street. The bill from Councilmember Ernie Trakas would ban people from standing or sitting in the street. “It can be put
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin has died at age 59. Russian news outlets on Tuesday cited Yudashkin’s wife, Marina, as confirming his death but didn’t state a cause. Yudashkin was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2016 and reportedly was hospitalized last week. Yudashkin attracted attention with highly dramatic fashions and began showing
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN The Colorado Avalanche’s Andrew Cogliano fractured his neck during a NHL game last Friday and returned to complete the game. The team later announced he is “out indefinitely.” Cogliano was injured in the second period of the Avalanche’s Game 6 of the Western Conference first round of the NHL playoffs against
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) — Winds stirred up a wall of dust from farm fields that engulfed a stretch of busy interstate highway in a matter of minutes. The brown cloud’s intensity caked even the insides of vehicles in dirt. As darkness enveloped them, some cars and trucks hurtling down the
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have picked up the fifth-year option on standout left tackle Andrew Thomas. The Giants say that’ll keep the fourth overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft under contract through the 2024 season. He’ll earn $14.18 million in the option year.
Continue ReadingBy LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A closed-door summit on Afghanistan has ended in Qatar without any formal acknowledgment of the Taliban-controlled government there. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres attended the summit, which the world body described as nations and organizations trying to reach unified stances on human rights, governance, counterterrorism and anti-drug
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, CNN The Muslim mayor who was turned away from an Eid reception at the White House on Monday said he believes it was due to racial profiling. When asked by CNN whether racial profiling was a factor, Mohamed Khairullah, the mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey, said “there’s no doubt in my
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story LAHAINA, Hawaii (KITV) — Conflict is escalating over a West Maui boat ramp some argue is being overrun with tourists. A group of frustrated beachgoers filed a lawsuit over the matter a little over a year ago, but since that failed, they said they would
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Several stars are vocalizing their support for TV and film writers. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is currently on strike as they seek better compensation and other concessions from studios and streamers. On Monday night before the contract expired and the strike became official, several celebrities on the Met
Continue ReadingBy Cait Medearis Click here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — A 17 year old boy was seriously injured in what police are calling an apparent case of road rage. It happened in Ewa Sunday morning, as the latest in a string of violent incidents happening in West Oahu–and this one happened
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her rural Balmoral home in September, Charles III instantly became King. In the days that followed, he was formally proclaimed Britain’s new monarch and now, after months of painstaking preparation, his coronation is upon us. Heir to the
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory Tuesday addressing the “epidemic of loneliness and isolation” affecting the country and laying out a framework for a “National Strategy to Advance Social Connection.” The advisory is part of the Biden administration’s broader efforts to address mental health, White House press
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story AUSTIN, Texas (KTBS) — As motorcycle fatalities continue to rise and the spring weather draws more riders to Texas roadways, TxDOT is urging drivers to look twice and be considerate on the road around motorcycle riders. Amy Jo Miller was enjoying a ride on the
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Hundreds of hazardous industrial sites that dot the California coastline — including oil and gas refineries and sewage-treatment plants — are at risk of severe flooding from rising sea level if the climate crisis worsens, new research shows. If planet-warming pollution continues to rise unabated, 129 industrial sites are estimated to
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the average Ivy League school in 2019, according to a new report on the underfunding of HBCUs released Tuesday. The study — conducted by the philanthropic research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A lawsuit against former Congressman Madison Cawthorn has been dismissed. The Bopp Law Firm of Indiana represented Cawthorn in a lawsuit challenging his ability to run for re-election. The firm then filed suit against Cawthorn, saying he failed to pay
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