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Month: January 2024

Snow Report: January 24th

This morning more mixed precipitation is expected but on and off snow in the mountains throughout the morning and into the afternoon is looking likely, although the total amount is looking relatively light.   Tonight the leading edge of an approaching weather system will begin to move into the region briefly bringing mostly dry conditions

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Ukrainian teenage tennis player ‘too emotional and confused’ when shaking hands with Russian opponent, says Dayana Yastremska

By George Ramsay and Olga Voitoych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska said that her teenage compatriot Yelyzaveta Kotliar was likely to have been “too emotional and confused” when shaking hands with a Russian opponent. The 16-year-old Kotliar was competing in the first round of the Australian Open junior girls’ singles competition when

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‘Our tents were drowned.’ Torrential rain adds to the misery of Gaza’s displaced

CNN By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — Men with rolled up trousers wade through floods, trying to salvage makeshift tents submerged in dirty water and floating plastic. Nearby, toddlers make toys out of garbage, pressing their bare feet into the wet sand. Torrential rain in Gaza is making an already brutal

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A fired-up Kamala Harris becomes the Biden campaign’s voice on some of its most central political issues

By Priscilla Alvarez, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Waukesha, Wisconsin (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 role came into sharp focus this week as she took direct aim at former President Donald Trump over reproductive rights, laying the groundwork for a central Democratic message in the 2024 election and unveiling a more elevated

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Tom Steyer has written a guide to fighting climate change, ‘Cheaper, Faster, Better’

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire businessman-environmentalist Tom Steyer has a book out this spring that combines personal and professional stories with a message on how to battle climate change. Spiegel & Grau announced Wednesday that “Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War” will be published May 28. In his book, Steyer urges action

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Americans’ economic outlook brightens as inflation slows and wages outpace prices

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After an extended period of gloom, Americans are starting to feel better about inflation and the economy — a trend that could sustain consumer spending, fuel economic growth and potentially affect President Joe Biden’s political fortunes. A measure of consumer sentiment by the University of Michigan

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Civil war turned Somalia’s main soccer stadium into an army camp. Now it’s hosting games again

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A stadium in Somalia’s violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three decades, drawing thousands of people to a facility that had been abandoned for years and later became a base for military — and even extremists — amid civil war. The competition is

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China says it’s working to de-escalate tensions in the Red Sea that have upended global trade

BEIJING (AP) — China, the world’s biggest exporter, says it is deeply concerned about tensions in the Red Sea that have upended global trade by forcing many shippers to avoid the Suez Canal. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday that China has been in “close communication with all parties concerned and making positive efforts

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