HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — A man who had been scheduled for trial in the shooting deaths of two popular police officers at a Virginia college in 2022 has instead pleaded guilty and been sentenced to life in prison. News outlets report that Alexander Campbell pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the deaths of Bridgewater
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — US women’s cycling team Cynisca has been suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI), the sport’s global governing body, for perpetrating a “fraud” and dressing a mechanic as a rider in order to avoid disqualification from a race. In a statement, the UCI said Cynisca required five riders in
Continue ReadingBy Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard seized nearly 11,000 pounds of cocaine, worth over $143 million, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a statement from the Coast Guard on Monday. The seizure, performed by the crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Alert, was a part of a 59-day counter-narcotics
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Mementoes from the personal collection of British photographer and model Pattie Boyd, who inspired a raft of famous songs by former husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton, are going under the hammer. Boyd is “one of the greatest muses in rock history,” auction house Christie’s said in a press
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is offering her strongest public support yet for the idea of liquidating roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets and using them for Ukraine’s long-term reconstruction. The U.S. and its allies froze Russian foreign holdings in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The New York Knicks escaped Madison Square Garden with a 113-111 victory over the lowly Detroit Pistons on Monday, but not without an abundance of controversy involving what the Pistons head coach called the “absolute worst call of the season.” Josh Hart won the game for the Knicks with
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Taxi drivers in the Greek capital have begun a 48-hour strike, with the second day timed to coincide with a nationwide strike by public and some private sector workers that is expected to disrupt public transport, flights and ferries. More than 200 taxis drove through the center of Athens on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Kara Swisher is not shying away from her trademark tell-it-as-it-is MO. As existential questions confront both the tech and media industries, the
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Macy’s is getting a new, smaller, but more luxurious look designed to turn around the troubled retailer and keep the century-and-a-half old brand relevant to rapidly changing demands from shoppers. First, Macy’s will have to downsize. The company is closing 150 underperforming stores — 50 by the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Michael Williams and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The meeting President Joe Biden held with four top congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday was “one of the most intense I’ve ever encountered,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters, as leaders in two branches of government attempt to compromise on Ukraine funding
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy is set to reap considerable benefits from Americans taking popular medications used for weight loss, including Ozempic and Wegovy, Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a recent research report. Those drugs are part of a powerful new class of medications that has taken the world
Continue ReadingBy SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet If your family of origin didn’t teach you about credit cards, maybe it’s because they didn’t use them. You may have even been taught that credit cards are dangerous. Now that you’re managing your own finances, you’re ready for your own credit cards — only you don’t really know how
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand say they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a 2012 hit-and-run. Several government officials and police officers
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s national soccer team fell to a shock 2-0 defeat against Mexico in the group stages of the Concacaf W Gold Cup on Monday, stunning the soccer world. The surprise result, capped off by a superb goal from Mayra Pelayo-Bernal, is just the second time Mexico has
Continue ReadingBy tonight, a pressure ridge will move over the forecast area allowing a warmer airmass to advect into the region, raising snow levels to above 4.5kft to 5.5kft by Wednesday afternoon. We are, however, expecting more snow in the mountains on and off for the rest of the week, though, in some cases, elevation and
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Good Tuesday to you, Central Oregon. Some snow overnight last night may linger into this morning and there is a chance for some freezing conditions and slippery roads during your commute especially where roads are wet or snow covered. Expect a bit of a break from precipitation today, but this winter weather will persist for
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of farmers are marching in Poland’s capital to protest European Union agricultural policies and imports of cheap food from neighboring Ukraine. The farmers want Poland’s border with Ukraine sealed to the imports of grain and other food products that they say are bringing down the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — New findings on Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” provide alarming insight into how its collapse could cause catastrophic global flooding. The massive glacier — which is roughly the size of Florida — is melting at a historic pace due to climate change and could raise sea levels by several feet. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — New findings on Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” provide alarming insight into how its collapse could cause catastrophic global flooding. The massive glacier — which is roughly the size of Florida — is melting at a historic pace due to climate change and could raise sea levels by several feet.
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia says the four Central European countries are deeply divided over Russia’s war against Ukraine and how to resolve the conflict. The four post-communist countries form an informal grouping of European Union and NATO members known as
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