CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor’s family. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that in a court filing Friday, Carter Bank & Trust
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Deng, Wayne Chang and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi is still trying to explain his absence from a soccer game in Hong Kong as the Inter Miami star released a video on Monday on Chinese social media platform Weibo following a text statement he made about two weeks ago. On February
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Rusia está entrando en su tercer año de guerra en Ucrania con una cantidad sin precedentes de efectivo en las arcas del Gobierno, impulsada por un récord de US$ 37.000 millones en ventas de petróleo crudo a la India el año pasado, según un nuevo análisis, que concluye que parte del
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US is investigating after an unmanned US drone crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen early Monday morning, two US officials told CNN. It’s unclear if the Air Force MQ-9 Reaper, an unmanned drone primarily used for intelligence collection, simply crashed or was shot down. A spokesperson
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Finding a new apartment to rent can be a slog. And with over half of US renters already paying more than 30% of their income — the standard threshold — it is clear there’s an affordability crisis. Beyond the cost, in many places it is hard to even
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The US is assessing whether an airstrike against al-Shabaab in Somalia killed two Cuban doctors, as the terror group claims. The US carried out the airstrike on Thursday near Jilib in southern Somalia, according to US Africa Command, a stronghold of the al-Qaeda affiliate. In a
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Maria Kostenko and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Avdiivka was on the front lines of war between Kyiv and Moscow for almost a decade. Fierce fighting raged there for months following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. The withdrawal was far less drawn out. When the Ukrainian military abandoned
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Investigators are still piecing together what happened when two police officers and a firefighter were slain while responding to a domestic incident at home in suburban Minneapolis. Investigators say the three were killed early Sunday by an armed man who opened fire from the home.
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Lionel Messi has made another conciliatory gesture to fans in Hong Kong and mainland China by releasing a video on social media to explain why he didn’t play in an exhibition match this month, and insisted that there were no political reasons behind his decision. Messi
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day. The record-breaking quasar shines 500 trillion times brighter than our
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Good morning everyone! A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 10am today. This will mainly be affecting areas such as Bend, Madras, Prineville and Redmond. Visibility will be reduced to one quarter of a mile or less in dense fog. Another concern this morning is freezing rain. This along with reduced visibility can create
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The Brooklyn Nets have relieved head coach Jacque Vaughn of his duties, the team said in a statement, with the franchise set to name an interim replacement in the “near future.” Amid earlier reports that Vaughn had been fired, the Nets released a statement on Monday confirming the decision.
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union has launched a formal investigation into TikTok to determine whether the company is doing enough to protect minors on its platform as well as examine other suspected violations of the bloc’s landmark Digital Services Act. “The opening of proceedings means that the (European) Commission
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The seemingly ageless Lenny Kravitz has always gone his own way. Kravitz accepted the Music Icon Award at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards on Sunday, marking the honor with a performance of his hits and an emotional speech. “When I was thinking about what to say tonight, I kept
Continue ReadingBy TORRENCE BANKS and ANDREW CHODES / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Tackle football offers children as young as 5 the chance to make friends, learn teamwork and maybe win a college scholarship. But
Continue ReadingBy Danica Sauter and Jordan James Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A group carrying what looks like Nazi flags marched and rallied in Downtown Nashville on Saturday afternoon. The group was spotted on Broadway at the State Capitol and near Public Square Park. State Representatives Aftyn Behn and Justin
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Holly Yan, Sara Weisfeldt, Steve Almasy and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The last time Audrii Cunningham’s family saw her alive, the 11-year-old was getting ready for school Thursday morning and heading out to catch the bus. But she never made it onto the school bus or into her classroom in the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has signed new legislative district maps into law that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court draw the lines. Democrats are hailing it as a major political victory in
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is using the closing days of the South Carolina GOP primary matchup with Donald Trump to hone her argument that she is the lone remaining candidate who can unite Americans. It’s a tall order for Haley as her home state prepares to vote on
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