Mälkki could be 1st woman music director of NY Philharmonic
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Susanna Mälkki could become the first woman music director of the New York Philharmonic since the…
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Correctional officers: Understaffing creates unsafe conditions at state prisons, jails
By Paul Gessler Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland correctional officers say conditions…
Continue ReadingElvis Costello says he will no longer perform ‘Oliver’s Army,’ which contains a racial slur
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Elvis Costello, rock music journeyman, is heading back on tour this summer after Covid-19 halted his shows. But one song will…
Continue ReadingClimate change: Athletes flag the dangers of manmade snow
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press Many top Nordic skiers and biathletes say crashes are becoming more common as climate change reduces the…
Continue ReadingUnited Airlines is reducing flights amid Omicron surge
by Pete Muntean, CNN United Airlines said it is reducing its flight schedule in hopes of stemming Covid-related staffing shortages that have caused…
Continue ReadingTeen develops website that constantly monitors retailers’ online stock of rapid COVID-19 tests
By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — Getting your hands on rapid tests for COVID-19 has…
Continue ReadingVast Roman town and hundreds of artifacts uncovered during rail excavation
Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The remains of a vast Roman trading settlement have been discovered by a team of archaeologists working along a future…
Continue ReadingCroatia police present drug seizures in Adriatic Sea port
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police on Tuesday displayed hundreds of pounds of drugs they say were seized in two separate operations last year…
Continue ReadingOklahoma death row inmates offer firing squad as alternative
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for two men on Oklahoma’s death row says after a judge’s…
Continue ReadingA kilometer-wide asteroid will make its closest pass by Earth next week
By Katie Hunt, CNN An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. It will pass within 1.2 million miles…
Continue ReadingTelecom fiber lines the source of homeowner’s plumbing problems
By Andrea Lucia Click here for updates on this story HEATH, Texas (KTVT) — Michael Mahan of Heath says it suddenly…
Continue ReadingMexican president says his COVID-19 case is ‘like a cold’
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was hoarse and had a sore throat…
Continue ReadingOffer made to drop perjury charges in Ghislaine Maxwell case
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the U.S. government will agree to drop pending perjury charges against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell if her…
Continue ReadingBartender’s tip leads to arrest in Key West buoy burning
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Always remember to tip your server, if you know what’s good for you. A tourist left a bad impression in a Key West bar by…
Continue ReadingWoman Comes face-to-face with mountain lion in her backyard
By Maria Cid Medina Click here for updates on this story DALY CITY, California (KPIX) — From the Peninsula to Daly…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats grapple with how to unstick a Manchin-blocked agenda
By Lauren Fox, CNN House Democrats are in limbo. Members say they need moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to make it clear what he…
Continue ReadingMagawa, the ‘hero rat’ who sniffed out landmines, has died
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Magawa, the “hero rat” whose work sniffing out landmines in Cambodia won him a medal for life-saving bravery, has…
Continue ReadingOfficials across the US enact emergency procedures to help hospitals combat record-high Covid-19 numbers
CNN, WLS, WCBS By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 across the US is the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left her home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror…
Continue ReadingCharges dropped against 17-year-old shot by Pct. 1 deputy constable
By Courtney Fischer Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Charges have been dropped against a…
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