CNN By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist ‘Tis the season for winter storms to line up like parade floats at Mardi Gras. Last week’s storm would have won the prize for a winter wonderland float and this week’s storm would be topped with icicles. The historic blizzard which slammed the Northeast and New England last weekend
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Michigan women’s basketball team is now ranked sixth in The Associated Press Top 25. That is its highest ranking ever. It’s a big week for the Wolverines with games against fifth-ranked Indiana and No. 21 Iowa over the next seven days. South Carolina remained the No. 1 team
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Michigan university sent email notifications to thousands of students notifying them about a scholarship award valued at $48,000, but the email was sent in error. It is the second Michigan university to make a mistake like this in the month of January. On January 4, Oakland University in Rochester Hills,
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s external auditor says the amount that energy sources are taxed doesn’t mirror their greenhouse gas emissions. The European Court of Auditors said Monday that more polluting sources of energy may get a tax advantage compared with others with a better carbon efficiency. Coal, for
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ROB HARRIS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soccer coach Avram Grant will be investigated by FIFA after being accused in a new investigative report of sexually harassing multiple women. Israel’s Channel 12 TV on Sunday broadcast a series of interviews with women saying that Grant had made unwanted advances while
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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving to dismantle the nation’s largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons. Officials intend to turn what is now death row into a “positive, healing environment.” The plan comes nearly three years after Newsom, a Democrat, imposed
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A group of about 130 former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees and others who have worked directly with Andrew Wheeler wrote to the Virginia Senate over the weekend to urge lawmakers to approve the former EPA administrator’s nomination to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Cabinet. The letter marks
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer When Bridgid Coulter Cheadle started her search for a new Los Angeles office space for her interior design business, she never dreamed she would also end up finding a whole new philanthropic pursuit. But Blackbird House, a woman-owned co-working space, has become that and much more. “I had this
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urielblanco (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump aseguró el domingo en un comunicado que quería que el entonces vicepresidente Mike Pence anulara las elecciones presidenciales de 2020, repitiendo la falsa afirmación de que Pence tenía el poder de hacerlo. Trump, además, arremetió contra los recientes esfuerzos bipartidistas para reformar la Ley de Conteo Electoral (ECA
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California planning to close its death row within 2 years, convert it into a ‘positive, healing environment’.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy entered a technical recession at the end of last year with two consecutive quarters of contraction. That’s despite annual growth of 5% for 2021. Continuing issues with the global supply chain have been a problem for Mexican assembly plants. Despite COVID-19 infections falling late last year and there being
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is close to publicly naming his ambassador to Ukraine, but his administration is still waiting on formal approval from the Ukrainian government, US and Ukrainian sources told CNN. Biden has selected Bridget Brink, the current US ambassador to Slovakia, but hasn’t officially
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is close to publicly naming his ambassador to Ukraine, but his administration is still waiting on formal approval from the Ukrainian government, US and Ukrainian sources told CNN. Biden has selected Bridget Brink, the current US ambassador to Slovakia, but hasn’t officially nominated
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging U.S. governors to ramp up their construction plans as his administration rolls out a guidebook for accessing the nearly $1 trillion made available by the bipartisan infrastructure deal. Biden welcomed governors to the White House on Monday as part of the winter
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Wolfsburg has reacted to its dramatic fall in fortune with a flurry of activity as the winter transfer window closes in Germany. The Volkswagen-backed club was one of the Bundesliga’s busiest as it sold top goal-scorer Wout Weghorst, moved on other players, and brought in two
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN If 2021’s unprecedented summer transfer window was a billion-dollar Hollywood blockbuster, then this January window had all the hallmarks of classic spy thriller, characterized by suspense and cunning. For Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur this January window arguably bore a painful similarity to the 2013 one. Then Spurs were set to
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration, unable to return an increasing number of Venezuelans arrested at the US-Mexico border to their home country, is now sending those migrants to Colombia if they previously resided there, according to two Homeland Security officials. White House officials have grown increasingly concerned about the large numbers of single
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have given full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness. The decision Monday by the Food and Drug Administration comes after many tens of millions of Americans have already received the shot under its original emergency
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Los Angeles Rams or Cincinnati Bengals? No one knows what the outcome of the Super Bowl will be. But one thing seems certain. No matter who wins, sports betting companies could score financial touchdowns. This year stands to be the biggest one yet for the industry —
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LAGUNA HILLS, California (KABC) — The Portola High School basketball player who was the target of racial slurs during a game received a big surprise from an Orange County businessman who felt he needed to step in and make a change. During a match-up against
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