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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A spokesman says the Cypriot president has scrapped plans to grant free-of-charge, around-the-clock use of state-financed luxury vehicles to top civil servants amid a public outcry over a perceived waste of taxpayers’ money. Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said in a statement on Monday that President Nicos Anastasiades instructed the Finance Ministry
Continue ReadingBy Roger Susanin, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story ROCKY HILL, Connecticut (WFSB) — Parents of a man from Rocky Hill are pleading for the public to help troopers track down who they called a dangerous driver. They said their son needed to have a leg amputated following a crash that happened
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By Stella Chan, CNN Starting Monday, students and staff in the nation’s second-largest school district will be required to wear non-cloth masks that have a nose wire, including while participating in athletic activities, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced. Schools will provide surgical-style masks for students and employees who need them and they
Continue ReadingBy Barbara O’Brien Click here for updates on this story NIAGARA COUNTY, New York (The Buffalo News) — The average spent on repairs and capital projects at five schools in the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District in the last seven years is $11 million apiece. But over the same period less than $200,000 has been
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Ron Deibert does digital counterintelligence for the people. The internet watchdog Citizen Lab that he founded and directs has been remarkably effective in calling to account governments and private sector firms that use information technology to imperil others. Its digital sleuths at the University of Toronto
Continue ReadingBy The Journal Times Staff Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — A Kenosha man allegedly broke into a Racine home and claimed to be a police officer before being shot and later arrested. Michael T. Smith, 30, of the 6600 block of 59th Avenue, was charged with five
Continue ReadingBy Tulsa World Staff Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA (Tulsa World) — Public Service Company of Oklahoma customers soon could be getting what amounts to a 20-year invoice for costs associated with a widespread and prolonged cold snap in February last year. So with the anniversary of that deep freeze only weeks
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur and Nicole Chavez, CNN One of the officers had been on the job four days. One was on his third shift ever. And Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, was the field training officer for one of them. Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Many mobile device users in the United States now have access to blazing-fast internet speeds stemming from the rollout of Verizon and AT&T’s new C-band 5G networks earlier this week. While telecom companies have rolled out 5G networks to various locations across the country over the last
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A Palm Springs coffee shop opened its doors almost one year ago mid-pandemic and since then, it said it has come across some struggles, but still able to make it work to get its Latin-inspired drinks to its customers. Cafe La Jefa is not your average coffee shop because it focuses on making its drinks
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business If you want a Ford Maverick pickup but haven’t placed an order already yet, time’s running out. On Thursday, Ford will stop accepting any new retail orders for the 2022 model year Maverick, company spokesman Michael Levine said in an email. After that, buyers will have to
Continue ReadingBy Joe Yogerst, CNN With some of the least restrictive Covid-19 travel policies in the world, Mexico has been open to international travelers throughout the pandemic. What you’ll find when you get there seems to depend a lot on where you travel and when your trip takes place. Two recent trips to the country —
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Public Transit Department has received a $920,000 grant to manage the planning of 11 stations along a 5-mile streetcar route that would connect four activity centers in Mesa. City officials in Mesa say the money from the Transit-Oriented Development Planning grant will be used to conduct extensive planning efforts, determine
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Halasz, Nina Avramova and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN One woman was killed and three others injured after an 18-year-old man opened fire on students in a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, according to police. The lone gunman, who was a student at the university, entered an auditorium filled with
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has said he hires “teams of cultural appropriation specialists” to vet his recipes and make sure they are safe for publication in his cookbooks. “Your immediate reaction is to be defensive and say, ‘For the love of God, really?’ And then you go, ‘Well, we don’t want
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Uncertainty around the Federal Reserve’s plans just drove Wall Street to its worst week since the start of the pandemic. But it’s not the only reason traders are jittery. Investors are starting to tune in to the situation in Ukraine as fears grow that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Uncertainty around the Federal Reserve’s plans just drove Wall Street to its worst week since the start of the pandemic. But it’s not the only reason traders are jittery. Investors are starting to tune in to the situation in Ukraine as fears grow that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The knives are out for Peloton and CEO John Foley. Blackwells Capital, an activist investor that owns less than 5% of Peloton, says it has “grave concerns” about its performance and is calling on its board of directors to fire Foley immediately and explore a sale. In an open letter
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CNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continuada en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios superiores posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Actualmente, Dávila Miguel es
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — It’s been a tough weekend for Karim Benzema as he endured a missed penalty kick, an injury and then a burglary at his house. Police told Spanish media they were investigating the burglary that took place at Benzema’s house while he was playing a Spanish league
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