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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president has ordered all schools closed for 10 days because of a surge of COVID-19 infections in the North African country. Algeria has also tightened rules for entering the country through its airports. Algeria reported 1,359 new omicron cases on Wednesday alone. The president has urged health authorities to establish
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 44th annual Sundance Film Festival is back, and entirely online once more. The festival starts Thursday with nine packed days of high profile documentaries about everyone from Kanye West and Princess Diana to Lucille Ball and Bill Cosby, buzzy first films from knowns and unknowns, virtual gatherings and
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say investigators are working to determine whether some small bone fragments found during the search for a 91-year-old woman who tried to save her dogs from a wildfire in suburban Denver could belong to her. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that scientific testing is
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch media report that a man who stood outside the home of a former Dutch foreign minister shouting and waving a burning torch has been sent to prison for six months. Threats aimed at Dutch politicians have increased in recent years amid a polarization that has been fueled by the
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Suspicions that a University of Michigan sports doctor was committing sexual assault went back decades, long before a $490 million settlement with victims. But no one stepped forward to ensure that Robert Anderson would be kicked off campus. The many missed opportunities were described in detail last
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By AYA BATRAWY and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A United Arab Emirates ambassador says Yemen’s Houthi rebels used cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones in an attack on Abu Dhabi this week that killed three people and set off fires at a fuel depot and an international airport. The
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fourth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate. His arrest comes months after the prison’s warden was arrested on similar charges. James Theodore Highhouse was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse of a ward,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fourth worker at a federal women’s prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate. His arrest comes months after the prison’s warden was arrested on similar charges. James Theodore Highhouse was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse of a ward,
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry says it was “shocking” having to deal with the first injury of his career during the season. The 2020 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year is just happy to be back practicing with the Tennessee Titans. Just in time for
Continue ReadingOpinion by Chuck Collins for CNN Business Perspectives The pandemic has shone a spotlight on how inequality kills. As inequalities in income, wealth and access to health care have accelerated, the world’s most economically precarious people have suffered far more than their fair share of death and economic loss. As a new Oxfam report points
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s harmony group the Five Satins and composer of the classic doo-wop ballad “In the Still of the Night,” has died at age 85. Released in 1956, “In the Still of the Night” only reached No. 24 on the Billboard pop charts but became
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Perú señaló este miércoles que el derrame de petróleo en Ventanilla es el “peor desastre ecológico ocurrido en Lima en los últimos tiempos” y ocasionó un “grave perjuicio” a cientos de familias de pescadores. Por medio de una serie de tuits, consideró que Repsol
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County public health officials are seeking independent researchers to study the short- and long-term effects of the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak on the health of people who lived in nearby communities. The county Department of Public Health announced the request for proposals in a statement Tuesday. Thousands of
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three men, including a Massachusetts police officer, have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to trade shares of a company based on inside information. The U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said Wednesday that David Forte, of Acton; John Younis, of Bristol, Rhode Island; and Gregory Manning, of Needham, are each
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The wife of a former Vermont legislator and House majority leader says he has died with the help of a law he himself helped pass that allows the terminally ill to end their own lives. Ellen McKay Jewett says husband Willem Jewett died Jan. 12 at his home in Ripton
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Russia are showing no sign either will relent from entrenched positions on Ukraine that have raised fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe. Speaking in Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia of planning to
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Russia are showing no sign either will relent from entrenched positions on Ukraine that have raised fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe. Speaking in Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia of planning to
Continue Reading BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Buckeye say they are investigating the death of a child at a home. Police say officers were called to the scene around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. The 3-year-old was not breathing and police say first responders unsuccessfully tried to revive the child, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police
Continue Reading By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Authorities say investigators are working to determine whether some small bone fragments found during the search for a 91-year-old woman who tried to save her dogs from a wildfire in suburban Denver could belong to her. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that scientific testing is
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street as investors review the latest corporate earnings and prepare for higher interest rates. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, the Nasdaq fell 0.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. The major indexes bounced between gains and losses throughout
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