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Riverside County health officials announced that an infant has died after contracting COVID-19. The infant was less than one year of age, becoming the youngest person in the county to die from the virus since the start of the pandemic, officials said. Officials said the death happened earlier this week at a local hospital where
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Business) — Sam Dancy, uno de los millones trabajadores esenciales del país, ha sido testigo de muchas cosas durante sus 30 años en la cadena de supermercados QFC en Seattle. Pero la variante ómicron lo está llevando al límite. Dancy es un supervisor de las cajas registradoras, los quioscos de autopago,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say they are investigating after a battery report was filed against Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Los Angeles police say the incident that spurred the complaint took place in downtown LA at about 3 a.m. Thursday. No arrests have been made. An email seeking comment from a
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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In defending itself against a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, Fox News is seeking access to an expert report filed under seal in a separate Georgia lawsuit that the author says details vulnerabilities in the company’s touchscreen voting machines. Election security expert J. Alex Halderman
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department announced the charges against Rhodes. of Granbury, Texas,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Elected officials and activists are harshly critical of a suburban Philadelphia prosecutor over his handling of the case of an 8-year-old girl hit by police gunfire. Two teens who shot at each other outside a high school football game are facing first-degree murder charges in the death of Fanta Bility.
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks shed early gains and headed lower Thursday as investors gauged the latest data on inflation and company earnings. The S&P 500 fell 1.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.3% and the Nasdaq fell 2.1%. Technology companies were the biggest weight on the market.
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — Autoridades del distrito escolar central de Williamsville, ubicado en las afueras de la ciudad de Buffalo en el norte del estado de Nueva York, emitió un comunicado esta semana en el que condena cualquier material que denigre a sus estudiantes, sus familias y su cultura. Estudiantes del sexto grado
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CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island has opened an investigation into the North Kingstown School Department after student-athletes filed a complaint that the high school violated students’ civil rights by allowing a former boys’ basketball coach to disrobe athletes for “fat tests” for two decades. U.S. Attorney
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The last time the Kansas City Chiefs played the Pittsburgh Steelers, their record-setting wide receiver had just recovered from COVID-19 and their star tight end was sitting at home and still dealing with the virus. They still rolled to a 36-10 victory at Arrowhead
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Tirico will anchor NBC’s primetime coverage of the Winter Olympics from Beijing and will also host the Super Bowl pregame show from Los Angeles. Tirico is the host of NBC’s “Football Night in America” and he also calls some games throughout the season. He will anchor the Olympics
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Tirico will anchor NBC’s primetime coverage of the Winter Olympics from Beijing and will also host the Super Bowl pregame show from Los Angeles. Tirico is the host of NBC’s “Football Night in America” and he also calls some games throughout the season. He will anchor the Olympics
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is considering allowing the nation’s largest school district to return to some form of virtual instruction as the city weathers a wave of coronavirus cases. That would be a reversal from his pledge a week ago to keep children
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press An overturned conviction in Missouri is raising new questions about video testimony in criminal court cases nationwide. And the ruling could have ripple effects through a justice system increasingly reliant on remote technology as it struggles with a backlog of cases during the coronavirus pandemic. Missouri’s highest
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs’ girlfriend says he’ll appeal a Las Vegas judge’s decision to grant prosecutors access to the woman’s medical records after a fatal high-speed crash that cost Ruggs his spot on the team. Attorney Peter Christiansen’s appeal would block access
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs’ girlfriend says he’ll appeal a Las Vegas judge’s decision to grant prosecutors access to the woman’s medical records after a fatal high-speed crash that cost Ruggs his spot on the team. Attorney Peter Christiansen’s appeal would block access
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press In a year when many U.S. cities saw a substantial increase in killings, St. Louis bucked the trend in 2021. That’s a dose of good news for a city that for decades has had among the worst murder rates in the nation. The number of killings in St. Louis dropped
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama offensive stars Jameson Williams and Evan Neal are entering the NFL draft and skipping their senior seasons. The two All-Americans announced their decisions on social media. Williams led Crimson Tide receivers with 1,572 yards and 15 touchdowns in his lone season after transferring from Ohio State. He injured his left
Continue ReadingCNN, INDEPENDENT RESTAURANT COALITION By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is extending its work-from-home guidance by another two weeks amid the wave of Covid-19 infections. The Wall Street bank on Thursday encouraged US employees who can work remotely to do so until February 1, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. That is in line with new
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