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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Nathan Chen has accomplished just about everything that one can accomplish in the sport of figure skating. Six consecutive national championships, the most since two-time Olympic champion Dick Button in the 1940s and ’50s. Three consecutive world championships, the best run by an American since Scott Hamilton in the
Continue ReadingHarmeet Kaur, CNN Toni Morrison spoke often about the incoherence of race. “When you know somebody’s race, what do you know? Virtually nothing,” Morrison mused in one such instance during a “60 Minutes” interview in 1998. “You add to it all the stereotypical information and all the baggage that goes with race. But you don’t
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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal records show a severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans. State and local officials say most of the fuel drained into and was skimmed out of two artificial ponds called “borrow pits.”
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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal records show a severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans. State and local officials say most of the fuel drained into and was skimmed out of two artificial ponds called “borrow pits.”
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thousands of people in Mississippi continue to be jailed for long periods while waiting to go on trial because they are too poor to afford bail, judges may deny bail altogether or public defenders might not be available when they’re needed. That’s according to a
Continue Reading By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The federal government will lease an area larger than half the size of Rhode Island off New Jersey’s and New York’s coasts for wind power development. That’s according to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who made the announcement Wednesday. It’s the first offshore lease in the Biden
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN The African Cup of Nations game between Tunisia and Mali ended in chaos on Wednesday after the referee blew the full-time whistle too early. Zambian official Janny Sikazwe appeared to initially call full-time after 85 minutes before then deciding to resume play. He then blew his whistle again to end the
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and his family escaped a fire that damaged the front of their home early Wednesday. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher says the family was awakened by smoke alarms around 4 a.m. The front of the house was engulfed in flames but the family
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Wind Advisories that have been posted for the early part of the week will expire later today as offshore winds decrease. Through the pass we’ll see gust near 25mph today. The Wind Advisories that are in place will expire as we move through today. None of those advisories impact the Valley directly. A front developing
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester, a durable left-hander who won three World Series titles during 16 years in the majors, has announced his retirement. Lester tells ESPN “It’s kind of run its course.” Lester finishes with a 200-117 record and a 3.66 ERA in 452 career games, including 451 starts. He also has been a
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago students have returned to classrooms after the nation’s third-largest school district canceled five days of classes amid a standoff with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. But members of the Chicago Teachers Union have until Wednesday afternoon to decide whether to approve the safety agreement or refuse in hopes of
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Morgan Wallen’s performance at the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend has caused a backlash. The singer, who was suspended by his label and dropped by several radio stations last year after video of him using a racial slur surfaced, appeared with his Big Loud label mate ERNEST at the
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Good news: After rising for months, meat prices are finally falling at the grocery store. Bad news: Many other staples are getting more expensive. Prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs fell 0.4% from November to December, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Within that
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond, Betsy Klein and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the latest report on inflation in the US shows there is more work to do on lowering consumer prices, which are threatening his domestic agenda and political prospects as he enters his second year in office. Stubbornly high
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN “Gigli” may have bombed at the box office and the film became the punchline for many a joke, but Ben Affleck is choosing to look at the bright side. In an Entertainment Weekly interview with his BFF Matt Damon, Affleck talked about the 2003 film which put him in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans of Taco Bell’s chicken wings have just a few hours left to get them before they disappear from menus. Last Thursday, the chain rolled out the surprising new item for a seven-day stint that sparked excitement and got its hungry customers salivating. The $5.99 price gets you five
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Fans of Taco Bell’s chicken wings have just a few hours left to get them before they disappear from menus. Last Thursday, the chain rolled out the surprising new item for a seven-day stint that sparked excitement and got its hungry customers salivating. The $5.99 price gets you five bone-in
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CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Andrew is facing the prospect of a trial in a very public civil lawsuit for sexual abuse later this year, after losing his attempt to have Virginia Giuffre’s case against him thrown out. It is an unprecedented situation for a senior British royal — the third child (and reportedly
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The casket of former Sen. Harry Reid is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends gather to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who served five terms in the Senate and rose to be majority leader. The casket carrying Reid arrived at
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The casket of former Sen. Harry Reid is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends gather to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who served five terms in the Senate and rose to be majority leader. The casket carrying Reid arrived at
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