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By Rohan Mattu Click here for updates on this story GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (WJZ) — A fourth-grader at a Glen Burnie elementary school died unexpectedly Wednesday, according to Anne Arundel County Public Schools. A fundraiser for the 10-year-old boy’s family said he died from COVID-19 complications. Stephen Wagner was in his first year at Hilltop
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The dean at one of the country’s top law schools is calling comments from a professor at the university “racist” and “anti-intellectual” after she said the influx of “Asian elites” in the US is dangerous and problematic. Theodore Rugers, the dean at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, issued a statement
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN The day after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, three local Republican officials in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County announced they were leaving the GOP. Among them was Ethan Demme, a lifelong conservative who had previously served as the youngest Republican Party chairman in this deeply red corner of southeast Pennsylvania.
Continue ReadingBy Derek Van Dam It feels like the aspirin just wore off from this week’s travel headaches and the last thing you’ll likely want to read about is another impactful winter storm potentially snarling transportation across the nation. Unfortunately, this is once again the reality many are facing from the Tennessee River Valley through the
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools have canceled classes after the teachers union voted to refuse in-person instruction and switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels. The move comes amid an escalating battle over school safety protocols. Chicago Public Schools officials say they won’t switch back to online instruction
Continue Reading By Jay Croft, CNN Hey, somebody’s gotta win it sometime, right? And Powerball ticket sales are soaring across the country, officials say — as the jackpot keeps rising. It’s now at an estimated $630 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association says — higher than estimates and fueled by fast-growing numbers of people plopping down 2 bucks
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The IOC has promised Olympic teams worldwide that the Winter Games in Beijing will go ahead as planned next month. Switzerland’s team leader asked a day earlier for talks about possibly postponing the Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. Swiss team leader Ralph Stöckli had said
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The IOC has promised Olympic teams worldwide that the Winter Games in Beijing will go ahead as planned next month. Switzerland’s team leader asked a day earlier for talks about possibly postponing the Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. Swiss team leader Ralph Stöckli had said
Continue Reading By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man and his Minnesota son have pleaded guilty to a charge of civil disorder related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, admitting that they entered the building through a broken window and pushed through a police line once inside. Both 51-year-old Daryl
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada psychologist accused of killing his attorney wife with prescription painkillers and antifreeze in 2015 has taken a plea deal that avoids a murder trial. Authorities at first classified Susan Winters’ death at home in Henderson a suicide, but the coroner later changed her manner of death to undecided. The
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — France has announced a staggering number of daily virus cases, at more than 332,000 far surpassing a string of recent records. Hospitals are preparing drastic measures to brace for patient surges and the government is straining to avoid a new lockdown. The number announced Wednesday was Europe’s highest-ever single-day confirmed infection count.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Google must stop attempting to intimidate US antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department, according to two congressional Democrats. On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai lambasting his company’s efforts to get Jonathan Kanter — DOJ’s top antitrust official — to recuse himself
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, slated for take off as soon as this March, aims to send an Orion spacecraft around the moon. The cabin will be largely empty, save for an a interactive tablet that has been dubbed “Callisto,” which will sit propped up to face an astronaut mannequin. Callisto
Continue Reading ZURICH (AP) — FIFA says it cleared Brazil-born Cagliari forward João Pedro to represent Italy. João Pedro needed FIFA permission to change national eligibility after playing for Brazil at Under-17 level. He turns 30 two weeks before Italy’s next game in a World Cup qualifying playoff on March 24. The European champion is at home
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN CHILE, GETTY IMAGES By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes announced Tuesday during a YouTube live stream. While some major Carnival events will still go ahead, organized street parties, known as
Continue Reading SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says a week of raids has eliminated 93 illegal marijuana greenhouses and resulted in arrests of 15 people. The department’s Marijuana Enforcement Team and patrol deputies seized nearly 8,000 marijuana plants, more than 4,500 pounds of processed marijuana, a gun and more than $212,000
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors unveiled a new battery-electric pickup truck, the Chevrolet Silverado EV, during the Consumer Electronics Show. Although it shares its name with the popular gasoline-powered Silverado pickup, this Silverado is a completely different truck with a distinct design and major features not found on the internal combustion-powered models. GM’s
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has reported its highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic as the rapidly-spreading omicron variant takes hold. The Health Ministry on Wednesday recorded 66,467 new cases and 143 deaths in the past 24 hours. The previous peak, reached on April 16, was 63,082 infections. Despite
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Jhasua Razo El orden se convirtió en caos el 6 de enero de 2021 en el Capitolio, en Washington. Mientras los legisladores del 117° Congreso de Estados Unidos, que acababan de tomar posesión de sus cargos, comenzaban a contar los votos del Colegio Electoral para elegir a un nuevo presidente, una turba de simpatizantes de
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press An influential government advisory panel is considering COVID-19 boosters for younger teens, as the U.S. battles the omicron surge. Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older. Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration authorized an extra Pfizer shot for kids ages 12 to 15
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