By Web staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Mobile Police arrested a woman accused of staging a robbery at the store where she worked. Officers said 25-year-old India Coleman helped set up the robbery at a Dollar General store on Government Boulevard. According to investigators, Coleman played the victim
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN It looks like it’s all systems go for Harry and Meghan as the new year gets underway. Production plans for their various media ventures appear to be ramping up following a pause over the past year, if a series of job ads posted online this week are anything
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A Milwaukee father charged in the shooting death of his 8-year-old daughter will stand trial. At a court hearing Thursday, Jan. 27, a judge found probable cause and ordered Michael Huddleston to stand trial on a charge of first-degree reckless homicide. Huddleston
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chip-ins from Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton fueled their surge into contention at the Dubai Desert Classic. The player they’ll try to catch over the weekend is Justin Harding. The South African has a two-shot lead after holing his own spectacular shot in the second round from much further
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A key measure of inflation rose 5.8% between December 2020 and December 2021, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. It was the biggest advance since 1982. Energy prices alone rose nearly 30% over the course of 2021, while food prices climbed 5.7%. Stripping out those two components, the core
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A Milwaukee police officer was injured in a shooting near 21st and St. Paul Thursday night, Jan. 27. According to Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman, the officer responded to the area for a welfare check just before 6:30 p.m. and found
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MILAN (AP) — UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel says the Italian bank has decided not to pursue a possible takeover bid for Russian bank Otkritie due to rising tensions over Ukraine, the bank’s CEO said Friday. UniCredit had started due diligence on an offer, but Orcel said that “given the geopolitical environment, we decided to withdraw.”
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina says it has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to refinance more than $40 billion in debt. Since 2020, Argentina has been in an arduous negotiation with the IMF to refinance the debt contracted in 2018 during the government of conservative Mauricio Macri in the midst of
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe and Tami Luhby, CNN Business Americans’ paychecks continued to rise at the end of 2021. But along with that, so did prices. Compensation for American workers climbed 4% between December 2020 and December 2021, marking the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have hired Chris Tabor from the Chicago Bears to be their new special teams coordinator. Tabor replaces Chase Blackburn, who was fired after Carolina finished 5-12 this season. Tabor has 14 years of NFL experience, including spending the last four seasons as the Bears special teams coordinator. He
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Crisis-hit Borussia Mönchengladbach has been left reeling after sporting director Max Eberl quit the Bundesliga club. It ends an association of 23 years. Gladbach wanted the 48-year-old Eberl to stay but Eberl said “I don’t have the strength anymore to do this job.” Eberl took over
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi,” is voicing his support for Covid-19 vaccines after revealing he lost his grandparents to the virus. Liu took to Twitter, writing, “I lost my grandparents to COVID last year. They were still waiting for their vaccines. I’m fortunate to have been double-vaccinated and boosted when
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Retail and restaurant work is notorious for irregular scheduling and last-minute changes — factors that can harm workers’ lives and the well-being of their families. Despite essential workers being hailed as heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a historically tight labor market, schedule instability has improved little over the past
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CNN, WPXI, KDKA By Ray Sanchez and Athena Jones, CNN National Transportation Safety Board investigators descended into a wooded ravine in Pittsburgh Saturday where a snow-covered bridge collapsed one day earlier. Investigators also flew a drone over the area in search of answers as to why the 52-year-old steel frame bridge collapsed in the predawn
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Telling stories from shifting perspectives a la “Rashomon” has become pretty commonplace in premium-TV and streaming, from Showtime’s “The Affair” to Netflix’s “Clickbait.” Enter “The Afterparty,” an Apple TV+ comedy series with one murder, plenty of suspects and minimal intrigue — the sort of show that’s modestly entertaining but doesn’t
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Austria will subsidize household energy costs with a $1.9-billion relief package to offset rising prices. Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Friday that the package consists of both direct subsidies and tax suspensions. Almost half will be spent on suspending an “eco-tax” introduced in 2012 that amounted to about roughly 33 euros per
Continue ReadingBy CNN Weather staff A major nor’easter is set to move up the US East Coast and bring significant impacts to cities this weekend, beginning Friday evening. Here is a look at when the storm is expected to hit certain cities and for how long: Portland, Maine: Blizzard warning in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Janet Jackson gave a documentary crew access for five years, but with Jackson and brother Randy Jackson serving as executive producers the resulting project, “Janet Jackson,” feels too conspicuously like a licensed product. Addressing some uncomfortable parts of her biography but sidestepping others, it’s pretty obvious who’s in control here.
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A program through the Palm Springs Unified School district (PSUSD) will be taking 24 students to tour historic black colleges and universities (HBCU) in Washington DC, for free. This is an initiative set up by the African American Parent Advisory Council of PSUSD. “This tour itself is the first of its kind,” said Dr. Nicole
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson is among military installations the Department of Defense has identified as having troops that could be deployed if Russian forces invade Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby made the announcement during a news conference Thursday. Some units from Davis-Monthan are included among the 8,500 troops
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