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CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been condemned by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, who used Africa’s past to warn that clinging to the legacies of colonialism risked “new forms of domination and oppression.” Russia sharply escalated its military campaign against Ukraine on
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been condemned by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, who used Africa’s past to warn that clinging to the legacies of colonialism risked “new forms of domination and oppression.” Russia sharply escalated its military campaign against Ukraine on Monday
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Jeremy Herb, Matthew Chance and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US has issued a warning to the Ukrainian government that the latest intelligence points to Russia imminently launching a full-scale invasion, according to Ukrainian, US and western officials familiar with the matter. The US intelligence assessment comes as foreign leaders
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday, extending a day-earlier slump as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue. The S&P fell 1% as its correction deepened. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7% and the Nasdaq fell 1.4%. Retailers
Continue ReadingBy JUSTINA LATIMER Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Trash pickup has continued to be a significant issue for Nashville residents. However, as the city works to pick up routes, some are stepping in to help lighten the load. “We saw a lot of people that have been frustrated with
Continue ReadingBy CARESSE JACKMAN Click here for updates on this story KNOXVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Guns were drawn in a Walmart parking lot. You can hear an officer speaking to the driver. “Hands right now! Hands!!” the officer said. “I’m with my wife,” the man in the video replies to the officer a few seconds later.
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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The NBA rolled into the fall of 1991 with unlimited promise. Michael Jordan had just won his first championship, beating Magic Johnson in the NBA Finals. They were poised to lead a Dream Team. The 1992 Olympics were just a year away and for the first time would include
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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The NBA rolled into the fall of 1991 with unlimited promise. Michael Jordan had just won his first championship, beating Magic Johnson in the NBA Finals. They were poised to lead a Dream Team. The 1992 Olympics were just a year away and for the first time would include
Continue Reading A storm dropping heavy snow in parts of Arizona’s high country hampered travel and closed schools in some areas Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning extending into Wednesday evening for an area stretching from Flagstaff to Show Low and including the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains. Expected maximum snow accumulations
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Delivery is a shopper’s dream — but it’s an expensive hassle for businesses, even for mega-corporations like Target. So stores are trying to entice shoppers to split the baby: Come to the store and someone will deliver the items … to your car. To persuade customers to do that, Target
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After a night of snow in our local mountains, gusty winds, and light rain here in the Valley, things are calming down weather-wise. Look at the fresh snow in Long Valley behind the Mountain Tram station! Snowfall was impressive: Rainfall last night in the early morning hours came in below 0.10″ for the Coachella Valley,
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snow and ice made travel dicey on many of California’s mountain highways as a very cold and windy storm moved through. Many parts of the state experienced freezing temperatures early Wednesday and a widespread hard freeze is predicted for early Thursday. Chains have been required on major Sierra Nevada routes and
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snow and ice made travel dicey on many of California’s mountain highways as a very cold and windy storm moved through. Many parts of the state experienced freezing temperatures early Wednesday and a widespread hard freeze is predicted for early Thursday. Chains have been required on major Sierra Nevada routes and
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A medida que la pandemia de covid-19 ingresa a su tercer año, los científicos están descubriendo que el coronavirus tiene efectos de gran alcance en la salud más allá de la fase aguda de la enfermedad. Un estudio reciente descubrió que las personas con covid-19 tienen un mayor riesgo de
Continue Reading SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Austrian champion Salzburg has canceled training after reporting 15 coronavirus cases among players and staff. Salzburg hasn’t specified how many of the cases were players. The club says some players have “rather light symptoms” and that everyone involved is in isolation. The outbreak comes a week after Salzburg drew 1-1 with
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology used to make COVID-19 vaccines. At a briefing Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said the new hub will be based in South Korea and will share mRNA
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday he was moving ahead with sanctions on the company in charge of building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline after blocking such measures last year using a national security waiver. “Today, I have directed my administration to impose sanctions on Nord
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Several hundred people opposing COVID-19 mandates have staged a protest rally in Bulgaria’s capital. They waved national flags and banners of the nationalist Revival party which organized the protest. The demonstrator chanted “Resignation” and ”Freedom” and called on the government to step down over its “failure to handle the health crisis.”
Continue Reading A storm dropping heavy snow in parts of Arizona’s high country hampered travel and closed schools in some areas Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm morning into Wednesday evening for an area stretching from Flagstaff to Show Low and including the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains. Expected maximum snow accumulations into
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland take immediate action to reform the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons. It comes in response to Associated Press investigations that exposed widespread problems at the bureau, misconduct involving correctional officers
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