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By ROB GILLIES and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A government official in Canada says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will invoke emergency powers across all of Canada to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. For the past two
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Paul Murphy and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky, was the target of a shooting Monday morning at his campaign headquarters, authorities said. Democrat Craig Greenberg was the target of the shooting in the city’s Butchertown neighborhood, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Chief Erika Shields said, adding that
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN Business The stock market gave investors whiplash Monday as Wall Street tried to predict the next events in a rapidly evolving and tumultuous conflict between Russia and Ukraine. US stocks fell on Monday after the United States said it would close the US embassy in Kyiv. US officials are “temporarily relocating”
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta accountant has pleaded guilty to stealing $800,000 from an elderly client, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine, Northern District of Georgia. The FBI says 52-year-old Heidi Royal of Dallas, who was employed at an Atlanta-based wealth management firm, convinced
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden spent parts of the weekend reviewing materials on potential successors to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer as his self-imposed end-of-February deadline inches closer. Biden is “currently reviewing the legal record and writings of potential nominees, all of whom deserve fair bipartisan review,” according to White House talking points
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta Police Department officer has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a woman told them that she was raped in her Acworth apartment on Jan. 31 shortly after meeting the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening inflation picture has touched off a range of opinions from the Federal Reserve’s policymakers about just how fast they should raise interest rates beginning at their next meeting in March. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, reiterated his call
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN You might have heard over the weekend; a man survived an avalanche after falling off a 50-foot cliff while skiing in Colorado. Yes, you read that correctly. The sad truth of the matter is surviving an avalanche burial is rare. According to Jake Hutchinson, an avalanche rescuer and safety instructor in
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN The vast majority of critical minerals and rare earth elements that help power electric vehicles and wind turbines come from mining operations overseas. But a new initiative spearheaded by the US Department of Energy is looking for ways to extract them from fossil fuel waste. The Energy Department plans to build
Continue ReadingCNN By David Goldman, CNN Business The stock market gave investors whiplash Monday as Wall Street tried to predict the next events in a rapidly evolving and tumultuous conflict between Russia and Ukraine. US stocks tumbled in the mid-afternoon Monday after the United States said it would close the US embassy in Kyiv. US officials
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Dos adultos y un niño se quedaron sin hogar después que ayer su casa rodante se quemó ayer a las 4 de la tarde, el fuego también destruyó parte de la maleza cerca de la Varner Road y la calle Jefferson en Indio. El incendio fue contenido en una hora, gracias a la rápida respuesta
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (WALA) — University of Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne says pending further review of a service fee by the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama athletics will not move forward with planned alcohol sales. The Southeastern Conference lifted a ban on alcohol sales in public
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States is closing the US Embassy in Kyiv and “temporarily relocating” the small number of remaining diplomatic personnel in the country to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, “due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A government official in Canada says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will invoke emergency powers to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. For the past two weeks, hundreds and sometimes
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By Amir Vera and Tina Burnside, CNN The cause of death of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of Gabby Petito whose disappearance caused a firestorm late last summer, was revealed Monday. An autopsy report by the Sarasota, Florida, Medical Examiner stated Laundrie died from a gunshot wound to the head. Laundrie’s skeletal remains were found in
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Las autoridades recibieron una llamada que reportaba que un excursionista se había caído en una barranca de 75 pies de profundidad mientras aventuraba cerca del teleférico de Palm Springs el sábado pasado a las 5 de la tarde, de inmediato intentaron rescatarlo con un helicóptero, pero no se pudo, por lo que los bomberos usaron
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PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say a gunman who shot and wounded five Phoenix police patrol officers and injured four others last week died by suicide. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office autopsy released Monday states that 36-year-old Morris Richard Jones III died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police had gone to a
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Congressman David Schweikert’s campaign committee has been hit with a $125,000 fine by the Federal Elections Commission for misreporting spending and diverting some campaign funds for personal use. The commission action comes nearly two years after Schweikert himself agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and admit
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street fell in afternoon trading Monday as the U.S. moved to close its embassy in Ukraine amid heightened geopolitical tensions over the thousands of Russian troops that have been amassing on the border. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% after having been down
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Una balacera provocó pánico ayer a las 11:45 de la noche en el área del Hwy 111 y la calle Golf Center Parkway, al llegar la policía no encontraron a ninguna persona en la escena, pero después cerca del lugar hallaron a un hombre herido de bala quien inmediatamente fue transportado al hospital, por fortuna
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