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By STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — University of California, Los Angeles, officials have ordered all classes to be held remotely due to threats. UCLA took the step Tuesday, a day after students returned to in-person instruction and university officials say the move was made out of an abundance of
Continue ReadingBy ADAM MURPHY Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — While cleaning out a ravine near her home in Atlanta, Michele Wilson discovered hundreds of pieces of mail dumped in the woods. “I couldn’t believe it. Honestly, I get really annoyed that people just throw their cups and what have you out
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not give an indication that Moscow will de-escalate from the border with Ukraine in a call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday, a senior State Department official said following the latest diplomatic effort between the two sides amid the
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By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has reported that U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, keeping up a record pace of increased dangerous driving during the pandemic. The new estimated figure of people dying in motor vehicle crashes from January to September 2021 was
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has handed over a forensic report to local prosecutors with what it said are findings of poor management and illegal activities by former president Josep Bartomeu and his board of directors. Barcelona says the study by the agency Kroll “revealed a series of operations of considerable economic irrationality and, in
Continue ReadingBy CRYSTAL BUI Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — It’s a renewed crackdown on human trafficking. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and city leaders say the problem has gotten worse since the start of the pandemic. The International Labor Organization estimates there are currently 25 million victims of human trafficking around the
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El siete veces campeón del Super Bowl Tom Brady, anunció oficialmente su retiro de la NFL el martes. El jugador de 44 años, posiblemente el mejor mariscal de campo o quarterback de la NFL de todos los tiempos, anunció la noticia en las redes sociales. Jugó y ganó más juegos
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Nicaragua informó el lunes que a partir del primero de febrero se realizarán los juicios orales y públicos de más de 40 opositores que desde hace varios meses se encuentran en la Dirección de Auxilio Judicial. El anuncio incluye a quienes se encuentran bajo arresto domiciliario. Mynor
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Home Depot has a plan to combat the worker shortage: Speedy job offers. The world’s largest home improvement retailer said Tuesday that job applicants “could receive an offer within one day of applying.” Home Depot said the “accelerated” hiring process is part of its plan to hire more than 100,000
Continue ReadingBy MATT MCFARLAND Click here for updates on this story GUILFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A sight on Guilford’s town green is putting smiles on plenty of faces. Dozens of penguins are the handiwork of a local artist who took advantage of this weekend’s storm and turned it into what is now the talk of the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — A medida que las conversaciones sobre la guerra en Ucrania alcanzaron un punto álgido y los temores de invasión aumentaron durante la última semana, un líder mundial se mantuvo decididamente por encima de la refriega: el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. Blinken y Lavrov hablan por teléfono en medio de
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN While the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is not upending the nation’s economy like the virus did at the start of the pandemic, it has wreaked havoc on millions of Americans’ ability to work and pay their bills. Nearly 9 million people said they were not working because they were sick
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. The 44-year-old, arguably the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announced the news on social media. “I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there,
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, Nada Bashir and Dalal Mawad, CNN Mama Diakité is 23, and has been playing club football for the past 10 years. But all of that could change, she says, if a ban on wearing the hijab while playing sports proposed by the French senate becomes law. “It almost means the end of
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged lower in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as the market comes off its worst month since early in the pandemic nearly two years ago. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% and the Nasdaq fell 0.7%. Technology stocks were the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers stepped up their search for workers in December despite the looming impact of the omicron wave of coronavirus infections. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of posted jobs rose 1.4% to 10.9 million on the last day of December, compared with the
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL Click here for updates on this story BARKHAMSTED, Connecticut (WFSB) — Firefighters saved a dog that fell the through ice at Peoples State Forest in Barkhamsted Monday afternoon, officials said. Officials say members of the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) saw a dog about 75 feet offshore through the ice. “3
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Bantock, CNN Move aside Joe Burrow, the true franchise star of the Cincinnati Bengals is rolling towards Super Bowl LVI — get ready for ‘The Cart.’ More commonly found in high-school classrooms, the Bengals’ three-tiered metal cart went viral in October after being wheeled out for media conferences. The contraption was initially
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL, ERIN EDWARDS, MARCY JONES, ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story CONNECTICUT (WFSB) — Police across the state are investigating cases of mail fraud. Several towns reported checks stolen from post office boxes, and the name and amount of money on the checks were changed. “Unfortunately, it’s sad that here
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark is scraping most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers COVID-19 to be “a socially critical disease.” The reason for that is that while the omicron variant is surging in Denmark it’s not placing a heavy burden on the health care system and
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