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By Deblina Chakraborty, CNN A subvariant of Omicron, BA.2, is leading to a new wave of Covid-19 infections across Europe. Cases in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and other countries are going up, driven by this very contagious coronavirus strain. The proportion of Covid-19 cases due to BA.2 is rising in the United States,
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By The Associated Press Golf’s major championship season is on the horizon. The Match Play in Austin, Texas, features the top 64 players available from the world ranking. Four of the top 12 chose not to play with the Masters two weeks away. That includes the last two PGA Tour winners, Sam Burns and Cameron
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By The Associated Press Golf’s major championship season is on the horizon. The Match Play in Austin, Texas, features the top 64 players available from the world ranking. Four of the top 12 chose not to play with the Masters two weeks away. That includes the last two PGA Tour winners, Sam Burns and Cameron
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By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution, a joint-venture partner with automaker General Motors, plans a $1.7 billion expansion in western Michigan that will add up to 1,200 jobs by 2025. The project at the company’s site in Holland was approved Tuesday for $56.5 million in
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG, AMANDA SEITZ and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has been countering disinformation coming from the Kremlin on the violent conflict in Ukraine. Getting accurate news about the war into Russia, though, is a trickier issue. President Vladimir Putin has shut down Russia’s last three independent media outlets, created
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Oakland Hills Country Club has landed the U.S. Open in 2034 and 2051. The USGA made the announcement Tuesday at the Detroit Athletic Club. The governing body also says Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, previously scheduled to have the U.S. Open in 2034, will have the
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Almasy, Holly Yan and Taylor Ward, CNN A storm system that on Monday brought 25 tornadoes to Texas, including two that may have damaged about 1,000 homes, was spawning more twisters Tuesday as it pushed east. A “large and extremely dangerous tornado” hit the New Orleans area Tuesday night, the National Weather
Continue ReadingOpinion by Gina Cummings for CNN Business Perspectives With inflation hitting a 40-year high in the United States, working families are swimming ever faster in the effort to stay afloat. But the water just keeps rising, as mostly stagnant wages are also rapidly losing value. The federal minimum wage has lost at least 21% of
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Dolly Parton has long wanted to do a Broadway musical about her life, but the pandemic has her reconsidering that. “We were talking about doing my Broadway musical and we were really, really far out ahead of that, and then Covid hit and that changed my mind about a whole
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Thomas Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A senior at Oregon School for the Deaf, Trayshun Holmes Gournaris, earned the title of state champion in Oregon’s 2022 Poetry Out Loud competition. Last Friday, 11 students from across the state competed in the spoken-word competition, Holmes Gournaris was the
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Weil Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland police arrested two people nearly two years after a woman was hit and killed in a street racing crash. 58-year-old Joann Mardis was on her way to work near her house on Northeast 122nd Avenue, in July 2020, when the
Continue Reading By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer MacKenzie Scott donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates – the largest publicly disclosed donation from the billionaire philanthropist since she pledged to give away the majority of her wealth in 2019. The international group received $25 million from Scott and her
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Polansky Click here for updates on this story DULUTH, Georgia (WGCL) — More than a dozen people have filed mail-related reports with Duluth Police over the last three months. That includes reports of check washing and missing mail. As part of an ongoing series, CBS46 investigative reporter Rachel Polansky went to the Postal
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal says he will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of a rib injury. The problem may put in jeopardy his preparations for the French Open in two months. Nadal says he underwent exams in Spain on Monday and results showed he has
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — The City of Atlanta is pushing to shut down a problematic hookah bar in downtown Atlanta. According to a lawsuit recently filed, Atlanta police have been called to the Encore Hookah Bar and Lounge at least 171 times, since February 2020.
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Alibaba has a message for investors nervous about its slowing growth and geopolitical uncertainty: We think our stock is cheap and we’re putting our money where our mouth is. Shares of Alibaba rose more than 11% Tuesday after the Chinese e-commerce and cloud giant announced it was boosting
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Ukraine is appealing to a Chinese maker of civilian drones to block what the Ukrainian government says is their use by the Russian army to target missile attacks. The appeal to DJI Technology Co. highlights the conflict in Ukraine for Chinese companies. Beijing says Moscow is its “most important strategic partner” at
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer Marc-Andre Fleury may have been the biggest winner at the NHL trade deadline. He was traded by the rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks to the potentially contending Minnesota Wild. Minnesota gets a three-time Stanley Cup winner to shore up their goaltending. The bold move boosts the Wild’s chances of making the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WNEM) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and attorneys general from 19 other states are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen protections against lead poisoning, particularly for children living in low-income communities and communities of color. The coalition of
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN One of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe portraits could become the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever to go under the hammer, with auctioneer Christie’s expecting bids “in the region of” $200 million. The 40-square-inch “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” one of dozens of images the artist made of Monroe in the 1960s, will
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