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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Next week’s World Cup draw will have some of its seedings skewed because of Russia’s war with Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. FIFA outlined the procedure for the draw in Qatar on April 1. Only 29 of the 32 teams in the draw will be known
Continue ReadingBy Karen Wynne Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — At the Asheville Radio Museum, Tim McVey tunes in an RCA Radiola 20, built in 1927 but still kicking. “This one still requires that you manipulate two dials to tune it in, and you have another dial here that fine
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Housing Authority has filed dozens of evictions over the last two months. On March 11, the housing authority filed 34 evictions through Buncombe County Small Claims Court. In early in February, the housing authority filed 85 evictions. Though
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Maserati unveiled its new Grecale SUV Tuesday. It’s only the second SUV in the Italian luxury brand’s history and the first that will be available in an all-electric version. It’s an early step toward making the Italian luxury car brand fully electric by 2030. In the meantime, all Maserati models
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN You have to love Tom Hanks. The Academy Award-winning actor is cementing his reputation as one of the nicest and most down to earth stars by reportedly making time for some residents in Pittsburgh. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hanks is in town filming “A Man Called Otto” and has
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Enzo’s Bistro and Bar is preparing to reopen its dining room at the Rancho Mirage location after the entire restaurant was closed at the start of the pandemic. Enzo’s is best known for its homemade pasta, sausages, and house-dried steaks. The restaurant owner, Hal Griffith said that all the food prepared down to the sauces
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Grandes tornados, vientos dañinos y granizo amenazan este martes a millones de personas en todo el sur de Estados Unidos, mientras habitantes de Texas revisan con cuidado decenas de casas y edificios que sufrieron graves daños el lunes debido a las tormentas severas y posibles tornados que azotaron el estado. Una fuerte
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Dennis Gates was a young standout at Chicago’s Whitney Young High School and mulling college scholarship opportunities when Norm Stewart, late in his coaching career, tried to persuade him to play point guard for Missouri. Gates was impressed by Stewart’s pitch that day but ultimately signed with California. More
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Dnipro, Ucrania (CNN) — Dmytro y Tania Shvets pasaron los primeros 23 días de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania escondidos en su sótano en Mariúpol con su hija de 7 años, Vlada, y sus padres. La familia logró escapar el último jueves de la ciudad ucraniana sitiada, pero sus padres se
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, CNN The US has been unable to determine if Russia has designated a military commander responsible for leading the country’s war in Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter — something that current and former defense officials say is likely a key contributor to the
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The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than 740,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because the headlight beams can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers. The recall announced Tuesday comes after U.S. safety regulators turned down a request from the Detroit automaker to avoid the recall. The company
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have changed their newborn son’s name. After announcing on her verified Instagram account that she had given birth on February 2, Jenner shared a few days later that the baby’s name was Wolf Webster via her Instagram stories. But on Monday she posted another Instagram
Continue Reading The Associated Press Approximately 3,000 Canadian Pacific Railway conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference will be returning to work after an agreement was reached between the railroad operator and union. A work stoppage that began Sunday brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Sweden is heading into the World Cup qualifying playoffs against the Czech Republic on Thursday without the enigmatic brilliance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic because he is suspended. But that’s not the daunting task it once would have been for Sweden. The country’s reliance on its all-time leading scorer and possibly
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward a higher open on Tuesday, one day after Chairman Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve was prepared to raise its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-point multiple times, if necessary, to slow inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrials rose 0.5% and the same for the
Continue ReadingBy Solarina Ho Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — COVID-19 transmission to a newborn from the birthing parent is fewer than two per cent, according to a new systematic review study that analyzed data from more than 470 studies. The study, led by researchers from the University of Birmingham, found
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A South African radio telescope has captured the clearest image yet of a massive and mysterious space object. Sixteen times larger than our Milky Way galaxy, or about a million light years across, the so-called “odd radio circle” has fascinated astronomers
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Electric car manufacturer Tesla opened its first European factory on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their home turf. The company says its new “Gigafactory” will employ 12,000 people and produce 500,000 vehicles a year. Initial production will focus on Tesla’s Model Y compact sport utility
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German government says retirees will get a hefty pension increase this year, a result largely of higher wages in Europe’s biggest economy as inflation has climbed sharply. The Labor Ministry said Tuesday that pensions will increase by 5.35% in the former West Germany on July 1 and by 6.12% in the
Continue ReadingBy Charles Riley, CNN Business Jerome Powell is trying to hike interest rates without damaging the economy. Getting it wrong means recession, and he knows it. The chairman of the Federal Reserve said Monday that the central bank is prepared to repeatedly hike interest rates — and by 0.5 percentage points if necessary— in order
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