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By Marianne Garvey Famed Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will no longer perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City this season or next after she refused to publicly distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the Met. “It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,”
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan US oil prices briefly spiked on Thursday to their highest level in nearly 14 years, as concerns about disruptions to Russia’s supplies continue. US crude jumped as much as 5.4% to $116.57 a barrel early Thursday — the highest trade since September 22, 2008. A week earlier Lehman Brothers collapsed. However, the
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Psst. Don’t tell my bosses, but I have a guilty pleasure. Every time a post pops up in the pet channel of our internal message system, I stop what I’m doing and look. Sometimes, it’s an image of a sweet face with doleful eyes staring up at the camera. Other times,
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Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The United States’ closest Middle East allies on Wednesday condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in a break from their previously neutral statements and a nod to the changing nature of a war that has created over a million refugees in just a week. All of the US’ Gulf allies, including Saudi
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By DON THOMPSON and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor is proposing a plan to offer more services to homeless people with severe mental health and addiction disorders even if that means forcing some into care. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal would require all counties to set up a mental health
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor proposes plan to force homeless people with severe mental illness or addictions into treatment.
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Hace casi 15 meses, los padres adoptivos de Orrin y Orson West le dijeron a la policía que los niños pequeños desaparecieron del patio de la familia en el sur de California, dijeron las autoridades. Ahora, las autoridades dicen que los hermanos fueron asesinados por sus padres adoptivos meses antes de
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico has returned to work full time about one month after suffering a stroke. He was greeted with a standing ovation from his colleagues, and hugs from some Democratic senators when he arrived at his first in-person committee hearing since his
Continue ReadingBy WLOS staff Click here for updates on this story BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas in Brevard reopened Wednesday, March 2, for the 2022 season. This year, the museum has an exhibit featuring a World War II Willys Jeep. The exhibit places the restored 1943 Jeep in front
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Struggling to sleep? Put some muscle into your efforts by adding resistance training, otherwise known as weight training, to your weekly exercise routine. In fact, resistance training may even beat aerobic exercise in the race for best sleep aid, according to a new preliminary study presented Thursday at the American Heart
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Después de una semana de guerra en Ucrania tras la invasión de las fuerzas rusas, el asedio a varias ciudades continúa mientras se desata una emergencia social de refugiados y se cuentan por miles los muertos civiles, según el Servicio de Emergencia de Ucrania. Distintos mapas muestran el efecto de
Continue Reading By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press As demand to get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. collapses in many areas, states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste. From some of the least vaccinated states, like Indiana and North Dakota,
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN The reservation system that is the backbone of airlines around the world has terminated its agreement with Aeroflot, crippling the majority government-owned carrier’s ability to sell seats. The technology company Sabre says Aeroflot has been removed from its global distribution system, meaning Russia’s largest airline will not be
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Fitbit está retirando 1,7 millones de smartwatches debido a un potencial riesgo de quemaduras, dijo este miércoles la Comisión de Seguridad de Productos del Consumidor (CPSC, por sus siglas en inglés). La retirada voluntaria afecta exclusivamente a los modelos de smartwatch Fitbit Ionic, que contienen una batería de iones de
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Parks and Recreation” alum Nick Offerman is teaming up with his wife Megan Mullally to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the cool, laid-back cousin of awards shows. This year, the show has moved up a few weeks from its traditional post on the Saturday before Oscars and will
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German soccer federation’s premises have been raided by prosecutors investigating possible financial misconduct. The federation says investigation concerns “irregularities in a contract with a media agency” and that neither the federation itself nor any current employees are suspected of wrongdoing. The dpa news agency reports that a former official’s home
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The international non-profit that coordinates management of the internet told Ukraine it will not intervene in the country’s war with Russia, rebuffing a request to cut Russia off from the global internet. Ukraine’s proposal is neither technically feasible nor within the mission of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks fell Thursday and oil prices eased back as markets remain concerned about the broader impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% and Nasdaq fell 1.2%. Technology companies had broad losses. Sectors considered less risky, such as
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The defense for two young men from California convicted last year of murdering an Italian police office have begun arguments to seek leniency at their appeals trial in Rome. Finnegan Lee Elder, now 22, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, now 21, are serving life sentences in Italian prisons for
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