Skip to Content
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has continued to speak with Olympic officials since the Beijing Winter Games. IOC president Thomas Bach says Peng wants to visit Europe soon though COVID-19 outbreaks in China could complicate travel plans. The fallout from Peng’s allegations last November of being sexually assaulted by a Chinese
Continue ReadingBy Rob Elgas Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A U.S. Marine veteran was seriously injured, and may lose his leg, in a hit-and-run in Irving Park over the weekend. Francis Tayupanta said her brother-in-law Raul Basulto has come out of his second surgery without knowing if he will be able
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey “The Home Edit’s” Clea Shearer has started chemotherapy in her battle against breast cancer. Shearer, one of the co-founders of The Home Edit and the Netflix show of the same name, took to Instagram Thursday to tell her followers what was going on. “Today marked my first day of Chemo. As the
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Wade Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Nine people were shot, two fatally, in a shooting outside a McDonald’s on the Near North Side Thursday night in what Mayor Lori Lightfoot called an “outrageous act of violence.” Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said two groups of people were fighting
Continue Reading CUNEO, Italy (AP) — One of the overall favorites for the Giro d’Italia has pulled out of the grand tour during the 13th stage. Romain Bardet climbed off his bike about a third of the way into the stage and got into a Team DSM car. He was suffering from a stomach bug. The stage
Continue Reading
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in late morning trading on Wall Street Friday and are headed for another week of declines following a massive pullback two days ago. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 11:27 a.m. Eastern, and is on track for its seventh straight weekly
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Steven Gerrard never got to win the English Premier League for Liverpool in 17 years there as a player and team captain. It was the biggest regret in his career because it denied him what he has called “the icing on the cake.” On Sunday he could help win
Continue ReadingBy Conor McCue Click here for updates on this story FOUNTAIN, Colorado (KCNC) — The revving engine of a race car outside Fountain Wednesday morning was the sound of a major breakthrough in a technology that could one day change the lives of people who are mobility challenged. The man behind the wheel of the
Continue ReadingBy Lora Lavigne and Nia Harden Click here for updates on this story LUCAMA, North Carolina (WRAL) — Thousands of customers were without power in Wake and Wilson counties Friday morning, where strong winds ripped the roof off a Lucama home overnight and brought down a 60-foot tree in Garner. While not everyone experienced damage
Continue ReadingBy WYFF Staff Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WYFF) — Magic mushrooms, meth, cocaine and cash were seized from a Henderson County drug house, according to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday, the drug task force was doing surveillance on a home on West Blue Ridge Road in
Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — COVID-19 emergency declarations for Nevada ended Friday as the public health agency for metro Las Vegas noted that the pandemic isn’t over and said it will continue to monitor spread of the virus and provide assistance with vaccinating and testing. While most of the state’s pandemic measures, including business restrictions and
Continue ReadingBy Quanecia Fraser Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — For some parents, getting children to and from school is a struggle. That’s led to some resorting to ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. But one local driver warns it is against company policy, meaning drivers can turn down requests. Anthony
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The top U.S. trade negotiator says with world economies all suffering from more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic and global supply problems exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has an “incredible opportunity” to engage with other nations and forge new partnerships and
Continue ReadingBy Ross Ketschke Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Maine (WMTW) — Firefighters are crediting the fast actions of group of neighbors and bystanders for saving a woman from a house fire in Richmond on Wednesday. Central Maine Power linemen Jeff Dyer and Adam Douin were working near route 201 when they saw
Continue Reading
Germán Padinger (CNN Business) — China está comprando cantidades récord de carbón ruso barato, incluso cuando las naciones occidentales golpean a Moscú con sanciones por la invasión de Ucrania. En abril, la segunda economía más grande del mundo no solo compró más carbón de Rusia que nunca antes, sino que también eliminó los aranceles de
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Johnson Click here for updates on this story GRIMES, Iowa (KCCI) — The Kampman brothers of Grimes were quite shocked to see this large fish laying outside the retention pond in their neighborhood. The boys say they’ve spent a lot of time fishing here but never imagined something this big would be hiding
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland’s state-owned energy company says Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused President Vladimir Putin’s demand to pay in rubles. It’s the latest escalation over European energy amid the war in Ukraine
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland have filed blackmailing charges against the former manager of Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski. Cezary Kucharski publicly accused the Poland national team captain and his wife of tax irregularities in Germany and threatened to reveal the details if they didn’t pay $21.1 million. Lewandowski has denied any wrongdoing
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied a claim of sexual misconduct by a SpaceX flight attendant who worked on his private jet in 2016. A report by Business Insider said SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in severance in 2018 in exchange for her agreeing not to file a lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that he was running for Congress in a newly drawn district that includes parts of Manhattan and his home borough of Brooklyn. Less than 24 hours later, he had some stiff competition. New York Rep. Mondaire Jones, who currently represents
Continue Reading