By Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Following Buncombe County Commissioner Amanda Edwards’ calls for a walkout of North Carolina teachers, the North Carolina Association of Educators announced teachers are not planning to strike at this time. “We are not planning to strike. However, the sentiment behind
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Heading back to class after some tough years due to COVID-19 and other factors can be hard for many students. Asheville City Schools says addressing this is a priority for the district this year and they will be offering some
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By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The Financial Times reports the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles-based fund that includes LeBron James are investing in AC Milan alongside RedBird Capital Partners. RedBird is in the closing stages of a deal to purchase the Italian soccer champion for 1.2 billion euros ($1.2
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A crime alert is spanning the St. Louis metro area as thieves break into marijuana dispensaries. On Monday morning, there were three attempted thefts. One of them happened in Jefferson County and the other two in St. Louis. Doors at
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Kruczynski and Olivia Kalentek Click here for updates on this story EAST GRANBY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A community is in mourning after East Granby’s Library Director and an officer with the Avon Police Department died from gunshot wounds on Sunday. 49-year-old Doreen Jacius and 50-year-old Thomas Jacius grew up and raised their two
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Chen Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Two car burglary suspects are in the hospital after leading police on a high-speed chase and crashing. The crash also sent a Kansas City, Kansas, couple who was caught in the middle of the police chase to the hospital. Mia
Continue ReadingBy Michael Warrick Click here for updates on this story MACON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — The groundskeeper who maintained the Macon County football field said he quit after he claimed the school told him to cover up his latest midfield painting. Shaun Trent had painted elaborate and often timely art on the high school football
Continue ReadingBy David Amelotti Click here for updates on this story WEST ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Quincy resident Hunter Hildebrand was all smiles while waiting in line to take a photo with St. Louis Blues Defenseman Colton Parayko at Meadowbrook Country Club on Monday night. It was the inaugural golf tournament for Project 55,
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Actor Eugenio Derbez, known for his work in films like “CODA” and the remake of “Overboard,” was injured an accident of an undisclosed nature and is facing a long recovery, according to his wife, Mexican actress and singer Alessandra Rosaldo. In a statement posted to Instagram in Spanish, Rosaldo, who has
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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Parents of children enrolled in Maine religious schools fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court for the state to treat tuition reimbursements the same as other private schools. But only one religious school has signed up to participate so far. Religious schools have been
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN At its core a two-hander, and at its best in those moments, “The Patient” begins quite well before losing momentum in the middle, regaining it amid twists and unexpected turns that carry through to the end. Not quite hefty enough to support even its relatively short episodes, the 10-part limited
Continue Reading MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman in Ohio. Monday’s storms also knocked out electrical service to hundreds of
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has handed a 15-day prison sentence to a 72-year-old liberal politician who drew parallels between Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s regime and Nazi Germany. Leonid Gozman was sentenced for his 2020 post on Facebook, in which he mocked a Russian law that banned likening the Soviet Union to Nazi Germany,
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Armed supporters of a powerful Iraqi cleric who clashed with security forces in the capital have begun to withdraw from the streets. That restored a measure of calm following a serious escalation of the political crisis gripping the nation. Following two days of deadly
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors at the trial of a former journalist asked the court Tuesday to hand him a 24-year prison sentence on treason charges. Ivan Safronov. who worked as a journalist for a decade before becoming an adviser to the head of Roscosmos space corporation, has been in
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors at the trial of a former journalist asked the court Tuesday to hand him a 24-year prison sentence on treason charges. Ivan Safronov. who worked as a journalist for a decade before becoming an adviser to the head of Roscosmos space corporation, has been in
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER The Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed more accusations at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over Musk’s efforts to rescind his offer to buy the social media platform. Musk filed more paperwork in his bid to terminate the deal, this time
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El último intento de Elon Musk de desechar su adquisición de Twitter es “inválido e ilÃcito”, dijo Twitter este martes, rechazando las afirmaciones del multimillonario empresario de que las acusaciones formuladas por un denunciante de la compañÃa deberÃan permitirle retirarse del acuerdo. En una carta a los abogados de Musk
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency says the first vessel carrying grain from Ukraine to war-torn Yemen since the war in Europe began has departed a Black Sea port. The move will help ease one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The World Food Program says the MV Karteria,
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Uber is giving riders the ability to connect with a safety agent while taking a nerve-wracking trip, making it the latest feature the company has added in recent years to address safety concerns. The company said the capability is intended to help both riders or drivers in situations that
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