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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the gambling industry’s national trade group predicted Tuesday. The American Gaming Association forecasts that 1 in 5 American adults will place a bet on Sunday’s
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El telescopio espacial James Webb observó el objeto cósmico más pequeño hasta la fecha: un asteroide desconocido del tamaño del Coliseo romano. Un equipo de astrónomos europeos realizó la detección de la roca espacial, que tiene entre 328 y 656 pies (100 a 200 metros) de largo, y está ubicada en
Continue ReadingBy Melonne McBride Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Platte City physician has been convicted by a jury of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. Dr. Jonathan Philippe, 43, was found guilty on Friday. After a five-day trial, Philippe was found guilty of two counts of statutory sodomy in
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling damaged a hospital and apartment buildings in Ukraine, local officials said Tuesday, while military analysts expressed skepticism about the potential impact of what Kyiv says is a brewing Moscow offensive around the anniversary of its invasion. The shelling in the northeastern town of Vovchansk
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story BOONVILLE, Missouri (KCTV) — Four new Budweiser Clydesdale foals were born at Warm Springs Ranch recently, and guests at the ranch’s Football and Foals Super Bowl event Feb. 12, 2023, will be able to meet them for the first time. Guests at the event will
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street, but gains in some tech stocks were pushing the Nasdaq barely higher. The S&P 500 index fell 0.2% in the early going Tuesday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. A solid gain in Microsoft nudged the Nasdaq up 0.1%. Treasury yields
Continue ReadingCNN By Rhea Mogul, Isil Sariyuce, Celine Alkhaldi, Gul Tuysuz and Jack Guy, CNN Survivors are still being pulled from the rubble in Turkey and Syria, more than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake toppled thousands of homes, killing at least 7,726 people. The 7.8-magnitude quake hit just after 4 a.m. local time Monday, sending
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has signed a 10-year agreement with DAZN Group to deliver the Game Pass International service to fans outside the United States beginning with the 2023 season, it was announced Tuesday. Game Pass International will be offered in more than 200 countries and regions, including Canada and Mexico. It will
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By Eric Levenson, Melissa Alonso and Nick Valencia, CNN Seven additional Memphis police officers are facing discipline in the wake of Tyre Nichols’ death, City Attorney Jennifer Sink told CNN on Tuesday. The officers will receive an internal “statement of charges,” a document notifying them of policy violations, which is then followed by a hearing
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A German court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental campaigners seeking to force automaker BMW to stop selling combustion engine vehicles by 2030. The environmental group DUH argued that car manufacturers pose a threat to people’s right to property, health and life if they continue making vehicles that produce greenhouse gas emissions.
Continue ReadingCNN By Julia Horowitz, CNN The United Kingdom is pushing ahead with plans to create a digital pound issued by the Bank of England that would offer a stable alternative to bitcoin or ether. The central bank and the UK Treasury said Monday that an official digital currency is “likely to be needed in the
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN The United Kingdom is pushing ahead with plans to create a digital pound issued by the Bank of England that would offer a stable alternative to bitcoin or ether. The central bank and the UK Treasury said Monday that an official digital currency is “likely to be needed in the future.”
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Bill Russell is often shortchanged by those lists of the greatest NBA players, so leave it to fellow all-stars of his era Bill Bradley (“The smartest player that ever played the game”) and Jerry West (“We’re never going to see a winner like that again”) to appropriately eulogize him in
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Chavez, CNN Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global health, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. The report, titled “Bracing for Superbugs,” highlights the role of climate change and other environmental factors contributing to the rise of antimicrobial resistance. It was announced
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Public transportation, schools and power supplies have been disrupted in France as tens of thousands of demonstrators held a third round of strikes and protests against planned pension reforms. People marched in Paris, the cities of Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes, and elsewhere across
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Boeing plans to cut about 2,000 white-collar jobs in finance and human resources, and it will be shifting some of that work to an outside contractor in India. Although Boeing will reduce office staff, the company is preparing to add 10,000 employees focused on engineering and manufacturing. The company said that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Democratic Senator Mazie K. Hirono has invited Kalei Grant, a Native Hawaiian trafficking survivor, to President Biden’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday. Grant is an advocate and leader for other survivors of sex trafficking and other forms of gender-based violence.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon costar in a new romantic comedy, but their chemistry was not as evident in real life. That’s according to Witherspoon, who says Kutcher’s wife, fellow star Mila Kunis, called out the costars after they recently appeared together on the red carpet. “She even emailed us
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand’s very long and very long-awaited memoir, a project she has talked about for years, is coming out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will release “My Name is Barbra” on Nov. 7. Her memoir, fitting for a superstar of the grandest
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story MAKAKILO, Hawaii (KITV) — A man neighbors called Uncle Al would often walk around with a bag full of mangoes, sharing them with other residents on Nohona Street. “He used to walk from here to Kapolei Foodland and he used to give his mangoes to
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