By Anna Cooban, CNN Adidas is backpedaling fast over its latest attempt to protect its iconic three-stripe mark. The German sportswear company said Wednesday it was dropping its opposition to an attempt by a Black Lives Matter campaign group to trademark a logo featuring three parallel stripes. “Adidas will withdraw its opposition to the Black
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — On Monday, the Asheville Police Department (APD) located and arrested 21-year-old Calvin Tyler Dion, the man accused of striking and killing a cyclist in a hit-and-run. He was taken into custody near the 290 block of Riverside Drive around 5:37
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Senator Bernie Sanders, who has roundly criticized former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz over the company’s blatant attempts to shut down its own workers’ unionization efforts, finally got to question Schultz during a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday. Over the course of roughly two hours
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, Jen Christensen and Deidre McPhillips, CNN With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan. “The FDA remains committed to addressing the evolving complexities of the overdose crisis. As
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police say a 23-year-old man has formally been charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly opening fire last year in a crowded Copenhagen shopping mall. Three people died in the attack and several were injured. Danish authorities have ruled the attack being related to terrorism. The man allegedly acted
Continue Reading By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro says both South Korea and the United States have formally requested extradition of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world. Montenegro’s justice minister said Wednesday that
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By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro says both South Korea and the United States have formally requested extradition of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world. Montenegro’s justice minister said Wednesday that
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Cesar Chavez’s grandson, Andres Chavez will be in the Coachella Valley on Wednesday to speak about the legacy of his grandfather and his Coachella roots. Andres Chavez is the Executive Director of the National Chavez Center. He will be at Desert Hot Springs High School where he is expected to speak to students ahead of
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man from Western North Carolina has been charged after being accused of starting a house fire that killed two dogs. Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood says deputies responded to a home on Ivy Hill Road on Sunday, March
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to
Continue Reading By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN The Bank of England has called for urgent action to address a weak spot in the UK financial system as persistent worries about the global banking sector threaten to unleash fresh market turmoil. The central bank said Wednesday that UK banks had enough financial resources to avoid shocks but the pensions
Continue ReadingSergio Gomez (CNN Español) — Capcom sigue de dulce. La empresa japonesa desarrolladora y distribuidora de videojuegos está viviendo una época dorada. Título que lanza, título abocado a ser un éxito de crítica, de ventas o de ambos. El remake de “Resident Evil 4” no es una excepción y se coloca como otro indispensable de
Continue ReadingBy Zac Summers Click here for updates on this story BRUNSWICK, Georgia (WANF) — The father of a 19-year-old, who was allegedly tortured by teens and nearly died at a party on the Georgia coast, told police the incident wasn’t the first time his son returned home hurt, a police report revealed. According to the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Guinea Ecuatorial, país de África Occidental, declaró un brote de la enfermedad del virus de Marburgo a mediados de febrero. Hubo al menos nueve casos confirmados por laboratorio, siete de los cuales resultaron en la muerte, y 20 casos probables de personas muertas en este brote, según la Organización Mundial de
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and COURTNEY BONNELL Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday that Credit Suisse has kept allowing wealthy Americans to dodge tax payments, finding after a two-year investigation that the embattled Swiss bank violated a 2014 plea agreement over allowing tax evasion by its clients. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee pointed
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to his
Continue ReadingCNN By Christiane Amanpour and Matias Grez, CNN Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Becker was released from Huntercombe prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence for charges relating to
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN Living in a neighborhood with lots of noise can make you jittery, especially if you’re a lizard that’s just a few inches long. It’s no wonder that lizards exposed to noise pollution from low-flying fighter jets have resorted to stress-eating. Colorado checkered whiptails (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus) — striped and patterned lizards that
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