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By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University has given final approval to wide-ranging cuts in academic programs and faculty positions. The university is addressing a $45 million budget shortfall. The university Board of Governors voted Friday to drop 28 of its majors, or about 8%, and cut
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Newly released surveillance video from a Denver theater appears to show Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert vaping during a “Beetlejuice” musical play — the one thing she denied doing while acknowledging earlier this week that she had been kicked out for being disruptive. Boebert and
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — St. Luke’s is launching a pilot program that’s the first of its kind in the region involving delivery robots – meet Moxi! Moxi helps keep nurses at the bedside more, caring for patients, saving up to 30 percent of bedside
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By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — Driving into Derna in the early hours was like arriving in a ghost town. The city, decimated by flash floods that tore through homes and streets earlier this week, was eerily quiet. Even at night, damage and destruction could be seen everywhere you looked. In the light
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Neither Travis Kelce nor Taylor Swift are saying anything about chatter the two may be dating, but that’s not stopping people from asking. Following Thursday night’s NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings, Jason Kelce was asked during an interview about speculation his brother is
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A NASA astronaut on her inaugural spaceflight and two cosmonauts launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft toward the International Space Station Friday, marking the first time Russia has launched astronauts to the orbiting outpost in nearly a year. The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New England harbors and fishing villages were being emptied of boats — and becoming ghost towns — as commercial fishermen and recreational boaters scrambled Friday to make final preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Lee, a storm threatening to bring tropical-storm-force winds across
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub lifted off on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 8:44 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Three men were acquitted Friday on all charges against them in connection to allegations that they were involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Eric Molitor, William Null and Michael Null were each acquitted on one count of providing material support for a terrorist
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Like so many tennis fans around the world, Nathan Willett was captivated by Carlos Alcaraz’s five-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final this summer. All the twists and turns, spectacular shots and impressive rallies. Only Willett was on the road with the Cold War
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Like so many tennis fans around the world, Nathan Willett was captivated by Carlos Alcaraz’s five-set victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final this summer. All the twists and turns, spectacular shots and impressive rallies. Only Willett was on the road with the Cold War
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un vuelo de United Airlines con destino a Roma regresó a Nueva Jersey poco después de la medianoche de este jueves “para solucionar una posible pérdida de presión en la cabina”, según un comunicado de la aerolínea. Los datos del sitio de seguimiento FlightAware muestran que el avión descendió rápidamente durante
Continue ReadingBy WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story MARIETTA, Georgia (WANF) — A Cobb County School Board meeting was standing room only Thursday, as supporters and opponents of Cobb County Schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale pleaded for change or staying the course. But much of the unrest at the meeting was stirred up because
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Tras una comparecencia en la Audiencia Nacional en la mañana de este viernes, el juez Francisco de Jorge aprobó una orden de alejamiento contra Luis Rubiales para que no pueda acercarse a menos de 200 metros de Jennifer Hermoso ni comunicarse con ella durante la investigación judicial. Según un comunicado
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza El colombiano Fernando Botero fue uno de los artistas plásticos colombianos más cotizados y con mayor resonancia a nivel internacional. Dejó un legado artístico a través de su vasta obra plástica compuesta por dibujos, esculturas y pinturas cuya característica común era el gran volumen, personajes más gruesos, robustos, gordos, en en una
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A spacecraft left behind by US astronauts on the lunar surface could be causing small tremors known as moonquakes, according to a new study. Researchers revealed the previously unknown form of seismic activity on the moon for the first time through an analysis of Apollo-era data using modern algorithms.
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has found an Iowa man guilty in the murder of a 10-year-old girl who was missing for eight months before her remains were found in a pond. Henry Earl Dinkins was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell. Her disappearance in July
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A jury has acquitted three men in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The scheme was portrayed as an example of homegrown terrorism on the eve of the 2020 presidential election. William Null, twin brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor were found not
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a meeting with his Belarusian ally, who referred to this week’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and suggested that Minsk could join Moscow’s efforts to revive an old alliance with Pyongyang. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made the proposal as he met with Putin
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced new U.S. sanctions on “some of Iran’s more egregious human rights abusers” as he marks the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died while being held by the country’s morality police. Amini had been detained for allegedly wearing her
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