By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer A leading English rugby club has joined the ranks of professional sports teams rebranding themselves away from offensive Native American imagery. Exeter Chiefs are keeping their nickname — inspired by the region’s Celtic history — but are replacing their logo after critics complained that headdresses and “tomahawk chop” chants
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Airlines have canceled thousands of flights this weekend as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast. According to FlightAware, nearly 5,000 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled through Saturday and
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer College basketball blue bloods No. 12 Kentucky and No. 5 Kansas meet in the biggest matchup involving a Southeastern Conference team this weekend. Most of the weekend’s action is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. That includes No. 1 Auburn hosting Oklahoma and fourth-ranked Baylor visiting slumping Alabama. The
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer College basketball blue bloods No. 12 Kentucky and No. 5 Kansas meet in the biggest matchup involving a Southeastern Conference team this weekend. Most of the weekend’s action is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. That includes No. 1 Auburn hosting Oklahoma and fourth-ranked Baylor visiting slumping Alabama. The
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Las tensiones entre Ucrania y Rusia están en su punto más alto en años, con informes de una acumulación de tropas rusas cerca de la frontera que alimenta los temores sobre las intenciones de Moscú de una invasión en las próximas semanas o meses.
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Worries over soaring prices and the Omicron variant of the coronavirus soured Americans’ views of the economy in January. US consumer sentiment in January fell nearly 5% to the lowest level since November 2011, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey showed Friday. Survey respondents felt worse about both the
Continue ReadingBy LEZLA GOODEN Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — Waterbury Public Schools is making sure that its staff are receiving necessary Narcan training for their students after a Hartford student died from a Fentanyl overdose. Dozens of staff members learned how to properly use the Narcan nose spray medication. They
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY WEIL Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — social media challenge is causing problems in Vancouver because it calls for people to kick in doors of unsuspecting homeowners. Police say this happened at least seven times in one neighborhood in under an hour Wednesday night. Matthew Trimble said a
Continue ReadingCNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will proceed with his planned trip to Pittsburgh on Friday to talk about strengthening the nation’s infrastructure hours after a bridge collapsed not far from where he is scheduled to deliver remarks, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. The White House is in touch with state
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted his administration’s efforts to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure in Pittsburgh on Friday, hours after a bridge in the city collapsed. Hours before the President was set to travel to to Steel City, a snow-covered bridge collapsed and left several people injured. No
Continue ReadingBy SARAH HURWITZ Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland businesses continue to get hit with vandalism and burglaries. Local advocacy group Bricks Need Mortar recently surveyed 110 Portland businesses on this growing issue. It found nearly 63% have been vandalized or broken into in the last year and a
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New York state is now looking at lowering the farm worker overtime threshold from 60 hours a week.
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The FBI arrested a Nevada man for allegedly making several threatening phone calls to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office on the morning after the attack on the US Capitol, the Justice Department announced Thursday. This is the second person arrested by DOJ’s Elections Threats Task Force, which was launched
Continue ReadingBy ZOE BROWN Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — A man who was a nurse at an Independence hospital has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a patient of his. According to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, Chukwuemeka U. Emmanuel was convicted in November of first-degree
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Desde muy chico, Diego Verdaguer saltó a la fama en uno de los programas más populares de Argentina, su tierra natal, y empezó una prolífica carrera musical, que hoy, ni siquiera con su muerte este 27 de enero, puede apagarse. El popular cantante de éxitos como “El pasadiscos”, “Volveré”
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By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is looking at lowering the farm worker overtime threshold from 60 hours a week. A state board voted Friday to recommend that a 40-hour overtime rule for farm workers phased in over the next 10 years. If the recommendation is approved by the
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) estima que para 2030 el número de personas con nuevos diagnósticos de cáncer en América Latina aumentará en un 32%, y cada año más de 5 millones de personas se sumarán a quienes padecen ese mal. Y para estas personas la innovación tecnológica podría
Continue ReadingBy ABBY DODGE Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — After last week’s miraculous win over the Buffalo Bills, an artist with ties to the metro is hoping to add another song to the Chiefs Championship playlist. The love for Chiefs Kingdom stretches far outside the metro. Nationwide, fans are
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New York police officers are giving a final salute to a rookie colleague gunned down with his partner a week ago.
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The leader of the Oath Keepers accused of trying to overthrow the 2020 Presidential election will remain in jail until his trial later this year.
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