The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy, according to a court document filed in Delaware bankruptcy court early Tuesday. The youth organization, which celebrated its 110th anniversary February 8, listed liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million and estimated assets of $1 billion to $10 billion. The bankruptcy filing comes at a
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Lizzo loves Harry Styles, so she’s belting one out for him. The singer hit BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” to perform a cover of Styles’ “Adore You” — and even dropped his name during the tune. The mutual love between the two singers started last December when Styles appeared on “Live Lounge” himself and covered
Continue Reading “Alexa, should I watch Frontline’s documentary about Jeff Bezos and Amazon?” The instant recognition that question evokes is a reminder of the company’s power and reach, which the PBS program artfully demonstrates in a two-hour documentary that includes interviews with a number of past and current employees. “Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff
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Walmart, America’s largest retailer, reported subpar holiday sales Tuesday, reflecting a weak holiday shopping season for the brick-and-mortar retail industry. Sales at stores and websites open for at least one year — a key measure of the retailer’s health— increased only 1.9% during its final quarter of 2019. That included a 35% spike in online
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Click here for updates on this story LAFAYETTE, LA (WGNO) — A student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has been diagnosed with mumps, the University and the state Office of Public Health confirmed Monday. UL Lafayette, in cooperation with the Office of Public Health, is monitoring the situation to ensure the health and
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One of the most successful women’s golfers of all time, Mickey Wright, has died at the age of 85. The American won 13 majors and 82 LPGA Tour titles to sit second on the all-time women’s major list behind countrywoman Patty Berg (15), who died in 2006. Wright was the dominant force in golf in
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Concerns are mounting about how long the novel coronavirus may survive on surfaces — so much so that China’s central bank has taken measures to deep clean and destroy its cash, which changes hands multiple times a day, in an effort to contain the virus. It is unknown exactly how long the novel coronavirus can
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Paul Pogba is not the “property” of Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the French star’s agent said in a combative social media post Monday. Mino Raiola hit out at Solskjaer after the Norwegian said in a pre-game news conference that “Paul is our player, not Mino’s.” Raiola, agent to some of the world’s best
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A cold front will move through the borderland and bring cooler temperatures Wednesday. The next system will move through later this week and bring a chance for rain. At the end of the week through Saturday the winds will be on the increase.
Continue Reading In a city where new bars and restaurants open all the time, the old, revered favorites take on a different meaning. Given the rate at which some of locals’ most cherished spots close — high rents, ownership changes and city bureaucracy issues — it’s especially important to value the longstanding places that’ve managed to stay
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(CNN) — En las próximas dos décadas, el mundo podría ver un aumento del 60% en el número de casos de cáncer, según un nuevo informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. En países de bajos y medianos ingresos, el aumento podría llegar al 81%. Una de cada seis personas muere de cáncer cada
Continue Reading (CNN) — Después de que numerosas comunidades italianas han tratado de revivir sus poblaciones en descenso vendiendo casas en ruinas por poco más de un dólar, hay una ciudad que ha ideado una nueva estrategia. Teora, un lindo destino ubicado en la región sureña de Campania, espera atraer a posibles nuevos residentes ofreciendo pagar su
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NASCAR driver Ryan Newman had his fans holding their breath Monday night as they waited for updates after his car flipped and went airborne in a fiery crash on the race course. Videos that captured the moment of the crash saw Newman leading the pack before spinning toward the rail, flipping over, getting slammed by
Continue Reading (CNN) — Las preocupaciones sobre cuánto tiempo puede sobrevivir el nuevo coronavirus en las superficies van en aumento, tanto es así que el banco central de China ha tomado medidas para limpiar en profundidad y destruir su dinero en efectivo, que cambia de manos varias veces al día, en un esfuerzo por contener el virus.
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Over the weekend, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton came under fire for a series of comments and tweets on the coronavirus. On Fox News Sunday morning, Cotton suggested the virus did not originate in an animal market as the Chinese government has claimed, but perhaps from another source, such as an infectious disease research lab nearby.
Continue Reading In an open letter to victims, Jim Turley, the national chair of Boy Scouts of America, said the organization filed for bankruptcy to make sure all the victims of abuse were fairly compensated. This is a full text of his letter: Any incident of child abuse is one too many. As a father, a former
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EL PASO, Texas — Nearly one in every two renters in El Paso is cost-burdened by their rent payments, according to a new study published in the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. Cost-burdened renters are those who are paying more than 30 percent of their monthly income for rent. Slightly more than
Continue Reading (CNN) — Este año, la organización Random Acts of Kindness (Actos de Bondad al Azar) quiere que seas un “activista de actos aleatorios de bondad”. He aquí por qué: difundir la amabilidad no solo ayuda a los demás a sentirse mejor consigo mismos, sino que también puede mejorar la salud y la felicidad de quien
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President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton on Monday needled his former boss over foreign policy but — remarkably — largely avoided the Ukraine scandal in favor of issuing a plea that the White House allows his book to be released as-is. “I hope it’s not suppressed,” Bolton said, referring to the White
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Jaime Vargas, presidente de la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de Ecuador (CONAIE) y los dirigentes Apawki Castro y Luisa Lozano fueron expulsados de Guatemala el sábado, según informó el presidente Alejandro Giammattei en declaraciones que fueron confirmadas por la Cancillería de Guatemala este lunes a CNN. “Esta semana fuimos informados de un
Continue Reading If only rings could talk. Nearly 50 years after a woman lost her boyfriend’s class ring in a Maine department store, it turned up buried six inches deep in the floor of a forest in Finland. “I was shocked. And didn’t really believe that it would be his. I needed to see it,” Debra McKenna,
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — Siete personas murieron cuando un vehículo de transporte público explotó la noche del lunes en el departamento de Cauca, al oeste de Colombia. El comandante del Ejército, general Jorge Isaacs Hoyos Rojas, descartó que se trate de un atentado terrorista y dijo que la explosión es un incidente insólito que está bajo
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ROCHESTER, New York — Meet Herman and Lundy, recent cuddle buddies and rescue animals. The two are an unlikely pair: Herman, a pigeon, suffered neurological damage more than a year ago. He can’t fly. Little Lundy, a newborn chihuahua puppy, can’t use his back legs. But stick them together, and the two will snuggle up
Continue Reading The image of cold-blooded, scaly, reptilian dinosaurs imprinted in our imaginations by movies like “Jurassic Park” may be inaccurate. We already know that many dinosaurs were feathered like birds and brightly colored. They may also have sounded like them too — making a cooing sound similar to a dove rather than roaring. Now, research from
Continue Reading Dutch soccer legend Ruud Gullit says he was “disappointed” to see players not back Porto striker Moussa Marega as he walked off the pitch after being subjected to racist abuse from opposition fans. The 28-year-old had to push away his own teammates as he tried to leave the field during his side’s match against Vitoria
Continue Reading Nicholls State (17-9, 11-4) vs. Northwestern State (12-12, 9-6) Prather Coliseum, Natchitoches, Louisiana; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern State looks for its fifth straight conference win against Nicholls State. Northwestern State’s last Southland loss came against the Central Arkansas Bears 79-71 on Feb. 1. Nicholls State won 81-71 over Southeastern Louisiana in its
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condenó este lunes, a través de su cuenta de Twitter, lo que denominó ataque de colonos a la comunidad indígena miskita Twi Tasba Raya, en Waspam, Caribe Norte de Nicaragua. En el mensaje, detalla que “según información recibida por el Mecanismo Especial de Seguimiento para
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El embajador de China en Perú, Liang Yu, dijo que espera que la relación comercial entre ambos países no sea afectada por el coronavirus. Liang Yu señaló que espera que el gobierno peruano “no tome medidas para cortar relaciones” como la prohibición de ingreso de mercancías, reportó la Agencia Peruana de Noticias.
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La planta hidroeléctrica de Itaipú, en Brasil, alcanzó el pasado viernes la marca histórica de 2,7 mil millones de megavatios por hora de energía acumulada generada, reportó agencia Brasil. La planta de energía, fundada en 1984, es responsable de abastecer el 15% de la energía de Brasil y del 93% de Paraguay.
Continue Reading More than a dozen Americans evacuated on US-chartered flights from a cruise ship docked in Japan were being tested for the novel coronavirus at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, health officials said Monday. The 13 patients, who were among 300 Americans quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess for nearly two weeks, had either tested positive
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