January 2022

Latvia, Germany win World Cup luge golds; US grabs a bronze

January 2, 2022 7:29 AM Associated Press

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Latvia won gold in a World Cup luge team relay on Sunday. Austria was second and the U.S. was third. The Americans in…

ABC-7 First Alert: Freezing Overnight

January 2, 2022 7:20 AM Katie Frazier

Good Sunday to you all, and Happy New Year! We are waking up to temperatures in the teens and mid 20s, and we won’t make it out of the 40s today.…

Meyers Taylor, Friedrich claim World Cup bobsled victories

January 2, 2022 7:09 AM Associated Press

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. got her first World Cup women’s bobsled win in nearly three years. She teamed with Lake…

Jake’s mice: Searching for answers to the puzzle of autism

January 2, 2022 7:04 AM Associated Press

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 16-year-old with autism recently got the chance to meet the first mice in the world engineered…

Tutu remains interred amid call to rename Cape Town airport

January 2, 2022 7:03 AM Associated Press

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The remains of South African archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu…

Police struggle to deter rising catalytic converter thefts

January 2, 2022 7:03 AM Associated Press

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — States across the country are taking steps to try to deter the thefts of catalytic…

Here’s what Elon Musk is likely to do with those billions of dollars in stock sales

January 2, 2022 7:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business What’s Elon Musk doing with the billions he’s collected in the past two months from selling shares in…

Start your week smart: Covid-19, North Korea, Betty White, Capitol riot, New Mexico

January 2, 2022 6:53 AM CNN Newsource

By AJ Willingham, CNN Happy New Year! If you’ve made any resolutions, we hope they’re off to a great start. If you still need some ideas,…

Can the stock market’s momentum continue into 2022?

January 2, 2022 6:48 AM CNN

CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market just wrapped up one of its best years on record. Can it repeat its stellar…

Can the stock market’s momentum continue into 2022?

January 2, 2022 6:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The stock market just wrapped up one of its best years on record. Can it repeat its stellar performance in 2022, even…

Mali junta defies mediators with 5-year transition plan

January 2, 2022 6:37 AM Associated Press

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military junta wants to extend its rule for five more years and put off the next…

What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu

January 2, 2022 6:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Ghazi Balkiz and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at…

Schools adapt for return from break as COVID-19 cases surge

January 2, 2022 6:26 AM Associated Press

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to vastly ramp…

Schools adapt for return from break as COVID-19 cases surge

January 2, 2022 6:26 AM Associated Press

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to vastly ramp…

Striking nurses to vote on whether to ratify new contract

January 2, 2022 6:24 AM Associated Press

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of unionized nurses at a Massachusetts hospital who have been on strike for nearly 10 months are scheduled to vote…

Look up as the Quadrantid meteor shower puts on a show in the new year

January 2, 2022 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The new year kicks off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to peak in the overnight hours from Sunday to…

EU draft on financing nuclear and gas plants raises ire

January 2, 2022 5:59 AM Associated Press

By RAF CASERT and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain…

EU draft on financing nuclear and gas plants raises ire

January 2, 2022 5:59 AM Associated Press

By RAF CASERT and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain…

Man who crossed from South Korea into North Korea presumed to be North Korean defector, Seoul officials say

January 2, 2022 5:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Gawon Bae, CNN An unidentified man who crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday is presumed to be a North…

France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases

January 2, 2022 5:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Tara John and Sandrine Amiel, CNN The Omicron variant’s rapid spread across France has prompted the government to slash Covid-19 isolation…

Thousands gather to oppose Dutch virus measures despite ban

January 2, 2022 5:31 AM Associated Press

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands have defied a ban and…

Lionel Messi tests positive for Covid-19, says Paris Saint-Germain

January 2, 2022 5:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Lionel Messi is one of four Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) players to have tested positive for Covid-19, the club said in a…

Tornadoes from rare supercell caused damage in Georgia

January 2, 2022 4:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN meteorologists Rare “low precipitation” (LP) supercells spawned tornadoes across at least two…

Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager thanks fan who noticed his melanoma at game against Seattle Kraken. ‘You changed my life’

January 2, 2022 4:30 AM CNN Newsource

By John Sinnott, CNN Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for…

Messi among 4 PSG players with COVID, 3 more Liverpool cases

January 2, 2022 4:06 AM Associated Press

By JEROME PUGMIRE and ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writers Lionel Messi is isolating at home in Argentina after being among four Paris Saint-Germain players…

How to support animal lover Betty White’s favorite cause

January 2, 2022 4:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Julia M. Chan, CNN When it came to people, Betty White loved to make them laugh. When it came to animals, she loved to lend them a helping hand. A…

4 Syrians die after burning coal for heat in south Lebanon

January 2, 2022 3:40 AM Associated Press

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An official in a Lebanese rescue group says a mother and her three children died in their sleep…

‘Everyone is welcome’: New Year’s parade with checkered past of offensive costumes returns with an inclusive message

January 2, 2022 3:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN America’s oldest folk parade returns Sunday after coronavirus shut down the New Year’s Day tradition that has come…

Overnight storms bring damage to parts of US South

January 2, 2022 2:52 AM Associated Press

HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (AP) — A line of severe storms damaged homes, knocked out power and downed trees in parts of the southern United States late…

Dinosaur footprints dating back 200 million years discovered on Wales beach, researchers believe

January 2, 2022 2:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Footprints discovered on a beach in Wales are believed to have been made by an early dinosaur more than 200 million years ago,…

Month: January 2022