TOKYO (AP) — Powerful earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami advisory issued. This is a breaking news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde had a rewarding day in the French Alps. Skiing’s power couple excelled in Courchevel in their first races at the season-ending World Cup Finals. First Kilde won the season-long men’s downhill title by edging Olympic champion Beat Feuz in the standings. Shiffrin earned
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Walmart is planning to hire more than 50,000 workers in the United States this spring. America’s largest retailer said in a statement Wednesday that the jobs will be filled in its stores, clubs, campuses and supply chain facilities. The company plans on hiring the new workers by the end of
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Covid era of free money has come to an end. After dropping interest rates to zero in March 2020 to revive the economy, the Federal Reserve has just shifted gears to go into inflation-fighting mode. Fed officials said Wednesday they are raising interest rates, beginning their first cycle of
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen withdrew from the world championships on Wednesday because of what he called a “nagging injury” that he’s been dealing with after winning at the Beijing Games. The three-time reigning champion will be replaced on the U.S. team by Camden Pulkinen next week in Montpellier,
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard has become the ninth player in women’s basketball history to earn first-team Associated Press All-America honors three times. Howard was joined on the first team by South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith, Michigan’s Naz Hillmon and Stanford’s Haley
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard has become the ninth player in women’s basketball history to earn first-team Associated Press All-America honors three times. Howard was joined on the first team by South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith, Michigan’s Naz Hillmon and Stanford’s Haley
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the jilted lover and business partner of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, will finally get a chance to defend himself against allegations that he was her accomplice in a Silicon Valley ruse revolving around a ballyhooed blood-testing technology that flopped. Opening
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Zelenskyy: US must sanction Russian lawmakers, block imports, tells Congress ‘Peace is more important than income.’
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ANDREWS, Texas (AP) — Authorities say 9 dead, including 6 University of the Southwest students and golf coach, in head-on collision in Texas. Statement from Gov. Greg Abbott: “We grieve with the loved ones of the individuals whose lives were horrifically taken too soon in this fatal vehicle crash near Andrews last night,” said Governor Abbott.
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN Business The U.S. Coast Guard is working on a plan to safely refloat a 1,095-foot container ship operated by Evergreen Marine Corp. that grounded in the Chesapeake Bay Sunday night. This comes nearly a year after the container ship Ever Given, also operated by Evergreen Marine, became grounded in the Suez
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says its evaluation of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, has been postponed for the time being due to the “uneven situation.” At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO vaccines expert Dr. Mariangela Simao said the U.N. health agency’s officials had originally been scheduled to visit Russia on March
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By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden marked the long-stalled reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act with an event at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating its passage and underscoring that more still needs to be done to combat domestic violence. “It took time to change the culture, and you did
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars hope to never need to spend like this again in free agency. Jacksonville committed $260 million, including more than $155 million guaranteed, to add seven free agents who could help reshape a floundering franchise that’s lost 35 of its last 41
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Energy has received regulatory approval in Virginia for a series of solar projects expected to generate enough power to light up 250,000 homes. The State Corporation Commission approved the plan Tuesday. Dominion said the projects will result in a monthly rate increase of about $1.13 for the average residential customer.
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During a speech to Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky referenced seminal moments of US history while pleading for more aid from Americans to stop the Russian invasion of his country.
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that outfielder Kyle Schwarber has agreed to a four-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies worth about $80 million. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. Schwarber hit
Continue Reading By Emiko Jozuka, Mayumi Maruyama, Karen Smith and Brandon Miller, CNN A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan late Wednesday night, killing at least four people and injuring over 100 others, and cutting power to millions of homes. One of the people who died was a man in his 60s who lived in the city of
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By Marianne Garvey Lisa Kudrow is thinking about treating the world to a “Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion” sequel. The ’90s classic, starring Kudrow and Mira Sorvino, revolves around Romy and Michele, high school best friends who are invited back for their 10-year reunion. In order to appear as successful as their classmates, they
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By SAM METZ and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A critical Colorado River reservoir has fallen to a record low level, raising new concerns about a power source for millions of people in the U.S. West. Federal water officials that Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border fell below 3,525 feet on
Continue Reading By SAM METZ and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A critical Colorado River reservoir has fallen to a record low level, raising new concerns about a power source for millions of people in the U.S. West. Federal water officials that Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border fell below 3,525 feet on
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney workers are planning walkouts during their breaks every day this week to protest CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation. The group of Disney employees said this week on their website that the act of protest will culminate
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Norwich says forward Josh Sargent will not be on the U.S. roster for the Americans’ final three World Cup qualifiers. The team made the unusual annoucement a day before U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter is scheduled to announce his roster. A 22-year-old from O’Fallon, Missouri, Sargent was on the roster for the
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays from the payroll-shredding Oakland Athletics for four players. A five-year veteran and three-time Gold Glove winner, Chapman hit .201 with 27 home runs and 72 RBIs in 151 games for the Athletics last season. The
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is dropping regular COVID-19 testing for all but symptomatic individuals while maintaining an ability to move games if the public health situation in an area deteriorates. MLB and the players’ association finalized their 2022 COVID-19 protocols. Restrictions such as wearing facemasks in
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 7,3 que azotó la costa de la prefectura japonesa de Fukushima el miércoles mató al menos a dos personas y dejó 107 heridas, dijo a CNN el jueves la oficina local de prevención de desastres en Soma, Fukushima. Uno de los hombres que murió en el terremoto
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Proposals to change the rules for overtime have been submitted by three NFL teams, with Tennessee seeking to include 2-point conversions as part of the process of deciding the winner. The Titans have recommended that both teams possess the ball in overtime unless the team receiving the kickoff
Continue Reading By CNN staff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to Congress on Wednesday. Read Zelensky’s remarks, below, as delivered via interpreter. [Zelensky speaking through translator] Thank you very much. Madam speaker, members of the Congress, ladies and gentlemen, Americans, friends, I’m proud to greet you from Ukraine, from our capital city of Kyiv,
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN A war-weary Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking from his office in Kyiv, called on the United States to do more to protect his country and people in a dramatic address to American lawmakers Wednesday. It was an extraordinary appeal to the world’s largest military and financial power at a critical moment.
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew McCutchen is heading back to the NL Central after signing with the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers announced Wednesday they have signed the five-time All-Star outfielder to a one-year contract. McCutchen spent the first nine years of his career in the NL Central with Pittsburgh and won the 2013 NL MVP during
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