By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A Belarusian hacktivist group says it has launched a limited cyberattack on the national railway company, aimed at impeding the movement of Russian troops and freight inside the Moscow-allied country. The Belarusian Cyber Partisans say they disrupted online ticket sales in Monday’s attack and were working to fix that
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By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A local government official in Cameroon says at least six people have died in a crush outside a stadium hosting a game at Africa’s top soccer tournament. The governor of the central region of Cameroon says there could be more casualties. The
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By Luke McGee and Lindsay Isaac, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated his birthday with a gathering at his official residence in June 2020 while the United Kingdom was in its first Covid-19 lockdown, a spokesperson said Monday, marking the latest scandal for the country’s leader. In a statement, a Downing Street spokesperson said:
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El astronauta francés Thomas Pesquet pasó seis meses a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional el año pasado, y su visión de la Tierra fue tan alarmante como impresionante. Los largos periodos con los pies fuera de la tierra firme le dieron una perspectiva única y privilegiada de nuestro planeta. Su
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks recovered from big early losses Monday as investors jumped in before the closing bell. Every major index closed higher after slumping throughout much of the day as investors anticipated inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and fretted over possible conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN By age 22, Jason Rivera had already made profound contributions to New York — and on Friday night, he gave his life trying to protect it. Growing up in Manhattan as part of an immigrant family, the young officer had joined the New York Police Department with a goal of bettering
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved five Caribbean island destinations into its highest-risk travel category for Covid-19 on Monday. In total, the CDC moved 15 places to Level 4, or “very high” risk, showing the continuing grip the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has on
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Opko, Freeport-McMoRan fall; Kohl’s, Unilever rise.
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks have hired former player agent Emilie Castonguay to be assistant general manager, making her the first female assistant GM in franchise history. Canucks president of hockey operations and interim GM Jim Rutherford said Monday in a statement that Castonguay will play a lead role in player contracts
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Chihuahuan state officials say they’ve arrested two people in connection to the deaths of two women whose bodies were dismembered and dumped in bags along a highway. Investigators say 25-year-old Jaqueline Isela C. R. and 24-year-old David R. were captured in connection to the investigation. According to investigators, Julissa Ramirez and Nohemi
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The federal tax filing season has begun. And it’s going to be tough sledding for the IRS — and for some tax filers — given the millions of returns from last year that still have to be processed, staffing issues due to Covid-19 and a lack of needed funding for
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CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The federal tax filing season has begun. And it’s going to be tough sledding for the IRS — and for some tax filers — given the millions of returns from last year that still have to be processed, staffing issues due to Covid-19 and a lack of needed funding
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Mothers who lost their sons to violence are telling New Mexico lawmakers that something has to be done. Prosecutors from around the state say judges need more information to determine if defendants are too dangerous to be released while waiting for their trials. The mothers
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press A pro-Trump social media influencer who posted video of himself at the U.S. Capitol during last year’s riot has been sentenced to three months of home detention. The federal judge who sentenced 45-year-old Brandon Straka on Monday said she was disturbed that the Nebraska native used his
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By Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN An Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump‘s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia will be allowed to seat a special grand jury this spring. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested last week to seat a special grand jury starting May 2. Fulton
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Even the winning coach, in this case Andy Reid, is questioning the NFL’s overtime setup. One day after Reid’s Chiefs won the OT coin toss, then marched downfield for Travis Kelce’s 8-yard touchdown reception to end an epic divisional round game with Buffalo, Reid recognized how fortunate Kansas
Continue Reading The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue Reading MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook’s parent company Meta says it has created what it believes is among the fastest artificial intelligence supercomputers running today. It hopes it will help lay the groundwork for its building of the metaverse, a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet as we know it today. The company
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has issued its first clean energy loan guarantee, reviving an Obama-era program that disbursed billions of dollars in guarantees to help launch the country’s first utility-scale wind and solar farms a decade ago but has largely gone dormant in recent years. The Energy Department
Continue Reading CNN By Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN As many as 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe as Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued the prepare to deploy orders at the direction
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Saturn’s innermost moon, which resembles the Death Star from Star Wars, may be a “stealth” ocean world, according to new research. Mimas, which is the smallest and closest to Saturn of the ringed planet’s 82 moons, may contain a liquid internal ocean. “If Mimas has an ocean, it represents a new
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso County Sheriff’s office says two off-duty officers were attacked with a knife while working an assignment at the Cielo Vista Walmart on 7101 Gateway west. Police arrested Jeremy Coltharp for aggravated assault on a peace officer. Officials say Coltharp had assaulted a Walmart sales clerk the previous week
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Georgia’s Lovasea Carroll is leaving the national champions to join South Carolina’s football program. Carroll posted his decision on social media Monday. Carroll is dressed in a Gamecocks’ uniform on his post with the words, “Committed, Lovasea Carroll, South Carolina” at the the bottom. Carroll is a 6-foot-1, 195-pound freshman from
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination, almost a month after launch. Since lifting off from French Guiana on December 25, the telescope has unfurled its tennis court-size sunshield and unfolded a massive gold mirror that will help it study the universe in new ways and peer inside
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Treasury Department launched a revamped Child Tax Credit website meant to help people who were eligible for the expanded tax credit under last year’s pandemic relief bill claim the second half of the payment they were due. The website includes a new tool
Continue Reading (CNN) — Up to 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert to deploy as Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. .US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued the prepare to deploy orders at the direction of President Joe Biden.Kirby said no final decision to deploy the troops
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — No player is creating more speculation and rumors in this January transfer window than Fiorentina forward Dušan Vlahović. So far, though, the Serbia international is keeping everyone guessing about his next destination. The 21-year-old Vlahović is already among Serie A’s leading scorers. But he only has 18
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Biden administration is defending its economic track record as financial markets get hit by turmoil driven by concerns about the Federal Reserve’s plans to fight high inflation. “We always focus on the trends in the economy, not any one day and not any single indicator, and the President’s economic
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business A cruise ship heading to Miami changed course to the Bahamas Saturday after a US judge issued an arrest warrant for the ship due to unpaid fuel bills. If the Crystal Symphony had continued course to Miami, it would have been seized by authorities. So it headed to Bimini instead,
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business If you want a Ford Maverick pickup but haven’t placed an order already yet, time’s running out. On Thursday, Ford will stop accepting any new retail orders for the 2022 model year Maverick, company spokesman Michael Levine said in an email. After that, buyers will have to
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