LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded packages. CBSLA reported Thursday that the sea of debris left behind included items that the thieves apparently didn’t think were valuable enough to take. While CBSLA cameras were on the scene,
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains nearing downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded packages. CBSLA reported Thursday that the sea of debris left behind included items that the thieves apparently didn’t think were valuable enough to take. While CBSLA cameras were on the scene,
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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio says it was his decision to fire head coach David Culley after just one season. During a news conference Friday, Caserio cited differences in opinion with Culley about the organization’s path forward. The Texans announced the firings of Culley and offensive coordinator Tim Kelly on Thursday
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HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio says it was his decision to fire head coach David Culley after just one season. During a news conference Friday, Caserio cited differences in opinion with Culley about the organization’s path forward. The Texans announced the firings of Culley and offensive coordinator Tim Kelly on Thursday
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and MEHDI EL AREM Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Protestors have scuffled with police in Tunisia’s capital after crowds gathered, in defiance of new COVID-19 restrictions, to mark the 11th anniversary of the revolution that triggered the Arab Spring uprisings. Police fired water cannon and tear gas at a crowd
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Claude Julien has been named coach of Canada’s men’s hockey team for the Beijing Olympics on Friday, and Shane Doan has been named general manager. Doan and Julien replace St. Louis GM Doug Armstrong and Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper, who vacated their positions on the national team when the NHL
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse has stressed the need for strong European borders, during a speech in Athens. She spoke Friday at the start of a two-day visit to Greece that will also see her visiting a camp for asylum seekers on an
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to return $64.6 million in profits reaped from inflating the price of a lifesaving drug and barred him from the pharmaceutical industry for the rest of his life. The ruling Friday by a federal judge
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by Alison Kosik, CNN Two of the biggest retail pharmacies in the U.S. are temporarily closing some stores and pharmacies on the weekends as the latest surge in Covid-19 causes staff shortages. Walgreens said that, like many industries, this latest surge in the Omicron variant is placing a significant strain on its business in the
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors clearly didn’t want to go into the upcoming three-day weekend holding onto financial stocks. The Dow fell a little more than 200 points, led by a steep fall in shares of JPMorgan Chase and other big banks. The Dow closed 0.6% lower on Friday. The index is
Continue Reading The Associated Press Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are trying to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since the Brady-led New England Patriots 17 years ago. The quest begins Sunday in an NFC wild-card round matchup at home against Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles. The teams are meeting
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Toronto Maple Leafs have added three more players to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol as an outbreak on the team that started in December continues to drag on. The Leafs announced Friday that forwards Ondrej Kase and Nick Ritchie and defenseman Justin Holl have been added to the list. Toronto lost
Continue Reading ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A military inquiry has found that an air force helicopter crash that killed India’s military chief and 13 other people was caused by an unexpected change in weather that disoriented the pilot. The court’s preliminary finding released Friday said the pilot was flying through a valley when
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota legislative committee has approved a bill championed by Gov. Kristi Noem to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports leagues that match their gender identity. The Republican governor has aggressively pushed the bill this year. It received approval in the
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota legislative committee has approved a bill championed by Gov. Kristi Noem to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports leagues that match their gender identity. The Republican governor has aggressively pushed the bill this year. It received approval in the
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By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday. The announcement on Friday comes as the administration looks to address nationwide shortages, but supplies will be limited to just four free tests per home. Americans shouldn’t
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday. The announcement on Friday comes as the administration looks to address nationwide shortages, but supplies will be limited to just four free tests per home. Americans shouldn’t
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The omicron variant is sickening so many sanitation workers around the U.S. that some cities have had to delay or suspend garbage and recycling pickup, angering residents shocked that governments can’t perform this most basic of functions. The slowdowns have caused recycling bins full of Christmas
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Martin Shkreli to return $64.6 million in profits reaped from inflating the price of a lifesaving drug and barred him from the pharmaceutical industry for the rest of his life. The ruling Friday by a federal judge
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors clearly didn’t want to go into the upcoming three-day weekend holding onto stocks. The Dow fell more than 350 points, led by a steep fall in JPMorgan Chase and other big banks. The Dow was down 1% Friday and is off nearly 1.3% during the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Outgoing Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is leaving a progressive legacy behind when he steps down Saturday after eight years. Herring started in 2014 by reversing the state’s legal opposition to gay marriage. He wrapped up his term this week by overturning racist legal opinions
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois judge could be facing discipline after he mocked an attorney in comments that he apparently did not realize were being broadcast live on YouTube. Cook County Judge William Raines made the comments about attorney Jennifer Bonjean after she appeared before him during a court call. Bonjean is a New York-based
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By Amanda Watts and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As a massive winter storm takes aim starting Friday at much of the eastern US, officials from the Southeast to New England are preparing for what could be crippling ice and heavy snow. More than 50 million people from the Midwest eastward are under winter weather alerts as
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — A partir del sábado, muchos estadounidenses pueden hacerse pruebas de covid-19 en casa sin costo a través de su seguro privado. Pueden obtener las pruebas caseras en farmacias, minoristas y vendedores en línea. El programa es parte del esfuerzo de la administración Biden para aumentar el acceso a las pruebas en
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN As the Justice Department’s January 6 investigation takes a new turn with the use — for the first time in the Capitol attack prosecutions — of the seditious conspiracy charge, the founder of the Oath Keepers and another individual facing the charge made their first appearances in court Friday. The Justice
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CNN By Tierney Sneed As the Justice Department’s January 6 investigation takes a new turn with the use — for the first time in the Capitol attack prosecutions — of the seditious conspiracy charge, the founder of the Oath Keepers and another individual facing the charge will make their first appearance in court Friday. The
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three of the nation’s biggest banks reported blowout profits for 2021 on Friday, helped by the improving economy and consumers and businesses willing to spend and take on loans. But Inflation is clouding the outlook for 2022, based on comments from bank executives to reporters
Continue Reading By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album of rootsy rock from John Mellencamp, the return of puppet friends from “Fraggle Rock” and a virtual Sundance Film Festival where all the selections can be streamed. On the small screen, there’s the series “As We See It” about 20-something roommates with
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer Short track speedskating is already thrilling with its high-speed crashes and elbows flying. Now, there’s a new event adding to the chaos with its Olympic debut in Beijing. The 2,000-meter mixed team relay features a maximum of 12 teams with four skaters each battling it out over 18 laps.
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum is skipping his senior season and entering the NFL draft. The consensus All-American was the Big Ten’s offensive lineman of the year and received the Rimington Trophy as the nation’s top center. He also was a finalist for the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy. Linderbaum started
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