By Christina Maxouris, CNN When Gurjeet Gill Dhanoa’s family moved from Canada nearly 23 years ago, they planned to operate the Tandoori Grill in Boulder County, Colorado, for just a few months. But the restaurant proved successful and they stayed, putting down roots in the community they now call home. By the end of 2021,
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By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says more than 4 feet of snow fell in the area of the
Continue Reading By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The former head of Kazakhstan’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency has been arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Karim Masimov’s arrest came in the wake of violent protests this week that the president has blamed on foreign-backed terrorists. The arrest was announced Saturday by the
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN As a Covid-19 testing shortage compounds a burgeoning crisis of new hospitalizations, more states are racing to help hospitals and health care networks with staff and supplies. Staffing shortages are growing as frontline health care workers — who are at a higher risk of exposure — are infected and need to
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN Sidney Poitier refused to be defined by race from the start of his decades-long career, but his best-known performances advanced the depiction of Black actors and pushed audiences to confront racial tensions in America. “Racism is painful and we have to be clear-eyed about it, not just victims of it. And,
Continue Reading Sidney Poitier, Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died at 94.
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 in the middle of last month. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic was denied entry at the Melbourne airport late Wednesday after the Australian Border Force canceled his visa
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By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 in the middle of last month. The No. 1-ranked Djokovic was denied entry at the Melbourne airport late Wednesday after the Australian Border Force canceled his visa
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Brooks Koepka knows the running joke is he can’t bring the same focus he has at majors to other events. He’s OK with that. And it’s not from a lack of effort. Koepka says he’s tried to treat regular tournaments like majors but they just
Continue Reading By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Milorad Dodik was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist “breath of fresh air” in the murderous, genocide-scarred Balkan morass of ethnically divided Bosnia. How times change. This week the Bosnian Serb political leader, now a genocide-denying secessionist, was slapped with new U.S. sanctions for alleged
Continue Reading NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has allowed Mother Teresa’s charity to receive foreign funds, weeks after blocking it saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under local laws. Derek O’Brien, a lawmaker from the opposition Trinamool Congress party, tweeted Saturday that Missionaries of Charity was back on the list of approved associations after
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through India, prompting the federal government and states to swiftly reintroduce a string of restrictions, including limits on gatherings. But India’s political leaders are busy campaigning ahead of crucial state polls, addressing packed rallies of
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Stacker investigated toxic release sites in Texas history using data from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Continue Reading Temps will warm to the upper 60’s for Saturday with sunshine mixed with clouds. A cold front arrives Sunday and this will allow temps to cool down to the low 60’s with added clouds. Rain chances go up next week Wednesday and Thursday as temps stay in the low to mid 50’s.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers held off the Atlanta Hawks 134-118 for their first four-game winning streak of the season. LeBron James scored 23 of his 32 points in the second half, and Malik Monk added a season-high 29 points. Avery Bradley and Talen Horton-Tucker scored
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Darius Garland had 26 points and Rajon Rondo scored 11 off the bench in his Cavaliers debut, leading Cleveland to a 114-101 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. It was the Cavaliers’ 22nd win, matching their total for all of last season when they
Continue Reading By KEN RITTER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has commemorated the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a man “who got things done.” Democratic leaders gathered in Nevada on Saturday to recall Reid – often laughingly — as a man whose impatience for pleasantries was part
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Authorities say a strong overnight earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China and forced the suspension of high-speed rail service because of tunnel damage. Officials say four people with minor injuries in Menyuan Hui Autonomous County have been treated and released. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck at 1:45 a.m. Saturday
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free to people to use at home. But despite the high public demand for tests, White House officials say it will still
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RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Computer chip maker Intel plans to pay one of New Mexico’s largest water utilities $32 million to build a pipeline to supply its factory with the much needed resource. Millions of gallons are needed at the plant in Rio Rancho each day to produce tiny semiconductors and demands will likely
Continue Reading By Laura Smith-Spark, Niamh Kennedy and Joseph Ataman, CNN On January 1, three women were killed in France, each allegedly by a partner or ex-partner, in what feminist campaigners described as an “unbearable” start to another year’s tally of violence. France is just one of many countries grappling with what the United Nations has called
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CNN’s Bianca Nobilo breaks down what’s behind the high emotions surrounding Novak Djokovic’s Covid-19 vaccine controversy. He is confined to a hotel in Melbourne as he mounts a legal challenge to the revocation of his visa ahead of the Australian Open.
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Lexie Hull had career-bests of 33 points and seven 3-pointers, and No. 2 Stanford held off a late Oregon rally on the way to a 80-68 win. Hull’s 3 with 4:05 to play put Stanford ahead 73-62 after Oregon had trimmed the Cardinal’s lead to
Continue Reading By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant reiterates that he won’t lobby teammate Kyrie Irving to get vaccinated against the coronavirus so he could be eligible to play in all the Brooklyn Nets’ games. In fact, he won’t even ask his close friend why he refuses to get the shot.
Continue Reading By Seán Federico-O’Murchú, CNN It’s been a long wait for 25-year-old Mariah Bell. For the first time in the nine years she’s been a senior competitor, Bell has won the US women’s figure skating national title following the conclusion of the women’s free skate on Friday night — making her the oldest US women’s figure
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As a trailblazing actor to generations of Black performers in Hollywood, Sidney Poitier often spoke about his larger off-screen role. Poitier, who died Thursday at the age of 94, entered the film industry at a time when portrayals of African Americans were generally stereotypical. But
Continue Reading Economist Emily Oster and Dr. Leana Wen tell Amanpour the tools exist to keep school open and prevent further damage to children’s education and mental health.
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN Georgia public school teachers who test positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 no longer have to isolate before returning to school, according to a letter from Gov. Brian Kemp and Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey to school leaders that was released Thursday. The Georgia Department of Public Health on Wednesday
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KELLY The Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 33 points and 10 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings 121-111 on Friday night to end a two-game losing streak. Jokic reached 20 points for the seventh straight game as Denver got reinforcements back from health and safety protocols. Forwards
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KATY, Texas — Pierce Spencer had a career-high 20 points as Nicholls State defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 84-75. Trevian Tennyson led the Islanders with a season-high 23 points.
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