A fire weather watch has also been issued for Southern California. January 18, 2021, 11:28 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Major damaging winds are expected in California this week from the San Francisco Bay area all the way down to Los Angeles. The […]
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Poisoned Russian opposition leader detained minutes after returning home
He was recovering in Germany after being poisoned with a nerve agent in August. January 17, 2021, 8:29 PM • 7 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was detained by police at a Moscow airport minutes after returning to Russia for the […]
4th victim dies after gunman’s attacks in Chicago, suburbs
Authorities say a 61-year-old woman became the fourth person to die from a series of shootings this month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a police shootout ByThe Associated Press January 17, 2021, 6:36 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CHICAGO […]
Phil Spector, famed music producer and murderer, dead at 81
LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. California state prison officials said he died Saturday of natural causes at a hospital. Spector was convicted […]
Kremlin critic Navalny detained after landing in Moscow
Russia’s prison service says opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press January 17, 2021, 6:28 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny […]
Why Joe Biden’s inauguration will be like no other — and how to watch
Cheering crowds with hundreds of thousands of people packed shoulder-to-shoulder. Glamorous galas, luncheons, balls and a parade. Inaugurations are usually a jubilant celebration of the peaceful transfer of power in the world’s oldest democracy. But not this year. In the wake of the violent and deadly breach of the U.S. […]
Decision on Belarus hockey worlds near amid sponsor pressure
The International Ice Hockey Federation will make a decision in the coming days on whether to pull its world championship from Belarus as pressure increases from sponsors over a crackdown on opposition groups By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer January 17, 2021, 3:26 PM • 3 min read Share to […]
Egypt unveils ancient funerary temple south of Cairo
Egypt’s former antiquities minister and noted archaeologist Zahi Hawass has revealed details of an ancient funerary temple in a vast necropolis south of Cairo ByThe Associated Press January 17, 2021, 4:09 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CAIRO — Egypt’s former antiquities minister and […]
‘Little old West Virginia’ sets pace on vaccine rollout
KENOVA, W.Va. — Griffith & Feil Drug has been in business since 1892, a family-owned, small-town pharmacy. This isn’t their first pandemic. More than a century after helping West Virginians confront the Spanish flu in 1918, the drugstore in Kenova, a community of about 3,000 people, is helping the state […]
Russian cargo ship sinks in the Black Sea, rescue underway
Turkish authorities say a cargo ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Sunday, leaving at least three people dead ByThe Associated Press January 17, 2021, 2:57 PM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ISTANBUL — A cargo ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast […]