U.S. and Nevada leaders are mourning former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who died Tuesday at 82. Landra Reid says her husband died peacefully after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Reid, a Democrat, led the Senate under under two presidents, Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama. He retired in 2016.
NEW YORK – Hundreds of flights were canceled Wednesday as the omicron variant creates havoc for travelers and for airlines that are having to cobble together flight crews as pilots, flight attendants and ground crews become infected or are exposed to others who have been.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified 89 cruise ships with COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, nearly all of which have met the threshold for a formal investigation.
This would be a good New Year’s to spend at home. Omicron makes people sick faster than earlier variants, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the 2016 conviction of a Florida woman for killing her 5-year-old son 25 years earlier, ruling that despite the jury’s verdict, prosecutors failed to present enough evidence to prove she had purposely caused the boy’s death.
RICHMOND, Va. – Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital on Tuesday pulled books, money, ammunition, documents and other artifacts from a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Dear Amy: My husband of many years, “Franklin,” has a strategy of lying to me in order to get his way or avoid confrontation. Three examples, all this week: We make an annual, very substantial contribution to an arts organization where he’s on the board.
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old woman in good physical condition – a gardener and lap swimmer. The only medication I take is vitamin D. My cholesterol readings for the past few years have shown a total cholesterol of about 200, with HDL 77 and LDL of 105. Is this normal for me? My ratio seems to be favorable.
MANHATTAN — In a bowl season filled with turmoil, Kansas State so far has been a model of stability. Take the Texas Bowl, where the Wildcats (7-5) will face LSU at 8 p.m.
BUHLER — When an anonymous customer dropped off more than 200 bangles last month, the managers of Grand Staff Thrift Boutique decided to put the donation to good use. The store, which supports a school and a residence for orphans and neglected youth in Eswatini, Africa, will use the money collected from the sale of the bangles and more than 1,000 other jewelry items to help with their mission.