CDC: 89 cruise ships have COVID-19 cases
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.
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Widespread flight cancellations continue
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.
Presidents, lawmakers remember Reid
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.
Hawaii: Don’t burn Christmas trees at sacred Oahu sandbar
HONOLULU – Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources is warning people that they face arrest if found burning Christmas trees at an oceanic sandbar. The sandbar found between the open Pacific Ocean and Kaneohe Bay on Oahu’s windward side is a popular gathering place for local boaters and tourists.
Lebanon expects draft deal with IMF soon
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s prime minister said Tuesday that his government’s talks with the International Monetary Fund are inching closer to a “final formula” for a draft on an agreement before the end of February.
Labor reform passes in Spain
MADRID – Spain’s left-wing ruling coalition on Tuesday secured its hold on power with the approval of a landmark labor reform backed by both unions and employers and a new national spending plan for next year that includes a hefty disbursement of pandemic recovery funds.
China’s pursuit of chip self-reliance worrisome
BEIJING – To help make China a self-reliant “technology superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world’s biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips – a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before.
New Year expected to bring cold spell
Hays area residents will experience the coldest temperatures of the season as they welcome in the New Year. Holiday travelers and revelers should take note of an arctic air mass that will bring frigid temperatures into Kansas this weekend.
Coleman case in limbo
Kansas state Rep. Aaron Coleman hasn’t been charged with a crime a month after his arrest by state troopers along I-70 near Lawrence, which could help him get diversion in a separate domestic battery case.
Possible ‘tsunami’ has WHO chief concerned
BERLIN – The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that he’s worried about the omicron and delta variants of COVID-19 combining to produce a “tsunami” of cases, but said he’s still hopeful that the world will put the worst of the pandemic behind it in 2022.