By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scheme less than a month before she was scheduled to face trial, according to court records filed Tuesday. Marci Palatella will be the 33rd parent to
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The English and Spanish leagues are backing their clubs to not release players to play for South American countries in World Cup qualifying next week. The standoff highlights the escalating backlash FIFA is facing over its decision to overlook coronavirus-related quarantine requirements and concerns of clubs and leagues
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By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80. Publicist Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.” The self-effacing and unshakeable drummer helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm
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CNNEE (CNN) –Murió Charlie Watts, el legendario baterista de The Rolling Stones, según anunció su publicista en un comunicado a CNN el martes. Tenía 80 años. Watts fue parte de The Rolling Stones desde 1963. FOTOS | Los famosos que han muerto en 2021 En un comunicado en la cuenta de Instagram de The Rolling
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By Hilary Clarke, CNN Charlie Watts, the unassuming son of a truck driver who gained global fame as the drummer for the Rolling Stones, has died. He was 80. ”It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract extension with wide receiver Robby Anderson, according to a person familiar with the situation. The deal includes $20.5 million in guaranteed money. The Panthers increased Anderson’s 2021 salary from $8 million to $12.5 million.
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Next time you order that waffle maker or rice cooker, it could be delivered to you by Walmart, even if that’s not where you bought it. The company said Tuesday that it’s launching a new service that delivers goods sold by other businesses to customers. The service will be ready
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Shipping giant Maersk is taking big strides to decarbonize its fleet with an order for eight new “green” container ships. The only problem? There’s not enough carbon neutral methanol to power the vessels. Maersk said Tuesday that it would spend $1.4 billion on eight large ships that will have the
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has formally broken off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco, with the foreign minister citing a series of alleged hostile acts. Tuesday’s move culminates a period of growing tension between the North African countries which are mired in a decades-long feud, with their borders closed to each other. The announcement comes
Continue Reading By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Updated diabetes guidance says overweight and obese Americans should start getting screened earlier, at age 35 instead of 40. The advice Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force stems from rising rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and research showing health benefits of prevention methods and early
Continue Reading By LAURIE KELLMAN and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases each day in Israel is nearing the record set in January. The government reported Tuesday that 9,831 new cases had been registered a day earlier, the highest count since the record of more than 10,000
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It seems that nothing can stop the stock market. The bulls have assumed control. The Nasdaq surpassed the 15,000 level for the first time ever Tuesday, rising 0.5% thanks to continued strength in tech stocks like Microsoft, Nvidia and Google owner Alphabet. It’s been a stunning rise for
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Waymo, the Google self-driving vehicle spinoff, is moving to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to San Francisco. The company says “trusted tester” customers in the city will be able to hail a ride in Jaguar I-Pace self-driving electric vehicles. For now the vehicles will have human backup drivers on board. But at some point the
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The coronavirus is disrupting more classrooms in Florida, while lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis argue against school mask mandates in a Tallahassee courtroom. Three more school districts announced hearings Tuesday to discuss stricter mask policies. Orange, Pinellas and Monroe counties may join eight other districts
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By Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon acknowledged Tuesday that there had been “some terrible conditions” at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar where the US military has temporarily stationed thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan as they relocate people leaving the country. “We are aware of and as concerned as anybody about
Continue Reading ELY, Minn. (AP) — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. But about the only cars in the northeastern Minnesota town with canoes strapped to their tops this week are leaving. Several fires inside and just outside the
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A newly filed lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of recent public health orders requiring people with certain jobs to get COVID-19 vaccinations and restricting admittance to the state fair. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court asks a judge to block enforcement of an order requiring health workers, teachers and
Continue ReadingCNN, AFP, QATAR GOVT, KTVT, DEFENSE DEPT, UNITED AIRLINES, HANIF SUFIZADA, TALIBAN VIDEO, ISIS VIDEO By Nick Paton Walsh, Brad Lendon, Sheena McKenzie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban said Tuesday that they were “not allowing the evacuation of Afghans anymore” and warned that the US must stick to next week’s deadline to pull out,
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo commuted the sentence of the San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s father on Monday evening as part of six people granted clemency, according to a release from his office. David Gilbert, 76, was convicted of three counts of second-degree murder and four counts of first-degree
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN Business) — McDonald’s se ha visto obligado a dejar de vender batidos y bebidas embotelladas en casi 1.300 restaurantes del Reino Unido. Es que la escasez de personal relacionada con el brexit y los retrasos en la cadena de suministro causados por la pandemia siguen azotando a las empresas. “Al
Continue Reading By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears will start rookie quarterback Justin Fields in the preseason finale Saturday at Tennessee against the Titans. Although Fields is starting that game, he still is regarded as the Bears’ backup to veteran Andy Dalton for the regular-season opener against the Los Angeles
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Biden administration faces two major confrontations with the Supreme Court this week, as the justices weigh requests related to the Covid moratorium on evictions and the termination of a Trump practice that forced migrants seeking US asylum to stay in Mexico until their claims
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los investigadores capturaron el momento en que un animal vegetariano de toda la vida cruzó la línea y comió carne. Y lo que lo hizo aún más “horroroso” es que se trata de una tortuga. Los científicos capturaron el momento en video cuando una tortuga gigante de las Islas Seychelles,
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore and Pete Muntean, CNN Business The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether Boeing employees who are supposed to flag safety problems with aircraft are being pressured by the company not to raise concerns, according to a letter the agency sent to the aircraft maker. The FAA depends on Boeing employees to carry
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Si te levantaste esta mañana con la sensación de que los últimos dos días han durado dos semanas, no estás solo. Decenas de miles de nuestros amigos en EE.UU. se despertaron sin electricidad, con árboles caídos alrededor de sus casas y, en Tennessee, hay una devastación desgarradora. Estamos con ustedes. El clima
Continue ReadingWASHNGTON, DC — President Biden has decided to stick with his self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline for a military withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S. officials told ABC News, despite pressure from European allies and pleas on the ground to extend the time for evacuations. Biden met with G7 leaders earlier Tuesday to discuss extending the Aug. 31
Continue Reading White House press secretary Jen Psaki told a reporter that it was “irresponsible” to say that the US is stranding Americans in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El director de la CIA William J. Burns se reunió cara a cara con el líder principal de los talibanes en Kabul este lunes, de acuerdo con dos funcionarios de Estados Unidos, a medida que Estados Unidos continúa evacuando a sus ciudadanos y aliados afganos fuera de Afganistán antes de que
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Paige Ruiz was nine months pregnant when she contracted Covid-19, and died before she got the chance to hold her newborn baby. Her mother, Robin Zinsou, tells CNN’s John Berman her daughter’s dying wish was that she wished she had gotten vaccinated.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Eric Levenson, CNN Hawaii Gov. David Ige asked tourists to voluntarily stay away from the state amid a record surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, though he stopped short of placing onerous restrictions on out-of-state visitors. “We know that it is not a good time to travel to the islands,” Ige,
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