The Supreme Court allowed a Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks to remain in place for now. Read the court’s order and partial dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has ordered that all citizens who paid fines during a nearly 3-month state of emergency declared last year to slow the spread of the coronavirus be remunerated. The move follows a ruling by Spain’s top court earlier this year declaring as unconstitutional the country’s first state of emergency which
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By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has agreed to a new contract that will keep him on a perpetual five-year deal at his alma mater. Gundy has a career record of 143-67 in 17 years and has led the program to 15 consecutive bowl games and 15 straight winning seasons.
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Cognitive impairment — described as brain fog — can persist for months in Covid-19 patients, even for some who were not hospitalized, according to a new study. The research, published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open, found that nearly a quarter of Covid-19 patients in a Mount Sinai Health System
Continue Reading by SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations envoy for Syria says the first round of talks between the government and the opposition to draft constitutional reforms in Geneva ended in disappointment and no new date has been set for the next meeting. The talks started Monday following a nine-month hiatus
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By Natasha Bertrand China’s test of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile has given new fuel to critics of President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda to scale back America’s nuclear arsenal, with intelligence and defense officials warning that the Chinese launch marked a significant technological leap that could threaten the US in new ways. News of the launch
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Francesca Street, CNN It would’ve been unthinkable 12 months ago as the cruise industry reeled from the effects of Covid, but one operator is now offering an epic new voyage that will last nine months and take travelers to more than 150 destinations. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Serenade of the Seas is set to commence
Continue Reading NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Interim Newcastle manager Graeme Jones says he will be in charge for the next two Premier League games while the club’s new ownership conducts its search for a successor to Steve Bruce. Bruce was fired on Wednesday just two weeks after the 300-million-pound ($409 million) takeover by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA’s plans for overhauling the Champions League could still be reviewed, according to the group that represents European domestic leagues. The Champions League is set to start the 2024-25 season with more teams, playing 10 games each instead of six, and in a single league table
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Three-time Pro Bowl safety Malcolm Jenkins spent his bye week building his portfolio. Jenkins, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Saints and Eagles, became a minority investor in the Premier League’s Burnley Football Club this week after touring historic Turf Moor stadium in England and watching the Clarets play Manchester
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By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press One of the world’s largest bourbon producers has announced a tentative contract agreement with a union representing striking workers in Kentucky. About 420 striking workers will vote on the five-year contract offer Saturday. The walkout began about six weeks ago after they rejected a previous contract offer. The breakthrough comes
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press One of the world’s largest bourbon producers has announced a tentative contract agreement with a union representing striking workers in Kentucky. About 420 striking workers will vote on the five-year contract offer Saturday. The walkout began about six weeks ago after they rejected a previous contract offer. The breakthrough comes
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government’s scientific advisers have urged the government to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow. Britain has recorded an average of 47,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day in the past week, up 18% from the
Continue Reading TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say gunshots rang out across several streets during a shooting that killed four people in a neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington. A search for a suspect or suspects in the Thursday afternoon killings continued Friday. Investigators have not yet said what led to the violence outside a residence on the city’s
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — El objetivo de las películas y las series de televisión es hacer que las escenas parezcan realistas. Y cuando se trata de pistolas de apoyo, no solo se ven peligrosas. Pueden ser peligrosas. Tal fue el caso de la muerte este jueves de Halyna Hutchins en el set de la película “Rust”
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The housing market is showing no significant signs of slowing, despite some concerns that prices may be close to peaking as mortgage rates climb. Housing starts in September were up from a year ago, while existing home sales topped economists’ forecasts and rose from August levels. Even as
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Whitney Wild, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Kristen Holmes, CNN The House select committee is setting its sights on the financing behind events and people associated with January 6, CNN has learned, including money that funded pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” rallies that preceded the attack on the Capitol that day, in an
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Film crew member Halyna Hutchins was killed after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on the set of the movie “Rust” in New Mexico. Ben Simmons, a fire arms instructor for actors, explains what prop guns are.
Continue Reading By PETER SMITH Associated Press The spiritual leader of the world’s 200 million Eastern Orthodox Christians brings an agenda spanning religious, political and environmental concerns to a 12-day U.S. visit beginning Saturday. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden and participate in various ceremonial and interfaith gatherings. He’s expected to raise
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By Katharina Krebs and Toyin Owoseje, CNN A deadly explosion at an ammunition disposal plant in Russia’s western Ryazan province on Friday killed at least 17 people, Russia’s official news agency TASS reported. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said a criminal investigation had been launched into the blast. According to Reuters, an entire
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN An African American historical museum in Virginia is throwing its hat in the mix to turn what was once a daunting reminder of the country’s Confederate past and in recent years, violence, into a public display of art. The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville has submitted an offer
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los colmillos de un elefante están entre sus características distintivas: ayudan al animal a levantar ramas pesadas, derribar árboles, arrancar la corteza, luchar y cavar agujeros para obtener agua y minerales. Pero una proporción cada vez mayor de elefantes hembra del Parque Nacional de Gorongosa, en Mozambique, nacieron sin estas herramientas
Continue Reading By Eleanor Pickston and Rob Picheta, CNN Luxembourg is set to become the first European nation to legalize the growing and use of cannabis, the government announced in a statement on Friday. Under the new legislation, adults over 18 in Luxembourg will be allowed to use cannabis, and to grow up to four plants per
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations says it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya. The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants inside the country and the suspension of the flights for several months. The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said in a statement that it had evacuated 127 people
Continue Reading By Sara Spary, CNN Hopes that mankind can save the northern white rhino from extinction appeared more remote than ever this week, after scientists announced they will retire one of the last two living northern white rhinos from a breeding program. Najin, a 32-year-old northern white rhino — who, along with her daughter Fatu is
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas and Sandra Gonzalez and Andy Rose, CNN Alec Baldwin has made his first public statement since a fatal shooting on the set of his new film on Thursday. “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Now that Coach O is out at LSU, or at least he will be at the end of the season, how does the school go about hiring its next head coach and who might be a candidate? On the latest episode of the AP Top 25 College
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Covid continues to loom over the US economy, but economic activity is nonetheless inching closer to its pre-pandemic strength, helped in large part by people returning to their offices. The biggest problem putting a damper on early celebrations: the ongoing supply chain crisis. The Back-to-Normal Index created by CNN Business
Continue Reading By Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologist As the country transitions from the heat of summer to the cold of winter, the clash between seasons will trigger severe storms, including tornadoes, this weekend in the central United States. A system developing in the Southern Plains on I wiFriday will become the focus of severe weather Saturday and
Continue Reading Poweful storms, including possible tornadoes, tear through NE Ohio, damaging homes.
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