Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin warns CNN’s Dana Bash of the potential economic repercussions if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell applies the filibuster to the debt ceiling debate.
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government says it is enlisting the military and the Shin Bet internal security agency as it tries to rein in a wave of violence in the country’s Arab sector. The Arab minority, which makes up around 20% of Israel’s population, has been convulsed by violent crime in recent years. Prime
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has reported 35 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day. The latest numbers released Saturday pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,106 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll remains at
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“Saturday Night Live” opened its 47th season with new cast member James Austin Johnson taking on the role of President Joe Biden.
Continue Reading Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) says the $1.5 trillion price tag for a social safety net bill — that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) says is his limit — is too small to include all of the Democrat’s priorities.
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Sam Bradpiece, CNN The French military says its planes have been banned from Algerian airspace amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries. “This morning, while filing flight plans for two of our planes, we learned that the Algerians were closing the overflight of their territory to all French
Continue Reading LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — Survivors of a 2013 capsizing have joined residents of a tiny Italian isle to honor 368 migrants who perished on the anniversary of the offshore tragedy. Participants in the memorial ceremony Sunday tossed flowers into the Mediterranean’s crystalline waters off the island of Lampedusa. Among those who journeyed to the island
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Bernard Tapie, the charismatic president of French soccer club Marseille during its glory era whose reign was marred by a match-fixing scandal, has died. He was 78. Marseille announced Tapie’s death on its Twitter page. Marseille “learned with a great sadness the passing
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II has received a call from Syrian President Bashar Assad. Sunday’s call is the first between the two leaders after a decade of strain over Syria’s civil war. The Jordanian royal court said the leaders discussed relations between the “brotherly countries” and ways to enhance cooperation between them.
Continue Reading By Simon Bouvier, Saskya Vandoorne and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Between 2,900 and 3,200 pedophile clergymen have worked in the French Catholic Church since the 1950s, the president of an independent commission on sexual abuse told CNN Sunday. “We had to cross historical, sociological, medical and psychiatric perspectives. We had to call upon skills in the
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Sunday that the $1.5 trillion figure for the economic bill was “too small,” but wouldn’t say whether she would accept the $2.1 trillion dollar price tag that is being floated. “That’s not going to happen,” Jayapal told CNN’s Dana Bash on
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal on the Minneapolis ballot about the future of policing in the city where George Floyd was killed has its roots in the “defund the police” movement. And it has centrist Democrats worried that it could spell defeat. The fight is a microcosm for what’s been
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland have confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a leading newspaper that has carried out investigations of the country’s right-wing government. The raid on Saturday comes as critics of the government accuse it of seeking to erode media freedom, with the
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland have confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a leading newspaper that has carried out investigations of the country’s right-wing government. The raid on Saturday comes as critics of the government accuse it of seeking to erode media freedom, with the
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By Alta Spells, CNN Eleven people were rescued after their boat overturned near downtown Seattle on Saturday night, the Seattle Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to a report of a capsized boat with people in the water, in the 800 block of Alaskan Way, the fire department said in a series of Twitter posts. The
Continue Reading “Saturday Night Live” returned to the airwaves and parodied some of the chaos at school board meetings seen across the United States as students returned to school amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Good Sunday morning. Today will be a lot like yesterday with sunny skies and no rain chances. The only difference is that it’ll be a few degrees warmer than yesterday but not by much. Go outside and enjoy your day today! Throughout the week, temperatures will slowly warm up to about 7 degrees above where
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN A California couple visiting an Arkansas state park found a 4.38-carat diamond on the ground. “I didn’t know it was a diamond then, but it was clean and shiny, so I picked it up,” the wife said. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Rennes scored just before and after the break to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 and hand the runaway league leader its first defeat of the season. Gaetan Laborde put Rennes ahead on the stroke of halftime after Lionel Messi hit the crossbar for PSG with a free
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN Celine Wysgalla remembers the first time she stepped foot into Crystal Gardens as a 5-year-old, her tiny body overshadowed by ancient trees that towered above her. For more than two decades, the indoor garden at Chicago’s Navy Pier has been a cherished escape from bustling city life, a reminder of the
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese military flew 16 warplanes over waters south of Taiwan on Sunday as the United States expressed concern about what it called China’s “provocative military action” near the self-governing island that China claims. China sent 38 warplanes into the area on Friday and 39 aircraft on Saturday. A statement from
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ROME (AP) — A small private plane has crashed into a vacant office building in a Milan suburb. A prosecutor said all eight people aboard were killed in Sunday’s crash. Firefighters tweeted that no one other than those aboard were involved in the crash near a subway station in San Donato Milanese. The firefighters said
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By Alaa Elassar and Maya Brown, CNN A man in New York City died early Saturday morning while subway surfing on top of the J-train on the Williamsburg Bridge. The 32-year-old man lost his footing, fell from the train onto the tracks, and was struck by an incoming train, the New York Police Department (NYPD)
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has called for “more humane” prison life in the wake of bloodshed in a prison in Ecuador in which 118 people died and dozens more were injured. Francis told the public in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that he was “very pained” by what happened last week in Guayaquil
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun, Wayne Chang and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN All foreign nationals entering New Zealand will need to be fully vaccinated from November 1, the government announced Sunday. Travelers will have to declare their vaccination status when registering with the country’s isolation system and provide proof of vaccination or exemption to their airline and customs
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The supply chain nightmare that’s been plaguing the global economy for over a year is about to snarl the holiday shopping season. Think barren shelves, massive shipping delays, and no small amount of sticker shock. Merry Christmas, everyone! Although the pandemic lit the match, the United States has been setting
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, CNN Saturday’s estimated $635 million Powerball drawing resulted in no winner, an official with the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) confirmed to CNN. The unlucky numbers were 28-38-42-47-52 and the Powerball was 1. The next drawing is Monday night. “There was no jackpot winner, so the jackpot is up to $670 million ($474.8
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