By Olga Pavlova and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Russian rescue dog Monika has a new spring in her step after being fitted with titanium prosthetic legs — just months after doctors suggested she should be put down because of severe injuries. The operation was conducted by vet Sergei Gorshkov, who is based in the city of
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FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the oldest player to score multiple goals in a Serie A game but his brace still wasn’t enough for AC Milan to win. Despite the Sweden star’s two goals at the age of 40 years and 48 days, the Rossoneri slumped to their first loss of the season
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By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN New video of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai released on Saturday is insufficient to allay concerns about her health and safety, the head of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) said. Peng, who is one of China’s most recognizable sports stars, had accused former Vice Premier Zhang
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Months before Ahmaud Arbery was killed, shooter Travis McMichael posted a simple, chilling response to a Facebook post about a suspected car burglary on his Georgia neighborhood: “Arm up.” The post he commented on came between chats about lost dogs and water service
Continue Reading Daniela Mohor W. “This is the first time I will vote for a right-wing candidate. I consider myself a leftist, but today I am 100% sure I will go for José Antonio Kast,” said Rodrigo Álvarez, a 48-old sociologist and public administrator, referring to Chile’s far right presidential candidate, a long-time conservative politician and defender
Continue Reading YANQING, China (AP) — Johannes Ludwig has quickly made himself the favorite for men’s luge gold at the Beijing Olympics. Ludwig led a German sweep of the men’s medals on the newly built Olympic track in China. He won a World Cup race by the biggest margin of any men’s, women’s or doubles race in
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By Megan Thomas Willie Nelson’s latest album is right on tune for family gatherings next week. Nelson, 88, is joined by his sister, Bobbie, sons, Lukas and Micah, and his daughters, Amy and Paula, on the new album titled “The Willie Nelson Family.” They all appear on the album cover together. In a post on
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By Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff achieved another first in their historic roles when they affixed a white mezuzah to the right-hand side of the doorway of the vice presidential residence. The moment the sacred object was affixed to the Naval Observatory’s wooden entryway marked the first time an
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to avoid purchasing certain onions due to a Salmonella outbreak reported in 38 states and Puerto Rico, according to a CDC news release. Multiple companies have recalled whole yellow, red, and white onions
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Princess Charlene of Monaco spent half a year away from the European principality to recover from a severe ear, nose and throat infection in her native South Africa. Just 11 days after returning home, Prince Albert II announced in an exclusive interview with People on Friday that the princess has entered
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Democrats talked the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland. They’re now about to show whether a politically divided United States can walk the walk: and squeeze a $555 billion investment for clean energy through the narrowest of margins in the Senate. More
Continue Reading By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Nigerian-American musician Davido has announced he will donate more than $600,000 to orphanages across Nigeria, after hosting an impromptu online appeal that initially sparked amusement and confusion from his fans. “If u know I’ve given you a hit song .. send me money,” the singer wrote on Twitter earlier this week.
Continue Reading IGLS, Austria (AP) — The U.S. has won its first two medals of the World Cup sliding season by claiming gold and silver in women’s monobob. Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries were first and second for the U.S. Germany’s Laura Nolte was third. In the two-man race, Francesco Friedrich of Germany started the Olympic
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ATLANTA (AP) — Researchers are calling on the public to report monarch butterfly sightings in eight southern and Gulf states. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced the effort on Thursday. Scientists want to hear about sightings from Dec. 1 to March 1 in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will start against the Los Angeles Chargers after being removed from the COVID-19 list. The team says Roethlisberger has passed the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols and will travel separately to Los Angeles. Roethlisberger sat out a 16-16 tie against Detroit last week after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — A group of U.S. congressmen have held meetings with Lebanon’s top leaders during a fact-finding mission to the Middle East nation roiled by an unprecedented economic crisis. The delegation is on a three-day trip that started Friday and will report to President Joe Biden and the Congress, proposing ways to help the
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings. After weeks of shortages, retail chains like CVS say they have restocked supplies of home tests, which deliver results in about 15 minutes. But experts
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Holiday season could strain COVID-19 home test supplies as more Americans try to screen themselves before Thanksgiving and other family gatherings. After weeks of shortages, retail chains like CVS say they have restocked supplies of home tests, which deliver results in about 15 minutes. But experts
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer TURIN, Italy (AP) — U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev is one win away from another big trophy. The second-ranked Russian and defending champion beat first-time qualifier Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the championship match at the ATP Finals. Medvedev will play either top-ranked Novak Djokovic or No.
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN While Senate Democrats negotiate what to include in the party’s sweeping $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package, the price of almost everything is on the rise — or at least feels like it is. The legislation seeks to upgrade the nation’s social safety net by extending several coronavirus relief programs and by
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even as visitors again crowd below the jumbo screens in New York’s Times Square, the souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels and entrepreneurs within the iconic U.S. landmark are still reeling from a staggering pandemic. With vaccinated foreign tourists now welcomed back into the United States, New
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Even as visitors again crowd below the jumbo screens in New York’s Times Square, the souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels and entrepreneurs within the iconic U.S. landmark are still reeling from a staggering pandemic. With vaccinated foreign tourists now welcomed back into the United States, New
Continue Reading By EMILY SCHULTHEIS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, have marched through Vienna after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown to contain skyrocketing coronavirus infections. Demonstrations against virus restrictions also took place in Switzerland, Croatia, Italy, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands on Saturday.
Continue Reading LEICESTER, England (AP) — Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante has marked his latest return to former club Leicester with a brilliant individual goal to help the Premier League leaders to a 3-0 win. There was also a second league goal of the season for Christian Pulisic after his entrance as a second-half substitute as Chelsea swept
Continue Reading By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion is imperiled as never before. Yet no matter how the current conservative-dominated court handles pending high-profile abortion cases, including the arguments Wednesday over a Mississippi law banning
Continue Reading By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer On both sides of America’s abortion debate, activists are convinced that the 1973 Supreme Court ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion is imperiled as never before. Yet no matter how the current conservative-dominated court handles pending high-profile abortion cases, there will be no monolithic, nationwide change. Instead, the
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Gas prices are skyrocketing, and Americans want to save at the pump. That plays right into the hands of Costco, BJ’s Wholesale Club and Sam’s Club. The national gas price average jumped to $3.41 a gallon Friday, according to AAA, 61% higher than the average at the same time last
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is hoping that a charity soccer match that includes Swiss Guards, Vatican employees, priests, a player with Down syndrome, migrants and members of the Roma community will deal a significant “kick” to discrimination. The match takes place on Sunday in Rome and will be refereed by Lazio team captain Ciro
Continue Reading By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden marked Transgender Day of Remembrance in a statement Saturday, paying tribute to “those we lost in the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans.” In a statement shared with CNN, Biden also remembered “the countless other transgender people — disproportionately Black and brown transgender women and girls —
Continue Reading By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says he will hold a series of talks in Europe about the pressure of migrants on the European Union’s border with Belarus, a crisis that he expects will continue. Mateusz Morawiecki said Saturday he was meeting counterparts from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on
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