By Lisa Respers France, CNN Ahead of the “Dancing With the Stars” live finale, judge Derek Hough has announced he has a breakthrough case of Covid-19. Hough posted a video on his verified Instagram account to share with his followers he had contracted the virus. “Hey everyone I have some news to share and I
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial have accused prosecutors of again withholding pieces of evidence, including an alleged interrogation of Pope Francis. The allegation brought the pontiff’s own role in a flawed London property investment back before a Vatican city-state tribunal. The court’s
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Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives We can’t catch a break. Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, the United States has suffered hundreds of thousands of deaths due to the virus and lost millions of jobs. There was much hope the pandemic would soon be behind us when the
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By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is pitching a new plan for the bloc’s citizens to battle global deforestation from home. It wants to provide assurances that when people sip a coffee or bite into a chocolate bar, it will not have come at the cost of trees. The 27-nation
Continue Reading By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe says the long-running beauty pageant being held in Israel next month shouldn’t be politicized. Contestants have faced pressure to drop out over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Andrea Meza, who holds the crown, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the contest was
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple plans to give customers the ability to repair their own devices amid growing pressure from regulators and consumers around the world for manufacturers to ease restrictions on fixing products. The company on Wednesday announced a new program that will make spare parts for Apple products available to purchase starting
Continue Reading HUNTINGTON WOODS, Mich. (AP) — American journalist Danny Fenster, freed after nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, says he feels “incredibly fortunate” to be back home in suburban Detroit. The 37-year-old Fenster was greeted by family and friends Tuesday night as he returned to Huntington Woods. He was sentenced last week to 11
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By Dan Merica, CNN Now that President Joe Biden has signed his highly sought-after infrastructure bill into law, it is time for Democrats to go out and sell the accomplishment. Building Back Together, the pro-Biden outside organization that formed earlier this year with the White House’s blessing, is starting that work with a $10 million
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Canelo Álvarez intentará convertirse en campeón de cinco divisiones luego de que el Consejo Mundial de Boxeo (WBC por sus siglas en inglés) confirmara una pelea con el boxeador congoleño Ilunga Makabu, en la categoría de peso semipesado. En la 59a Convención del WBC en la Ciudad de México, la
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s national soccer team will wear “human rights messages” on their training clothes at next year’s World Cup in Qatar. Denmark earned a spot in the tournament last month. The Danish soccer federation says it has launched a series of “critical initiatives” in the wake of qualification. Qatar has faced criticism
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins and Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is seeking to boost Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing to increase the global vaccine supply, particularly in developing nations, as the US continues its efforts to share more vaccines abroad. “We are prepared to offer vaccine manufacturers who have demonstrated the capability to make mRNA vaccines substantial
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Leah Dolan, CNN In most industries, getting your work noticed is the first step towards success. But for screen makeup artist Doniella Davy — who goes by Donni for short — the goal was for her hand to remain hidden. “You know your work is good if it’s invisible,” Davy said over the phone. “(The
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN Don’t look now, but House Democrats may be inching closer to actually passing the Build Back Better plan this week. As they approach the end of the week and the much-anticipated Congressional Budget Committee analysis, Democratic members and aides remain confident that things are — mostly — on
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose 5% in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 deaths increased. In its weekly report on the pandemic, WHO said COVID-19 deaths in all regions other than Europe remained stable or declined, and totaled 50,000 worldwide
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of new homes in the U.S. fell 0.7% in October, a sign that builders are still facing difficulties keeping up with demand as supply chain problems persist. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that October’s decline put home construction at a seasonally adjusted annual
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI, GENE JOHNSON and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has played out, moments of apparent deference to the defendant by the judge have struck observers as curiously different from other murder proceedings. At one point, the 18-year-old defendant stood behind the seated judge, Bruce Schroeder, and
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Las decisiones clave sobre si todos los adultos serán elegibles para una dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna de covid-19 podrían llegar pronto. La Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) está considerando actualmente la solicitud de Pfizer y BioNTech de enmendar la autorización de
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Donald Trump has been on a retribution campaign against the House Republicans who voted to impeach him. Now the former President is expanding his revenge tour to include a new crop of members: GOP lawmakers who backed the bipartisan infrastructure law. This week, Trump inserted himself
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Becky Thompson, CNN The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new framework on transgender athletes, saying that no athlete should be excluded from competition on the assumption of an advantage due to their gender. The new guidance follows a two-year consultation process with more than 250 athletes and concerned stakeholders. Released on Tuesday, the
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — An emerging young filmmaker is also very much in demand in the book world. Nick Brooks has reached a seven-figure deal for his young adult thriller “Promise Boys.” In it, three boys at a Washington, D.C., charter school investigate the murder of their principal and learn hard truths about their education
Continue Reading CÁDIZ, Spain (AP) — Metalworkers are on strike for a second day in Spain’s southern city of Cádiz to demand a wage increase to cope with rising inflation in the country. Inflation has been driven higher by energy costs and stood at 5.5% last month. That’s the highest level in decades. Two police officers suffered
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and David Wilkinson, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has undertaken her first engagements since being forced to miss the Remembrance Sunday service over the weekend after spraining her back. “Her Majesty received General Sir Nicholas Carter at Windsor Castle today upon relinquishing his appointment as Chief of the Defence Staff,” according to Buckingham
Continue Reading CNNEE Nueva York (CNN Business) — Si notas que los estantes están vacíos cuando vas a hacer compras para el Día de Acción de Gracias, no estás solo. En la semana que finalizó el 7 de noviembre, los minoristas tenían menos existencias de artículos esenciales para el Día de Acción de Gracias en comparación con
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery has testified at his murder trial that the 25-year-old Black man forced him to make a split-second “life or death” decision by attacking him and grabbing his shotgun. Wednesday’s testimony was the first time Travis McMichael has spoken publicly
Continue Reading Britney Spears took to Instagram to answer questions from her fans after her 13-year conservatorship ended. HLN’s Melissa Knowles reports.
Continue Reading By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press With concern about climate change growing, this holiday season is a chance to try celebrating in more planet-friendly ways. Simple changes to the way we gift wrap, send cards, decorate and entertain can cut out a lot of waste. And often save money in the process. For instance, when gift
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The Premier League is looking for a new leader after Gary Hoffman said he will step down as chair in January after 20 months in the role. Hoffman’s exit comes at a challenging time for the world’s richest soccer league amid concerns from clubs about the process around the approval of the
Continue Reading By Dalal Mawad, CNN Decathlon says it will stop selling kayaks in some stores in northern France in a bid to prevent migrants using them to make the dangerous sea crossing to England. The French sports equipment company said it would stop selling the small boats in stores in the seaside cities of Calais and
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Good Morning! It will be another warm afternoon with temperatures running above average. We will see a change in the weather pattern starting tonight as a back door cold front moves into the region. Winds will become breezy to windy along the west slopes and temperatures will be colder Thursday morning. Friday could be the
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making billions of dollars available to drugmakers to scale up domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines. It hopes that will build capacity to produce an additional 1 billion shots per year to share globally as well as prepare for the next pandemic. Under the
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