By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Jean Rounds, the wife of Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, has died in hospice care. She was 65. Jean Rounds had been undergoing treatment for cancer since May of 2019. Doctors initially found a malignant, aggressive tumor near her sciatic nerve and she
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MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich has booked its place in the Champions League last 16 as Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick for a 5-2 victory over Benfica. That took Lewandowski to 81 career goals in his 100th Champions League game. Bayern qualifies with two games remaining. Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sané also scored in
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ansu Fati has scored a second-half winner as Barcelona edged Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 to boost its chances of advancing to the knockout rounds of the Champions League. Fati scored the winner with a powerful one-timer from near the penalty spot to give the Catalan club its second consecutive victory over Dynamo.
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El programa especial de visas estudiantiles para haitianos fue suspendido por el gobierno de República Dominicana, así lo informó este lunes a través de Twitter el viceministro de asuntos consulares y migratorios de la cancillería, Jatzel Román. “El gobierno dominicano ha decidido pausar indefinidamente el programa especial de visados para
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By Maeve Reston, CNN Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday night, CNN projects, rolling back progressive gains in Virginia as he became the first Republican to win statewide office in the commonwealth since 2009. McAuliffe’s loss in a state that President Joe Biden won by double digits last
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Health care workers in New York have gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, arguing it violates their religious liberty rights. There is no exemption for workers who have religious objections to the mandate. This challenge is nearly identical to a recent
Continue Reading TURIN, Italy (AP) — Paulo Dybala has scored twice and Juventus has beaten Zenit St. Petersburg 4-2 to secure a spot in the Champions League knockout rounds with two matches to spare. The victory was a measure of relief for a Juventus squad that has lost two straight in Serie A and is falling out
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Two postal contractors in West Texas have been charged with stealing thousands of pieces of mail worth more than $4 million. Federal prosecutors say Joe Roy Rivas III and Jessica Lynn Solomon were indicted after federal agents seized more than 8,000 pieces found in the Lubbock contractors’ possession. Prosecutors say it
Continue Reading LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Two postal contractors in West Texas have been charged with stealing thousands of pieces of mail worth more than $4 million. Federal prosecutors say Joe Roy Rivas III and Jessica Lynn Solomon were indicted after federal agents seized more than 8,000 pieces found in the Lubbock contractors’ possession. Prosecutors say it
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The iconic French label Chanel drew throngs of guests and some celebrities to view the brand’s latest resort collection with a runway show in Dubai. The collection shown Tuesday was defined by stark two-tone pieces inspired by the label’s founder. The label hosted an
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Legal experts say the speedy selection process for jurors in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin this week doesn’t mean they are any less capable of delivering a fair verdict. It took the judge and attorneys in Wisconsin just one day to choose the panel of
Continue Reading MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service says suspects being held in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection do not need to be removed from the District of Columbia jail despite their complaints about conditions there. The Marshals completed an inspection of the jail complex in the
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The trial has been delayed for a former Fort Worth police officer who was charged with murder after shooting a Black woman through a back window of her home while responding to a call about an open front door in 2019. Aaron Dean’s trial had been scheduled to begin Nov.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Mayfield High School was placed on a lockdown Tuesday afternoon for a brief time as Las Cruces police searched the area for a robber. Authorities said there was a robbery that took place around 2 p.m. near the school and officers were in a foot pursuit of a suspect. An
Continue Reading By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Republican and Democratic voters overwhelmingly supported their parties’ candidates in the gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin, according to the preliminary results of CNN’s Virginia exit poll, with independents breaking in favor of Youngkin, who CNN projected would clinch the win. A similar partisan pattern held down
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Zillow is getting out of the iBuying business and will shut down its Zillow Offers division, resulting in a 25% reduction in its staff. In its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, the company said it will see a total write-down of more than $540 million as a result of its
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By Hilary Whiteman, Angus Watson and Samantha Beech, CNN Just after midnight Wednesday, police in Western Australia broke down the door of a locked home in the small town of Carnarvon, ending an extensive 18-day search for a missing 4-year-old girl. A police video caught the moment an officer picked up the child and asked
Continue Reading MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Team owner Joe Gibbs said 2015 Cup champion Kyle Busch should not have used a slur referring to the mentally disabled during a post-race interview. He says NASCAR was right to order Busch to undergo sensitivity training before the start of the 2022 season. Busch has two wins this season for
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Deshaun Watson’s future destination remains unknown. The NFL trade deadline passed Tuesday with the Houston Texans keeping the embattled quarterback on their roster. Watson has not played this season amid a trade request and 22 lawsuits alleging sexual harassment or assault. He has not been charged. The Texans
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Deshaun Watson’s future destination remains unknown. The NFL trade deadline passed Tuesday with the Houston Texans keeping the embattled quarterback on their roster. Watson has not played this season amid a trade request and 22 lawsuits alleging sexual harassment or assault. He has not been charged. The Texans
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. congresswomen have renewed demands for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide a formal apology and release records in connection with the January 2020 detainment of 200 Iranian Americans at the U.S.-Canada border. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Suzan DelBene sent a letter Tuesday to the
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Attorneys for Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska have asked a judge to dismiss federal charges accusing him of lying to FBI agents who were investigating illegal campaign contributions. Attorney John Littrell argued in a court filing Tuesday that the charges were incorrectly filed in California because the nine-term congressmen spoke
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UPDATE: U.S. health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead Tuesday evening. The announcement came only hours after a CDC advisory panel unanimously decided Pfizer’s shots should be given to children ages 5
Continue Reading BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators have delivered a tough report to a Michigan city where residents have been urged not to drink the water. The Environmental Protection Agency says Benton Harbor had failed to timely warn people about high levels of lead in the water and must make improvements at its water plant.
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Under fire for jettisoning plans to address prescription drug prices in the Democrats’ sweeping spending package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that an agreement has been reached to lower drug costs. Details have yet to be released, but Schumer said the deal will empower Medicare to negotiate prices of
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By Brian Rokus and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A California man has been charged in connection with an alleged assault on an American Airlines flight attendant last week, which was described by the airline’s CEO as “one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we’ve ever witnessed.” Federal prosecutors said Brian Hsu has been charged with
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills’ bid to land a new, taxpayer-backed stadium has been narrowed to two sites, with renovating their existing facility essentially being ruled out as being cost-prohibitive. A feasibility study financed by the state of New York and released Tuesday backs the Bills’
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By Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN A source close to Alec Baldwin tells CNN that the actor has not been formally asked by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office to return to New Mexico for in-person questioning regarding the investigation into last month’s fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” The individual
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alex Bowman spun Denny Hamlin from the lead with six laps remaining at Martinsville Speedway and then went on to win his fourth race of the season. Hamlin called Bowman “a hack” on national television. Bowman is trying to shrug it off as the
Continue Reading By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the war-scarred Balkan nation could face the biggest “existential threat of the post-war period” if the international community does not curb threatened separatist actions by Bosnian Serbs. High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt said “the
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