By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola has agreed to a $125 million settlement over charges that it defrauded investors after misleading them about its products, technical advances, and financial prospects. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that the company violated the antifraud and disclosure control provisions of the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A 25-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a British lawmaker who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents. Conservative member of Parliament David Amess was attacked Oct. 15 during a routine meeting with voters in Leigh-on-Sea in eastern England. Prosecutors have charged Ali Harbi Ali, a London man with Somali
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Nikola, the upstart electric truck maker, agreed to pay $125 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it let its founder, Trevor Milton, defraud investors. Milton still faces federal criminal charges as well as his own SEC charges. He resigned as executive chairman in September 2020 after an
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LONDON (AP) — A 25-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a British lawmaker who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents. Conservative member of Parliament David Amess was attacked Oct. 15 during a routine meeting with voters in Leigh-on-Sea in eastern England. Prosecutors have charged Ali Harbi Ali, a London man with Somali
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Dow and the broader US stock market were in the green on Tuesday, as the market bounced back from a sharp selloff at the start of the week. Once again the steep losses of more than 1% for each of the major indexes are being quickly followed by green
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By Michael Nedelman, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the Omicron coronavirus variant could drive Covid-19 cases higher than ever before, according to modeling posted on the agency’s website this week. “Current increases in Omicron cases are likely to lead to a national surge in the coming weeks with peak
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Good Morning, happy first day of astronomical winter. Although the winter season kicks off today it won’t feel like it. An upper ridge will bring above-average temperatures and partly cloudy skies. By the end of the week, temperatures will climb into record territory. The ridge of high pressure will begin to weaken Thursday and Friday.
Continue Reading LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Chris Noth ya no será parte de la serie “The Equalizer” de CBS, a raíz de las acusaciones de abuso sexual en su contra. Universal Television y CBS anunciaron conjuntamente el lunes que el actor deja de ser parte de la filmación “con efecto inmediato”. Noth ha interpretado a un exdirector
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Despite vaccination rates that make other governments envious, Spain and Portugal are facing the hard truth that these winter holidays won’t be a time of unrestrained joy. The reason is the new omicron variant that has been running rampant across Europe. Portugal on
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Don’t look for Penélope Cruz’s kids on TikTok. That’s because Cruz and her husband, fellow actor Javier Bardem, are keeping their children, 10-year-old son Leo and eight-year-old daughter Luna, off social media for now. Cruz said during an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” that “There is something that is not
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CNN’s Michael Smerconish sits down with Andy Corren, who wrote a hilarious and heartfelt obituary for his mother that ended up going viral.
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Andy Corren could not bring his mother’s far-flung friends and family together for a funeral after her death this month. So the writer and talent manager did the next best thing: He wrote a brutally honest obituary to let them know that his “plus-sized Jewish lady redneck” mom had died. In
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister says he will keep in place recently reimposed strict border controls, which ban most foreign entrants, until more information is known about the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also says he will require 14-day quarantines at government-designated facilities for those
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Joe Manchin is facing calls from a powerful group close to his heart to reconsider his opposition to the Build Back Better Act: Coal miners. A day after the West Virginia Democrat appeared to kill Build Back Better, America’s largest coal mining union put out a statement lauding the
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Senator Joe Manchin is facing calls from a powerful group close to his heart to reconsider his opposition to the Build Back Better Act: Coal miners. A day after the West Virginia Democrat appeared to kill Build Back Better, America’s largest coal mining union put out a statement
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By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Rachel Garcia and Aleshia Ocasio are among 15 players who have signed two-year contracts for Athletes Unlimited softball. They are the first such deals the league has offered as it moves into its third year. Athletes Unlimited also has added a softball tournament right after the Women’s College World
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The leaders of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia have met in Tirana to discuss and agree on furthering their Open Balkan initiative to promote political and economic ties. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday hosted the meeting with Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic and North Macedonia
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — 2021 fue el año de las vacunas, de la búsqueda de la reactivación económica, de la insurrección en Estados Unidos y de varias elecciones en Latinoamérica. Responde estas preguntas y demuestra que estuviste informado durante todo el año. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Tradition dictates that Venezuelans wear brand new clothes on Christmas and New Year’s. Many often paint their homes. But the dollar bills circulating all across the country might as well show the Grinch instead of Washington this year. The government’s loosening of controls on dollars
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Tradition dictates that Venezuelans wear brand new clothes on Christmas and New Year’s. Many often paint their homes. But the dollar bills circulating all across the country might as well show the Grinch instead of Washington this year. The government’s loosening of controls on dollars
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched a load of Christmas gifts and supplies to the International Space Station. The Falcon rocket blasted off before dawn Tuesday from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Several minutes later, SpaceX made its 100th successful rocket landing. The first-stage booster landed upright on
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business On a chilly December afternoon I played a heart-pounding game of laser tag, flew across town on a magical broom, killed zombies in an abandoned mall, and hung out with an old friend who lives roughly 2,000 miles away — all without leaving my home or, in fact, my living
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — El actor Chris Noth ya no formará parte del drama de CBS The Equalizer, después de las acusaciones de agresión sexual hechas contra él. “Chris Noth ya no filmará más episodios de The Equalizer, con efecto inmediato”, anunciaron este lunes CBS y Universal Television, la productora del programa, en un breve comunicado
Continue Reading The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A strike at Kellogg that has gone on since early October has ended after workers voted to ratify a new labor contract at the company’s four U.S. cereal plants. The contract covers approximately 1,400 workers represented by the union at plants in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Kellogg
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the January 2015 terror attacks in Paris. From January 7 to January 9, a total of 17 people were killed in attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery store and the Paris suburb of Montrouge. Three suspects in the attacks were killed by police
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The leaders of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia have met in Tirana to discuss and agree on furthering their Open Balkan initiative to promote political and economic ties. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Tuesday hosted the meeting with Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic and North Macedonia
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UPDATE #2: El Paso detectives believe a Ford F150 collided with a car, sending the car over a concrete barrier and onto Loop 375. Detectives say the driver of the Ford 150 then drove off. An El Paso man inside the vehicle that was struck, a Ford Ranger, died at the scene of the crash.
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Denzel Washington the actor has some 60 films under his belt, plus two Oscars, and at 66 is universally regarded as one of the all-time greats. Denzel Washington the director has just completed his fourth feature, “A Journal for Jordan,” opening Christmas Day. He says he doesn’t call himself
Continue Reading Opinion by Jeff Tucker for CNN Business Perspectives Homebuyers will need to be prepared and patient in 2022. Just as baby boomers are hitting retirement, more millennials are reaching peak first-time homebuyer age, and they’re all competing in a market starved for inventory. While the market will slow a bit from the surge in demand
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African judge has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can appeal a court decision ordering him back to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence. Zuma led the country between 2009 and 2018. He had only served two months behind bars when he was
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