By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, JENNIFER PELTZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press This year’s holiday season was supposed to be a do-over for last year’s subdued celebrations. Instead it’s turning into a redux of restrictions, cancellations and rising angst over the never-ending pandemic. Lines again stretch around blocks at some COVID-19 testing sites. Refrigerated mobile morgues are
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kellogg’s has reached a new tentative agreement with its 1,400 striking cereal plant workers that could bring an end to the strike that began Oct. 5. Members of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union will vote Sunday on the new offer
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the situation tells the AP that Browns backup quarterback Case Keenum, who was slotted to start Saturday with Baker Mayfield sidelined after testing positive with COVID-19, has also tested positive for the virus. Keenum’s positive result came after he practiced on Thursday,
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LA UNION, New Mexico – Months after catastrophic floodwaters destroyed homes and uprooted the lives of the residents of La Union, the small community is determined to find gratitude this holiday season. “We have lost a lot,” admitted Clarissa Soto. “After the flood, we lost my brother and his wife.” In the weeks following the
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — An arbitrator has ruled that several unions representing Chicago firefighters and other city employees must follow Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. The ruling issued Wednesday means the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 and some other unions means that union employees will lose pay if they do not receive the first shot
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group has dropped plans to circulate petitions for a 2022 ballot drive to award Michigan’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote if enough other states join the pact. Organizers will instead target the 2024 ballot. The initiative, which was
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CNN By Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday warned people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 are looking at a very bleak and dangerous winter if they do not get their shots soon. “I want to send a direct message to the American people: Due to the steps we’ve taken Omicron has not
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso business owner who let firefighters knock down a portion of wall to save a life will have to pay for the damage himself. The city of El Paso has denied his reimbursement claim. “If I had to do it all over again. I would do the same thing,”
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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In a lawsuit filed by Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi, a Louisiana federal judge declined to block a requirement that all employees of federal contractors get vaccinated — noting that there
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In a lawsuit filed by Louisiana, Indiana and Mississippi, a Louisiana federal judge declined to block a requirement that all employees of federal contractors get vaccinated — noting that there
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Researchers hired by the city say the Census Bureau undercounted more than 8% of the occupied homes in 10 Detroit neighborhoods during the 2020 census. They said Thursday that if that oversight rate is applied citywide, it could mean that tens of thousands of Motor City residents were missed. Detroit
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security researchers say they discovered two different types of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled Egyptian dissident, documenting for the first time a hack by a little-known competitor of Israel’s notorious NSO Group. They say it’s the latest evidence that the hacker-for-hire industry
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles subsidiary is leaving the company. In a statement Thursday, GM gave no reason for Dan Ammann’s departure. But the company said that Cruise President and Chief Technical Officer Kyle Vogt would be interim CEO. The leadership change comes just as Cruise is about to
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hay personas para las que incluso la palabra “temerario” no hace justicia por las impresionantes hazañas que realizan. Sebastián Álvarez es una de esas personas. El mes pasado, el expiloto de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile completó lo que él describe como “el vuelo más extremo” de su carrera: volar dentro
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee — chaired by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia — has struck a House-passed provision in the Build Back Better Act to ban all future off-shore drilling off the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, a source close to Manchin confirmed to CNN. The bill
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By Jennifer Korn Ultimate Kronos Group, one of the largest human resources companies, disclosed a crippling ransomware attack on Monday, impacting payroll systems for a number of workers. After noticing “unusual activity” on Saturday, Kronos noted that its systems were down and could remain that way for several weeks. Kronos has a long list of
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says an engineer who worked for decades as a federal defense contractor has been arrested on charges of trying to pass classified information to someone he thought was a Russian agent but who was actually an undercover FBI employee. The FBI conducted an undercover
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security researchers say they discovered two different types of commercial spyware on the phone of a leading exiled Egyptian dissident, documenting for the first time a hack by a little-known competitor of Israel’s notorious NSO Group. They say it’s the latest evidence that the hacker-for-hire industry
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Trent Alexander-Arnold’s powerful long-range effort has capped Liverpool’s comeback in a 3-1 win over Newcastle in the Premier League that kept Jurgen Klopp’s team in touch with first-place Manchester City. The England right back took a touch and smashed a shot from 25 meters high into the net in the 87th
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The countdown to kickoff is on, and the UTEP Miners are making some final adjustments before game day. Thursday, the team held their final practice as they prepare to square off against Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl. Both UTEP and Fresno State held their practices at the indoor practice
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are lifting long-standing restrictions on how women obtain the abortion pill. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will no longer require women to pick up the medication in person. The decision is certain to spur legal challenges and new restrictions in
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN A New York man was sentenced Thursday to 33 months in prison for posting online violent threats against Congress and a then-newly elected Democratic senator ahead of and during the January 6 Capitol insurrection, according to the Brooklyn US attorney’s office. Eduard Florea posted several violent comments from
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Las universidades envían a los estudiantes a casa. Las ligas deportivas cancelan partidos y se apresuran a hacer frente a los brotes de covid-19. Los estados vuelven a exigir el uso de mascarillas. La persistencia de la variante delta del coronavirus, junto con el temor a la variante ómicron, que las
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Robert Lewandowski is eyeing a new record when Bayern Munich plays Wolfsburg. Lewandowski needs just one more goal in the last game before the winter break to eclipse Gerd Müller’s tally of 42 in a calendar year from 1972. Defending Italian champion Inter Milan visits last-place Salernitana, which risks being removed
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A third teen pleaded guilty in the death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors as her father watched on in court, marking the beginning of the end of a two-year-long legal battle that her parents have said has prevented them from being able to grieve in peace. Majors was an 18-year-old
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has dropped more points in the Premier League title race by conceding a 77th-minute equalizer to draw 1-1 with injury-hit Everton. Chelsea was missing all of its strikers because of the coronavirus or illness and struggled to break down Everton’s packed defense until Mason Mount’s 70th-minute strike. Chelsea’s recent weakness in
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — If there was a decade when the NBA nearly disintegrated under the weight of its own problems, the 1970s was that decade. It was a fight-filled, drug-addled operation that had made Black players an integral part of the show, only to be left wondering if
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Researchers have diagnosed former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson as suffering from stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Jackson was found dead in a Florida hotel room in February. He played 12 seasons with the San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring in 2018. Jackson, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Google parent company Alphabet is folding one of its subsidiaries back into Google as the startup’s founder steps down to confront a neurological disease. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff said Thursday he’s leaving the company focused on urban planning technology because he “very likely” has ALS, also known as
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican governor has told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the state will not direct its National Guard members to comply with a Biden administration order requiring all members of the military to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Gov. Greg Abbott’s rejection of the order Thursday
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