By Kylie Atwood and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The State Department is looking into the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of Japanese whiskey that was gifted to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to State Department filings in the federal register. The government of Japan gifted the whiskey to Pompeo in 2019, the document says.
Continue Reading The State Department is looking into the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of Japanese whiskey that was gifted to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to State Department filings in the federal register. In an interview with Fox News, Pompeo said of the missing bottle, “it never got to me.” CNN has requested comment from both Pompeo’s spokesperson and a spokesperson for the State Department.
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Forrest Brown, CNN Throughout the pandemic, US passport holders have seen an ever-morphing list of international travel options. The only constant has been change. But compared with the sparse selection in the spring and summer of 2020, the choices are now very plentiful. In the end, it’s up to you to decide whether travel to
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN The Washington Football Team has released its new fan protocol ahead of the 2021 season and the organization announced fans will no longer be allowed to wear Native American-inspired headdresses and face paint into the stadium. That attire had been tradition for fans of the team, formerly known as the
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 43 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the fifth consecutive day. The latest numbers released by tribal health officials pushed the total number of coronavirus cases to 31,529 since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death toll remains
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El Paso, Texas– Drier air will remain in place for the next several days.. The heat will be the weather story for this coming weekend as triple digit heat is expected to return. 100 degree weather is expected Saturday into Monday with sunny skies and dry air. Chances for showers return Monday but afternoon highs
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Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Un conjunto de planetas que tienen similitudes con algunos de nuestro sistema solar han sido encontrados alrededor de una estrella cercana por astrónomos que utilizaron el Telescopio Muy Grande (VLT, por sus siglas en inglés) del Observatorio Europeo Austral en Chile. La estrella, conocida como L 98-59, está a 35
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Amir Vera, CNN A former high school custodian in Medford, Oregon, is accused of attempted 2nd degree murder and other criminal charges after police say he “made significant steps to carry out a mass casualty event.” Kristopher Clay, 24, is being held in the Jackson County Jail on $2 million bail
Continue Reading olivertapia (Reuters) — Pedro Castillo asumirá la Presidencia de Perú este miércoles con poco tiempo para recuperar el aliento mientras lucha contra el brote de covid-19 más letal del mundo, las tensiones en su partido y el débil apoyo del Congreso en una nación dividida. Castillo, hijo de campesinos, tomará posesión del cargo alrededor del
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A San Francisco investment banker has sold his Maui mansion to a retired hedge fund CEO and a Hollywood actress for $45 million. The cash sale of the eight-bedroom oceanfront residence reflects a hot market where the median price of a Maui home tops $1.1 million.
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has fired three employees for violating its policy that employees must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The firings were revealed Thursday as part of a memo sent by Jeff Zucker, chairman of WarnerMedia news and sports. CNN did not provide any details about
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday, finalizing a key part of his economic agenda. It will deliver $550 billion of new federal investments in America’s infrastructure over five years, touching everything from bridges and roads to the nation’s broadband, water and energy
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Virgin Galactic is selling tickets for space flights again, just weeks after founder Richard Branson rode a rocket-powered plane to more than 50 miles above the Earth. Tickets aren’t cheap. Virgin Galactic is setting prices to start at $450,000 a seat. The company announced the sales as it reported Thursday that
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Simone Biles tuiteó un agradecimiento a un gimnasio japonés por permitirle entrenar en privado mientras intentaba recuperar su forma después de retirarse durante la final del equipo de gimnasia artística femenina en los Juegos Olímpicos. Mientras agradecía a la Universidad Juntendo en un tuit el miércoles, Biles retuiteó una historia publicada por
Continue Reading Rodrigo Aguiar (CNN) — Aquí puedes darle un vistazo a la Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo y a sus centros de detención. Datos La base, a la que algunas veces se hace referencia como “Gitmo”, está ubicada al sureste de Cuba, en la costa de la Bahía de Guantánamo. Estados Unidos ha alquilado
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CANTON, Ohio — If you’re looking for stars during Hall of Fame enshrinement week, concentrate on the museum itself and the inductions this weekend. You won’t find many, if any, stars playing Thursday evening when the NFL preseason begins with Dallas playing Pittsburgh. Indeed, with the number of preseason games reduced from four to three,
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Una investigación de la Justicia federal en Argentina avanza sobre la presunta tala ilegal del árbol conocido como palo santo, en un entramado que incluye a exfuncionarios gubernamentales que estaban a cargo de proteger el medio ambiente. El Bulnesia Sarmientoi, conocido como palo santo, es una especie nativa del Gran
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La justicia federal en Argentina avanzó en las últimas semanas en una investigación sobre la presunta tala ilegal del árbol conocido como palo santo, en un entramado que incluye a exfuncionarios que estaban a cargo de proteger el medio ambiente. El palo santo sudamericano (Bulnesia sarmientoi) es un árbol que
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BY MARK ROSNER and MURRAY EVANS Associated Press Steve Sarkisian has yet to make his debut in the Big 12, but the new Texas coach was asked on Thursday to ponder life in his next league, the Southeastern Conference.Texas and Oklahoma will move to the SEC at some point between 2022 and 2025. For now,
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Las agencias de inteligencia de EE.UU. examinan un tesoro de datos genéticos provenientes del laboratorio de Wuhan, en China, que podría ser clave para descubrir los orígenes del coronavirus, en cuanto puedan descifrarlos. Este gigantesco catálogo de información contiene los planos genéticos extraídos de las muestras del virus estudiadas en el
Continue Reading By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian government lawyer says there is no evidence to support defense allegations the U.S. acted in bad faith or omitted evidence in trying to mislead an extradition hearing for a top executive at Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies. That argument came Thursday at a
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson, Ali Zaslav, Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The bipartisan infrastructure plan making its way through the Senate will “add $256 billion to projected deficits” between 2021 and 2031, a report from the Congressional Budget Office released Thursday found. “The Congressional Budget Office estimates that over the 2021-2031 period, enacting Senate Amendment
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated the Republican push to pass new voting restrictions in the state, announcing on Thursday a second special session of the state legislature that could continue the bitter standoff with Democrats in the Texas House who broke quorum and fled to the nation’s
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Internal discussions at the US Food and Drug Administration have centered around an early September timeline for laying out a strategy on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, a Biden administration official told CNN. The strategy would apply for all vaccinated people. A decision for those who are immunocompromised and
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden signed a bill into law at the White House on Thursday to award congressional gold medals to the police forces that responded to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. The Congressional Gold Medal is the US Congress’ “highest expression of national appreciation
Continue Reading In a story published August 5, 2021, about a new Apple technology for identifying encrypted images of child sexual abuse, The Associated Press erroneously reported the technique’s name. It is NeuralHash, not NeuralMatch.
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care and long term care workers to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Sept. 30. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said last month he would require health care workers to either be vaccinated or submit to
Continue Reading The New York attorney general’s investigation into sexual harassment allegations found that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz reports.
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A wide-ranging New York state impeachment investigation into various allegations of misconduct against embattled Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to concluding, according to a letter obtained by CNN. In a letter sent Thursday, lawyers working for the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee’s impeachment probe informed
Continue Reading By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Two decades of governments that see the press as an enemy have pushed Venezuelan journalists to find alternative ways to keep citizens informed. These days, some journalists hop onto buses with a speaker and microphone to read the news in a
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