By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration parried questions on crises ranging from the COVID pandemic to the opioid epidemic at his confirmation hearing Tuesday. Dr. Robert Califf’s appearance before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee seemed to
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jordan Spieth already is among the premier putters in golf. He’s still looking for an edge. His caddie has been studying AimPoint. That’s the popular method of reading greens that starts with using feet to feel the slope of the green. Spieth says Michael Greller went to see a
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jordan Spieth already is among the premier putters in golf. He’s still looking for an edge. His caddie has been studying AimPoint. That’s the popular method of reading greens that starts with using feet to feel the slope of the green. Spieth says Michael Greller went to see a
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes became the latest NHL club to be hit with a coronavirus outbreak. Four more players were placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. That prompted the postponement of their game against the Minnesota Wild. The Hurricanes are the fourth team this season
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PECOS, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico state police say a Pecos man is accused of fatally shooting two drinking companions and shooting at another man who had called 911 while hiding in a closet of his residence. A state police statement said officers on Saturday found 40-year-old Mark Valencia in a vehicle outside the residence,
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has ordered elementary schools to close a week early for Christmas holidays as authorities battle to rein in coronavirus infections amid concerns about the swift spread of the omicron variant. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday also extended the country’s existing
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has ordered elementary schools to close a week early for Christmas holidays as authorities battle to rein in coronavirus infections amid concerns about the swift spread of the omicron variant. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday also extended the country’s existing
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Florida Department of Education has reversed policy and paid the paychecks for school board members in eight districts across the state, after it withheld them for months when the districts enacted mask mandates. Education department financial documents provided to CNN by the Orange County School Board show that the
Continue Reading In the midst of battling one coronavirus variant, the threat of another increases. Omicron now identified in at least 29 states and Washington DC.
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Starbucks workers at two locations in Boston are looking to unionize, days after the first successful union vote at a Starbucks in the U.S. GBH News reported Monday at least 36 of some 47 Boston employees put their names down on cards indicating they want to form a union. A representative with
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Starbucks workers at two locations in Boston are looking to unionize, days after the first successful union vote at a Starbucks in the U.S. GBH News reported Monday at least 36 of some 47 Boston employees put their names down on cards indicating they want to form a union. A representative with
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Georgia man who drove cross-country with an assault rifle and threatened to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to 28 months behind bars during in an emotional hearing on Tuesday. Cleveland Meredith Jr. pleaded guilty in September to sending threatening communications. Though he missed the January 6 rally because
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American midfielder Gio Reyna could get to play in the Europa League against the team managed by the person he was named after. Reyna, a 19-year-old who debuted for Dortmund last year, was named after Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a teammate of his dad, Claudio Reyna, at Scotland’s Glasgow Rangers from 1999-2001.
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Lo sabían. Todos lo sabían. La publicación el lunes por la noche de los textos enviados al ex secretario general de la Casa Blanca de Trump, Mark Meadows, el 6 de enero, equivalen a una pistola humeante cuando se trata de saber si los que estaban dentro y alrededor del
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Josh Duggar, the eldest child of reality stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, told his father about sexually abusing four of his sisters, one of whom was five years old at the time.
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN For Larry Nassar’s abuse victims, a $380 million settlement doesn’t just mark the end of a five-year legal battle. It’ll also provide much-needed resources toward the recovery of survivors, former Olympic gymnast Tasha Schwikert said. “With a resolution, as survivors, we feel heard. And we feel acknowledged,” said Schwikert, a 2000
Continue Reading Former USA Olympin on Larry Nassar settlement: It will help pay for mental health services for survivors
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Al pasar por el pasillo de los refrescos, es posible que notes mucho menos la palabra “diet” de lo habitual. Esto se debe a que algunos refrescos dietéticos están desapareciendo, o al menos, ese envase ya no existe. En su lugar, encontrarás esas bebidas con su nueva marca:
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the nation owes the families of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School nine years ago “more than our prayers. We owe them action.” In a video released Tuesday, Biden said that “no matter how long it’s been, every one
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi says star quarterback Kenny Pickett can take all the time he needs to decide whether he will play for the Panthers in the Outback Bowl. Pickett’s status is uncertain as he weighs whether to play or get ready for the NFL draft. Pickett gave his pro stock
Continue Reading Rescuers are racing the clock to find remaining survivors in the aftermath of the weekend’s deadly storms. Isabel Rosales reports.
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Roughly 30 minutes before a tornado ripped apart her home on Friday night, Marsha Hall, 72, sent a separate text to each of her three children, telling them she loved them. It was the last time they would hear from her. Hall and her sister, Carole Grisham, 80,
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are on the precipice of receiving billions of dollars in the second-biggest legal settlement in U.S. history. The $26 billion from three drug distributors and a pharmaceutical manufacturer would address damage wrought
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are on the precipice of receiving billions of dollars in the second-biggest legal settlement in U.S. history. The $26 billion from three drug distributors and a pharmaceutical manufacturer would address damage wrought
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Opinion by Khalid Usman, Bruce Hamory and Andrew Buchanan for CNN Business Perspectives Parts of the world may be facing new restrictions amid rising Covid-19 case numbers and the emergence of the Omicron variant, but the pent-up demand for air travel in the United States is unlikely to subside. Despite the newest variant’s detection in
Continue Reading CNN By Gabby Orr, CNN As former Vice President Mike Pence weighs his future in politics — laying the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign in 2024 and supporting Republican candidates who face reelection next fall — former President Donald Trump said Pence is “mortally wounded” inside the GOP. Video posted to social media shows
Continue Reading CNN Opinion by Khalid Usman, Bruce Hamory and Andrew Buchanan for CNN Business Perspectives Parts of the world may be facing new restrictions amid rising Covid-19 case numbers and the emergence of the Omicron variant, but the pent-up demand for air travel in the United States is unlikely to subside. Despite the newest variant’s detection
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN Potential witnesses in Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense case wish to testify anonymously because they “might get a lot of unwanted attention” testifying on Maxwell’s behalf, attorney Christian Everdell said in court Friday after the government rested its case. The government has opposed the defense request that three defense witnesses testify by
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The trial of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the latest bellwether in the Justice Department’s controversial effort to crackdown on economic espionage by China. Opening statements are slated for Wednesday in the Boston trial of Charles Lieber,
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