By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pato O’Ward finally achieved his career-long quest to drive a Formula One car. McLaren put the IndyCar driver in a seat for a test at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi this week. The test was O’Ward’s reward from McLaren boss
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — For the second straight season, the Browns are dealing with a major COVID-19 outbreak during their playoff push. Cleveland’s postseason hopes were rocked when the team placed eight players, including top wide receiver Jarvis Landry, tight end Austin Hooper and starting offensive linemen Wyatt Teller and
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damson Idris transformed from his real life British-speaking Nigerian persona into a canny drug kingpin character with a West Coast accent on FX’s popular crime drama “Snowfall.” Idris made his presence felt as Franklin Saint, a young street-minded entrepreneur who was educated in an
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Tiger Woods is back in action this week with a little help from his 12-year-old son. It was only 10 months ago that Woods badly injured his right leg in a car crash in the Los Angeles area. Now he’s playing the PNC Championship for the second straight year with son
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nothing can really prepare a person to go from New Jersey high school student to the lead in a Steven Spielberg adaption of “West Side Story,” but if anyone was up to the task it was Rachel Zegler. The 20-year-old triple threat was supposed to have her breakout moment
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, anunció en la noche de este lunes un aumento del salario básico unificado de US$ 25, que a partir de enero de 2022 pasará a ser de US$ 425. Durante su mensaje al país, Lasso señaló que es necesario continuar con la reactivación económica y
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Southeastern Louisiana quarterback Cole Kelley, East Tennessee State running back Quay Holmes and Montana State linebacker Troy Andersen highlight The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Tuesday. Kelley and Holmes are among the finalists for the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding player in the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press If 2020 was a pandemic-induced pause, 2021 was when things started up again, albeit slowly and timidly. But that doesn’t describe this year’s eight Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year: They seized their masks — and the moment. They are Damson Idris, Simu Liu, Rachel Zegler, Rauw Alejandro, Adrienne Warren,
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El 14 de diciembre de 2020, hace un año, la enfermera Sandra Lindsay subió la manga izquierda de su camisa en un hospital de la ciudad de Nueva York y fue una de las primeras personas en Estados Unidos en recibir la vacuna contra el covid-19 La vacuna era de Pfizer/BioNTech, que
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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s attempt to undo former President Donald Trump’s policy requiring people seeking asylum in the United States to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed. In a Monday night ruling, the 5th U.S.
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB and SALAR SALIM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi singer Sajida Obeid is a unifying figure in Iraq’s fractured society. For older Iraqis, the 63-year old is a symbol of a bygone golden era. To the young, her upbeat love songs and subtly racy lyrics have become a channel for self-expression in
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By Jessica Schneider, CNN More than two dozen members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are being sued by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine in an effort to recover the millions of dollars the city spent to defend the US Capitol during the January 6 attack. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in the murders of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey. Det. Sgt. Brandon Price says police have not been able to rule out one individual who was captured on surveillance video
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, CNN The House voted 219-212 Tuesday to pass Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s legislation to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, a week after progressives introduced a separate resolution to strip Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of her committee assignments following her anti-Muslim comments calling the Minnesota Democrat a terrorist. The bill would
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken on the phone with his French and Finnish counterparts and reiterated his demand for guarantees precluding NATO from expanding to Ukraine or deploying weapons there. The Russian leader’s phone conversations with Emmanuel Macron and Sauli Niinistö come amid heightened tensions over
Continue Reading By Sarah Dean and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that it was alarmed by continuing reports of extrajudicial killings across Afghanistan, including hangings, beheadings and public displays of corpses. “Between August and November, we received credible allegations of more than 100 killings of former Afghan national security forces and others associated
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By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is suspending talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, a rare dispute between Washington and a key ally in the Persian Gulf. The Emirati embassy in Washington said it would “suspend discussions” with the
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has rebuffed a Turkish push for a two-state peace deal on ethnically divided Cyprus. The Egyptian minister said Tuesday that any talks should adhere to a U.N.-backed road map reunifying the east Mediterranean island nation as a federation. The diplomat said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart on
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Amy Woodyatt, CNN A distracted trader accidentally sold a non-fungible token (NFT) for a hundredth of its market price. NFTs are the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon to go mainstream. In the simplest terms, NFTs transform digital works of art and other collectibles into one-of-a-kind, verifiable assets that are easy to trade on the blockchain. The Bored
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The railroad merger that was nearly derailed by a bidding war earlier this year is moving forward although regulators will have the final say next year on Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad. Canadian Pacific set up a voting trust that purchased Kansas City Southern
Continue Reading By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a federal lawsuit. The Department of Justice sued Joseph Centanni in August 2020, accusing him of engaging in “severe or pervasive sexual harassment” over a period
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN From extreme melt events to an influx of beaver colonies in Alaska, and rain falling at the summit of Greenland for the first time on record, the Arctic region showed clear symptoms of an ailing planet over the past year. A report published on Tuesday, which serves as an annual physical
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former President Donald Trump’s new media venture has no known revenue or product. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) posted an investor presentation last week that appears to contain errors and seems to have been partially copied and pasted from the internet. Bizarrely, one slide defines a user as a
Continue Reading By DYLAN LOVAN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press A grandfather who “stole the show” anytime he was around his grandchildren was among dozens of victims killed by tornadoes that ripped through five states in the Midwest and South. Sixty-two-year-old Kevin Dickey worked at an Amazon facility in Illinois, and his family said he had a
Continue Reading 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 Trump,
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Janicza Bravo’s wild road trip saga “Zola” scored a leading seven Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, including best feature, best director and best female lead for Taylour Paige. “The Novice,” a sports drama and psychological thriller, followed with five nods, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” got four. Nominations
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets were without seven players, including James Harden, on Tuesday night because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The Nets only had enough remaining players to take the court against the Toronto Raptors because Kevin Durant was upgraded from questionable. Aside from Harden, the Nets were missing starter
Continue Reading By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An investigation has found that a high-profile lawyer who falsely insisted that former President Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election did not violate Georgia election laws by moving to another state before voting last year. The Georgia secretary of state’s office in February opened an investigation
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson is among those conflicted over the ending of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It was his first Formula One race. He chose the season finale to watch Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton battle for the title. He
Continue Reading By Alta Spells, CNN A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery as he ran through their south Georgia neighborhood on February 23, 2020. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan are scheduled to again appear before Judge Timothy Walmsley, the judge who
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