PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is the latest large city to require proof of vaccination to dine indoors. City officials announced Monday that vaccination proof will be required starting Jan. 3 for bars, restaurants, indoor sporting events, movie theatres and other places where people eat indoors close to each other. For the first two weeks of
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — José Antonio Kast o Gabriel Boric: la elección final a presidente de Chile ha quedado entre estos dos candidatos, que serán votados este domingo 19 de diciembre durante la segunda vuelta. En la primera vuelta, realizada el 21 de noviembre, Kast obtuvo el 27,91% de los votos, seguido por Boric,
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BRAZIL, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a 13-year-old girl who was attending an Indiana University violin camp has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly trying to hire his jail cellmate to kill the victim’s parents and a dozen other people. The Herald-Times reports 19-year-old Dongwook Ko allegedly
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By Vasco Cotovio, CNN Anne Sacoolas, the US woman accused of killing a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the road in England, is expected to face criminal proceedings in the UK early next year, the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Monday. The 44-year-old is charged with causing 19-year-old Briton Harry
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s national currency has further collapsed, trading on the black market at nearly 20 times its value two years ago, worsening inflation and people’s despair. The Lebanese pound was trading at 27,000 to the dollar on the black market Monday, hitting a new low in its downward trajectory that began in October
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By Brian Fung, CNN Individual users, not tech platforms, shoulder the responsibility for the spread of misinformation online, according to Andrew Bosworth, a top exec at Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook. In an interview over the weekend with Axios on HBO, Bosworth said it is not up to Meta to stifle the views
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration is taking steps to make government services easier, more accessible and streamlined for Americans across agencies through an executive order President Joe Biden is slated to sign Monday afternoon. It aims to improve the customer experience on a variety of services run by the government
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció que viajará a Kentucky este miércoles para inspeccionar los daños causados por tornados y tormentas severas que azotaron partes de EE.UU. el fin de semana. Biden dijo durante una sesión informativa sobre la tormenta con los funcionarios de seguridad nacional que está
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Donald Trump’s closest Hill allies are privately lobbying the former President to get involved in a Republican-on-Republican matchup in Illinois, a potentially messy scenario that has sparked internal strife in the party and prompted GOP leaders to launch a counter-campaign aimed at keeping Trump on the sidelines. At
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn has dropped to seventh in the women’s AP Top 25, its lowest ranking since 2007. South Carolina remained the unanimous top choice after holding off Maryland over the weekend. The Gamecocks have now beaten four teams that were ranked in the top 10 this season. The Gamecocks visit
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La serie de tornados que arrasaron el Medio Oeste y el sureste de Estados Unidos este fin de semana se suma a otro tramo de desastres climáticos mortales y potencialmente sin precedentes este año, exacerbando el costo económico ya creciente causado por los desastres climáticos en todo el país. Y
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By Brandon Miller, Judson Jones and Ralph Ellis Severe weather struck with a violent intensity this weekend, leaving a wide path of death and destruction across eight states. There were at least 50 reports of tornadoes during the outbreak from late Friday into Saturday in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee, according
Continue ReadingSam Brown, owner of Gibson’s Pharmacy, talks with CNN’s John Berman after a tornado came through Mayfield, Kentucky, and destroyed his family owner business.
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should cut back a hefty premium increase soon to hit millions of enrollees. Nearly half of the Medicare Part “B” premium increase is due to Medicare’s need for a contingency fund to cover a
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to view damage from last week’s devastating tornadoes that killed dozens of people and displaced thousands more. Biden announced the upcoming trip following a briefing with homeland security and disaster response officials to discuss
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British bank NatWest has been fined 264.8 million pounds ($354.30 million) for failing to comply with money laundering rules. The fine was handed down at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday. NatWest, the partially state-owned bank formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland, had pleaded guilty
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday announced he will travel to Kentucky later on this week to survey damage from tornadoes and severe storms. According to a pool report, Biden said during a briefing on the storm with homeland security officials he is working with the governor to make sure he is
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Thousands of Olympic athletes on boats cruising along the River Seine toward the sun setting like a giant gold medal behind the Eiffel Tower. Hundreds of thousands of people watching for free along the riverside in central Paris. That’s the vision for the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony that’s
Continue Reading By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan families awaiting word on the fate of relatives involved in a deadly migrant smuggling accident in southern Mexico are now also living with the terror of extortionists telling them their loved ones have been kidnapped. In the vacuum of official information following Thursday’s deadly
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson has been quite the discovery since being acquired from Washington in December 2019 for a fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. He’s gone from being a bottom-six forward with the Capitals to skating between two of Vegas’ most dangerous
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN When it comes to pronouncing a bunch of names early in the morning, it’s kid of hard being Snoop D-O-double G. The rapper/actor and arguably the best Olympics commentator ever was a surprise guest Monday at the announcement of the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards. Rocking a red cap
Continue Reading By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should cut back a hefty premium increase soon to hit millions of enrollees. Nearly half of the Medicare Part “B” premium increase is due to Medicare’s need for a contingency fund to cover a
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville deputy athletic director Josh Heird has been appointed as interim AD to replace Vince Tyra. Heird’s appointment by interim President Lori Stewart Gonzalez follows her appointment on Monday morning by Louisville’s Board of Trustees to replace Neeli Bendapudi, who left Thursday to become Penn State’s president. Heird is stepping in
Continue Reading By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Former students and faculty members from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music have arrived with their families in Portugal. The 273-person group, including some 150 students, flew into Lisbon from Doha, Qatar, on Monday. Their departure from Afghanistan was staggered in five airlifts to Doha over
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The critics have made their choices for best film of the year. The film nominations for the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Monday with “Belfast” from Focus Features and “West Side Story” from 20th Century Studios leading the pack, earning 11 nominations each. With the momentum from Monday’s
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Sony Pictures Television said Monday that “The Dr. Oz Show” will end in its thirteenth season on January 14, 2022. Sony said that “The Good Dish,” a show co-hosted by Oz’s daughter that focuses on nutrition and recipes, will replace the long-running medical show. The announcement comes as the show’s
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EL PASO, Texas — There were 25 El Pasoans who died from Covid-19 over the past week, the El Paso Department of Public Health announced Monday afternoon, marking over 50 coronavirus fatalities in the past two weeks. Last week there were 30 deaths. Officials said all 25 of the latest victims had underlying health conditions
Continue Reading CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business This month may be the last chance for high-income savers to take full advantage of the ‘backdoor’ Roth. If the Build Back Better bill, passed by the House in November and now under consideration by the Senate, becomes law, it could limit high-income savers’ options to convert their savings
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business This month may be the last chance for high-income savers to take full advantage of the ‘backdoor’ Roth. If the Build Back Better bill, passed by the House in November and now under consideration by the Senate, becomes law, it could limit high-income savers’ options to convert their savings into
Continue Reading By Maria Cartaya and Wesley Bruer, CNN Bond for Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of financial wrongdoing and of setting up a suicidal insurance fraud scheme, was set at $7 million in a virtual bond hearing on Monday with Judge Alison Lee. Last week, state Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that seven
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