By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Three years after ditching Qdoba Mexican Eats, Jack in the Box is scooping up Del Taco in a $575 million deal. The deal, which is expected to close early next year, doubles down on Jack in the Box’s success with tacos. Jack in the Box serves an eclectic array of
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By Omar Jimenez and Eric Levenson, CNN Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett took the stand in his criminal trial Monday in a high-stakes attempt to rebut charges that he staged a fake hate crime and lied to Chicago Police about it in January 2019. Last week, brothers “Bola” and “Ola” Osundairo testified that Smollett, who
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska football star and 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers was in an Omaha hospital intensive care unit with COVID-19 and other complications. Business partner Denny Drake told The Omaha World-Herald that Rodgers was hospitalized Thanksgiving morning. Drake says the 70-year-old Rodgers seemed to improve after a few days, but took
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The Roy family is rich in Critics Choice nominations. HBO’s “Succession” scored eight nominations for the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards, more than any other show, the group announced Monday. Their nominations included individual acting nominations for Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, who are both in the best actor in a
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Kohl’s should spin off its online business or find a buyer to take the whole company private, an activist investor said Monday. “The public market is not appreciating Kohl’s in its current form,” Engine Capital, an activist fund, said in a letter to Kohl’s board of directors. “There is no
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Tennessee is back in the top 10 of the women’s AP Top 25 for the first time in nearly three years. The Lady Vols are No. 9. South Carolina remained a unanimous No. 1, with N.C. State, UConn, Stanford and Baylor rounding out the top five. Duke, LSU and
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Preliminary work is underway to remove an enormous pedestal that until recently held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. A crew was erecting scaffolding around the pedestal Monday afternoon. It’s one of the first steps in what’s expected to be a weeks-long process. Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The 3-year-old colt whose Kentucky Derby victory in May came under scrutiny because of a positive drug test has collapsed and died after a workout at Santa Anita in Southern California. Trainer Bob Baffert says Medina Spirit suffered a heart attack. The colt had just completed five furlongs in
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EL PASO, Texas — The migrant protection protocol, or “Remain in Mexico” policy, was reinstated Monday at El Paso’s ports of entry and will spread to other areas of the southwest border in the coming days. There will be a limit of 30 people enrolled in MPP per day in El Paso. “Mexico has required
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HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says an unmanned aircraft has crashed on a runway during takeoff from Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico. Officials with the 49th Wing say no injuries were reported in the Monday morning crash of an MQ-9 Reaper. Base access was not restricted.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Comer menos carne y lácteos es una de las formas en que podemos tener un impacto positivo en el futuro del planeta, como han demostrado múltiples estudios sobre el cambio climático. Pero, como puede decir cualquiera que tenga una suscripción al gimnasio sin usar, lograr mantener un nuevo hábito no es
Continue Reading By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Monday that he won’t accept a third term as chief. It’s a blow to a department that has been reeling since four officers were charged in George Floyd’s death. The 54-year-old Arradondo said it was time for new leadership
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The start of North Carolina candidate filing for U.S. House and legislative seats was blocked by an appeals court panel. But it was restored hours later. A three-judge panel of the intermediate level appeals court issued a ruling on Monday morning telling
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The 3-year-old colt whose Kentucky Derby victory in May came under scrutiny because of a positive drug test has collapsed and died after a workout at Santa Anita in Southern California. Trainer Bob Baffert says Medina Spirit suffered a heart attack. The colt had just completed five furlongs in
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A British woman has testified that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when she was still a teenager, assuring her she would have “fun” with him. The witness was the second woman to take the witness stand against Maxwell in federal court
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions. A Florida jury
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil trial verdict Monday against the family of a deceased business partner that claimed it was owed half of a cryptocurrency fortune worth tens of billions. A Florida jury
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses. It’s a move China has vowed to greet with “firm countermeasures.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Dos hipopótamos en un zoológico en Amberes, Bélgica, dieron positivo por covid-19, en lo que se cree que es la primera infección de este tipo reportada en la especie. Los hipopótamos, llamados Imani y Hermien, no han mostrado ningún síntoma “aparte de nariz mocosa”, según un comunicado de prensa del zoológico.
Continue Reading SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Tyson Foods said Monday that it plans to spend roughly $50 million on year-end bonuses for over 80,000 hourly workers at its meatpacking plants that will give them between $300 and $700 apiece. Those bonuses are on top of wage increases that drove the average value of the wages and benefits
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Purdue is No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers were a unanimous No. 1 in the poll to move up from No. 2 last week. Reigning national champion Baylor moved up to No. 2, with Duke, UCLA and Gonzaga rounding
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Por primera vez en dos meses, EE.UU. tiene un promedio de más de 100.000 casos nuevos de covid-19 cada día, poco después de que millones de estadounidenses viajaron para el feriado de Acción de Gracias. El promedio móvil de siete días de casos nuevos fue de 121.437 hasta el sábado,
Continue Reading By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DIAMNIADIO, Senegal (AP) — South Africa’s president says travel restrictions imposed on South Africa and other African nations for telling the world about the omicron variant are hypocritical, harsh and not supported by science. President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking Monday at the Dakar International Forum for Peace and Security, said the
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — Right-hander Robert Suarez is guaranteed $11 million over two seasons in his contract with the San Diego Padres. Suarez gets a $1 million signing bonus payable by Jan. 15 as part of the deal announced just before the start of Major League Baseball’s lockout. He has a $5 million salary next
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging people to “remain prudent” about COVID-19 over the holidays as Christmas festivities at one Spanish hospital are suspected of infecting dozens of staff. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spaniards can’t “let their guard down” because the coronavirus continues to spread. One regional hospital said 170
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging people to “remain prudent” about COVID-19 over the holidays as Christmas festivities at one Spanish hospital are suspected of infecting dozens of staff. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spaniards can’t “let their guard down” because the coronavirus continues to spread. One regional hospital said 170
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The National Museum of Afghanistan is open once again and the Taliban, whose members once smashed their way through the facility, now appear to be among its most enthusiastic visitors. The museum, which hosts artifacts from the Paleolithic period to the 20th century, reopened just over
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Former Democratic Rep. Max Rose announced he will run again for the US House seat he lost in 2020 after a single term to Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who serves the New York district that includes Staten Island and some of Brooklyn. “I’m running for Congress in #NY11 because I can’t
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has defended a recent meeting of European populist leaders by saying that his government is seeking allies in its challenge of what he called a “centralized Europe.” Morawiecki also distanced himself Monday from comments by France’s Marine Le Pen who said that Poland’s neighbor Ukraine belongs
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is still insisting that President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill can pass his chamber by Christmas — even as doubts grow that such a timeline is achievable given the procedures of the Senate and the lingering differences among Democrats. In a letter
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