CNN By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel and Ryan Nobles, CNN Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows is cooperating with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot and is providing records and agreeing to appear for an initial interview, CNN first reported Tuesday. The move represents a critical shift in
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BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic officials in Switzerland are urging the federal government to exempt international athletes and officials from new quarantine rules that threaten the hosting of winter sports World Cup events. People arriving from the rising number of countries on Switzerland’s red list must enter mandatory 10-day quarantine to protect against COVID-19. The
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Just when US airlines thought they were on the verge of profitability again, along came the Omicron variant to put those hopes in doubt. Leisure travel is back to near pre-Covid levels. This Thanksgiving marked the busiest week for air travel since the start of the pandemic. But major US
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A jury has convicted the former dean of Temple University’s business school on charges related to a scheme to falsely boost the school’s rankings. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the jury deliberated for less than an hour Monday before deciding 74-year-old Moshe Porat was guilty of federal conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Porat
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins say coach Bruce Cassidy has been placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. Cassidy is the first Bruins player or coach to be added to the protocol this season and will miss Boston’s game Tuesday night against Detroit. General manager Don Sweeney says Cassidy has mild symptoms. Assistant coach Joe
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have fortified their bullpen, announcing a $24 million, three-year contract with right-hander Kendall Graveman. The 30-year-old Graveman is expected to pitch in front of All-Star closer Liam Hendriks, who had 38 saves and a 2.54 ERA in his first season with Chicago.
Continue Reading By EMILY HAYNES of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy GivingTuesday, the annual fundraising blitz on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, turns 10 this year. What began as a social-media hashtag to counter aggressive consumer advertising campaigns with appeals for charitable giving has now grown into a juggernaut. Charities raised an estimated $2.47 billion from
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By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Democratic Florida congressional candidate who lost a special election primary by five votes has filed lawsuits asking that the result be thrown out. Dale Holness alleges Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s support of a proposal that would pay most U.S. adults $1,000 a month was an attempt
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de Chile rechazó este martes en particular el proyecto que despenaliza el aborto consentido por la mujer dentro de las primeras catorce semanas de gestación con 62 votos a favor, 65 en contra y una abstención. Con este resultado, la iniciativa presentada por un grupo de
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leave it to Mel Brooks to blurb his own memoir. There, along with laudatory quotes from Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Conan O’Brien and others is one from “M. Brooks,” who hails “All About Me!” as: “Not since the Bible have I read anything so powerful
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. That puts off for now the committee’s threat to hold him in contempt. Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said Meadows is providing some
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have added another catcher, agreeing to a $13 million, two-year contract with Yan Gomes. The Cubs have Willson Contreras behind the plate, but he is eligible for free agency after next season and the team could decide to trade him if they can’t
Continue Reading CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN The DC US Circuit Court of Appeals cast major doubt on former President Trump’s arguments that the court should block the release of his presidential documents for Congress’ January 6 investigation. Over the course of a three hour and 40 minute hearing Tuesday, the judges expressed skepticism
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve might end its pandemic-era stimulus sooner than expected, Chairman Jerome Powell told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday. The central bank announced a tapering of its monthly asset purchases at its monetary policy update earlier this month, cutting bond buying by $10 billion for Treasury securities and
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court date has been reset to January for former UFC champion Jon Jones to learn whether he’ll face criminal charges following his September arrest on allegations that he scuffled with his fiancée and damaged a Las Vegas police vehicle at Caesars Palace. Neither Jones nor attorneys were in court when
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — A court date has been reset to January for former UFC champion Jon Jones to learn whether he’ll face criminal charges following his September arrest on allegations that he scuffled with his fiancée and damaged a Las Vegas police vehicle at Caesars Palace. Neither Jones nor attorneys were in court when
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El exsecretario general de la Casa Blanca de Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, está cooperando con la Comisión Selecta de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga el ataque del 6 de enero y está proporcionando registros y accediendo a presentarse para una entrevista inicial, según conoció en exclusiva CNN. La medida
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law four bills aimed at supporting the nation’s veterans, including legislation intended to combat racial disparities related to benefits as well as addressing maternal mortality among female veterans. “We have many obligations, but we only have one truly sacred obligation, in
Continue Reading By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV’s “Dr. Oz Show,” says he is running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican. In a video message on social media, Oz, casts himself as a sort of champion for
Continue Reading CNN By Greg Clary, CNN More than 20 countries, including the United States, issued a joint statement Saturday expressing deep concern over allegations of extra-judicial killings and disappearances of former member of former security forces in Afghanistan. The statement comes after a report was released by Human Rights Watch on Tuesday alleging more than a
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have lost starting cornerback Donte Jackson for the remainder of the season to a groin injury. Jackson has been placed on injured reserve. It has yet to be determined if Jackson will need surgery. Jackson was injured in Carolina’s 33-10 loss to
Continue Reading CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN All three judges on the appellate panel Tuesday that’s hearing former President Donald Trump’s case seeking to block release of his January 6 documents signaled that they had skepticism about the arguments his lawyer was making in the case. “This all boils down to who decides. Who
Continue Reading By Moira Ritter, CNN Business The supply chain is facing major blockages, and container ships are heaping pollution into communities near the congested ports. The biggest offenders are, unsurprisingly, the world’s biggest retailers, according to a new report Tuesday conducted by environmental organizations Stand.earth and Pacific Environment. The report shows that goods imported to the
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer Javier Báez has agreed to a $140 million, six-year contract with Detroit, giving the Tigers a dynamic bat for the middle of their order. Báez hit .265 with 31 homers and 87 RBIs in 138 games with the Cubs and Mets last season. The move likely puts Báez back
Continue Reading By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official says Gaza’s rulers have reached an agreement by which Qatar will resume subsidizing the salaries of public employees by sending fuel to the impoverished territory. Qatar was contributing to the salaries of some 50,000 employees of the Hamas-run government up until
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities investigating the discovery of hundreds of FedEx packages in an Alabama ravine have questioned the driver they think is responsible — and believe the driver dumped packages there at least six times, a sheriff said Tuesday. The investigation began November 24, when sheriff’s deputies in northern Alabama’s Blount County found
Continue Reading Around 300 to 400 FedEx packages were discovered discarded in a ravine in Blount County, Alabama, some 40 miles northeast of Birmingham, according to the Blount county sheriff’s office.
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked fellow House Republican Nancy Mace on Tuesday, after Mace condemned inflammatory and anti-Muslim comments made by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert. On Twitter, Greene told Mace to “back up off” Boebert, while accusing Mace of not being conservative and attacking her as “the trash in the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Guatemala informó este martes que un juzgado dictó una orden de aprehensión en contra del exjefe de la Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad, Juan Francisco Sandoval. En un comunicado publicado en su cuenta de Twitter, señalaron que en seguimiento a una denuncia presentada, según investigaciones “se
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys rookie cornerback Nahshon Wright has tested positive for COVID-19 and is the eighth player or coach to be sidelined by the coronavirus for Thursday’s game at New Orleans. Coach Mike McCarthy and five members of his staff won’t make the trip because of positive tests. Wright and right tackle
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