NBA legend Tracy McGrady chats to Andy Scholes about his pick for the NBA title this year, why the Ben Simmons situation has blame on both sides and who the best ball boy in Houston Rockets history is…
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is giving $139 million to police departments across the U.S. as part of a grant program that would bring on more than 1,000 new officers. The grant funding announced Thursday comes through the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and will be
Continue Reading By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet Many small businesses close within a few years of opening. If that’s true for yours, work with a lawyer or financial adviser to make sure you shut down correctly. Take time to care for yourself and mourn the loss. Then, perform a postmortem to understand what mistakes you made, what
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By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet Many small businesses close within a few years of opening. If that’s true for yours, work with a lawyer or financial adviser to make sure you shut down correctly. Take time to care for yourself and mourn the loss. Then, perform a postmortem to understand what mistakes you made, what
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has cut interest rates by 1 percentage point a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against high borrowing rates. The lira dropped to a new record low of 11.07 against the dollar following Thursday’s announcement, continuing a long run of losses. The rate cut comes despite
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has cut interest rates by 1 percentage point a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against high borrowing rates. The lira dropped to a new record low of 11.07 against the dollar following Thursday’s announcement, continuing a long run of losses. The rate cut comes despite
Continue Reading By DALATOU MAMANE Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — At least 25 people were killed by unidentified gunmen in an attack earlier this week in southwest Niger, the government said on Wednesday. It is the latest in a string of violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in the conflict-ridden West African nation,
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, planea enfocarse en la migración, la pandemia de covid-19 y la integración económica en la cumbre de los “Tres Amigos” que tendrá lugar en la Casa Blanca este jueves. Si bien no se espera que las conversaciones sean polémicas, existen algunos puntos conflictivos. Entre
Continue Reading By ZEINA KARAM, DARIA LITVINOVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqis have returned home from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union in a repatriation that follows more than a week of tensions at Poland’s eastern border, where thousands of migrants were stuck in a cold and
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN Giannis Antetokounmpo exploded for 47 points to fire the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-102 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Last season’s Finals MVP was at his scintillating best, scoring a season-high on 18-of-23 from the field to correct the reigning NBA champions’ course after back-to-back defeats last
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Germany has recorded its highest single-day surge in coronavirus infections. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business Thanksgiving dinner will cost 14% more this year, according to new survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Dinner for a family of 10 will cost on average $53.31 — up $6.41 from last year’s average of $46.90 which was down 4% from 2019, the lowest in 10 years. Several
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Your next Disney cruise is going to require a little more than magic. Starting in January, Disney Cruise Line will require all passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading Another round of rain for the Pacific Northwest will occur today into Friday as the East sees a separate system bringing showers and colder temperatures. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the forecast.
Continue Reading The Wyoming Republican Party voted over to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of the party, the Casper Star-Tribune reported, a new instance of GOP blowback as Cheney continues to speak out against former President Donald Trump. CNN’s Maggie Haberman discusses.
Continue Reading By DAVID KEYTON and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team have arrived in Britain after being flown from Pakistan with the help of a New York rabbi, a U.K. soccer club and Kim Kardashian West. A plane carrying more than 30 teenage players and their families,
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By DAVID KEYTON and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team have arrived in Britain after being flown from Pakistan with the help of a New York rabbi, a U.K. soccer club and Kim Kardashian West. A plane carrying more than 30 teenage players and their families,
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — When Aurelien Tchouameni started his first game for France the 21-year-old midfielder looked like he had been playing at international level for years. There were no nerves as the Monaco player displayed uncommon composure and midfield control at Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier in September.
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Francesca Street, CNN It was the morning of April 4, 2003 and Jennifer Lowther was crying in the corner of a Toronto Airport lounge because she was going to miss her best friend’s wedding. It was early spring but a sudden snowstorm had plunged Toronto back into winter. Departures had stalled, the airport was buzzing
Continue Reading Researchers are working on a dog phone so Fido can give you a ring … 5 times a day. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Está previsto que Julius Jones sea ejecutado hoy a las 4 pm CT, a menos que el gobernador de Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, le conceda el indulto. Incluso cuando el tiempo se está acabando, el gobernador republicano aún no ha dicho si aceptará una recomendación de la Junta de Indultos y Libertad
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Music stars Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes have announced that they are breaking up. The pair have been going out for around two years, but announced the end of their romantic relationship in a joint statement posted on Instagram Wednesday. “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our
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By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration is considering sending some of the Afghan evacuees at a US military base in Kosovo back to Afghanistan if they cannot clear the intense vetting process to come to the United States, according to three US officials familiar with the matter. A return to Afghanistan
Continue Reading SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have ordered an investigation into a police raid that killed four people and later exhumed two bodies and returned them to families who say Indian troops shot them in cold blood. Police earlier said the two civilians died in crossfire when government forces on Monday attacked suspected
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit record highs for the second straight day. Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported Thursday that 1,251 people died of COVID-19 since the day before. The previous record of 1,247 deaths was recorded Wednesday. New daily cases appeared to be taking a
Continue Reading olivertapia Berlín (CNN) — Alemania reportó su aumento más alto de infecciones por covid-19 en un solo día y la canciller Angela Merkel dijo que la “dramática” situación era el resultado de la cuarta ola “que golpeó al país con toda su fuerza”. El Instituto Robert Koch (RKI), el centro de control y enfermedades de
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By Aya Elamroussi, Amy Simonson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN There are significant delays for railways and trucks using the Canadian port city of Vancouver after severe and widespread flooding slammed the Pacific Northwest, officials said Wednesday — and the impact could be felt for days. Vancouver is Canada’s largest port and the third largest
Continue Reading CNN By Chandelis Duster, CNN China’s test of a hypersonic missile over the summer “went around the world,” the second most senior US general said in an interview released Tuesday, shedding new details on the test and warning that China might one day be able to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the United States.
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration is helping to distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills. The money comes largely from the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. It provides an additional $4.5 billion for the government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which typically has funding of
Continue Reading The Webb Telescope, the most powerful and complex space telescope, must complete over 300 operations perfectly before it freezes in space. Don’t miss “The Hunt for Planet B” on CNN this Saturday at 9:00 p.m. ET.
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