By ANNIE MA and MIKE MELIA Associated Press The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation’s efforts to address pandemic inequalities. Health systems have released little data on the racial breakdown of youth vaccinations, and community leaders fear that Black and Latino kids are falling behind. Only
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CNN By Ali Zaslav and Alex Rogers, CNN Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and the longest serving US senator still in office, announced Monday he won’t seek reelection for a ninth term next year, after serving in the chamber since 1975. “While I will continue to serve Vermont, Marcelle and I have reached a conclusion:
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Elon Musk volvió a trolear en Twitter, y esta vez su objetivo fue el senador Bernie Sanders. “Sigo olvidando que todavía estás vivo”, tuiteó Musk este domingo por la mañana, en respuesta a un tuit que Sanders envió diciendo que las personas extremadamente ricas deberían pagar su parte justa de
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Banged-up Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is day to day after bruising his right knee in Sunday’s blowout loss at New England _ his latest injury. Mayfield has been playing with a damaged left shoulder for several weeks and had to leave in the third quarter after
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell is dealing with an upper-body injury that could sideline him for what coach Mack Brown says will be his final home game this weekend against Wofford. Team spokesman Jeremy Sharpe said Monday that Howell is considered day-to-day with an injury to his non-throwing side
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Basketball has picked its initial team for the opening games of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup. Jordan Bell won a title with Golden State in 2018 and was among the 12 players announced Monday as the team that will represent the U.S. when qualifying starts in Mexico later
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has announced it will provide $40 million in emergency funding for conflict-wracked northern Ethiopia and drought-affected southern areas. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths allocated $25 million from the U.N.’s Central Emergency Response Fund and the country-based Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund allocated $15 million.
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas running back Bijan Robinson will miss the rest of the season after dislocating his elbow in an overtime loss to Kansas. Robinson’s 1,127 yards rushing this season rank third in the Big 12 and made him the first Texas running back to hit the 1,000-yard mark since 2016. He also
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas running back Bijan Robinson will miss the rest of the season after dislocating his elbow in an overtime loss to Kansas. Robinson’s 1,127 yards rushing this season rank third in the Big 12 and made him the first Texas running back to hit the 1,000-yard mark since 2016. He also
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CNNEE (CNN Español) — La policía cubana arrestó a 11 personas, mientras que agentes y simpatizantes del gobierno “sitiaron” a otras 50 dentro de sus casas para evitar que las protestas de la oposición planificadas se llevaran a cabo el lunes, confirmó a CNN la organización independiente de derechos humanos Cubalex, con sede en La
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Indiana has moved up to No. 4 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll. It’s the highest ranking ever for the program. South Carolina remained the top team in the season’s first regular-season poll, receiving 25 first-place votes after an impressive win at No. 5 North Carolina
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says the bloc is planning to take action against anyone delaying Mali’s political transition. It’s also drawing up a list of sanctions to slap on Russian mercenaries that Mali’s government hired to fight extremists. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said foreign ministers agreed Monday to set
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Mel Gibson has reportedly revealed that another “Lethal Weapon” movie is in the works. According to The Sun, the actor shared during a recent Experience With… event in London that he will direct and star in “Lethal Weapon 5,” 23 years after the last sequel in the franchise. “The man
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By Sarah Jorgensen, CNN Business Sandy Hook families suing InfoWars founder Alex Jones have won a case against him after a judge ruled against Jones who has failed to comply with the discovery process. Jones and entities owned by him were found liable by default Monday in a defamation case against them. Connecticut Superior Court
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Sarah Jorgensen, CNN Business Sandy Hook families suing InfoWars founder Alex Jones have won a case against him after a judge ruled against Jones who has failed to comply with the discovery process. Jones and entities owned by him were found liable by default Monday in a defamation case against them. Connecticut
Continue Reading CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn’s call for “one religion” in the US to win the battle of good versus evil has garnered sharp backlash from a range of critics. Flynn, who was subpoenaed last week by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack, made the comment
Continue Reading By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s no supply-chain shortage when it comes to holiday movies and TV specials. That includes the movie “Candy Coated Christmas,” featuring Ree Drummond of Food Network’s “The Pioneer Woman” series. The movie will debut on discovery+. Old favorites such as 1965′s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Continue Reading By SALAR SALIM and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Gaylan Delir Ismael, a 25-year-old from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, jumped at the chance to try to get to Europe when he heard that thousands from the Middle East were taking advantage of easily obtained tourist visas from Belarus. A diabetic, he was desperate to
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By Jack Guy, CNN Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be one of Egypt’s lost “sun temples,” dating from the mid-25th century BCE. The team uncovered the remains buried beneath another temple at Abu Ghurab, around 12 miles south of Cairo, mission co-director Massimiliano Nuzzolo, an assistant professor of Egyptology at the Polish Academy
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EL PASO, Texas — There were eight El Pasoans who died from Covid-19 over the past week, with all of the fatalities involving those who were unvaccinated, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. Officials said all of the latest victims had underlying health conditions and there were no breakthrough deaths; the deceased ranged
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey The “Downton Abbey” sequel trailer has dropped and it takes the family to the French Riviera. The movie, “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” comes two years after the “Downton Abbey” feature film and features Tom Branson’s second wedding and an admission from the Dowager Countess, played by Maggie Smith, which takes the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, dijo a inversionistas en Dubai este lunes que la selva amazónica no se incendia y que más del 90% permanece intacta. Bolsonaro hizo estas declaraciones durante su visita a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos en su gira por varios países árabes en un intento de
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will visit Morocco later this month and sign an agreement with his counterpart on enhancing security cooperation. Morocco was one of four Arab countries that agreed to normalize ties with Israel last year under the so-called Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration, along with the United
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Managing America’s relationship with its biggest economic frenemy is one of US President Joe Biden’s toughest challenges. So when he holds a virtual summit with President Xi Jinping later on Monday, issues like supply chains, subsidies and tariffs, a pullback in China’s vast property sector and the global energy crunch
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UPDATE: Mark Lowry’s resignation as head coach of the El Paso Locomotive FC comes as he is reported by The Athletic to have accepted the same position with the Indy Eleven in the USL Championship soccer league. The Indianapolis club also has plans for a new stadium in that city’s downtown district. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto and Kristin Fisher, CNN The US strongly condemned a Russian anti-satellite test on Monday, calling it “a reckless and dangerous act” and added that it “won’t tolerate” behavior that puts the national interests of several countries at risk. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the test “will significantly increase the
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Los precios de la gasolina en California alcanzaron este lunes los US$ 4,682 por galón, estableciendo un nuevo récord para el estado por segundo día consecutivo, según la Asociación Americana del Automóvil. El precio de este lunes para la gasolina regular sin plomo fue seis décimas de
Continue Reading By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Connecticut judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The parents of several children sued Jones over his claims that the massacre was a hoax. Judge Barbara Bellis took
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Las áreas más caras para vivir en EE.UU. se han vuelto aún más caras este año debido a que el costo de las viviendas se ha disparado. Los diez códigos postales más caros del país tienen precios promedio de vivienda de más de US$ 4 millones, según un informe de Property
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli rights group says Jewish settlers have attacked Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank, injuring three people. Yesh Din says one of its researchers went along with more than a dozen Palestinian farmers to tend their land. The director of Yesh Din tweeted that settlers attacked the Palestinians with stones,
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