By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can order that workers at private companies and health care employees be vaccinated for COVID-19. Until the court rules, millions of workers face a patchwork of requirements depending on where they live. For
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By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can order that workers at private companies and health care employees be vaccinated for COVID-19. Until the court rules, millions of workers face a patchwork of requirements depending on where they live. For
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Many gamers will be receiving the latest edition of the “Madden” video game for the holidays. On Saturday, some will even find out for the first time that the name behind the popular franchise was a successful coach and broadcaster. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Madden is to the
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Baltimore City Police officer Keona Holley has died after she was removed from life support, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said.
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan and Eric Levenson, CNN A Baltimore Police officer who was shot while sitting in her patrol car earlier this month has died, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Officer Keona Holley was removed from life support, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Thursday in a statement posted to Facebook. “Her health has
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN As Covid-19 cases continue to rise and the Omicron variant sweeps the world, some nations are rolling out fourth doses of coronavirus vaccine for the most vulnerable people. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced this week that adults 60 and older, medical workers and people with suppressed immune systems could
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say they have arrested one person after two men were shot and killed at a busy restaurant in Kentucky. The Louisville Metro Police Department says 21-year-old Karson Reitz was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting Thursday evening at the Roosters restaurant location on Preston Highway. Police say security
Continue Reading LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Heavy rains in Bolivia this month have killed at least 12 people, flooded crops and damaged roads, according to authorities. Rainfall levels have surpassed records, and seven of Bolivia’s nine provinces have declared alerts for rain and flooding. The rainy season has just begun and it lasts until March. Most
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is displaying mild symptoms. The Istanbul-based Patriarchate said Friday that Bartholomew, who is 81 and recently had heart surgery, is fully vaccinated. It added that “his general condition is good.” The Patriarch urged people to
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Defendants spoke directly to jurors in a series of recent high-profile trials, defying conventional wisdom that the risks of a client taking the stand usually outweigh the benefits. Among those who chose to testify this month was Kim Potter, convicted Thursday of manslaughter for killing
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By Gawon Bae and Alaa Elassar, CNN Three members of the K-pop supergroup BTS have tested positive for Covid-19, according to BIGHIT Music statements published on global fan community platform Weverse. The group had recently returned to South Korea from the US, where it kicked off its first tour in two years since the beginning
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By Terry Ward, CNN Ever since the movie “Moana” first hit theaters, 8-year-old Mathias Pascal from Cuxac-d’Aude, France, has dreamed of visiting the land of “Vaiana” — the name for the ebony-haired heroine of the 2016 Disney blockbuster in its French release. “He watched the film ever since he was little, and I’d tell him,
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, CNN Daunte Wright’s mother said Friday the guilty verdict against former police officer Kim Potter for fatally shooting Wright isn’t quite justice, but it is accountability, and she’s thankful for it. “Justice would be Daunte being home. Justice would be no more names being yelled in our streets. And (when) that happens
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — A medida que la variante altamente contagiosa del coronavirus ómicron continúa propagándose, algunos expertos dicen que es hora de reconsiderar tus opciones de mascarilla, especialmente si todavía usas la variedad de tela. “Las máscaras de tela son poco más que decoraciones faciales. No hay lugar para ellas a la luz de ómicron”,
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The doctor for a private Christian boarding school that has been the focus of an abuse investigation in Missouri has been charged with child sex crimes. The Kansas City Star reports that an arrest warrant was issued Thursday for 57-year-old David Earl Smock, the longtime physician for Agape Boarding School. Smock
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By Carma Hassan and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Washington Football Team player Deshazor Everett is being treated for “serious but non-life-threatening injuries” after he was involved in a fatal crash Thursday in Loudoun County, Virginia, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Everett was behind the wheel of a 2010 Nissan GT-R when the
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield moved a step closer to playing against Aaron Rodgers on Christmas. Cleveland activated Mayfield from the COVID-19 reserve list before leaving for Green Bay. Mayfield has been out since testing positive on Dec. 15 amid an avalanche of virus cases for the
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El presidente de Perú, Pedro Castillo, aceptó la renuncia del ministro de Educación, Carlos Gallardo, quien fue censurado esta semana por el Congreso de la República, según una resolución que fue publicada este viernes en el boletín de Normas Legales del Diario Oficial El Peruano. En el documento se
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By The Associated Press Christmas may be over, but a feast of movies and television shows arrive next week. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s critically acclaimed directorial debut, “The Lost Daughter,” arrives Friday on Netflix, while CBS is serving up its New Year’s Eve special with a twang with a special featuring country stars performing in Nashville. But
Continue Reading NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joins CNN to talk about the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey In Towson, Maryland, there is a street called Dunkirk Road. There are 32 homes on Dunkirk, where families of various races, religions, and political views live. The neighbors are all close friends. So when Matt Riggs, who lives on the block with his wife Kerry, found out his neighbor across the street
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art by passing the same hard candy back and forth since 1987. It started when Ryan Wasson gave a 10-roll Frankford “Santa’s Candy Book” with assorted fruit flavors to his brother, Eric Wasson, as a joke for Christmas.
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has imposed a four-year prison sentence on a 41-year-old man convicted of attempted murder for firing gunshots at the Saudi embassy in The Hague last year. Prosecutors said he was angry because the embassy had refused to grant him a visa to travel to Mecca. The man
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La Navidad se celebra de muchas maneras en muchos rincones del mundo, y la cocina que marca la fiesta es tan diversa como la gente que la festeja. Las tradiciones alimentarias son reconfortantes en un momento en el que muchos de nosotros hemos tenido otro año pandémico muy difícil. Y
Continue Reading OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a suspected gunman was among four people who were wounded during a shootout at a suburban Chicago shopping mall full of Christmas shoppers. Police said Friday that they were searching for the other man suspected of taking part in the shootout Thursday evening at the Oakbrook Center in
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — El llamado “Unabomber”, Ted Kaczynski, fue trasladado a un centro médico federal en Carolina del Norte, según la Oficina Federal de Prisiones. “Theodore John Kaczynski está bajo la custodia de la Oficina Federal de Prisiones (BOP) en el Centro Médico Federal (FMC) Butner”, dice un comunicado de BOP. Kaczynski, de 79 años,
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Editor’s note: A previous version of this report said Fight for $15 advocate Deatric Edie was currently a manager at a McDonald’s restaurant in Hollywood, Florida, and that she was worried that the restaurant was not prioritizing safety. CNN Business was not able to independently verify that Edie was a
Continue Reading By Paula Reid, CNN Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik says he is planning to publicly release some documents requested by the House select committee investigating January 6. Kerik worked alongside his longtime friend Rudy Giuliani, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, in the weeks after the presidential election to find
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ move to open up its power generation market and boost the share of renewable sources in its energy mix will face its first big test next year when the European Union’s executive arm assesses the project. Cypriot lawmakers in October approved a law that aimed to decouple the power grid
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