By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Pfizer is expected to seek US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine booster shot for people 18 and older, a Biden administration official said Monday. The request could come as soon as this week, although the date could shift. The expected EUA request was first reported
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say the “heroic actions” of a Tennessee pastor who tackled a man waving and pointing a gun during a service “saved a church from further violence.” Metro Nashville Police said in a statement that no shots were fired during the incident Sunday at Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church. Police say
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los casos mundiales de covid-19 superaron el lunes los 250 millones, según datos de la Universidad Johns Hopkins (JHU, por sus siglas en inglés). La JHU informó de 250.005.427 casos hasta este lunes por la mañana, y desde que comenzó la pandemia. Tres países representan más del 40% de los
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN More than 250 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported globally, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. This grim milestone comes about a year and eight months since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic in March 2020. The first 50 million cases were reported over the first
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — A court in southern Italy has convicted 70 defendants and acquitted 20 others in a trial that probed alleged links between the ’ndrangheta crime syndicate and local business figures, politicians and public officials. The Italian news agency ANSA said that the verdicts were announced in court on Saturday at the end of
Continue Reading By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A criminal fraud trial in Kentucky aims to determine whether four officials of the now-bankrupt Armstrong Coal company skirted federal rules meant to reduce deadly coal dust in underground mines. The trial started with opening statements on Monday. Federal prosecutors say the former officials ordered workers
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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A criminal fraud trial in Kentucky aims to determine whether four officials of the now-bankrupt Armstrong Coal company skirted federal rules meant to reduce deadly coal dust in underground mines. The trial started with opening statements on Monday. Federal prosecutors say the former officials ordered workers
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Groff’s novel “Matrix” is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for fiction. It’s the story of a 12th century royal outcast who combats the rule of men and other hierarchies, Non-fiction nominees include “Four Hundred Souls,” a “Community History of African America.” It’s co-authored by Ibram X. Kendi
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Un tribunal de Moscú, capital de Rusia, aplicó una nueva multa a Google, esta vez de 2 millones de rublos (unos US$ 28.000), por no eliminar información prohibida. “Por decisión del magistrado de la sección judicial N422 del distrito Tagansky de Moscú, Google LLC ha sido declarada culpable de cometer una
Continue Reading SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat says he’s received assurances from members of Bosnia’s presidency there will be no repeat of armed clashes in the war-scarred nation despite deep tensions triggered by Bosnian Serb separatist moves. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar said on Monday that Bosniak, Serb and Croat members
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NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle has appointed Eddie Howe as manager, tasked with trying to keep the relegation-threatened team in the Premier League by the new Saudi ownership. The 43-year-old Howe was in the directors’ box at Brighton on Saturday to see Newcastle draw 1-1 to sit five points from safety. There are 27 games
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By Marianne Garvey Sarah Jessica Parker is tackling criticism of her looks as she grows older. Parker says she and her former “Sex and the City” co-stars have received some negative comments over how their physical appearances have changed as they’ve gotten older. The cast is in production on a spinoff series, “And Just Like
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CNN, KTRK By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Live Nation Entertainment, the concert promoter that organized the tragic Astroworld Festival, has been cited about a dozen times for numerous safety issues, records show. Records on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration website shows that Live Nation has been fined or sued on a variety of issues
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Live Nation Entertainment, the concert promoter that organized the tragic Astroworld Festival, has been cited about a dozen times for numerous safety issues, records show. Records on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration website shows that Live Nation has been fined or sued on a variety of issues over the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Coaches Ron Rivera and Sean McDermott, standout players Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle and Demario Davis, team owner Arthur Blank, and the Houston Texans cheerleaders are among nominees from 31 teams for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award. The award, presented by USAA and the league, recognizes players, coaches, staff and alumni
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The NCAA has set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports. The nation’s biggest and most influential governing body in college athletics released a draft of an 18 1/2-page constitution. That is cut down from 43 pages. It focuses more on the NCAA’s broader goals
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By Pamela Kirkland, Devon M. Sayers and Ralph Ellis, CNN The first police officer who responded to the scene of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery testified on Monday that William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., the man who recorded video of Arbery being chased, never told him a citizen’s arrest of Arbery was being made. Bryan
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities say they are stepping up police checks to enforce new rules under which unvaccinated people who haven’t had COVID-19 are barred from restaurants, hotels, hairdressing salons and large public events. The rules, which were announced on Friday night, took effect on Monday across the country of 8.9 million people. They
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — France is showcasing its military muscle with a tour of its new frigate Auvergne to the eastern Mediterranean. The ship’s captain said that underlines the importance that Paris attaches to ensuring security and stability in the region. Captain Paul Merveilleux de Vignaux said Monday that the
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By Christina Carrega and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Law enforcement officials seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments and federal prosecutors charged a suspect from Ukraine over a damaging July ransomware attack on an American company in a breakthrough for the Biden administration’s pursuit of cybercriminals, the Justice Department announced Monday. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The city of Albuquerque has now surpassed 100 homicides since the start of the year. The Albuquerque Journal reports a man officers found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Sunday night is the city’s 101st homicide victim. Several hours earlier around 1 a.m. police responded to a shooting at
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspected Ukrainian hacker has been arrested and charged in the United States in connection with a string of costly ransomware attacks, including one that snarled businesses around the globe on the Fourth of July weekend. Yaroslav Vasinskyi was arrested last month after traveling
Continue Reading Opinion by Sonja Opper for CNN Business Perspectives Over the last 12 months, China’s government has engaged in an unprecedented regulatory crackdown on the country’s technology sector. Alibaba was hit with a multibillion-dollar antitrust fine; new regulatory rules were crafted that target the emergent online education sector; and the ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing saw its
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In black-and-white photographs, the relationships of several teenage girls unfold through after-school hangouts, late-night parties and prom photos in mid-1980s New York. They are Blake and Leslie, two Jens, Zoe and Molly, applying makeup in mirrors, deep in conversation on the subway and shielding their cigarettes from the wind. Fast forward and
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspected Ukrainian hacker has been arrested and charged in the United States in connection with a string of costly ransomware attacks, including one that snarled businesses around the globe on the Fourth of July weekend. Yaroslav Vasinskyi was arrested last month after traveling
Continue Reading FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Italy coach Roberto Mancini has lost another two midfielders ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Switzerland on Friday in Rome. Mancini was already without regular starter Marco Verratti through injury and has now announced that Nicolò Zaniolo and Lorenzo Pellegrini will return to their club Roma after reporting with injury
Continue Reading LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a 16-year-old girl held captive by a 61-year-old man was rescued on an interstate highway in Kentucky after another driver noticed her making a silent distress signal with her hand. The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office says the driver is being held on charges of unlawful imprisonment and
Continue Reading By Sheena McKenzie and Joseph Ataman, CNN The United States has reopened its borders to vaccinated international travelers, ending a 20-month travel ban at the same moment Europe is battling a surge of Covid-19 cases that has pushed the continent back into the epicenter of the pandemic. Fully vaccinated travelers from 33 countries — including
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists. Half are affiliated with groups that Israel’s defense minister controversially claimed last month were involved in terrorism. Monday’s revelation marks the first known instance of Palestinian activists being targeted
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Más de 100 empresas dedicadas a la explotación de combustibles fósiles han enviado a 500 personas a las conversaciones sobre el clima de la COP26 en Glasgow, Escocia, más que cualquier otro país en la cumbre, según el grupo de campaña medioambiental Global Witness. El grupo analizó la lista provisional de
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