By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Neal Smith, a World War II bomber pilot who became a successful lawyer before representing Iowa for 36 years in Congress, has died. He was 101. Smith was first elected in 1958 and remained until 1995, a tenure that made him Iowa’s long-serving U.S. House
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Kinnear was just a month away from making his Broadway debut in “To Kill a Mockingbird” when the pandemic shut theater down in March 2020. He’s not giving up: Early next year, he’ll try again. The two-time Emmy Award-winner and Oscar nominee is slated
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licenses has been released by French authorities. Owner Macduff Shellfish said the dredger had left Le Havre in northern France. French maritime police seized the Cornelis Gert
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have joined calls for the immediate restoration of a civilian-led government in Sudan after a military coup. A joint statement by the two nations, plus the United States and the United Kingdom, also urges the military to release those detained
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Green Bay Packers star QB Aaron Rodgers will sit out Sunday’s road game against the Kansas City Chiefs due to Covid-19 protocols, according to his team. Head coach Matt LaFleur on Wednesday wouldn’t confirm if Rodgers tested positive for the virus or give his vaccination status. LaFleur told reporters that last
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Scavenger hunts and blow-up animals greeted children at some of California’s vaccination sites Wednesday, as children aged 5 to 11 got their first COVID-19 shots a day after the federal government approved kid-size doses. The state has an ambitious plan to offer
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A court in Belarus has handed prison sentences to two human rights activists, part of an ongoing crackdown on non-government organizations and independent media in the ex-Soviet nation. The court in the eastern city of Homiel on Wednesday sentenced 55-year-old Leanid Sudalenka to three years in
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By Tina Burnside, CNN Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was traveling more than 150 mph — his alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — before his car rear-ended another car, killing a 23-year-old woman, prosecutors said. The Raiders released Ruggs on Tuesday night after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Continue Reading Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was traveling more than 150 mph — his alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — before his car rear-ended another car, killing a 23-year-old woman, prosecutors said during a bond hearing.
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The United Nations climate conference has urged sports organizations and teams worldwide to meet environmental targets they signed up to. FIFA, the International Olympic Committee, the NFL, the NBA and the New York Yankees are among nearly 300 signatories to the Sports for Climate Action Framework since the Paris climate agreement
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn’t recommend any disciplinary action. The review found there were some
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health are applauding the federal government’s move to clear the way for COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11. Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Laura Parajon said Wednesday that children who don’t get the shots will remain vulnerable. About one-quarter of the confirmed
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — China expande rápidamente su arsenal nuclear y podría tener 1.000 ojivas nucleares para fines de la década, ya que apunta a superar la influencia global de Estados Unidos para mediados del siglo XXI, según un importante informe del Pentágono publicado este miércoles. La estimación, con base en la rápida modernización de
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon will return to a full field of 30,000 for next year’s race — and all of them will be required to be fully vaccinated. The Boston Athletic Association says proof of vaccination with a World Health Organization-certified vaccine will be required to pick up bib numbers before the race
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek, Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum at the COP26 climate summit. Twenty countries have agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad in a deal announced Thursday. Several countries had already agreed to end international financing for coal, but this agreement
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve has been pushing the economic stimulus pedal to the metal nonstop since March 2020. For the first time since the pandemic erupted on the global stage, it’s easing off the gas. Buying billions of dollars worth of government bonds and other assets each month, the Fed has
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Bangkok (CNN) — Bangkok, una vibrante ciudad de 10 millones de habitantes, parece a veces la ciudad budista más improbable del mundo, a pesar de las relucientes agujas de sus famosos santuarios y templos. Resulta tentador considerar estos últimos como un pintoresco relleno de fondo, o como trampas turísticas atestadas de visitantes extranjeros.
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge has ordered a January 6 defendant to be released from the DC jail after an unannounced inspection by US Marshals last month showed mistreatment of detainees and increased the judge’s concern that a defendant with cancer would not be treated properly. Judge Royce Lamberth said
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette is ranked for the first time since the preseason and must keep winning if it wants to stay in the poll. The Cajuns also would clinch the Sun Belt West Division and a berth in the Sun Belt Conference title game with a win. Georgia State has won
Continue Reading By Noah Sheidlower and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The “Indians” sign atop the left field scoreboard at Progressive Field that Cleveland baseball fans have known since 1994 started to come down Tuesday. The city’s Major League Baseball team, which is in the process of changing its name and brand to the Guardians, said crews will spend
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s mayor has ordered police to stop pulling over drivers for low-level offenses that critics say lead to disproportionate stops of minority drivers. Mayor Jim Kenney’s order Wednesday makes Philadelphia the largest city government in the U.S. to ban what are sometimes called pretextual stops. The order bans officers from pulling over
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and ROGELIO V. SOLIS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to the 2018 shooting deaths of two police officers. A judge gave Marquis Aaron Flowers two life prison sentences Wednesday after Flowers pleaded guilty earlier in the day to two counts of first-degree murder. Jury
Continue Reading Opinion by Adam Connors for CNN Business Perspectives When I first developed a rash and some unusual bruising on my side, I didn’t worry about it too much. I’d been play-fighting pretty vigorously with my children the day before, after all. But my partner insisted I get it checked out, so I dutifully went to
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Not all is lost for the Indianapolis Colts. Sure, they are three games behind Tennessee in the AFC South. And yes, the Titans swept Indy this season to hold a massive tiebreaker. Consider this, however: Derrick Henry, the Titans’ outstanding running back and the best offensive player in
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By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licenses has been released by French authorities. Owner Macduff Shellfish said the dredger had left Le Havre in northern France. French maritime police seized the Cornelis Gert
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Georgie Dann, cantante que alcanzó gran fama en España por temas como “La barbacoa”, “El chiringuito” o “El bimbó”, entre otros, falleció este miércoles en el Hospital Puerta de Hierro de Madrid, según confirmó a CNN un portavoz del hospital. Popularmente conocido como el rey de la canción del verano, Dann nació
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By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman’s future is the most pressing offseason issue facing the Braves, who beat the Houston Astros to cap an improbable run to their first World Series title since 1995. It’s hard to envision the Braves repeating without Freeman at first base. Freeman
Continue Reading By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman’s future is the most pressing offseason issue facing the Braves, who beat the Houston Astros to cap an improbable run to their first World Series title since 1995. It’s hard to envision the Braves repeating without Freeman at first base. Freeman
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the country’s arms makers to develop even more advanced hypersonic missiles and lasers to maintain the country’s edge in military technologies. Speaking during a meeting with officials Wednesday, Putin hailed the new weapons, such as the Avangard and Kinzhal hypersonic weapons
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Cuando el primer ministro de Etiopía, Abiy Ahmed, recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 2019, fue alabado como un pacificador regional. Ahora, sigue en el poder en el contexto de una prolongada guerra civil que, según muchos testimonios, lleva el sello del genocidio y tiene el potencial de desestabilizar
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