By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Blue Origin, the rocket and space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos, is proposing a massive new commercial space station called “Orbital Reef” that could be used to host science experiments, vacation getaways, and potentially even in-space manufacturing. The company plans to work alongside startup Sierra Space to bring the
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Atlanta Braves are in the World Series in no small part thanks to the trades general manager Alex Anthopoulos made during the season. The Braves got outfielders Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall and Jorge Soler along with reliever Richard Rodriguez in four swaps in the hours
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DERBY, England (AP) — An American businessman is looking to rescue English second-tier club Derby from bankruptcy protection. Chris Kirchner, the founder of shipping and logistics firm Slync.io, has written to inform supporters of plans to take Derby out of administration. The team is managed by England and Manchester United all-time record scorer Wayne Rooney.
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DERBY, England (AP) — An American businessman is looking to rescue English second-tier club Derby from bankruptcy protection. Chris Kirchner, the founder of shipping and logistics firm Slync.io, has written to inform supporters of plans to take Derby out of administration. The team is managed by England and Manchester United all-time record scorer Wayne Rooney.
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The FBI is revealing new details about a $31.8 million counterfeit coupon scheme that landed a Virginia Beach couple in prison for nearly 20 years, combined. In a press release last week, the agency said that investigators found fake coupons in “every crevice” of the house belonging to Lori Ann
Continue Reading CNN, HLN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The FBI is revealing new details about a $31.8 million counterfeit coupon scheme that landed a Virginia Beach couple in prison for nearly 20 years, combined. In a press release last week, the agency said that investigators found fake coupons in “every crevice” of the house belonging to
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator and a Nashville social club owner have been indicted on charges they illegally concealed the transfer of $91,000 during the Republican lawmaker’s 2016 failed congressional campaign. Federal investigators on Monday announced a five-count indictment against Sen. Brian Kelsey and
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Durante más de 40 años, el cuerpo de un niño asesinado durante una serie de homicidios que amenazaron a Atlanta ha descansado en una tumba sin nombre en una loma cubierta de hierba aproximadamente a 90 kilómetros al suroeste de la ciudad. Esa situación cambió este domingo cuando un grupo de
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By Judson Jones and Haley Brink, CNN As a historic “bomb cyclone” winds down on the West Coast, computer forecast models are hinting at a possible autumn nor’easter on the East Coast starting Tuesday. It just won’t have all the snow that you usually expect from this kind of storm. Instead, this intensifying storm will
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un experimentado maestro de utilería para producciones de cine y televisión le dijo a CNN que es un “tabú absoluto” tener munición real en un set de filmación. Dutch Merrick, quien ha trabajado en sets de películas y televisión durante más de 20 años, le dijo a Kate Bouldin de
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 18th time in the past 26 days. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 36,161 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer Oliver Marmol has been promoted from bench coach to the majors’ youngest manager, taking over the St. Louis Cardinals almost two weeks after Mike Shildt was fired in a surprise move by one of baseball’s most stable franchises. The 35-year-old Marmol is the team’s youngest manager since Marty Marion
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EL PASO, Texas — Two east El Paso women have taken it upon themselves to make their neighborhood a little greener. Not literally green, but by turning kitchen scraps into freshly composted soil. If you are unfamiliar with composting, that is the process of taking food scraps and turning them into nutrient rich soil. Each
Continue Reading LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy says he has tested positive for COVID-19. Nagy, who is vaccinated, announced the result during a Zoom call Monday minutes after his usual in-person session was switched. He said from his car he was feeling “pretty good.” Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor will run meetings
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EL PASO, Texas — Five El Pasoans died from Covid-19 over the past week, with one of those being a breakthrough death involving a fully-vaccinated person, the El Department of Public Health announced Monday. Four of the five latest victims had underlying health conditions; the deceased ranged in age from their 40s to 70s and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Halyna Hutchins died doing what she loved on the set of the film “Rust.” And that love is being returned as colleagues and friends remember the journalist turned cinematographer who died after the film’s star and executive producer Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on set in New Mexico last
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. is joining the team’s ownership group. The team announced Griffey has purchased a stake in the club that drafted him in 1987 and watched him grow into a Hall of Famer. Griffey spent the first 11 seasons of his career
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Monday’s military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country’s fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. The move comes after months of mounting tensions between the military and civilian authorities.
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A senior energy adviser to President Joe Biden urged Russia to supply more natural gas to Europe now rather than wait for approval of a new pipeline. Amos Hochstein said Monday that Russia “should do it quickly” to ward off the risk of shortages this
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A senior energy adviser to President Joe Biden urged Russia to supply more natural gas to Europe now rather than wait for approval of a new pipeline. Amos Hochstein said Monday that Russia “should do it quickly” to ward off the risk of shortages this
Continue Reading By Jo Shelley, CNN Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is a “psychopath,” who “poses a threat to his people, to the Americans and to the planet,” a former top Saudi intelligence official who is now living in exile in Canada has said. In an interview on CBS News program “60 Minutes,” which aired
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — A search warrant provided Monday by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office reveals new details into the moments before actor Alec Baldwin fired a deadly shot on a New Mexico movie set last week. The accidental weapon discharge on the film set of the Western, ‘Rust,’ left the film’s director
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Facebook atraviesa una nueva crisis por cuenta de los llamados “Facebook Papers”, una serie de documentos entregados por el asesor legal de Frances Haugen, una exempleada de Facebook, que ofrecen una visión profunda de la cultura interna de Facebook, su enfoque de la desinformación y la moderación del discurso de
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourão has said that the government will accelerate its timeline by two to three years to completely eliminate illegal deforestation by 2027 or 2028. The existing 2030 goal already represented a nod to U.S. President Joe Biden, who had called out
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — Los confinamientos, el crecimiento en los contagios y las dudas sobre las vacunas marcan el inicio del segundo invierno de Europa en pandemia, que está trayendo caos a los países del este e incertidumbre a los del oeste del continente. A pesar de la amplia disponibilidad de vacunas este invierno en
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Es probable que el covid-19 se haya extendido en varias áreas de Europa y EE.UU. hacia enero de 2020, según un estudio de modelado. La transmisión del coronavirus probablemente estaba ocurriendo en varias áreas de Europa y Estados Unidos para enero de 2020, y muchas infecciones podrían haber pasado desapercibidas, según
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Miami private school that came under scrutiny for its Covid-19 protocols has reversed course, saying students will not have to quarantine at home 30 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Centner Academy changed its policy after receiving a letter from the Florida Department of Education last Thursday
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El próximo campeón de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol pronto será coronado cuando los Braves de Atlanta se enfrenten a los Astros de Houston en la Serie Mundial al mejor de siete, a partir de este martes por la noche. Los Astros ganaron recientemente la Serie Mundial en 2017 y han sido
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield remains out with a left shoulder injury that could sideline him for this week’s game against Pittsburgh. Mayfield did not practice after a long weekend to rest his non-throwing shoulder. He didn’t play against Denver on Thursday, when it was disclosed
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los buques de carga están literalmente dando vueltas frente a los puertos de Los Ángeles y Long Beach, a la espera de descargar artículos domésticos y suministros críticos de fabricación. Para visualizar el reciente atasco de la cadena de suministro, CNN ha utilizado los datos de localización transmitidos por cada
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