By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden enters the midterm election year of 2022 determined to address what economists call a “supply” problem. There aren’t enough jobseekers or goods to meet the country’s needs. The mismatch has obscured the strong growth and 3.9% unemployment rate reported in Friday’s jobs report. That kind of performance
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio abortion providers have again sued to block a state law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried. Clinics, through their lawyers at ACLU of Ohio, argue in a Hamilton County court that the new law imposes a funeral ritual on
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CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses. But in a separate challenge, some justices seemed more
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The state of Vermont says investment management company Merrill has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle allegations over its handling of accounts used related to the fraud in various northern Vermont developments involving foreign investors’ money. A motion seeking approval of the settlement agreement was filed Thursday in federal
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Schools are not only wrestling with how to educate children amid the surge in coronavirus cases. They are also contending with feeding kids as inflation and supply chain problems disrupt their ability to serve meals. That’s why the US Department of Agriculture is pumping an estimated $750 million more into school
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris’ newly announced communications director Jamal Simmons is apologizing for decade-old tweets on “undocumented folks” that resurfaced after news of his appointment. A trio of tweets from November 2010 got renewed attention in the day since Simmons’ hiring was reported. In one, he wrote, “Just saw 2 undocumented folks
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Welcome to 2022, or as the Internet has been calling it, Season 3 of 2020. Whatever the new year has in store for you, there’s one positive you can count on — and hopefully it’s not your rapid Covid test: New TV. While not everything here has a premiere date set
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The arid deserts and shrublands in Australia weren’t always that way, according to a newly discovered and extraordinarily well-preserved fossil site in New South Wales. The fossilized spiders, cicadas, wasps, plants and fish, which date back to between 11 million and 16 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch, are painting
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By The Associated Press Brandin Echols had a feeling something special was going to happen. The New York Jets rookie cornerback could picture it throughout practice last week: Tom Brady would throw a pass in his direction and he’d take care of the rest. Sure enough, in the closing seconds of the first half against
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By The Associated Press Brandin Echols had a feeling something special was going to happen. The New York Jets rookie cornerback could picture it throughout practice last week: Tom Brady would throw a pass in his direction and he’d take care of the rest. Sure enough, in the closing seconds of the first half against
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s biggest gas drillers is facing newer allegations of pollution in a rural community where it’s already charged with crimes for fouling residents’ drinking water wells with high levels of methane. Cabot Oil & Gas on Friday waived its right to a preliminary hearing on criminal charges that
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s biggest gas drillers is facing newer allegations of pollution in a rural community where it’s already charged with crimes for fouling residents’ drinking water wells with high levels of methane. Cabot Oil & Gas on Friday waived its right to a preliminary hearing on criminal charges that
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, invitó este viernes al presidente Joe Biden a pronunciar el discurso anual sobre el Estado de la Unión ante el Congreso el 1 de marzo. “Le escribo para invitarlo a dirigirse a una Sesión Conjunta del Congreso el martes 1 de marzo para
Continue Reading NEWBERRYTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police who pulled over a suspected drunken or drugged driver in Pennsylvania discovered a live deer that had apparently been hit and then placed in the hatchback area of her car. The animal was freed after the stop Thursday by police in Newberry Township. Police say the car’s occupants told officers
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business In a turbulent year when the pandemic continued to upend the business of movie-going and streaming blockbusters at home became commonplace, one thing returned to normal: Disney topped the box office. Disney was Hollywood’s top studio in North America last year with a 25% market share at the box office.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Dallas Mavericks will be without coach Jason Kidd Friday night against the Houston Rockets. The Mavericks announced Kidd has entered the health and safety protocols. Assistant coach Sean Sweeney will be Dallas’ acting head coach. Dallas currently is fifth in the Western Conference and has won four straight. The Mavericks
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Dallas Mavericks will be without coach Jason Kidd Friday night against the Houston Rockets. The Mavericks announced Kidd has entered the health and safety protocols. Assistant coach Sean Sweeney will be Dallas’ acting head coach. Dallas currently is fifth in the Western Conference and has won four straight. The Mavericks
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colorado (AP) — In Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles for families trying to rebuild. Shortages of workers and raw materials are making rebuilding slower and more expensive. In areas where real
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has set the stage for a showdown this month over voting rights — pledging to muscle through sweeping new federal legislation aimed at counteracting moves by Republicans in state capitols to restrict access to the ballot. But to do so, he must accomplish a near-impossible feat
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los investigadores están trabajando para determinar la causa de un incendio mortal en Filadelfia que terminó con la vida de 12 personas el miércoles. Según Jane Roh, portavoz de la oficina del fiscal del distrito de Filadelfia, se está investigando si un niño menor de 5 años que jugaba con un
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin says there is “zero chance” the GOP-controlled Legislature will take over the awarding of the state’s 10 presidential elector votes in 2024, even as Democrats worry that is their goal. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The calendar changed, but the roller coaster ride for GameStop’s stock continues. GameStop shares jumped as much as 20% Friday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is creating a nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplace. After a wild 2021 for the video game retailer as a “meme stock”
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un sismo de magnitud 6,6 sacudió el noroeste de China este viernes, según datos del Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). La agencia informó que el epicentro del sismo se registró a 111 kilómetros al suroeste de la ciudad de Jinchang, provincia de Gansu, con una profundidad de
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– La Fuerza Fronteriza de Australia (ABF, por sus siglas en inglés) retuvo a la tenista de primer nivel Renata Voráčová por problemas con su visa, mientras que el caso de de Novak Djokovic continúa causando polémica antes del Abierto de Australia. El caso Novak Djokovic en Australia: ¿cómo llegamos a esta polémica?
Continue Reading GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida guard Lavender Briggs, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, will miss the remainder of the season because of a stress fracture in her left shin. Interim coach Kelly Rae Finley says she is “saddened for Lavender after seeing all the work she put in to come back this season.” Briggs
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CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The calendar changed, but the roller coaster ride for GameStop’s stock continues. GameStop shares jumped as much as 20% Friday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is creating a nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplace. After a wild 2021 for the video game retailer as a
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sidney Poitier, cuyo porte elegante y sus principios en la pantalla lo convirtieron en la primera estrella de cine negra de Hollywood, falleció a la edad de 94 años. Poitier se convirtió en el primer intérprete negro en ganar un premio de la Academia cuando se llevó a casa el Oscar
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, CNN The Cyber Ninjas firm that oversaw the problem-plagued review of the 2020 results in Arizona’s Maricopa County is shuttering. Rod Thomson, a representative for the Cyber Ninjas, confirmed to CNN that company is shutting down. Thomson said, “$2 million debt from the Arizona audit and endless legal and character attacks on
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Reports that Texas National Guard soldiers deployed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s highly touted border security mission are experiencing pay delays and poor working conditions — and that some have recently died by suicide — are drawing concern from state lawmakers. Over the past three months, the Army Times has chronicled habitual pay problems for soldiers
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