Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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Webb telescope successfully unfurls its tennis court-size sunshield in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, successfully completed the deployment of its 70-foot (21-meter) sunshield on Tuesday. This critical milestone is one of several that must occur for the NASA observatory to function properly
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Smart, Georgia trying to stop skid against Saban, Alabama
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Kirby Smart and Georgia get a chance to snap their losing streaks against Alabama in the biggest game of the season. The third-ranked Bulldogs have lost the last seven meetings, including all four since Smart left Nick Saban’s staff in Tuscaloosa for Athens. Beating ’Bama for some five-star recruits
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Albany DA declines to prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on forcible touching charge
CNN, SPECTRUM NEWS ALBANY, STATE OF NY, GETTY IMAGES, CBS NEWS, TIMES UNION, CBS News/Times Union By Kristina Sgueglia, Melanie Schuman, Eric Bradner and Sonia Moghe, CNN A New York district attorney will not prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a misdemeanor sex crime charge of forcible touching, despite finding Cuomo’s accuser “cooperative” and “credible.”
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Apicultores chilenos protestan por la sequía y liberan abejas frente a La Moneda; hay policías con picaduras
macamilarincon (CNN Español) — Este lunes, seis apicultores instalaron 25 cajas con panales de abejas frente al Palacio de La Moneda, en el centro de Santiago, Chile, a modo de protesta por la grave sequía que afecta al país austral y también por la falta de financiamiento y políticas públicas que protejan a estos insectos.
Continue Reading As Chicago Union prepares to vote on remote teaching, district says schools are safe
By Theresa Waldrop and Omar Jimenez, CNN As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote late Tuesday on whether to return to virtual teaching as Covid-19 cases surge, a move that potentially could trigger an “electronic lockout” by the school district, the district’s CEO pleaded with the union to keep schools open. “There is no
Continue Reading As Chicago Union prepares to vote on remote teaching, district says schools are safe
A Texas pediatric hospital is seeing a large spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Continue Reading As Chicago Union prepares to vote on remote teaching, district says schools are safe
President Biden held a Tuesday afternoon briefing about his administration’s efforts to contain the Omicron surge. The president said kids are safe to remain in school.
Continue Reading After COVID-19, No. 5 UCLA waits to play 1st game in weeks
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The UCLA men’s basketball team is back after a nearly two-week shutdown because of COVID-19. Now the fifth-ranked Bruins are trying to find someone to play. The team returned to practice a week ago, with everyone from coach Mick Cronin to several players having recovered
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Rep. Bobby Rush formally announces he won’t seek reelection
CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois has formally announced he won’t seek a 16th term in the U.S. House. The former Black Panther who first won election in 1992 said in a speech at a Chicago church Tuesday that he isn’t retiring from public service and “will remain on the front lines.”
Continue Reading American defender Mauricio Cuevas signs with Club Brugge
By The Associated Press American defender Mauricio Cuevas says he has left the LA Galaxy to sign with Belgium’s Club Brugge. The 18-year-old right back announced the move on Twitter. Cuevas, who has played for the U.S. Under-17 team, made 20 appearances over the past two seasons with the second-tier LA Galaxy II in the
Continue Reading Chiefs expect injured Orlando Brown back for Broncos game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs should have left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. on the field when they visit the Broncos on Saturday. Brown hurt his calf muscle during pregame warmups and missed last week’s last-second loss in Cincinnati. But he did just about everything in practice Tuesday and coach Andy Reid
Continue Reading Prosecutor: Illinois cop was disarmed, killed with own gun
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor says a police officer fatally shot last week at a northern Illinois hotel pleaded for her life before a man allegedly shot her to death with her own gun after she was disarmed during a struggle. Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe said Monday during a bond hearing for
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Biden advierte que “próximas semanas serán complejas” por ómicron y anuncia que duplicará compra de píldora antiviral
macamilarincon (CNN) –– El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dijo en un mensaje a la nación que las próximas semanas serán “complejas”, a medida que los casos de ómicron continúan aumentando. Sin embargo, instó a los estadounidenses a continuar con las medidas de mitigación contra el covid-19 y a vacunarse. Minuto a minuto: todas
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Fanatics buying Topps trading card business for $500 million
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business If you can’t beat ’em, get bought by ’em. Trading card giant Topps — just a few months after losing out on a deal to renew its longtime licensing deal with Major League Baseball to sports apparel startup Fanatics — is now selling its collectibles and cards business
Continue Reading NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescope
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court. Flight controllers in Maryland cheered and bumped fists Tuesday once the fifth and final layer of the ultra-thin sunshield
Continue Reading New York teacher is arrested for allegedly administering a Covid-19 vaccine at her home
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A teacher in New York was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly unlawfully administering an injection that detectives believe was a Covid-19 vaccine, police say. Laura Russo, 54, allegedly administered the vaccine at her home in Sea Cliff, Long Island, 30 miles northeast of New York City, to a 17-year-old
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A New York teacher was arrested for allegedly giving a covid-19 vaccine to a teen at her home.
Continue Reading Biden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging concern but not alarm as the United States set records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggles to ease concerns about testing shortages. Biden spoke from the White House about the omicron variant Tuesday before a meeting with his COVID-19
Continue Reading La estrella de la televisión francesa Igor Bogdanoff muere por covid-19, seis días después de su gemelo
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La estrella de la televisión francesa Igor Bogdanoff murió a causa del covid-19, seis días después de que su gemelo Grichka falleciera debido a la misma enfermedad, según confirmó este martes el abogado de los hermanos a CNN. El abogado Eduoard de Lamaze dijo que los familiares de los gemelos le
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$40M penalty proposed for gas pipeline builder after spill
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal regulators are proposing a $40 million fine against the builder of a multistate natural gas pipeline. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the pipeline company used diesel fuel and other toxic substances while drilling under a river in Ohio four years ago. The proposed fine
Continue Reading Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago schools have canceled classes Wednesday after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels. The move comes amid an escalating battle over safety protocols in schools. Officials in the nation’s third-largest school district say they won’t switch back to online
Continue Reading Eriksen eyes comeback from cardiac arrest, targets World Cup
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Christian Eriksen is targeting a comeback from his cardiac arrest to play for Denmark in the World Cup in November. The 29-year-old Eriksen has not played since collapsing during Denmark’s opening match at the European Championship against Finland in June. He’s unable to play in Italy due to being fitted with
Continue Reading High court confirms justices have received COVID-19 booster
By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says all nine justices have received COVID-19 booster shots. The court’s confirmation comes with the omicron variant surging and in-person arguments over vaccines scheduled at the court Friday. The court confirmed that the justices have received boosters only after The Associated
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why was holiday-season flying such a nightmare?
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer A forecast of better weather means that the worst may finally be over for tens of thousands of air travelers who were grounded by flight cancellations that skyrocketed over the New Year’s Day weekend. January and February are usually slow months for travel, and that figures to be even
Continue Reading Lawyer: Texas dad didn’t know son accused in deaths had gun
GARLAND, Texas (AP) — An attorney for a man accused of driving his son to a Dallas-area gas station store where the 14-year-old is accused of fatally shooting three teens and wounding a fourth says the father didn’t know his son had a gun. Attorney Heath Harris told The Dallas Morning News he believes evidence
Continue Reading 15-year sentence in phony $58 million fuel trading scheme
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in Louisiana last year in an estimated $58 million investment fraud scheme has been formally sentenced to 15 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown in Shreveport announced Tuesday that 60-year-old David DeBerardinis was sentenced Tuesday. He had pleaded guilty to a single count of wire
Continue Reading NYC Mayor Eric Adams to big banks: We need you back in the office
By Matt Egan, CNN Business New York City Mayor Eric Adams is not pleased with the shift back to remote work by Wall Street banks and other major employers in the Big Apple. “We have to open up,” Adams told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Tuesday. “I need my city to open. And we have to
Continue Reading Manchin delivers blow to Democrats as he signals opposition to changing Senate rules to advance voting bill
By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the pivotal Senate swing vote, made clear on Tuesday that he remains deeply skeptical of overhauling the chamber’s rules on a simple majority basis to advance voting legislation, a clear sign that a frantic push by Democrats to win his support to
Continue Reading France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day
PARIS (AP) — France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily COVID-19 cases Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country. The surge is burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services. The French government is straining to avoid a new economically damaging lockdown. Instead, it’s trying to rush a vaccine pass bill
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