By Devan Cole and Oliver Darcy, CNN The attorney representing two Sandy Hook parents in the Alex Jones defamation case said Thursday that numerous federal and state investigators, including the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, have asked him to hand over text records mistakenly sent to him by the right-wing conspiracy theorist’s
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro, two conservatives who have been extraordinarily critical of former President Donald Trump, were officially announced on Thursday as a permanent co-hosts of “The View.” Co-host Whoopi Goldberg made the announcements during two live segments on the ABC daytime talk show. Griffin said she was
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By The Associated Press Coaches and players react to the NFL competition committed mandating the use of Guardian Caps for NFL offensive and defensive linemen, linebackers and tight ends through the second preseason game.
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Part of the NFL’s safety experiments to reduce head injuries is the expanded use of the padded helmet caps NFL players have been seen wearing during training camps this summer. All offensive and defensive linemen, linebackers and tight ends are required to wear the Guardian Caps at practices
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer The mushroom-like padding players are wearing on their helmets during training camps this summer are called Guardian Caps. The NFL’s competition committee has mandated that all offensive and defensive linemen, tight ends and linebackers wear them up until the second preseason game. The caps feature a 12-ounce padded shell
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EL PASO, Texas — Socorro ISD held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Ben Narbuth Elementary, hoping to alleviate overflow problems in the district. SISD is experiencing an overflow in the district with the new school year starting Monday. Many parents whose children attend an SISD school have voiced concerns and frustrations after their registered child was
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By Marianne Garvey Lady A has postponed their upcoming tour as band member Charles Kelley begins “a journey to sobriety,” according to a statement released by the country group. Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Kelley said in a statement on social media that the decision to push their Request Line Tour to next year was
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GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — An Airbnb listing in Mississippi advertised as a “slave cabin” has been removed from the site following backlash on social media. Airbnb apologized after a TikTok video went viral criticizing the description of a cottage in Greenville. The bed and breakfast was marketed as an “1830s slave cabin.” Wynton Yates, a
Continue Reading LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Diontae Johnson’s hold-in paid off. Literally. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pro Bowl wide receiver have agreed to a three-year deal on Thursday that runs through the 2024 season. The deal will reportedly pay Johnson more than $39 million over the next three years. Johnson was entering the final season of
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday suspended Tampa’s elected prosecutor, Andrew Warren, for pledging not to use his office to go after people who seek and provide abortions or on doctors that provide gender affirming care to transgender people. DeSantis also accused Warren of not pursuing criminals to the fullest extent
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By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Watson, CNN A Virginia school district has apologized for distributing T-shirts with a logo resembling a swastika during a professional learning conference. During the conference held for staff this week, Hanover County Public Schools distributed T-shirts and conference materials containing the logo, which the district says had been designed by
Continue Reading The Hanover County, VA public school district is apologizing over a teacher conference logo that some people say looks like a swastika.
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Brandon Tensley, CNN A Tulsa judge is allowing a lawsuit brought by plaintiffs including three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to officially move forward. The written order, filed on Wednesday, provides the reasoning behind a May decision by Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall that denied in part
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Last year was a busy, chaotic one on Wall Street. Mergers, acquisitions and new stock listings were going a mile a minute, underpinned by a generally jolly mood. The economy was bouncing back. Vaccines dimmed the risks posed by Covid. Money was essentially free to borrow. There was a war
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CNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Last year was a busy, chaotic one on Wall Street. Mergers, acquisitions and new stock listings were going a mile a minute, underpinned by a generally jolly mood. The economy was bouncing back. Vaccines dimmed the risks posed by Covid. Money was essentially free to borrow. There was a
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Last year was a busy, chaotic one on Wall Street. Mergers, acquisitions and new stock listings were going a mile a minute, underpinned by a generally jolly mood. The economy was bouncing back. Vaccines dimmed the risks posed by Covid. Money was essentially free to borrow. There
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A Florida man who was killed in a traffic crash last month could be the 20th death in the U.S. caused by exploding Takata air bag inflators. Authorities say the driver of a 2006 Ford Ranger pickup truck was killed in a crash last month near
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Nicole Hazen, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen, has died from complications due to glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. She was 45. She was diagnosed with cancer more than two years ago. The family has four sons, Charlie, John, Teddy and Sam. The team sent a statement confirming
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Anthony Pettis is ready for a rematch against Stevie Ray when the Professional Fighters League playoffs open Friday night in New York. Ray made Pettis submit in a fight last month. Pettis is ready for a second chance with the 155-pound championship and $1 million on the line under
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UPDATE: Texas Department of Public Safety officials say a 15-year-old girl, who is a U.S. citizen, was driving the car that crashed at N Mesa and Osborne Drive Thursday afternoon. According to officials, there were several undocumented non-citizens in the trunk of the car at the time of the crash. An exact number was not
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macamilarincon (CNN) — El gobierno del presidente Joe Biden declaró la viruela del mono como emergencia de salud pública este jueves. ¿Qué síntomas causa la viruela del mono, cómo se contagia y qué sabemos de ella? El anuncio ocurrió durante una sesión informativa del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — El billete de 20 pesos es el de más baja denominación que está en circulación en México. Su valor equivale aproximadamente a US$ 1. De acuerdo con el banco central mexicano, el Banco de México (Banxico), el billete de 20 es el cuarto de mayor demanda en todo el país, lo
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció este jueves que prepara con su equipo el lanzamiento de la foto oficial de su Gobierno. “Preparando la imagen oficial en la Serranía de la Macarena. La inmensidad de la biodiversidad y sus climas. La magia de Colombia, potencia mundial de la
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With monkeypox cases on the rise in the United States and Texas, El Paso has received its first shipment of Jynneos, the monkeypox vaccine. El Paso received 200 doses of the monkeypox vaccine in the last week of July, said Chris Van Deusen, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Health Services. Full vaccination requires
Continue Reading CNN By MJ Lee, CNN Political Correspondent The Biden administration plans to declare monkeypox a public health emergency as early as Thursday, a source familiar with the decision told CNN. The announcement would come from the Department of Health and Human Services. With cases on the rise across the US, the administration has been criticized
Continue Reading By Jessica Schneider, CNN A group of Justice Department employees sent a list of demands to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, asking for the administration to expand health care coverage to include abortion-related benefits like paid leave to travel out of state and reimbursement for travel expenses. The group,
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN Español) — La exgobernadora de Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez fue acusada de cargos de soborno relacionados con el financiamiento de su campaña electoral en 2020. De resultar culpable, podría enfrentar una pena de hasta 20 años de prisión. Vázquez fue arrestada en la madrugada de este jueves en San Juan y se espera
Continue Reading By MJ Lee, White House correspondent The Biden administration on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, with cases on the rise across the US. The announcement came during a briefing with the Department of Health and Human Services. The administration has been criticized at times for its handling of the outbreak, and some have
Continue Reading By Angela Fritz and Judson Jones, CNN More than 50% of the country was in some level of drought for the fourth week in a row, the US Drought Monitor reported Thursday, as the combination of extreme heat and low rainfall is drawing the moisture out of plants and soil. And no region of the
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Chris Isidore, CNN Business US airlines just had one of the most lucrative quarters in history. Passengers are suffering for it. The record revenue many airlines reported in April, May and June came via very high airfares and packed airplanes. A series of service disruptions caused by staffing shortages has made
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