By Kacey Cherry and Devan Cole, CNN Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with .08% blood alcohol level or higher causing injury. His lawyer, Amanda Bevins, appeared on his behalf at an arraignment in Napa County Superior
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators say a nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel into one of its two new reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced the approval Wednesday for Southern Nuclear Operating Co. at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro. It’s a key step toward generating
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CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan, which bolstered American support for the island nation but angered China, was the single most heavily tracked flight in the history of the online flight tracking site Flightradar24. The website, which uses a network of receivers to track planes’ location and
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan, which bolstered American support for the island nation but angered China, was the single most heavily tracked flight in the history of the online flight tracking site Flightradar24. The website, which uses a network of receivers to track planes’ location and speed,
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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Some expat Jamaicans living in Canada are hoping to bring a new winter sport to their tropical homeland. The island nation was recently granted conditional membership in the World Curling Federation. That gives Jamaica a chance to send teams to international competitions. And the new national governing body hopes
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Hace más de una década que los rumores en la prensa internacional vinculan románticamente a Alina Kabaeva con Vladimir Putin. Ahora quien fuera una reconocida gimnasta rítimica en su país y campeona olímpica vuelve a ocupar los titulares de los periódicos tras ser sancionada por los gobiernos de Estados Unidos,
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer Bryant Young straddled the classic football divide between discipline and ferocity more adeptly than just about any player of his generation. For every minute of a 14-year NFL career spent entirely with the San Francisco 49ers, Young was a model teammate and a soft-spoken leader who selflessly made everybody
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn Heists continue to plague the crypto world, with news of large sums stolen from digital currency firms seemingly every month. But while crypto exchanges were once the main point of attack, hackers now appear to have a new target: blockchain bridges. Bridges are the infrastructure that allow users to
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn Heists continue to plague the crypto world, with news of large sums stolen from digital currency firms seemingly every month. But while crypto exchanges were once the main point of attack, hackers now appear to have a new target: blockchain bridges. Bridges are the infrastructure that allow users to exchange assets between
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Los casos de viruela del mono siguen subiendo en todo el mundo. Hasta el martes 2 de agosto, se habían confirmado más de 25.000 casos de la enfermedad, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés). En tanto, en Estados
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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN A new round of talks to try to salvage the Iran nuclear deal will convene in Vienna this week, although the Biden administration has low expectations for reaching a breakthrough after more than a year of negotiations. Top European Union official Enrique Mora announced
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly unusual move that rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. axed the “Batgirl” film planned for HBO Max, opting to shelve the $90 million film as the reorganized studio revamps its approach to streaming and DC Comics films. The studio ultimately decided the nearly completed
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden continues to test positive for Covid-19 and will stay in isolation, his physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a new letter released Wednesday. After taking a five-day course of Pfizer’s antiviral drug, Paxlovid, when he first tested positive on July 21, Biden tested positive for a rebound case
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Warner Bros anunció que la película de “Batgirl” que iba a llevar al personaje de DC Comics a la gran pantalla ya no será estrenada. “La decisión de no estrenar ‘Batgirl’ refleja el cambio estratégico de nuestro liderazgo en relación con el universo DC y HBO Max”, dijo un portavoz de
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Local officials in southwest France say an explosion at a plant that produces a component of ammunition injured eight people, one of them seriously. The factory in the town of Bergerac specializes in making nitrocellulose, a highly flammable chemical compound. The local deputy prefect said the cause of Wednesday’s was “obviously internal”
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – La reinfección de covid-19 es un tema de conversación no solo en medios. Entre nuestro círculo social hemos escuchado de alguien que ha padecido la enfermedad hasta 3 o 4 veces. El Dr. Elmer Huerta analiza dos estudios en donde se indican los efectos de esas reinfecciones y uno
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Longtime Alabama radio announcer Eli Gold will miss the start of the football season due to health issues. Jim Carabin, vice president and general manager of Crimson Tide Sports Marketing, says Chris Stewart will take over play-by-play duties in his absence. He didn’t specify the nature of the 68-year-old Gold’s health
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Alex Albon has signed a multi-year contract extension to continue driving for Formula One team Williams. The 26-year-old Albon joined Williams this season as a replacement for George Russell, who moved to Mercedes. Williams says the London-born Thai had signed a “multi-year agreement,” but it didn’t specify the length of the extension.
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business TJX, which operates popular discount chains TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Home Goods, agreed to pay a fine of $13 million for selling recalled infant products that had been removed from the market due to risks of infant suffocation and death. The recalled products the company continued selling included Kids II
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison term. The move is part of a continued government crackdown on opposition activists, critical media and independent reporters. Iryna Slaunikava, 52-year-old journalist with the Poland-based TV channel Belsat, was convicted of forming
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Since Beyoncé is editing lyrics, Monica Lewinsky has a request. Lewinsky, the former White House intern who became embroiled in a sex scandal with then President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, tweeted the news of Beyoncé removing an abelist slur from the song “Heated” on her new album “Renaissance” with
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing plants in 13 states and Puerto Rico about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in their operations. Laredo, Texas; Ardmore, Oklahoma; and Lakewood, Colorado, are among the communities facing
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing plants in 13 states and Puerto Rico about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in their operations. Laredo, Texas; Ardmore, Oklahoma; and Lakewood, Colorado, are among the communities facing
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The “Batgirl” film that was set to bring the DC Comics character to the big screen will no longer be released by Warner Bros., according to the studio. “The decision to not release ‘Batgirl’ reflects our leadership’s strategic shift as it relates to the DC universe and HBO Max,” a Warner
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business It’s no secret that Warren Buffett isn’t a fan of Robinhood. The Oracle of Omaha has been sparring with the online brokerage platform since 2021. Until now, the fight has been over a difference in their philosophical views of the stock market. A recent paper by three academics may have
Continue Reading By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The Sri Lankan team has asked its athletes and officials at the Commonwealth Games to turn in their passports after three members went missing. Sri Lanka is experiencing a major economic crisis and political tension has triggered protests. The team confirmed that a wrestler, a judoka,
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Taco Bell can thank Mexican Pizza for a boost in sales last quarter. Sales at US Taco Bell stores open at least a year jumped 8% in the three months ending June 30. In that period, Taco Bell sold more than 20 million Mexican Pizzas across the country and saw
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu reported for training camp and participated in practice drills after initially being excused to attend to what the team described as a personal matter. Mathieu returned Wednesday after he missed the first six practices of camp. The offseason addition
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Cohen and Danielle Herman, CNN Many technicians at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics, two of the largest commercial labs in the US, have been refusing to draw blood from patients who might have monkeypox, CNN has learned. Labcorp and Quest don’t dispute that in many cases, their phlebotomists are not taking blood from possible
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By Naomi Thomas and Neeraj G. Patel, CNN With nearly 9,000 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide, there is growing concern that US college and university campuses could become monkeypox “hotspots” this fall. Educators are working to reduce the public health risk while some students worry about how their campus experiences might be affected by the virus
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