CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s writings, remarks and decisions as she wrestled with the highly sensitive issue of child pornography crimes are the focus of a new GOP line of attack on President Joe Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley zeroed in on that area of
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CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has emphasized her family and faith as part of her introduction to lawmakers during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. “Even prior to today, I can honestly say that my life had been blessed beyond measure,” Jackson said on Monday before expressing gratitude to
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has emphasized her family and faith as part of her introduction to lawmakers during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. “Even prior to today, I can honestly say that my life had been blessed beyond measure,” Jackson said on Monday before expressing gratitude to and
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DALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas say the 10 people wounded in a weekend shooting outside of a party venue were bystanders caught in a shootout between at least two gunmen. No one has been arrested as of Tuesday morning after the shooting late Saturday at The Space Dallas, where a spring break party was
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish government has decided to grant the exploitation of the Scandinavian country’s largest unexploited iron ore deposits to a Sweden-based company, sparking the ire of environmentalists. The Fridays for Future group, which Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg helped create, said that granting the concession to Beowulf Mining PLC meant “they
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 215,000 pickup trucks and large SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because brake fluid can leak and cause longer stopping distances. The recall covers the F-150 pickup from 2016 through 2018, as well as Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs from 2016 and 2017. All have 3.5-liter turbocharged
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By Eoin McSweeney and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Business The Russian journalist who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize says he will auction off his medal to support Ukrainian refugees. Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov was compelled to sell his medal by the sight of “wounded and sick children” requiring “urgent treatment” following Russia’s invasion of
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Sandra Bullock has starred in plenty of hit movies, but there’s one project she wishes she passed on. The actress appeared with her “The Lost City” costar Daniel Radcliffe on TooFab where they were asked about a project in their past that embarrassed them. Bullock mentioned the 1997 sequel to “Speed,” saying
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By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When a mother in Washington state learned her teenage daughter was on Discord, a popular social media platform, she felt reasonably comfortable with the idea of her using it to communicate with members of her high school marching band. But in September, the mother discovered the 16-year-old was also
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Next week’s World Cup draw will have some of its seedings skewed because of Russia’s war with Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. FIFA outlined the procedure for the draw in Qatar on April 1. Only 29 of the 32 teams in the draw will be known
Continue Reading EASTLAND, Texas (AP) — Officials say firefighting crews are making progress containing a massive Texas wildfire that was blamed for last week’s death of a deputy. The Eastland Complex has burned about 85 square miles since a series of fires broke out last week in an area 120 miles west of Dallas. The fires were
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Russian opposition leader, Kremlin critic and activist Alexey Navalny. Personal Birth date: June 4, 1976 Birth place: Butyn, Soviet Union Birth name: Alexey Anatolyevich Navalny (sometimes spelled Alexei, Aleksei) Father: Anatoly Navalny, former military officer and basket-weaving factory owner Mother: Lyudmila Navalnaya, basket-weaving factory owner Marriage: Yulia
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Maserati unveiled its new Grecale SUV Tuesday. It’s only the second SUV in the Italian luxury brand’s history and the first that will be available in an all-electric version. It’s an early step toward making the Italian luxury car brand fully electric by 2030. In the meantime, all Maserati models
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN You have to love Tom Hanks. The Academy Award-winning actor is cementing his reputation as one of the nicest and most down to earth stars by reportedly making time for some residents in Pittsburgh. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hanks is in town filming “A Man Called Otto” and has
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macamilarincon (CNN) — Grandes tornados, vientos dañinos y granizo amenazan este martes a millones de personas en todo el sur de Estados Unidos, mientras habitantes de Texas revisan con cuidado decenas de casas y edificios que sufrieron graves daños el lunes debido a las tormentas severas y posibles tornados que azotaron el estado. Alrededor de
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Dennis Gates was a young standout at Chicago’s Whitney Young High School and mulling college scholarship opportunities when Norm Stewart, late in his coaching career, tried to persuade him to play point guard for Missouri. Gates was impressed by Stewart’s pitch that day but ultimately signed with California. More
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Maserati unveiled its new Grecale SUV Tuesday. It’s only the second SUV in the Italian luxury brand’s history and the first that will be available in an all-electric version. It’s an early step toward making the Italian luxury car brand fully electric by 2030. In the meantime,
Continue Reading TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who escaped from a northeast Texas jail was fatally shot by an Arkansas police officer after the inmate tussled with another officer over a gun. The Michael Olson was one of two inmates who were found to be missing early Monday from the Bowie County jail annex
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Dnipro, Ucrania (CNN) — Dmytro y Tania Shvets pasaron los primeros 23 días de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania escondidos en su sótano en Mariúpol con su hija de 7 años, Vlada, y sus padres. La familia logró escapar el último jueves de la ciudad ucraniana sitiada, pero sus padres se
Continue Reading CNN By Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, CNN The US has been unable to determine if Russia has designated a military commander responsible for leading the country’s war in Ukraine, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter — something that current and former defense officials say is likely a key contributor to the
Continue Reading The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than 740,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because the headlight beams can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers. The recall announced Tuesday comes after U.S. safety regulators turned down a request from the Detroit automaker to avoid the recall. The company
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have changed their newborn son’s name. After announcing on her verified Instagram account that she had given birth on February 2, Jenner shared a few days later that the baby’s name was Wolf Webster via her Instagram stories. But on Monday she posted another Instagram
Continue Reading The Associated Press Approximately 3,000 Canadian Pacific Railway conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference will be returning to work after an agreement was reached between the railroad operator and union. A work stoppage that began Sunday brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Sweden is heading into the World Cup qualifying playoffs against the Czech Republic on Thursday without the enigmatic brilliance of Zlatan Ibrahimovic because he is suspended. But that’s not the daunting task it once would have been for Sweden. The country’s reliance on its all-time leading scorer and possibly
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Electric car manufacturer Tesla opened its first European factory on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their home turf. The company says its new “Gigafactory” will employ 12,000 people and produce 500,000 vehicles a year. Initial production will focus on Tesla’s Model Y compact sport utility
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The German government says retirees will get a hefty pension increase this year, a result largely of higher wages in Europe’s biggest economy as inflation has climbed sharply. The Labor Ministry said Tuesday that pensions will increase by 5.35% in the former West Germany on July 1 and by 6.12% in the
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Charles Riley, CNN Business Jerome Powell is trying to hike interest rates without damaging the economy. Getting it wrong means recession, and he knows it. The chairman of the Federal Reserve said Monday that the central bank is prepared to repeatedly hike interest rates — and by 0.5 percentage points if necessary—
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business Jerome Powell is trying to hike interest rates without damaging the economy. Getting it wrong means recession, and he knows it. The chairman of the Federal Reserve said Monday that the central bank is prepared to repeatedly hike interest rates — and by 0.5 percentage points if necessary— in order
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By Tasnim Ahmed, CNN In 2010, doctors told Ben Sobieck, now 37, that his kidneys were inexplicably failing. Shortly after, he had a kidney transplant and started on the lifelong medications that weaken his immune system to keep his body from rejecting the donor organ. They never figured out what caused Sobieck’s kidney failure. But
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