By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden marked Black History Month with an event at the White House on Monday, celebrating his decision to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court and calling on Congress to pass voting rights legislation. Biden called Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom he nominated on
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Shell is getting out of Russia and ditching its joint ventures with Gazprom, including its involvement with the moribund Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The UK-based oil company said Monday it would dump its 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquified natural gas facility, its 50% stake in a project
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shell says it’s pulling out of Russia as President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues to cost the country’s all-important energy industry foreign investment and expertise. The company on Monday announced its intention to exit joint ventures with Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom and related entities. That
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EL PASO, Texas – Due to the increase in pets being dropped off at the El Paso Animal Services facility a new program to highlight the shunned four-legged friends has been created. The “El Paso Sheriff’s Office Most Wanted FURever Home” will be a flyer that will go to local media and social media outlets.
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will hold meetings with top Democratic and Republican senators on Wednesday, a White House official tells CNN, as the confirmation process for the President’s nominee to the Supreme Court gets underway. Jackson is scheduled to meet individually with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Amazon will no longer require its US warehouse employees to wear face masks in states where local laws do not require them, regardless of whether the employees are vaccinated or not. The company informed workers of the updated policy over the weekend, according to an internal memo viewed by
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Every couple of months, Adamalis Vigil drives eight hours from the Rio Grande Valley to North Texas so her 13-year-old transgender daughter Adelyn can receive health care. They talk and sing the whole trip. The care she receives there is unavailable in her hometown but pivotal to her sense of identity — and her mental
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Iowa climbed nine spots in the AP women’s basketball poll to No. 12 after a big week for the Hawkeyes. South Carolina remains the unanimous No. 1 team, followed by Stanford, N.C. State and Louisville and Baylor in the top five. LSU, UConn, IOwa State Texas and Michigan round
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urielblanco (CNN) — La FIFA y la UEFA anunciaron este lunes que todos los equipos de fútbol de Rusia, ya sean nacionales o clubes, quedan suspendidos de competencias de ambas organizaciones futbolísticas “hasta nuevo aviso”. “Tras las decisiones iniciales adoptadas por el Consejo de la FIFA y el Comité Ejecutivo de la UEFA, que preveían
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By Holly Yan, CNN Even some of the most ardent supporters of Covid-19 precautions are ditching mask mandates as health officials release new guidelines and hospitalizations plummet. Across the country, more governors are letting go of mask rules — including in states that have long held on to school mask mandates. California, Oregon and Washington
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN Even some of the most ardent supporters of Covid-19 precautions are ditching mask mandates as health officials release new guidelines and hospitalizations plummet. Across the country, more governors are letting go of mask rules — including in states that have long held on to school mask mandates. California, Oregon and Washington
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By Nick Paton Walsh and Barry Neild, CNN Battered by intense shelling, peppered with gunfire and then … everything goes quiet. Along Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea coast, Russian forces are playing a strange game, testing defenses, spilling blood and raising tensions but failing to drive home any significant gains. The small city of Mykolaiv, located
Continue Reading The sleepy Ukrainian port town of Mykolaiv has fought off the advancement of Russian troops, but locals fear they may be overrun. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports.
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau won’t be at Bay Hill to defend his title. He says on Instagram that he is not 100% healthy and doesn’t want to risk aggravating hip and hand injuries by playing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. DeChambeau says he’s been able to hit golf balls in a simulator but
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LAS CRUCES, NM — New Mexico State Head Coach Chris Jans held a news conference following Saturday’s narrow loss against Chicago State. NMSU is on verge of winning the WAC regular-season title this week.
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By Matias Grez, CNN FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from their competitions “until further notice,” the governing bodies announced in a joint statement on Monday. World football’s governing body, FIFA, and European football’s governing body, UEFA, said that both organizations’ presidents — Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin — “hope
Continue Reading A 73-year-old Ukrainian man tells CNN’s Jim Sciutto he is ready to die for Ukraine while waiting in line in Kyviv to enlist in the citizen’s army, known as the territorial defense force. He is just one of many Ukrainians volunteering in the fight to defend their homeland against Russia.
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel and Ariane de Vogue, CNN The Biden White House is getting a major endorsement for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson from a prominent conservative. In a statement obtained exclusively by CNN, retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, considered a luminary in conservative legal circles, enthusiastically endorsed Jackson, describing her as
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Al menos nueve personas murieron, entre ellas un menor de edad, y 19 resultaron heridas luego de que un conductor atropellara a participantes del carnaval del municipio de Independencia en Bolivia. “Al promediar las 18.30 del día de ayer (domingo), en circunstancias que se desarrollaba una entrada folclórica en
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, CNN Derek Jeter has stepped down as the CEO of the Miami Marlins, citing philosophical differences with the Major League Baseball (MLB) club. Jeter, along with the Marlins, announced the news Monday. “Today I am announcing that the Miami Marlins and I are officially ending our relationship and I will no longer
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — One of the perks of Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray’s three years as the team’s quarterback is an absence of off-the-field distractions or drama. That’s changing in a hurry. Murray and the Cardinals have been engaged in a passive-aggressive public squabble after the team’s late-season
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — El cambio climático va en camino a transformar la vida en la Tierra tal como la conocemos y, a menos que se frene drásticamente el calentamiento global, miles de millones de personas y otras especies llegarán a puntos en los que ya no podrán adaptarse a la nueva normalidad, según un importante
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Batman” presents a muscular vision of the Dark Knight that hardcore fans have long desired, a dark and serious epic that’s somewhat offset by two disclaimers: At nearly three hours, the movie hangs around too long, really feeling it down the stretch; and despite its origins, this detective-driven take
Continue Reading CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Delyanne Barros for CNN Business The Great Resignation and the pandemic have left an indelible mark on America’s workforce. While many have left their jobs to care for family or retire early, others have reevaluated their financial lives or changed careers. All of this comes at a time of great economic
Continue Reading By Delyanne Barros for CNN Business The Great Resignation and the pandemic have left an indelible mark on America’s workforce. While many have left their jobs to care for family or retire early, others have reevaluated their financial lives or changed careers. All of this comes at a time of great economic turmoil. Rising inflation,
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer The top six and seven of the top 10 teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day last week, both records. The single day of chaos led to some big changes in this week’s poll — everywhere but at the top. Gonzaga and Arizona remained the
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EL PASO, Texas — Helping our regions suppliers flourish in an already competitive market, that’s the goal one organization is hoping to accomplish through its Bridge Accelerator Program. It’s a 12-week binational supplier development program created by Technology Hub with the help of technology giant Microsoft. Millions of dollars in products and supplies are moved
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine – The 1st round of talks with Russia about ending the fighting has concluded, more talks could happen soon. This is a developing story. Follow kvia.com for more updates.
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island — who were all feared dead after their defiant response to threats from a Russian warship — are actually “alive and well,” according to the Ukrainian Navy. All of the soldiers on the tiny island in the Black Sea were thought to
Continue Reading OSLO, Norway (AP) — Five-time Olympic medalist Kjetil Jansrud will end his ski racing career at home in Norway on Saturday. The 36-year-old Jansrud says he will finish at the course where he got the first of his 23 World Cup wins. Jansrud says he’s “very glad I get to choose to retire in Kvitfjell.”
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