By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has been meeting with the House select committee investigating January 6 for several hours and is answering some questions, according to one of his attorneys. “Stewart Rhodes is both answering many questions and taking the Fifth Amendment to other questions,” attorney Jonathon
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Algunos exempleados de Playboy y Playmates salieron en defensa de Hugh Hefner tras el reciente estreno de la docuserie de A&E “Secrets of Playboy”. Hefner, fallecido en 2017, y su imperio son examinados en la serie. En ella se destaca la disparidad de poder entre algunas de las jóvenes que trabajaron
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By Nimi Princewill and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Brazilian authorities have shut down a beachside kiosk in Rio de Janeiro after a 23-year-old Congolese migrant was beaten to death, Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police said Wednesday. Moise Kabagambe was seen in a video from the Tropicalia beach kiosk’s security cameras being attacked by a group of
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is ready to “hit the ground running” to vaccinate children aged six months to 5 years old as soon as Pfizer/BioNTech receives emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine for that age group. “Our message to parents and families is simple: We are doing everything we can to
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has appeared remotely before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Rhodes testified Wednesday from a federal penitentiary where he is awaiting trial on sedition charges. The panel
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The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Wednesday, putting major indexes on track to extend their weekly gains. Big communications and technology companies helped lift the broader market. Major indexes are on track for solid gains this week, a welcome turnaround from January’s losses.
Continue Reading Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Alphabet, Brinker International rise; PayPal, Gilead fall.
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The travel industry is lobbying Washington for changes it thinks will get more people on airplanes and staying in hotels. Airline and tourism groups want the U.S. to eliminate its requirement that travelers provide a negative test for COVID-19 before boarding a U.S.-bound plane. The United
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By The Associated Press The Washington Spirit have signed Trinity Rodman to a contract extension that will make her the highest-paid player in the National Women’s Soccer League over the life of the deal. The four-year deal with the 19-year-old daughter of NBA great Dennis Rodman is worth at least $1.1 million. Octagon Soccer, which
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EL PASO, Texas — February is Black History Month and El Paso Community College is hosting a series of special events for anyone to be apart of. The theme is Black Health and Welness. This year’s key note speaker is KVIA Dr. Ogechika Alozie who will kick off the series of panels start February 19.
Continue Reading YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Sadio Mané set up one goal and scored the last one himself as Senegal beat Burkina Faso 3-1 to reach its second successive African Cup of Nations final. Mané scored on a breakaway in the 87th minute to seal the win in Yaounde after Senegal went 2-0 up before seeing Burkina
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group’s powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to hack journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. The FBI suggested its motivation was to “stay abreast of emerging technologies and tradecraft.” It said in a
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El organismo rector de la natación competitiva en Estados Unidos emitió este martes una nueva política sobre los atletas transgénero que quieran competir en eventos de élite. Con efecto inmediato, USA Swimming dijo que un panel de tres personas de expertos médicos independientes decidirá ahora si “el desarrollo físico previo del
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By Janelle Davis, CNN. Photographs by Will Lanzoni, CNN Orecchiette is a pasta specialty from the Puglia region — down in Italy’s southern “heel.” It’s one of the country’s flattest and most fertile regions, with wheat and olive oil produced in abundance. This is where Stanley Tucci‘s friend and writer Kay Plunkett-Hogge picked up the
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed her recently named water adviser to now serve as the state engineer. As New Mexico’s top water official, Mike Hamman will oversee water rights and will serves as secretary of the Interstate Stream Commission. The panel manages interstate water compacts and long-term
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Lawyers for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other groups told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should leave in place a lower court opinion ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map. A panel of three federal judges, including two appointees of former President Donald Trump,
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By Mirna Alsharif and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Four men have been arrested for allegedly being part of a drug trafficking organization that sold deadly fentanyl-laced heroin to actor and producer Michael K. Williams, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. Williams, best known for
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office has been launched into space from California. The NROL-87 satellite lifted off at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon’s first stage flew back to the seaside
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press An energy company already charged with violating Pennsylvania environmental laws during construction of the multibillion-dollar Mariner East pipeline system is facing more legal trouble. Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a new criminal case alleging the company’s negligence led to the 2018 explosion of a different pipeline near Pittsburgh. The state attorney
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NHL players and coaches are welcoming the more lenient COVID-19 protocols announced earlier this week. The league and players’ union agreed to drop daily testing requirements for fully vaccinated players, citing a “declining positivity rate” in virus cases. Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau said the change was long overdue. Winnipeg defenseman
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press An energy company already charged with violating Pennsylvania environmental laws during construction of the multibillion-dollar Mariner East pipeline system is facing more legal trouble. Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a new criminal case alleging the company’s negligence led to the 2018 explosion of a different pipeline near Pittsburgh. The state attorney
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After the pandemic forced the South by Southwest Film Festival to turn virtual the last two years, the Austin, Texas, festival is plotting a largely in-person event this March that will feature the premieres of the third season of Donald Glover’s “Atlanta,” the latest from
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers senior defensive assistant Teryl Austin says the NFL needs to keep finding opportunities for coaches of color. Austin, who is Black, says he has been interviewed for an NFL head coaching vacancy 11 times and has yet to be hired. Austin is one of
Continue Reading TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Mike Macdonald is back “home” with the Baltimore Ravens. He was hired as Baltimore’s new defensive coordinator after a year at Michigan. Macdonald replaces Don Martindale, who was fired after four seasons. Macdonald started his career as an intern with the Ravens and spent seven years
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN An intelligence panel investigating the cause of a spate of mysterious incidents that have struck dozens of US officials across the globe has said that some of the episodes could “plausibly” have been caused by “pulsed electromagnetic energy” emitted by an external source, according to an executive summary of the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Natural gas futures soared Wednesday as energy markets brace for a powerful winter storm that threatens to derail production just as demand rises. The latest spike will keep home heating costs for millions of Americans elevated, adding to a long list of inflationary headaches. Natural gas futures surged 16% Wednesday
Continue Reading The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
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By Jacqueline Howard and Carma Hassan, CNN Two people with leukemia achieved remission over a decade after being infused with CAR-T cells, immune cells that had been modified in a lab, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this approach could be a long-term therapy for leukemia — and some researchers describe it
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Austria introducirá esta semana el mandato de vacunación más estricto de la Unión Europea contra el covid-19, que obligará a cualquier persona mayor de 18 años a vacunarse. Mientras que Italia, Grecia y otros países de la Unión Europea han introducido mandatos para determinados grupos, como los ancianos, el personal sanitario
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The remains of 11 women and an unborn child were discovered buried more than a decade ago in the desert on the edge of Albuquerque. Authorities on Wednesday marked the 13th anniversary of the beginning of what Police Chief Harold Medina called the largest homicide
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