Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — “Vine a la Antártida para encontrar un marido”, le dijo Nicole McGrath a Cole Heinz, fingiendo seriedad. Heinz se rió. Los dos estaban almorzando en la estación McMurdo, una instalación de investigación estadounidense construida sobre roca volcánica en la isla de Ross, rodeada de montañas, nieve y hielo. Era el año
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — As he recovers from shoulder surgery, Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to rest his thumbs as well. Mayfield said he plans to take a break from “all social media for the foreseeable future.” Ironically, the polarizing QB went on his Instagram page to announce his
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Will mortgage rates go up? How about car loans? Credit cards? How about those nearly invisible rates on bank CDs — any chance of getting a few dollars more? With the Federal Reserve signaling Wednesday that it will begin raising its benchmark interest rate as soon
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Saint-Etienne won 1-0 at Angers for a badly needed victory but remains in last place in the French league. Les Verts have won a record 10 French titles but this was only the third win of the season. It came courtesy of an own goal from defender Batista Mendy. After 22 of
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Frederica Wilson, the US Congresswoman representing much of Miami, says she must leave home by 6:30 a.m. to beat traffic on South Florida’s highways. “If I wait 10 more minutes, it’s too late,” Wilson, a Democrat first elected to Congress in 2010, said. “Then it becomes a literal parking lot.”
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is getting support from several business leaders on his economic agenda that has stalled in the Senate. It’s an effort to restart some momentum for his proposed nearly $2 trillion in spending and tax increases. Biden met at the White House with top executives
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Las autoridades de Chile firmaron este miércoles un convenio que permitirá la participación de reclusos en el proceso constituyente. El ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos, Hernán Larraín; el subsecretario de Justicia, Sebastián Valenzuela, y el director nacional del Gendarmería, Christian Alveal, suscribieron dos protocolos al respecto. El primer documento
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A top German security official says his agency has created a task force to investigate individuals suspected of using Telegram to commit crimes, amid growing concerns that the messaging app is becoming a “medium for radicalization.” Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office warned Wednesday that the app is being used to target politicians,
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By Jessica Campisi and Devan Cole, CNN Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s plans to retire from the high court after nearly three decades on the bench are set to pave the way for a speedy confirmation process for his eventual successor. Breyer, the court’s senior liberal justice, had been facing intense retirement calls from some
Continue Reading CNN By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House signaled Wednesday that President Joe Biden remains committed to nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court after a well-placed source familiar with the matter told CNN that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire. “The President has stated and reiterated his commitment to nominating a Black
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer are scheduled to appear together at the White House on Thursday as the 83-year-old justice is set to announce his retirement, a source familiar with the plan tells CNN. Breyer conveyed to the White House last week that he
Continue Reading By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Athletes headed to the Olympics are facing COVID-19 testing hurdles as organizers seek to catch any infections early and keep the virus at bay. A positive test could mean athletes sitting out the Beijing Games — perhaps even if they’re no longer contagious. Olympic officials say
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Business) –– La Reserva Federal se prepara para subir las tasas de interés, dijo el banco central en su actualización de política monetaria este miércoles. Sin embargo, las mantuvo cerca de cero por ahora. “Con una inflación muy por encima del 2% y un mercado laboral fuerte, el comité espera que pronto sea
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN A contentious confirmation hearing for Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo ended abruptly Wednesday after Democrats walked out in protest, prompting Republicans to immediately vote to favorably recommend Ladapo. Democrats grew increasingly exasperated at Ladapo for his lengthy, circular responses that wouldn’t directly answer their questions about his background and the
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — A medida que la variante ómicron continúa impactando al mundo, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) suman más destinos a su lista de “muy alto” riesgo por covid-19, entre ellos varios latinoamericanos e islas del Caribe. Pero, ¿qué
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By Sonia Moghe and Eric Levenson, CNN Prince Andrew has formally denied allegations that he sexually abused Virginia Giuffre and has demanded a jury trial in her civil lawsuit, according to a legal filing Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The 11-page filing responds paragraph-by-paragraph to the allegations
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN The lot of three items put up for auction earlier this month by former first lady Melania Trump failed to reach its desired monetary threshold of $250,000 for an opening bid. When the auction for the three items — a custom, wide-brimmed white hat worn by Trump during an official White
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DEMING, New Mexico – A Deming city official confirms to ABC-7 that the city has entered into collective bargaining agreement with city firefighters. Fourteen firefighters out of a force of about 20 to 21 walked out Friday over working conditions. A rally supporting a pay raise was held Monday. Spouses for the firefighters say the
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COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Justice Department files charges against man accused of selling gun to suspect who held hostages in Texas synagogue.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press American forward Sebastian Soto was loaned from England’s Norwich to Scotland’s Livingston for the rest of the season. The 21-year-old was recalled early from what was to have been a season-long loan to Portugal’s Porto. A native of Carlsbad, California, Soto scored one goal in eight appearances with Porto B in
Continue Reading DEMING, New Mexico – A Deming city official confirms to ABC-7 that the city has entered into collective bargaining agreement with city firefighters. Fourteen firefighters out of a force of about 20 to 21 handed in their 2 weeks’ notices over working conditions and low pay. Negotiations took place over 5 hours today with no
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN One in eight congressional staffers in Washington, DC, are not paid a living wage, a new report from a nonprofit found. That’s nearly 1,200 staffers who cannot afford to live in the city that they work in based solely on their income from their job working in Congress. Issue One, a
Continue Reading WESTLAKE, La. (AP) — An explosion at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries. Westlake Chemical South spokesperson Joe Andrepont says the explosion occurred at an empty ethylene dichloride storage tank shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday. Five victims were taken to hospitals and one was treated at the
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it wants to add more than 8,000 technical workers this year. The Detroit automaker is looking for software, computer, mechanical and electrical engineers, as well as battery engineers, cybersecurity experts and others. GM says it’s expanding teams that develop vehicle software, engineer hydrogen fuel cells for non-automotive uses, and
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is getting ready to raise interest rates, the central bank said in its monetary policy update Wednesday. But it kept rates near zero for now. “With inflation well above 2% and a strong labor market, the Committee expects it will soon be appropriate to raise the target
Continue Reading YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — African Cup of Nations organizers have announced they are changing the venues for two quarterfinal games and one of the semifinals. One of the quarterfinals scheduled for Sunday was moved from the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde across town to the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium after eight people were killed in a crush
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Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story listed Lupe Amalia Rodriguez’s age as 56, according to an El Paso police news release. El Paso police now list Rodriguez’s age as 46. EL PASO, Texas – Police arrested a 46-year-old woman in connection to a case where a dog was left confined to a yard
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawyers for an associate athletic director who filed a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit against Louisiana State University say she has been fired in retaliation. Her lawyers asked the federal court in Baton Rouge on Wednesday to add that claim to the suit. They tell news outlets that Sharon Lewis
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Muchos de los muebles y prendas de vestir resistentes al agua y a las manchas que compramos pueden contener sustancias químicas tóxicas “para siempre”, denominadas sustancias perfluoroalquiladas y polifluoroalquiladas (PFAS, por sus siglas en inglés), que están relacionadas con numerosos problemas de salud, como daños en el hígado y el corazón,
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer Don’t judge Jabari Smith by his most recent game. The 6-foot-10 freshman missed 13 of 15 shots in No. 1 Auburn’s one-point victory at Missouri on Tuesday night, but it was clearly just an off night for one of college basketball’s top newcomers. Smith finished with five points, 10
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