By David Wright, CNN Three recent ads from Republican Senate candidates explicitly echo the false claim that the 2020 election was rigged or stolen, illustrating how lies from former President Donald Trump and his allies continue to drive GOP messaging ahead of the 2022 midterms. In a new ad from Rep. Billy Long, running in
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN More than 333,000 silicone pacifiers available for purchase on Amazon have been voluntarily recalled by the distributor due to reports that the nipple can detach and cause a chocking hazard for infants. “The base of the silicone nipple has a fine slit that can cause the nipple to detach from the
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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department says a Texas man has been arrested on charges of posting threatening messages on Craigslist about killing government officials in Georgia following the 2020 election. Federal prosecutors said Friday the arrest is the first by the Justice Department’s new Election Threats Task
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey say the operator of a failed multi-state nursing home chain failed to pay $29.5 million in payroll and unemployment taxes for his employees at 95 facilities he operated in 11 states. Authorities arrested Joseph Schwartz of Suffern, New York, on Thursday and charged him with willful
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most populous state added 50,700 nonfarm jobs. That accounted for more than a quarter of the nation’s 199,000 new jobs for the month. Data released Friday shows the state has now regained nearly 72% of
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Thomas Rhett is hitting the road. The country star is launching his “Bring the Bar to You Tour” on June 17 and headed to over 30 cities. His first stop is in Gilford, New Hampshire and from there he’ll head to places like Atlanta, Charleston, Detroit and more. “Man it feels
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is announcing a new federal roadmap to improve job quality and job access on Friday, as Americans continue to leave the workforce in record numbers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The program, called the Good Jobs Initiative, will be unveiled by Walsh at the US Conference of Mayors
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday accepted an invitation to visit Japan in the late spring during his virtual meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, according to a senior administration official. It would be Biden’s first visit as president to Asia, a region he’s vowed to prioritize even as crises with Russia
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Cmdr. Billie Farrell on Friday became the first female to captain the USS Constitution in the historic warship’s 224-year history. Farrell assumed duties as the 77th commanding officer of Old Ironsides following a change-of-command ceremony held Friday at Boston’s Charlestown Navy Yard. A native of Paducah, Kentucky, Farrell was a sixth
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By Stella Chan, CNN Weeks before her lawsuit is set to go to trial, lawyers for Vanessa Bryant allege photos of the crash that killed her husband, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, their daughter, and others were shared widely, according to court documents. “Discovery has shown that the close-up photos of Gianna and Kobe’s remains were
Continue Reading By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — An FBI official says that in the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and the officials trying to negotiate their release took “near simultaneous plans of action,” with the hostages escaping as an
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By The Associated Press Former NFL cornerback James Hasty is working to eliminate bias and racial disparity in sports hiring through his new search firm, Eneje Consulting. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is the only Black head coach in the league after Miami fired Brian Flores and Houston fired David Culley. Hasty’s firm developed a
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By Jack Bantock, CNN Tongan Pita Taufatofua says his father is safely home after the Olympic athlete was unable to make contact him following the “devastating” tsunami that hit the nation on Saturday. Earlier this week Taufatofua, who became widely recognized after being his country’s flagbearer at the Summer and Winter Olympics, told CNN that
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” comics Colin Jost and Pete Davidson have purchased a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry boat with plans to turn it into New York’s hottest club. Jost and Davidson teamed up with comedy club owner Paul Italia on Wednesday’s winning for $280,100 bid for the
Continue Reading By Liz Stark, CNN The Biden administration will start paying federal civilian employees a $15 hourly minimum wage by the end of the month, the Office of Personnel Management announced Friday, raising the pay for thousands of workers across the federal government. OPM Director Kiran Ahuja in a new memo provided guidance to agency leaders
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN The New York City Police Department has arrested a woman accused of harassing and spitting on an 8-year-old Jewish boy outside a Brooklyn synagogue last week, authorities said. The woman, identified as 21-year-old Christina Darling, was charged with multiple counts including aggravated harassment as a hate crime, acting in a manner
Continue Reading Police are looking for a woman in New York City, accused of harassing and spiting on three children. Brynn Gingras reports.
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Just after Thanksgiving, Carmen Allen became alarmed by the jump in prices and shortages of food products at her local grocery stores. “Cake mix,” Allen says. “I was worried I wouldn’t find enough of it to give out in our food baskets.” Allen serves as president and executive director of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden’s requirement that federal workers without qualifying medical or religious exemptions be vaccinated for COVID-19. Judge Jeffrey Brown ruled Friday that opponents of Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal employees were likely to succeed at
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction barring the federal government from enforcing President Joe Biden’s requirement that federal workers without qualifying medical or religious exemptions be vaccinated for COVID-19. Judge Jeffrey Brown ruled Friday that opponents of Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal employees were likely to succeed at
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Comedian Louie Anderson opens up about his tough family life growing and why he went into comedy during a 1989 interview on ‘Larry King Live.’
Continue Reading At least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when airstrikes struck multiple buildings in Yemen on Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said, as the Saudi-led coalition continued to ramp up its deadly offensive on rebels in the war-torn nation.
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s response to recent controversy over the justices’ masking practices reveals its studied lack of transparency and that, regardless of tensions among the nine, they will close ranks, particularly against the press. The justices’ moves this week also sealed, rather than avoided, a
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The FBI is working to fill a “primary gap” in its investigation into the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff: finding out how the hostage-taker acquired his gun, FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno said during a Friday news conference. “We are actively focused on that
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Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Haiti’s spiraling insecurity and growing concerns about its ability to hold general elections following the killing of President Jovenel Moïse prompted two dozen international senior officials to meet amid a pressing need to take action. Canada hosted the more than three-hour-long meeting Friday with
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have hired Buffalo Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen as their new general manager. Co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch made the announcement Friday, a little more than a week after a starting a search in which they interviewed nine
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El presidente electo de Chile, Gabriel Boric, anunció este viernes a los futuros ministros que conformarán su Gabinete, en el que destaca la participación mayoritaria de mujeres. En un evento realizado en el Museo Nacional de Historia Nacional, Boric dio a conocer, entre otros, a los titulares de carteras
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s Big Papi appears headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and he won’t need a last-minute walk-off to get there. The Red Sox slugger looks to be on track for induction in Cooperstown this summer, riding the strength of his on- and off-field achievements to
Continue Reading By Jeremy Harlan and Carma Hassan, CNN Business Nearly 8,000 workers at 78 King Soopers and City Market grocery stores in Colorado will return to work starting Friday, after union leaders and management reached a tentative three-year work agreement. The strike, which began January 12, was the nation’s second-largest in the last two years —
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