By Brian Rokus and Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio is drawing condemnation from his House colleagues for his comparison of Washington, DC’s vaccine and Covid-19 protocols to Nazi Germany. Responding to a tweet from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser reminding residents that proof of vaccination will be required to enter many business
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By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia teenager found guilty of sexually assaulting classmates at two separate schools has been ordered to attend a locked, residential treatment facility until he turns 18. The 15-year-old boy was also ordered Wednesday to be placed on the sex offender registry at a hearing
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN A toast is in order to actress Megan Fox and musician Machine Gun Kelly (though, you might want to bring your own beverage). The couple has announced they are engaged. Fox shared a video of the engagement on Instagram, which happened on January 11, and reflected on their courtship. “Somehow a
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CNN By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump’s allies sent fake certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won seven states that he actually lost. The documents had no impact on the outcome of the election, but they are yet another example of how
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump’s allies sent fake certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won seven states that he actually lost. The documents had no impact on the outcome of the election, but they are yet another example of how Team
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A letter to CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday calls the Google-owned platform one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. The fact checkers say YouTube’s efforts to address the
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By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Clyde Bellecourt, a Native American civil rights leader who founded the influential group American Indian Movement (AIM), died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 85, his wife, Peggy Bellecourt, and Minnesota’s Hennepin County medical examiner confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Bellecourt co-founded AIM in 1968 to help advocate for tribal
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Republicans brought up three traffic tickets — all a decade or more old — that a federal appeals court nominee was issued and apparently failed to pay, leading to his license being suspended for several months. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the
Continue Reading CNN By Tierney Sneed At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Republicans brought up three traffic tickets — all a decade or more old — that a federal appeals court nominee was issued and apparently failed to pay, leading to his license being suspended for several months. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on
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By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles are a better team than the squad that lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6. There are still plenty of reasons why the defending Super Bowl champions are 8 1/2-point favorites in Sunday’s NFC wild-card game. High among those reasons is the
Continue Reading VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general says police in Virginia Beach used forged documents linking people’s DNA to a crime to get them to confess. Mark Herring made the announcement Wednesday following an investigation by the AG’s Office of Civil Rights. Herring’s office said in a statement that the city’s police department has
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SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A letter to CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday calls the Google-owned platform one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. The fact checkers say YouTube’s efforts to address the
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard pledged in written remarks to help the Federal Reserve fight a spike in inflation while still supporting the economic recovery — a tricky balancing act she would face if confirmed as the Fed’s No. 2 official. Brainard, a member of the central bank’s Board
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard pledged in written remarks to help the Federal Reserve fight a spike in inflation while still supporting the economic recovery — a tricky balancing act she would face if confirmed as the Fed’s No. 2 official. Brainard, a member of the central bank’s Board
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo’s long-term future as quarterback in San Francisco has been in doubt ever since the 49ers traded away three first-round picks in the spring to make Trey Lance the heir apparent at the position. The present has Garoppolo ready to lead the
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo’s long-term future as quarterback in San Francisco has been in doubt ever since the 49ers traded away three first-round picks in the spring to make Trey Lance the heir apparent at the position. The present has Garoppolo ready to lead the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — Buenas noticias: después de meses en aumento, los precios de la carne por fin están bajando en el supermercado. La mala noticia: muchos otros alimentos básicos se están encareciendo. Los precios de la carne, las aves de corral, el pescado y los huevos cayeron un 0,4% de noviembre
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La temporada de presentación de impuestos federales en EE.UU. comenzó. Y va a ser difícil para el Servicio de Impuestos Internos de Estados Unidos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) y para algunos contribuyentes, dados los millones de declaraciones del año pasado que aún deben procesarse, los problemas de personal debido
Continue Reading MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A man accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl has been apprehended in Mexico 21 years after he fled following his arrest in Minnesota. Curtis Lee Brovold met the girl from Moorhead, Minnesota, online in 2000. Brovold was arrested later that year but failed to show up for a court
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Todo habitante de este planeta necesita de áreas verdes para vivir; sin las plantas, arbustos, árboles, entre otros, la vida no existiría como la conocemos. No obstante, contar con dichas áreas se vuelve más complicado en las grandes ciudades. Según el informe “Reverdecer las ciudades”, publicado por Greenpeace a mediados de
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Ronnie Spector, líder del grupo pop The Ronettes y la poderosa voz central de éxitos como “Be My Baby” y “Baby I love You”, murió, anunció su familia en un comunicado en su sitio web este miércoles. “Nuestro amado ángel de la tierra, Ronnie, dejó este mundo en paz hoy después
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Mac Jones called his performance in the Patriots’ regular-season finale loss to Miami “super embarrassing.” It was a critical self-analysis by the only rookie quarterback taken in the first round of the NFL draft since 2013 to finish his first season with a winning record.
Continue Reading CNN, KABC, WRAL By Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday appeared before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The meeting was virtual. McEnany, who worked in the Trump White House and was a spokesperson for
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Business) — No se puede negar: la inflación está aquí. Los precios al consumidor aumentaron un 7% durante el año pasado. Los precios de la vivienda también han seguido subiendo. Pero la pregunta en la mente de muchos economistas y estrategas de Wall Street es si algo aún peor podría estar en
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Alexis Sánchez scored with practically the last kick of the match to help Inter Milan win the Italian Super Cup with a 2-1 victory over bitter rival Juventus after extra time. Sánchez’s goal came after an error from the Juventus defense and sparked scenes of wild
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN Ronnie Spector, the swaggering 1960s pop icon with the sky-high beehive whose sultry, quavering voice-powered numerous hits for The Ronettes, including “Be My Baby,” has died, her family announced in a statement Wednesday. She was 78. “Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle with
Continue Reading WASHBURN, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a snowmobile driver who veered into a highly touted sled dog team in northern Wisconsin and injured two of the dogs, including one that ran the Iditarod last year. Ryan Redington, the Alaskan musher and two-time winner of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, was out with
Continue Reading By Peter Nickeas and Amanda Watts, CNN A Dayton, Ohio, police internal investigation of a traffic stop where officers pulled a paraplegic driver out of a car by his hair and arms cleared the officers of the most serious allegations against them. The September 30 traffic stop was captured on police body-worn camera footage and
Continue Reading CNN By Clare Foran, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday evening the Senate will delay its scheduled January recess and take up voting legislation on Tuesday despite major obstacles that appear to have closed off a path for Democrats to achieve that ambition. “Make no mistake, the United States Senate will for the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El viceprimer ministro de Australia, Barnaby Joyce, dijo que Novak Djokovic “tiene que cumplir con las leyes” en una entrevista con Nine News, afiliada de CNN. “A la gran mayoría de los australianos… no les gusta la idea de que otra persona, ya sea un jugador de tenis, el rey de
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