VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Taiwan will set up a $1 billion credit program aimed at funding projects by Lithuanian and Taiwanese companies amid economic pressure from China over an office that the island opened in the European Union country. Lithuanian officials announced the move Tuesday. It follows Taiwan’s announcement last week about creating a $200
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets are raising their ticket prices an average of 3% in the team’s first increase since 2016. The Jets are coming off a 4-13 campaign and an 11th straight season without a playoff appearance. They kept ticket prices stagnant
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona politician in prison for running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands has lost an appeal of one of his sentences. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a six-year sentence given in Arkansas to Paul Petersen, a
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mayor of New Mexico’s largest city is telling thousands of workers to prepare for a vaccine mandate in the coming weeks. But union leaders who represent Albuquerque police officers, firefighters and other employees are saying not so fast. They say a mandate would amount
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By Oren Liebermann, Pete Muntean and Barbara Starr, CNN Business An unusual ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday. The official says it was not a national ground
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism. That’s according to the department’s top national security official, who told lawmakers Tuesday that the country faces an “elevated” threat from violent extremists in the United States. Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen is testifying before
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jenna Jameson has offered an update on a medical condition that has her hospitalized in Hawaii. The former adult film star posted on her verified Instagram Monday that she has gotten some answers about her diagnosis. “I’m dealing with a little syndrome called Guillain-Barré Syndrome, so I’m working through that,”
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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Taiwan will set up a $1 billion credit program aimed at funding projects by Lithuanian and Taiwanese companies amid economic pressure from China over an office that the island opened in the European Union country. Lithuanian officials announced the move Tuesday. It follows Taiwan’s announcement last week about creating a $200
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was hoarse and had a sore throat after testing positive for COVID-19. But López Obrador predicted Tuesday that “this virus is on its way out” and that “things will get back to normal very soon.” The president appeared on a video feed at
Continue Reading DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Mohamed Salah has been kept in check as Egypt lost 1-0 to Nigeria on a superb goal by Kelechi Iheanacho in their first game at the African Cup of Nations. Riyad Mahrez also had a tough day as Algeria missed chances to open their title defense with a 0-0 draw with
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un hombre de 57 años de Maryland evoluciona bien tres días después de recibir un corazón de cerdo modificado genéticamente en una cirugía de trasplante, la primera en su tipo, dijo la Universidad de Medicina de Maryland en un comunicado de prensa este lunes. David Bennett padecía una enfermedad cardíaca terminal,
Continue Reading KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Court documents show prosecutors plan to drop a welfare fraud charge against the stepmother of a New Hampshire girl and replace it with nine other charges. The attorney general’s office said Tuesday the change will be based on new information from the state about Kayla Montgomery. She
Continue Reading By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A series of fleeting choices and troubling circumstances fueled a staggering tragedy — the fire at a Bronx apartment building that left 17 people dead. The heat in the apartment where the blaze began was insufficient, leading a family to depend on a space heater
Continue Reading AURORA, Ind. (AP) — DNA testing has confirmed that a bone found in an SUV pulled last fall from the Ohio River in Indiana is from an Ohio woman who vanished with her two young children in 2002. Indiana State Police announced Tuesday that Dearborn County’s coroner learned Friday the bone was confirmed as belonging
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a significant false claim on Friday about Covid-19’s impact on children. Sotomayor made the remark during a Friday hearing about the legality of the Biden administration’s attempt to require large employers to force workers to be vaccinated for the virus or undergo weekly testing. Here
Continue Reading BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic snowboard champion Patrizia Kummer says she will head to the Beijing Games early to spend three weeks in quarantine because she isn’t vaccinated against the coronavirus. Chinese authorities require unvaccinated Olympians to enter quarantine upon arrival if they don’t have a valid medical exemption. Kummer is scheduled to arrive this
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry says the country has donated $500,000 to the United Nations for food, medical aid and other assistance for Afghans who fled to neighboring Tajikistan. The ministry’s director general says Israel is proud to be part of the international effort to help Afghan refugees from the Taliban takeover in August.
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A veterinarian says that a young brown bear found exhausted in snowy woods in southeastern Poland is improving but remains in life-threatening condition. In a good sign, the young male bear named Ada had eaten two meals by Tuesday morning, after he was given medication and put in a warm hut.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Meta, la empresa matriz de Facebook, retrasa su regreso a las oficinas hasta el 28 de marzo, y exigirá una prueba de vacunas de refuerzo a los trabajadores. La empresa ya exige que los trabajadores de las oficinas estén vacunados. Janelle Gale, vicepresidenta del departamento de recursos humanos de Meta,
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who helped take people to the hospital after a deadly New York City fire nearly overlooked his own brother in the aftermath of the blaze. Yusupha Jawara rushed to the scene Sunday in the Bronx. At the hospital, he saw a
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CNN By Oren Liebermann, Pete Muntean and Barbara Starr, CNN Business An unusual ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday. The official says it was not a national
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist It was warmer just after midnight Tuesday morning than it will be all day long in the Northeast. Since then, the temperature has been dropping, and it will stay dangerously cold all day in the region, leaving major cities like New York and Boston with the most frigid daytime air
Continue Reading Arctic cold has moved into New England and the wind chills will be so cold that frostbite can take hold in a matter of minutes. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the details as well as how long the cold snap will last.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A Chinese broadcaster has been ordered to pay the English Premier League at least $213 million by the High Court in London over the collapse of the rights agreements. The league terminated the deal last year after PPTV failed to pay two installments of the rights fees owed, citing a change to
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A Chinese broadcaster has been ordered to pay the English Premier League at least $213 million by the High Court in London over the collapse of the rights agreements. The league terminated the deal last year after PPTV failed to pay two installments of the rights fees owed, citing a change to
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Good Morning! It’s a cold start to the day but the cold air will be followed by mainly sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Afternoon high temperatures will reach the mid- 50s today with east winds around 5 to 10 mph. Tonight we will be mainly clear with temperatures dropping to the 30s. The next system
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CNN By Nicole Chavez, CNN A coalition of voting rights groups in Georgia announced Monday that they will not attend events surrounding President Joe Biden‘s expected visit to Atlanta, urging for concrete action instead of what they called a “photo op.” Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and representatives of several voting rights groups
Continue Reading POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors have said they will drop an animal cruelty investigation into an athlete and a coach who were shown striking a horse during the Olympic modern pentathlon last year. Prosecutors in the eastern city of Potsdam say the investigation will be dropped once athlete Annika Schleu and coach Kim Raisner
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Fees for bounced checks or lacking enough money in your account could soon be a thing of the past. Bank of America is the latest major financial institution to announce that it is ending fees for insufficient funds. It also plans to cut overdraft fees from $35 to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN John Stamos posted a heartfelt tribute on Tuesday to his dear friend and former costar, Bob Saget. Saget, who died Sunday at the age of 65, is being deeply mourned by family, friends and fans. Stamos shared his love on his verified Instagram account with a photo of him and
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