By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer From the NFC North to the AFC East, the firings began almost immediately after the NFL’s first 17-game season concluded. The Vikings fired coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman on Monday following an 8-9 season. Division rival Chicago parted with coach Matt Nagy and GM Ryan
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has formally announced his reelection campaign amid allegations that he misled federal authorities who were investigating an illegal contribution to his campaign. The Nebraska Republican made his announcement in a YouTube video from inside a 1963 Ford pickup with his wife and dog — the same backdrop
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The IRS said Monday it would start accepting 2021 federal tax returns on Monday, January 24. The tax filing deadline this year is Monday, April 18. That’s the day by which you must have filed your 2021 individual return and paid any remaining federal income taxes owed for last year.
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By Amanda Watts, CNN The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death of Teddy Balkind, the high school hockey player who died last week, an accident. According to an e-mail to CNN the ME’s office said Balkind died of an “incised wound of [the] neck.” The short statement went on to say
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year. The Internal Revenue Service warned Monday that a resurgence of COVID-19 infections on top of less funding from Congress than the Biden administration had requested could make this filing season
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist It’s winter, which means we expect cold temperatures for the northern tier of the country. But the type of cold expected this week will be the coldest air of the season by far, and will even reach some big cities in the Northeast and New England. It’s the kind of
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Isla Fisher’s character in the new genre-bending series “Wolf Like Me” is a romantic catch. Kind of. She speaks four languages, makes cheese and pottery and is good at close-up magic. On the other hand, she can be distant and absolutely beastly. Oh, that reminds
Continue ReadingWinter is finally here and brought back cold Arctic air, below zero wind chills, and lake effect snow. Some locations have not felt cold like this since the start of the pandemic, and CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri has the details.
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By The Associated Press Airbus says aircraft deliveries are rising slightly and airlines are ordering more planes, showing that they are confident in the long-term outlook for air travel. For now, the pandemic is still hurting international air travel. Airbus, which is based in France, said Monday that it delivered 611 passenger jets in 2021,
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has rejected an attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to block a subpoena issued by a Republican-hired attorney seeking to interview the state’s chief elections administrator as part of his investigation into the 2020 election. The ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge
Continue Reading By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The colossal 180 million-year-old fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur have been found in the UK, in what researchers have described as one of the most significant discoveries in the region. Discovered in a reservoir in the county of Rutland, in the English East Midlands, the specimen is the largest and most
Continue Reading By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military leader is calling on West African leaders to reconsider new economic sanctions against the country. In a speech on state television late Monday, Col. Assimi Goita called on ECOWAS heads of state to place the interests of Malians first. The new measures announced Sunday
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By Marianne Garvey Demi Lovato has some new ink. The singer debuted a tattoo of a big spider on their shaved head. Lovato revealed that the ink was done by celeb tattoo artist, Dr. Woo. “By @_dr_woo_. Now @alchemistamber come fix my hair pleeeease,” Lovato captioned a pic of the tattoo. They also explained that
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El dirigente indígena de la comunidad Lenca Pablo Hernández fue asesinado de varios disparos este domingo cuando iba de su vivienda a la capilla católica donde era delegado de la palabra de Dios, informó la Red de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos del Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en
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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Baylor is once again the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, and fifth-ranked Southern California climbed to its highest ranking in nearly five decades. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes in the poll for the fourth time in five weeks.
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Baylor is once again the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, and fifth-ranked Southern California climbed to its highest ranking in nearly five decades. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes in the poll for the fourth time in five weeks.
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El aumento actual de casos de covid-19 en Estados Unidos, que alimenta la variante ómicron, podría alcanzar su punto máximo a finales de este mes, señaló un experto en salud. Sin embargo, advirtió que las próximas dos semanas son críticas. Mientras, el país puede comenzar esta semana a administrar la cuarta dosis
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN Business President Joe Biden and other politicians will tell you inflation is Corporate America’s fault. Corporate America blames the administration’s pandemic assistance programs for putting too much cash into the economy. The reality, economists say, is that it’s all of those things. And more. Whichever of the two main inflation gauges
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Baylor remains unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; No. 5 USC reaches highest ranking since December 1974.
Continue Reading KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say they have held talks with senior leaders of an anti-Taliban alliance, a meeting that took place over the weekend in neighboring Iran. The Taliban-appointed foreign minister of Afghanistan released a short video on Monday saying the alliance leaders were told they could return to Afghanistan and promised their
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Josh Duhamel popped the question to former Miss World America Audra Mari and she said yes. The actor posted the news to Instagram Saturday, writing “It’s on!! She found a message in a bottle that washed ashore and said YES!!” He shared a picture with himself holding up a handwritten note. Mari
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany is blaming the collapse of a shipyard business on its Malaysia-based owner Genting Group, saying the conglomerate refused to contribute to a government bailout plan. The MV Werften shipyard in northeastern Germany filed for bankruptcy protection Monday after getting into financial difficulties over the construction of a massive cruise liner. The
Continue Reading OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) — The last scheduled World Cup meeting in cross-country skiing before the Beijing Olympics has been canceled. The reason given was to protect athletes from the risk of COVID-19 infection in Slovenia. Planica was to host events from Jan. 21-23 in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined for men and women. The International
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the NHL Players’ Association has filed a grievance against the San Jose Sharks for terminating the remainder of Evander Kane’s contract. The grievance was filed Sunday night and contends the Sharks did not have sufficient grounds
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By Ben Morse and Wayne Sterling, CNN As is now tradition, the end of the NFL regular season spells the end of the road for some coaches’ or executives’ with their now former clubs. The Denver Broncos were the first team to make a change as, after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday,
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Jack Guy, CNN A badger has led archaeologists to a hoard of more than 200 Roman coins that had been hidden in a cave in Spain for centuries. The animal had burrowed into a crack in the rock inside the La Cuesta cave in the Asturias region of northwest Spain, and dug out coins that
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bob Saget and Norm Macdonald first met working standup in the Ottawa comedy clubs before they became big stars. Now they are being remembered in death just months apart. Video of Macdonald roasting Saget on Comedy Central back in 2008 began circulating on social media Sunday, following the unexpected death
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Bob Saget, comedian and ‘Full House’ star, dead at 65
Continue Reading LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Scott Frost has announced Bill Busch’s promotion from defensive analyst to special teams coordinator. Frost also said assistant Mike Dawson will have additional duties. Dawson will now coach the interior linemen as well as the edge rushers following defensive line coach Tony Tuioti’s departure for Oregon. Busch’s charge is
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Jesse Watters, the right-wing talk show host who throughout his career has courted controversy with incendiary commentary, will be Fox’s new 7 p.m. host, the network announced on Monday. The installment of the flame-thrower Watters into the key time slot cements a strategy Fox initiated soon after President Donald Trump
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