By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — This week’s remaining episodes of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have been scrapped after the host tested positive for COVID-19. Meyers tweeted Tuesday about his positive result but said he felt fine, thanking the vaccine and a booster shot. NBC has canceled shows scheduled from Tuesday to
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel’s first known case of a person infected with Covid-19 and the flu has been detected, the country’s Ministry of Health confirmed to CNN on Tuesday, raising questions over how the two viruses might impact someone who contracts them at the same time. The patient, an unvaccinated pregnant woman in
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel’s first known case of a person infected with Covid-19 and the flu has been detected, the country’s Ministry of Health confirmed to CNN on Tuesday, raising questions over how the two viruses might impact someone who contracts them at the same time. The patient, an unvaccinated pregnant woman in
Continue Reading By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren’t climbing as fast. Each measurement has its value, health experts say. Keeping an eye on COVID-19 hospital admissions shows the virus
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Designer Giorgio Armani is cancelling his men’s fashion show in Milan this month and his Prive haute couture show in Paris because of soaring coronavirus cases in Europe. The decision makes Armani the first major designer to pull out of the Milan men’s previews for fall/winter 2022-23 scheduled for Jan. 14-18. In
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN The new year is off to a great start for dog lovers, thanks to the addition of two new dog breeds by the American Kennel Club. The AKC, the world’s largest purebred dog registry, announced Tuesday that the Russian Toy and Mudi are joining the list of its recognized breeds. “We’re
Continue Reading By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Brightline higher-speed train fatally struck a pedestrian who walked into its path Tuesday, the fifth death involving the railroad since it recently resumed operations after being shut down because of the pandemic. Boynton Beach police say the pedestrian was struck shortly before 8 a.m.
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s currency has hit a new low, reaching 20 times its value on the black market since the economic meltdown began in late 2019 and likely throwing more people into poverty. The pound was trading on Tuesday at 30,000 to 1 U.S. dollar on the black market as the economic crisis continues
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Whataburger introduced a new spicy ketchup Monday that will be available only for a limited time. The all-new “Spicy Ketchup Limited Batch #2” contains hot sauce. “This one is made with hot sauce, giving it a little extra ziiiiing,” according to a Whataburger response tweet. The Texas-based burger chain had been hinting
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El titular de la Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados de México (Comar), Andrés Ramírez, informó este lunes que el año pasado el país registró una cifra récord en solicitudes de refugio. “Al concluir el año 2021, el número de solicitantes de la condición de refugiado en México cerró
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Jimmy Fallon says he tested positive for Covid-19 on the first day of his holiday break from “The Tonight Show” despite being fully vaccinated and receiving a booster shot.
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has received the first part of a report on corruption from a judicial investigation into allegations of graft during former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure from 2009 to 2018. Receiving the report, Ramaphosa described it as a “defining moment” in South Africa’s fight
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Another NBC late night show has been disrupted by the pandemic. Seth Meyers — the host of the network’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” — said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for Covid. “The bad news is, I tested positive for COVID (thanks, 2022!)” Meyers tweeted. “The good
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By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press / Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s plan to address the needs of underserved Indigenous students hasn’t been shared with tribal leaders or the public despite promises by state officials that they would do so last year. Indigenous education advocates had expected to provide feedback on
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar Mitch Landrieu sent letters to all the nation’s governors on Tuesday urging them to appoint their own infrastructure implementation coordinators to smooth the rollout of the $1.2 trillion law. “We know that needs, capacity, and challenges can vary widely by locality,” the letter from Landrieu, which
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN We are just hours away from the sixth and final season of “This Is Us.” The cast of the NBC drama appeared on the “Today” on Tuesday the impact of the series and the friendships they’ve formed with each other over the years. “I’ve had a woman come up to me
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Uno de los mayores cruceros que operan en el Mediterráneo se convirtió en el más reciente afectado por un brote de covid-19 en medio del actual aumento mundial de los contagios. MSC Cruises confirmó que 45 pasajeros que dieron positivo por covid-19 desembarcaron de su buque MSC Grandiosa en el puerto italiano
Continue Reading CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One of the survivors of a racist massacre at an African American church in South Carolina has started giving out scholarships from her foundation to students who want to provide health care to prisoners. Polly Daniels Sheppard set aside money from speaking engagements and other events to create the Polly Sheppard
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By Kristina Sgueglia and Melanie Schuman, CNN The Albany district attorney will not prosecute former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a misdemeanor sex crime charge of forcible touching after reviewing the evidence in the case despite finding the complainant “cooperative” and “credible.” “While many have an opinion regarding the allegations against the former Governor,
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — A new year means the start of the PGA Tour’s new media rights deal. The digital rights now are with ESPN+ and that means a lot more content. Along with two featured groups for the PGA Tour Live offering, ESPN+ will have a marquee group
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza París (CNN) — Armados con explosivos caseros, alimentados por teorías de conspiración y fermentados durante la pandemia, las autoridades de Francia dijeron que “The Overthrow” fue una creación potencialmente peligrosa, con el objetivo de crear un complot para atentar contra el gobierno de Francia. Según documentos vistos por CNN de la DGSI,
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for over 140 days to protest being imprisoned without charge will end his fast after reaching a deal with Israel to be released next month. Hisham Abu Hawash, a 40-year-old father of five and a member of the
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street is having a topsy-turvy moment. Long-term Treasury yields have shot up dramatically, and investors in stocks are cheering the bond market’s big moves. That doesn’t happen often. So what gives? Rising rates are supposed to be a bad sign for stocks. In theory, higher yields for
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Dalal Mawad, CNN French TV star Igor Bogdanoff has died of Covid-19, six days after his twin brother Grichka died due to the same disease, the brothers’ lawyer confirmed to CNN Tuesday. Maitre Eduoard de Lamaze said he was informed about the deaths by the twins’ relatives. “They are dead from
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By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office says they are investigating how almost 600 packages from Amazon ended up dumped in a rural area northeast of Oklahoma City. According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, the packages, all from Amazon, were found on New Year’s Eve. Some of the packages
Continue Reading Opinion by Jessica A. Roth for CNN Business Perspectives After three months of testimony and seven days of deliberations, the jurors in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes found her guilty on four charges of defrauding investors. But she was acquitted of four other charges related to the alleged scheme to defraud patients, and the jury
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CNN, THERANOS, SKETCHES BY VICKY BEHRINGER Opinion by Jessica A. Roth for CNN Business Perspectives After three months of testimony and seven days of deliberations, the jurors in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes found her guilty on four charges of defrauding investors. But she was acquitted of four other charges related to the alleged scheme
Continue Reading CNN, WFOR By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden will receive a briefing from his Covid-19 response team and deliver remarks on the Omicron variant Tuesday afternoon, as the US reached more than 100,000 hospitalizations due to to the illness for the first time in four months. “In the briefing, the President will hear about
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the federal government is doubling the US’ order for Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce hospitalizations and severe illness significantly. “Production is in full swing. The United States has more pills than any other country in
Continue Reading ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. government says it charged one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse as it unsealed a complaint that revealed federal authorities had interviewed several months ago while he was hiding in Jamaica. Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios, a
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