By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL has postponed the Seattle Kraken’s home game scheduled for Thursday against Ottawa because of COVID-19 problems with the Senators. It’s the 92nd NHL game to be postponed for coronavirus-related reasons this season. Several of those are linked to attendance restrictions in Canada. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres added
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL has postponed the Seattle Kraken’s home game scheduled for Thursday against Ottawa because of COVID-19 problems with the Senators. It’s the 92nd NHL game to be postponed for coronavirus-related reasons this season. Several of those are linked to attendance restrictions in Canada. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres added
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BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group has verbally attacked the king of Saudi Arabia, saying Riyadh helped spread extremist Islamic ideology worldwide and is taking the thousands of Lebanese who work in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region as “hostages.” Hassan Nasrallah’s statements during a speech in Beirut came in response to
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ralf Rangnick has fallen to his first loss as Manchester United manager after Joao Moutinho’s 82nd-minute strike earns Wolverhampton a 1-0 win in the English Premier League. Outplayed for much of the game, United’s players look like they would survive for a point until Moutinho met a defensive headed clearance with
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By Omar Jimenez and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The Chicago Teachers Union is planning to convene an emergency meeting to vote on whether its teachers should move to virtual teaching amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, according to a union official, setting up a potential “electronic lockout” by the school district. Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest
Continue Reading Health experts and education officials talk about the return to school as pediatric Covid-19 cases hit an all-time high.
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Martin O’Malley, former governor of Maryland. Personal Birth date: January 18, 1963 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Martin Joseph O’Malley Father: Thomas O’Malley, attorney Mother: Barbara (Suelzer) O’Malley, receptionist for Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) Marriage: Catherine “Katie” Curran O’Malley (1990-present) Children: Grace, Tara,
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new space telescope is doing well more than a week after liftoff, following a pair of problems overcome by ground controllers. Officials said Monday that the huge sunshield on the James Webb Space Telescope is now fully open and in the process of
Continue Reading By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The nation’s longest-serving secretary of state who built a reputation for fiercely defending New Hampshire’s position at the front of the presidential primary calendar says he will be stepping down. The 73-year-old Bill Gardner was first elected by the Legislature in 1976. He was reelected to
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EL PASO, Texas — Rent prices are on the rise in El Paso, but they aren’t just increasing in the Borderland. According to Scott Lynch, who is the Executive Director of the El Paso Apartment Association, he estimates there’s been an 11% rent increase throughout the United States. In a typical year with rent increases,
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Movie theater chain AMC was a darling of the meme stock crowd in 2021, soaring nearly 1,200% last year thanks to love from rowdy Reddit fans. So what does AMC plan to do for a sequel? For starters, it wants to clean up its balance sheet, which is
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation has plunged the country’s already fragile democratic transition into further turmoil. He said in a national address Sunday that he was stepping down after his efforts to build a political consensus following an October military coup failed. The African country has
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The trailer for a new documentary “Janet” about Janet Jackson is hinting at revelations about the superstar’s life and long career.
Continue Reading CNN By Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The New York attorney general’s office has subpoenaed two of former President Donald Trump‘s children for testimony as part of its civil investigation into whether the Trump Organization manipulated the values of its properties. The disclosure was made public Monday in a court filing where the judge
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN A 2009 settlement agreement between sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre — the woman who accused him of sexual abuse and of trafficking her to Prince Andrew and other men — was unsealed Monday. It shows that Epstein paid Giuffre $500,000 to drop the case without any admission of
Continue Reading A 2009 settlement agreement between sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre — the woman who accused him of sexual abuse and of trafficking her to Prince Andrew and other men — was unsealed. CNN’s Paul Callan talks to Hala Gorani about the settlement.
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Apple has reached yet another major milestone. The iPhone maker topped a market value of $3 trillion Monday — the first publicly traded company ever to be worth that much. Shares of Apple were briefly up about 3% to a new all-time high of $182.88, surpassing the $182.85
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians says he cares about wide receiver Antonio Brown and hopes the best for him. “I wish him well,” Arians said at his weekly press conference on Monday remotely. “I hope if he needs help, get some … It’s very hard because I do care
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Business) — El Consumer Electronics Show (CES), que suele ser una de las mayores ferias tecnológicas del año, sigue adelante con sus planes de albergar en persona una parte del evento esta semana, a pesar de la amenaza de la variante ómicron del coronavirus. Aunque el evento volverá a Las Vegas por primera
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Having to negotiate for what you want can feel like getting a root canal. You’d rather not do it, but sometimes it’s necessary. That’s especially the case when it comes to money. Whether you’re negotiating for a higher salary, trying to settle on a price for something you’re buying, or
Continue Reading MONACO (AP) — Monaco has appointed coach Philippe Clement on a 2 1/2-year deal after firing Niko Kovac during the midseason break. The 2017 French league champion says on its website that the 47-year-old Clement has signed on until June 2024 from Belgian side Club Brugge. Monaco vice president Oleg Petrov calls Clement “the fitting
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 2009 lawsuit settlement that Prince Andrew’s lawyers claim protects him from being sued by an American woman has been publicly released. The lawyers said the $500,000 settlement between Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein was released in Manhattan federal court on Monday. The prince’s attorneys
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estoy realmente cansada. De verdad. No creo que haya dormido una noche completa en los últimos cuatro años. ¿Qué podría causar mis problemas de sueño?, te preguntas. Soy madre de dos niños pequeños, de 2 y 4 años, que nunca han dormido de corrido toda la noche, a excepción de un
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Mercedes has unveiled a new all-electric concept car, the EQXX, that the company claims can go 620 miles on a single charge. The futuristic luxury car is also made with a host of innovative recycled and sustainable materials including mushroom fibers, ground up cacti and trash such as food scraps.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva Delhi (CNN Business) — El gobierno indio dice que investiga un sitio web que supuestamente ofrecía mujeres musulmanas en venta, la segunda vez en menos de un año que una falsa subasta en línea de este tipo provocó indignación en el país. El sitio web fue creado en GitHub, una plataforma
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Olympic speedskating trials will be held without fans or media because of the surge in COVID-19 cases. US Speedskating made the announcement just two days before the start of the trials at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee. The five-day trials will determine the long-track team that will represent
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press A winter storm hitting the mid-Atlantic combined with the pandemic to further frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first few days of the new year. According to tracking service FlightAware more than 3,000 U.S. flights and more
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Laura Smith-Spark and Francesca Street, CNN British-born Sikh army officer Preet Chandi has become the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition to the South Pole Chandi, who has spent the past few months skiing solo and unsupported across Antarctica, announced on January 3 that she’d completed the 700 mile trek in 40
Continue Reading A large fire has reignited after tearing through South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town, causing the roof of one building to collapse and gutting the chamber of the National Assembly. Cape Town Fire Department spokesperson Jermaine Carelese speaks with CNN’s Zain Asher.
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — A city prosecutor says an 18-year-old woman told investigators that she shot an off-duty Cleveland police officer during a carjacking. Tamara McLoyd made her first court appearance Monday on aggravated murder charges in Friday’s fatal shooting of 25-year-old Shane Bartek. A judge set her bond at $5 million and told her to
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