(CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation to avert a rail shutdown after congressional lawmakers raced to pass the measure amid concerns over the economic danger posed by a possible strike. The House passed the tentative rail agreement on Wednesday, and the Senate passed the legislation on Thursday as pressure mounted on lawmakers to act swiftly.
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The nation’s largest online retailer says this year’s thanksgiving weekend was its biggest ever. Amazon reported a record-breaking holiday shopping weekend… With its customers buying hundreds of millions of products between thanksgiving and cyber Monday. Some of the bestselling items on the website were the Echo Dot, Apple AirPods and Fire TV Stick, with New
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(CNN) — In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. The ruling removes a major obstacle to the Justice Department’s investigation into the mishandling of government records from Trump’s time in the White House. In a ruling
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The Biden Administration was dealt another setback in court Wednesday in its effort to revive a student loan debt relief policy. A second federal appeals court rejected a bid to put a ruling blocking the President’s student debt relief policy on hold. The court ruled Wednesday night that it would not pause a ruling from
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(CNN) — Christine McVie, the singer-songwriter behind some of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits, died Wednesday following a brief illness, according to a statement posted by her family on her verified Instagram account. She was 79. “On behalf of Christine McVie’s family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of Christine’s death. She passed
Continue Reading (CNN) — House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will make him the first Black person to lead one of the two major parties in either chamber of Congress. House Democrats met behind closed doors Wednesday morning on
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UPDATE: The Associated PressWASHINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate OKs landmark bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriages; House approval comes next. (CNN) — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on final passage of a bipartisan bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage. The bill is expected to pass the Senate. The House would then need
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(CNN) — An employee at a Virginia Walmart where six of her coworkers were killed said she filed a written complaint to the company of the suspected gunman’s “bizarre” behavior months before the shooting, according to a Tuesday filing in Chesapeake circuit court. The filing alleges that Walmart management knew of suspected gunman Andre Bing’s behavior and
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Adidas is launching an investigation into allegations of misconduct against the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Adidas cut ties with the artist in October after his anti-semitic tirades and is now looking into his behavior. Rolling Stone says it obtained a letter sent by former high-ranking employees of Yeezy to executive board members on Tuesday about “the toxic
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Originally Published: 24 NOV 22 15:22 ETUpdated: 24 NOV 22 15:36 ETBy Clare Duffy and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business (CNN) — Elon Musk said Thursday that he will begin restoring most previously banned accounts on Twitter starting next week, in his most wide-reaching move yet to undo the social media platform’s policy of permanently suspending users
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EL PASO, Texas — A formal emergency declaration from the federal government has been requested by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association want the government to support hospitals and communities amid a surge of pediatric respiratory illnesses. This comes as influenza
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If you have federal student loans, you won’t have to resume payments on January 1st. The Biden Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan payments. The extension comes as the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program is tied up in the courts. Officials had told borrowers the forgiveness program, which is worth up to $20,000
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Metallica’s annual “Helping Hands” charity concert will stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on December 16th. It will be simulcasted on Pluto T.V. globally and on YouTube. The third edition of the Helping Hands Concert & Auction will open with a special set from guest Greta Van Fleet followed by a unique set
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HOUSTON, Texas– Houston Police are confident they will find the person who killed rapper “Takeoff.” According to police, Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed outside a downtown Houston bowling alley on Nov. 1 while attending a private birthday party. The bowling alley is in a three-story retail complex with
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A Georgia appeals court has left in place a lower court order ruling allowing counties to offer early voting on November 26th in the state’s Senate runoff election. Election officials said early voting the Saturday after Thanksgiving violated a state law. Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker are in a runoff on December
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Colombian singer Maluma, who performed in one of the inaugural events for the World Cup, stormed off during an interview. During a broadcast on Israeli public television in Qatar, Maluma left the set calling Israel’s KAN News chief international correspondent Moav Vardi “rude.” Viral video shows the singer was asked about stars including Shakira and Dua Lipa,
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Rank-and-file members of the nation’s largest rail union, which represents the industry’s conductors, rejected a tentative labor deal with freight railroads, the union announced Today. That significantly raises the chance that major freight railroads crucial to the nation’s economy could be brought to a halt by a strike early next month. The nation’s second-largest rail union, which represents
Continue Reading (CNN) — Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday following her conviction in January for defrauding investors while running the failed blood testing startup Theranos. Holmes, who was found guilty in January on four charges of defrauding investors, faced up to 20 years in prison as well as a fine of $250,000 plus
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The President of Poland said Thursday he is trying to support the Ukrainian President. That’s following a missile strike that killed two people on Tuesday. The Polish President says it was a quote “unintentional incident”. He adds, all three parties involved, Poland, Ukraine, and the U.S. are collecting information, calling Tuesday’s incident a “tragic” accident. “Nobody wanted to hurt anyone in
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E. Jean Carroll says she is planning to file a sexual assault lawsuit against Former President Donald Trump next week. The former magazine columnist is suing under new york’s adult survivors act. The lawsuit will also include a new defamation claim for statements trump made last month. A D.C. appeals court is already reviewing a
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(CNN) — One US Customs and Border Protection agent is dead and two others injured after a shootout with suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Puerto Rico, according to agency spokesperson Jeffrey Quiñones. “An agent that was transported directly to a hospital in Mayagüez, we were told just a few minutes ago, they have
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(CNN) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Thursday that she will relinquish her leadership post, after leading House Democrats for two decades, building a legacy as one of the most powerful and polarizing figures in American politics. Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, said that she would continue to serve in the
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The FDA is working on a plan to fight bacterial illnesses caused by contaminated baby formula. The agency wants a bacterial infection called cronobacter added to the CDC’s list of reportable diseases. That would require doctors to notify officials of any cases. Two infants who consumed powdered formula from Abbott Nutrition last year developed cronobacter and died. That
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(CNN) — Republicans will win the House of Representatives, CNN projects, in a victory that will fall short of their hopes of a “red wave” but thwart President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and will likely subject his White House to relentless investigations. The fact that the GOP finally passed the threshold of 218 seats needed
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle Wednesday, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law. Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a
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NASA has finally launched its uncrewed Artemis I mission on a historic journey to the moon. The spacecraft took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11 pm local time. It’s flying without astronauts for a test mission headed for deep space, kicking off a 25-and-a-half-day journey around the moon. The rocket is now
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Editor’s note: The announcement is expected to begin at 7 p.m. PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is preparing to launch his third campaign for the White House on Tuesday, looking to move on from disappointing midterm defeats and defy history amid signs that his grip on the Republican Party is waning.
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EL PASO, Texas – Former Vice President Mike Pence has written an autobiography entitled ‘So Help Me God’ which is in bookstores and available online today. It is a chronicle of the events and people who forged Pence’s character, leading up to that historic day on January 6, 2021, when he reconvened Congress after the
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(CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Title 42 — a controversial rule that’s allowed US authorities to expel more than 1 million migrants who crossed the US-Mexico border. While the rule was drafted by the Trump administration during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has relied heavily on it to manage the increase of migrants
Continue Reading (CNN) — Poland convened an emergency meeting of national security officials on Tuesday, after Polish media reported projectiles killed two people near the border with Ukraine on Tuesday. It is unclear where the projectiles came from, but they landed in the NATO member’s territory roughly the same time as Russia launched its biggest wave of missile attacks on
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