AP: States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s…
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AP: States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s…
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Blast targeting Kabul mosque leaves ‘a number of civilians dead,’ Taliban spokesman says
By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN An explosion ripped through a crowd outside the entrance of a mosque in central Kabul on Sunday,…
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Syria’s Assad calls Jordan’s king amid thaw in relations
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II has received a call from Syrian President Bashar Assad. Sunday’s call is the first between…
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‘SNL’s’ new Joe Biden hilariously tries to unite Democrats
“Saturday Night Live” opened its 47th season with new cast member James Austin Johnson taking on the role of President Joe…
Continue Reading Up to 3,200 pedophiles worked in French Catholic Church since 1950, independent commission says
By Simon Bouvier, Saskya Vandoorne and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Between 2,900 and 3,200 pedophile clergymen have worked in the French Catholic Church since…
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal: $1.5 trillion for economic bill is ‘too small’ and ‘not going to happen’
By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal said Sunday that the $1.5 trillion figure for the economic…
Continue Reading Democrats see political peril in replacing Minneapolis PD
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal on the Minneapolis ballot about the future of policing in the city where George…
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Poland: police confiscate journalist’s computer equipment
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland have confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a…
Continue Reading Poland: police confiscate journalist’s computer equipment
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in Poland have confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a…
Continue Reading 11 people rescued after boat overturns in Seattle
By Alta Spells, CNN Eleven people were rescued after their boat overturned near downtown Seattle on Saturday night, the Seattle Fire Department said.…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ pokes fun at school board meeting chaos
“Saturday Night Live” returned to the airwaves and parodied some of the chaos at school board meetings seen across the United States as students…
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ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather: Sunny Sunday, warming trend
Good Sunday morning. Today will be a lot like yesterday with sunny skies and no rain chances. The only difference is that it’ll be a few degrees…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Nobel Prize … Women’s March … Coronavirus … Afghanistan … Miya Marcano
By Faith Karimi, CNN A California couple visiting an Arkansas state park found a 4.38-carat diamond on the ground. “I didn’t know it was…
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Rennes beats PSG 2-0 to hand league leader its 1st defeat
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Rennes scored just before and after the break to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 and hand the runaway…
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Chicago residents are fighting to save Navy Pier’s Crystal Gardens, one of the city’s only indoor green spaces
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Celine Wysgalla remembers the first time she stepped foot into Crystal Gardens as a 5-year-old, her tiny body overshadowed by…
Continue Reading US raises concern as China flies warplanes south of Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Chinese military flew 16 warplanes over waters south of Taiwan on Sunday as the United States expressed concern about…
Continue Reading Pope calls for more humane prison life after Ecuador deaths
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has called for “more humane” prison life in the wake of bloodshed in a prison in Ecuador in which 118 people…
Continue Reading New Zealand says foreign nationals must have coronavirus vaccination to enter country from November
By Hira Humayun, Wayne Chang and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN All foreign nationals entering New Zealand will need to be fully vaccinated from November 1,…
Continue Reading How America ruined Christmas
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business The supply chain nightmare that’s been plaguing the global economy for over a year is about to snarl the…
Continue Reading Merkel urges Germans to keep fighting for democracy
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germans must keep working for democracy, as the country celebrated the 31st anniversary of the…
Continue Reading Johnson eyes post-COVID economy as UK Conservatives meet
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’s ready to take “bold decisions” to rebuild the…
Continue Reading Johnson eyes post-COVID economy as UK Conservatives meet
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’s ready to take “bold decisions” to rebuild the…
Continue Reading An oil spill off the California coast destroyed a wildlife habitat and caused dead birds and fish to wash up on Huntington Beach, officials say
By Alta Spells, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN A swath of the Southern California coast is covered with oil after 3,000 barrels’ worth gushed…
Continue Reading GOP lawmakers push to uncover ‘bias’ in Covid probe during contentious classified intel briefing
By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Williams, CNN Frustrations boiled over during a closed-door intelligence briefing last week as Republican lawmakers…
Continue Reading Pressure is growing on Biden to lift Trump’s tariffs as supply chain problems worsen
By Katie Lobosco, CNN There’s a quick move President Joe Biden could make to immediately help relieve the stress the pandemic-related supply…
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Want to help the climate crisis? Don’t toss your old iPhone, fix it
By Rachel Ramirez and Clare Duffy, CNN The life cycle of a smartphone begins in mines around the world. There, raw materials and rare earth metals…
Continue Reading Want to help the climate crisis? Don’t toss your old iPhone, fix it
CNN By Rachel Ramirez and Clare Duffy, CNN The life cycle of a smartphone begins in mines around the world. There, raw materials and rare earth…
Continue Reading Bomb at Kabul mosque kills 5 civilians, Taliban say
SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least five civilians were killed in a bomb blast outside a Kabul mosque Sunday, a…
Continue Reading Florida school shooting suspect faces trial for jail brawl
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The suspect in the 2018 killing of 17 people at a Florida high school goes on trial…
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