By Daniel Dale, CNN In a speech in Michigan on Tuesday and again in a speech back in Washington on Friday, President Joe Biden touted the potential economic impact of his two major current legislative proposals: a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and a larger, still-being-negotiated Democratic reconciliation package that would expand the social safety
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN In a speech in Michigan on Tuesday and again in a speech back in Washington on Friday, President Joe Biden touted the potential economic impact of his two major current legislative proposals: a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and a larger, still-being-negotiated Democratic reconciliation package that would expand the social safety
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors’ announcement that he is a target of a corruption investigation. The 35-year-old Kurz said Saturday he has proposed that Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg replace him. Kurz himself
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns starting left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. will not play Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers due to a nagging ankle injury he suffered in the season opener at Kansas City. After listing him as questionable, the Browns ruled out Wills before flying to California. The
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DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school said that two people killed in a fiery midair collision earlier this month in Arizona were a flight instructor and a student. Dodge City Community College identified the instructor in a news release Friday as Jessica Brandal and the student as Michael Papendick. Chandler police said earlier
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers combing through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the Georgian city of Batumi have pulled out a man still alive more than a full day later. Nine people are known to have died when a section of the five-story building collapsed Friday in the country’s second-largest city. The
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Amid the growing prospect of more Covid-19 booster shots becoming available, an expert has suggested that some people could receive a dose of a different vaccine from the one they initially received. “I hope that when the FDA and CDC review data around Moderna and Johnson & Johnson that they will
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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 holiday shopping season. Think barren shelves, massive shipping delays, and no small amount of sticker shock. Merry Christmas, everyone! Although the pandemic lit the match, the United States has been setting
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi made it back home in time to see her wife Penny Taylor give birth to a baby girl _ the couple’s second child. Taurasi flew back to Phoenix from Las Vegas immediately after helping the Mercury beat the Aces in Game 5 of their semifinal series. She had 14 of
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man exonerated of a 1983 rape and murder after serving 37 years in prison is suing over his wrongful conviction in which a questionable bite mark was critical evidence. Robert DuBoise, 56, was freed from prison in August 2020 after untested
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Business) — Google decidió tomar medidas para que los negacionistas del cambio climático no puedan hacer plata a través de sus plataformas ni difundan desinformación sobre el clima a través de las publicidades. La compañía dijo el jueves que no permitirá más que aparezca publicidad junto a “contenidos que contradigan el consenso
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) informó al Estado boliviano que no solicitará medidas cautelares para la expresidenta interina Jeanine Áñez, que habían sido pedidas por la familia y su defensa. En nota remitida al canciller Rogelio Mayta este jueves, la secretaria ejecutiva de la CIDH, Tania Reneaum, explica: “Cumplo
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s centrist party has narrowly lost the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billionaire’s reign in power. With all the votes counted, the Czech Statistics Office said Together, a liberal-conservative three-party coalition, captured 27.8% of
Continue Reading By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Residents of the eastern Congolese city of Beni expressed concern after receiving the news that a new case of Ebola was confirmed only five months since the country declared an end to the last outbreak that killed six people in the region. Congo’s Health Ministry
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Residents of Kansas’ largest city no longer need to boil their water. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Saturday that it was rescinding the order that was put in place Thursday afternoon after a large water main break. It affected the city’s nearly 400,000 residents and some surrounding communities,
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Sanders, Digital Content Producer Click here for updates on this story GLASGOW VILLAGE, Missouri (KMOV) — After hours of deliberating, a jury found a 24-year-old man guilty of killing four people, including a 10-year-old boy, in north St. Louis County in 2017. Patricia Steward, 56, Joseph Corley, 20, Deandre Kelley Jr., 18, and
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have marched down Rome’s Via Veneto and other main streets to protest a government rule requiring COVID-19 vaccines or negative tests for workers to enter their offices. The requirement takes effect on Oct. 15 and applies to public and private workplaces. The protesters first
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators have marched down Rome’s Via Veneto and other main streets to protest a government rule requiring COVID-19 vaccines or negative tests for workers to enter their offices. The requirement takes effect on Oct. 15 and applies to public and private workplaces. The protesters first
Continue Reading SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga coach Mark Few will miss two exhibition games and the first game of the regular season after he was arrested last month on suspicion of driving under the influence. The school made the announcement before the Bulldogs’ kickoff event. Few will not be on the sideline for Gonzaga’s exhibition games
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Diana Taurasi has the Phoenix Mercury back in the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2014. Next up is Candace Parker and the Chicago Sky. These two teams met seven years ago for the championship — the last appearance for either team on the game’s biggest stage. Taurasi
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