By Megan Marples, CNN Get your binoculars ready because meteors will paint the sky with their fleeting light Wednesday morning. The Leonid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours on November 17. This meteor shower is known for having a storm every 33 years, with the last storm happening in 2002, NASA said.
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration plans to purchase 10 million doses of Pfizer’s experimental antiviral Covid-19 pill and is finalizing the contract now, according to a source familiar with the plans. The announcement could come as soon as this week. The administration had initially planned to purchase about 5 million doses, but after
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former President Donald Trump‘s attorneys are framing his attempt to keep secret records from his presidency as a clash between the executive and legislative branches that could give Congress lopsided power, according to Trump’s argument brief in the major court case related to the House’s January 6
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC is aiming to help sports write fair, inclusive eligibility rules for transgender and intersex athletes. The Olympic body has now published advice shifting the focus from individual athlete testosterone levels and calling for evidence to prove when a performance advantage exists. The IOC says no athlete should be excluded
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By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN The White House and top Democrats are expecting a highly anticipated estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to show that their sweeping plan to expand the social safety net will fail to meet President Joe Biden’s promise to not add to the federal deficit. But
Continue ReadingBy AYAH GALAL, KEVIN HOGAN Click here for updates on this story EAST LIME, Connecticut (WFSB) — Dozens of students at East Lyme High School walked out of class on Tuesday. Students gathered on the school’s football field around 9 a.m. They said they were frustrated by alleged racist texts from a student that recently
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Will Smith wouldn’t seem an obvious candidate for a mid-life crisis. He’s hugely successful, immensely popular, indefatigably sunny. But Smith, who stars in the upcoming drama “King Richard,” as Richard Williams, father and coach to Venus and Serena Williams, is reemerging after an extensive period of introspection. The 53-year-old,
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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The suit filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states was dated Monday. It comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The suit filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states was dated Monday. It comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The suit filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states was dated Monday. It comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors reviewed solid earnings reports from retailers and an encouraging update on consumer spending. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. Home Depot rose 5.7% after the home improvement retailer
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose on Wall Street Tuesday as investors reviewed solid earnings reports from retailers and an encouraging update on consumer spending. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.8%. Home Depot rose 6% after the home improvement retailer reported
Continue ReadingBy KAITLYN NAPLES Click here for updates on this story LITCHFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Two people were taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a car slammed into a CVS Pharmacy in Litchfield. It happened just after noon at the CVS on West Street. State police said EMS and the local fire department responded to
Continue Reading CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson leading receiver Justyn Ross will miss this week’s game against No. 13 Wake Forest with a foot injury. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday Ross has dealt with a stress fracture in his foot most of the season. The coach says Ross will need a screw in his foot and
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s bipartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline for redrawing political maps, meaning the task will now be taken up by the state Supreme Court. This is the first time the panel has failed to finish its work since the state adopted a
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix leads the streaming world with 213 million subscribers. Now the company is making it easier to see what they are watching. The platform is launching “Top 10 on Netflix,” a new stand-alone website that will showcase weekly global numbers for its most popular and bingeable content, the company announced
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A Marshall man is seriously injured after a wreck Tuesday morning on Highway 65 south of Georgetown road.
Continue Reading By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock says Justin Fuente is out as the Hokies’ football coach. The AD had told Fuente in a meeting last Wednesday that his return next year was far from certain. Fuente decided not to wait around. Babcock says the Fuente “wanted to move
Continue Reading By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The pandemic spurred foundations to change their grant-making practices in ways long sought by nonprofits, although many philanthropies have already started to reverse some of those changes, according to a new study of nearly 300 grantmakers. The changes sought by nonprofits include more unrestricted
Continue Reading By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The pandemic spurred foundations to change their grant-making practices in ways long sought by nonprofits, although many philanthropies have already started to reverse some of those changes, according to a new study of nearly 300 grantmakers. The changes sought by nonprofits include more unrestricted
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