By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents. A parole hearing for Oscar Pistorius was scheduled for last month and then canceled. The cancelation was partly because a
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands have rallied in Azerbaijan’s capital to mark the one year anniversary of the country’s victory in the six-week battle over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev declared Nov. 8 as Victory Day to mark the capture of the strategic city of Shusha by Azerbaijani forces. The city’s capture forced Armenia
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By Chris Isidore and Jill Disis, CNN Business Elon Musk sold roughly $5 billion worth of Tesla shares this week — his first such sale since 2016 — just days after conducting a Twitter poll asking his fans if he should dispose of 10% of his stake in the electric carmaker. According to filings with
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se espera que esta semana Pfizer solicite la autorización de uso de emergencia de un refuerzo de su vacuna de contra el covid-19 ante la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés), dijo este lunes un funcionario de la administración Biden. Si bien
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Randal Quarles announced Monday that he will resign from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors at the end of the year after completing a four-year term as the central bank’s top bank regulator, opening up another vacancy on the Fed’s influential board for President Joe Biden
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Randal Quarles announced Monday that he will resign from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors at the end of the year after completing a four-year term as the central bank’s top bank regulator, opening up another vacancy on the Fed’s influential board for President Joe Biden
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A witness at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial says he confronted a rifle-toting Rittenhouse with a gun of his own to try to stop the bloodshed. When asked what was going through his mind as he neared Rittenhouse, 27-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz testified,
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Hockey Federation says Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin has been given until Nov. 16 to respond to an allegation of doping dating back to 2013. RHF executive director Dmitry Kurbatov tells Russian news agencies that the World Anti-Doping Agency has raised questions about a sample given by Nichushkin in 2013
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Una abuela con siete nietos que emigró de Sri Lanka es la persona de mayor edad en obtener un máster en la Universidad de York, en Canadá, donde convirtió su pasión por la paz y el aprendizaje en un título de ciencias políticas. Varatha Shanmuganathan tiene 87 años, pero su alma
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Las compañías aéreas de toda Europa informan que sus vuelos están llenos o casi llenos en el primer día de reapertura de Estados Unidos a los viajeros internacionales vacunados. El grupo Lufthansa declaró a CNN que sus compañías operan hoy 31 vuelos a Estados Unidos, todos ellos con reservas completas.
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European lawmakers have pioneered efforts to rein in big technology companies and are working to strengthen those rules, putting them ahead of the United States and other parts of world. While Europe shares values with the U.S., none of the big tech companies that dominate online
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN “Yellowstone” Season 4 premiered Sunday night with plenty of new drama for the Duttons and a glimpse at an upcoming prequel series about the family. Starring Tim McGraw as James Dillard Dutton, “1883” will take viewers back in time to the Duttons establishing their homestead in Montana. “Yellowstone” stars award-winning
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern that the pandemic recession has had an unusually harmful economic effect on women, who have been forced to shoulder additional responsibilities for childcare, forcing many of them to leave work. The departure of so many mothers from the workforce
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern that the pandemic recession has had an unusually harmful economic effect on women, who have been forced to shoulder additional responsibilities for childcare, forcing many of them to leave work. The departure of so many mothers from the workforce
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BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Fire officials say a woman has died in a house fire in Bettendorf. Firefighters were called to the home late Saturday night and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of the house. Officials say a man was able to escape from the burning home, but a woman was
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich is already closing in on a record-extending 10th consecutive Bundesliga crown after just 11 games. There are still 23 matches to play but a lack of realistic rivals means the title race is a one-team procession. Bayern’s former chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge tells the Bild
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — European authorities say seven suspected hackers linked to ransomware attacks that targeted thousands of victims have been arrested since last February in a global cybercrime crackdown. Europol said Monday two suspected hackers believed to be linked to the ransomware gang REvil were arrested last week for involvement
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — European authorities say seven suspected hackers linked to ransomware attacks that targeted thousands of victims have been arrested since last February in a global cybercrime crackdown. Europol said Monday two suspected hackers believed to be linked to the ransomware gang REvil were arrested last week for involvement
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jurors in a Georgia courtroom are being shown graphic, close-up crime scene photos of the gunshot wounds that killed Ahmaud Arbery. Glynn County police Sgt. Sheila Ramos took the witness stand Monday during the second day of the trial of three white men who chased and
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Multiple first responder agencies will sign the Missouri Open Roads Agreement Monday morning.
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