By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Richard Barron, who oversees elections in Georgia’s biggest Democratic county, is announcing his resignation Wednesday — following a tumultuous year that has included death threats against him and his staff and the potential takeover of election operations in the county by state officials. His announcement comes one day after municipal elections
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN With nearly 97% of Air Force service members vaccinated against Covid-19 by the service’s deadline on Tuesday, thousands of airmen have applied for religious exemptions, though none have yet been granted. According to data released by the Air Force as it reached its November 2 deadline, 96.9% of the roughly 326,000
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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Neal Smith, a World War II bomber pilot who became a successful lawyer before representing Iowa for 36 years in Congress, has died. He was 101. Smith was first elected in 1958 and remained until 1995, a tenure that made him Iowa’s long-serving U.S. House
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Kinnear was just a month away from making his Broadway debut in “To Kill a Mockingbird” when the pandemic shut theater down in March 2020. He’s not giving up: Early next year, he’ll try again. The two-time Emmy Award-winner and Oscar nominee is slated
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licenses has been released by French authorities. Owner Macduff Shellfish said the dredger had left Le Havre in northern France. French maritime police seized the Cornelis Gert
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By JILL LAWLESS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British-registered scallop boat caught up in a post-Brexit spat between the U.K. and France over fishing licenses has been released by French authorities. Owner Macduff Shellfish said the dredger had left Le Havre in northern France. French maritime police seized the Cornelis Gert
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters have reelected Mayor Jacob Frey after a bitter race that focused on calls for changes to policing and racial justice. More than a dozen candidates ran to be mayor, including many who took issue with the way the Democratic incumbent has handled changes to the
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have joined calls for the immediate restoration of a civilian-led government in Sudan after a military coup. A joint statement by the two nations, plus the United States and the United Kingdom, also urges the military to release those detained
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Green Bay Packers star QB Aaron Rodgers will sit out Sunday’s road game against the Kansas City Chiefs due to Covid-19 protocols, according to his team. Head coach Matt LaFleur on Wednesday wouldn’t confirm if Rodgers tested positive for the virus or give his vaccination status. LaFleur told reporters that last
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The attorney for a renowned New Orleans trumpet player says nothing would be gained by sending him to jail in a million-dollar charity fraud case. Claude Kelley made the argument in federal court Wednesday on behalf of Irvin Mayfield. Irvin and his musical partner, pianist Ronald
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According to the CDC starting Nov. 8 children between the ages of 5 and 11 are eligible for a low dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination.
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for killing her mother at a luxury resort in Bali has been indicted on federal murder conspiracy charges and taken into custody. A 2016 federal indictment unsealed Wednesday shows 26-year-old Heather
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Scavenger hunts and blow-up animals greeted children at some of California’s vaccination sites Wednesday, as children aged 5 to 11 got their first COVID-19 shots a day after the federal government approved kid-size doses. The state has an ambitious plan to offer
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A court in Belarus has handed prison sentences to two human rights activists, part of an ongoing crackdown on non-government organizations and independent media in the ex-Soviet nation. The court in the eastern city of Homiel on Wednesday sentenced 55-year-old Leanid Sudalenka to three years in
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By Tina Burnside, CNN Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was traveling more than 150 mph — his alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — before his car rear-ended another car, killing a 23-year-old woman, prosecutors said. The Raiders released Ruggs on Tuesday night after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Continue ReadingBy CBSLA Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Leticia Ruiz doesn’t enjoy sitting out on her porch in Koreatown as much these days because of the mountain of trash that covers her neighbor’s front yard. The putrid smell and the numerous critters have her retreating into the safety
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GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The United Nations climate conference has urged sports organizations and teams worldwide to meet environmental targets they signed up to. FIFA, the International Olympic Committee, the NFL, the NBA and the New York Yankees are among nearly 300 signatories to the Sports for Climate Action Framework since the Paris climate agreement
Continue Reading GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The United Nations climate conference has urged sports organizations and teams worldwide to meet environmental targets they signed up to. FIFA, the International Olympic Committee, the NFL, the NBA and the New York Yankees are among nearly 300 signatories to the Sports for Climate Action Framework since the Paris climate agreement
Continue ReadingBy CBSLA Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Long Beach City College has created a temporary solution, after seeing a dramatic increase of homeless students during the pandemic. “It is heartbreaking that we have to have a support like this because we do have students living in their
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By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek, Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum at the COP26 climate summit. Twenty countries have agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad in a deal announced Thursday. Several countries had already agreed to end international financing for coal, but this agreement
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