By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Grocery store shelves across America are wiped clean, and they’re staying empty as stores struggle to quickly restock everyday necessities such as milk, bread, meat, canned soups and cleaning products. Disgruntled shoppers have unleashed their frustration on social media over the last several days, posting photos on Twitter of bare
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By KATIE OYAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Native American communities have seen more robust news coverage in recent years, in part because of an increase in Indigenous affairs reporting positions at U.S. newsrooms and support from foundations. A Media Impact Funders report found journalism-focused philanthropy quadrupled from 2009 to 2019. An increasingly diverse population
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By KATIE OYAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Native American communities have seen more robust news coverage in recent years, in part because of an increase in Indigenous affairs reporting positions at U.S. newsrooms and support from foundations. A Media Impact Funders report found journalism-focused philanthropy quadrupled from 2009 to 2019. An increasingly diverse population
Continue Reading By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s president wants to add sections on climate change and environmental issues to the national school curriculum to enable students to learn more about the challenges the world faces from climate change. President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday launched a public debate over 141-page report at the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the College Football Playoff, a four-team seeded postseason format which began for the 2014 season and replaced the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). January 10, 2022 – The Georgia Bulldogs defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 in the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium
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SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova has closed in on the women’s World Cup slalom season title by posting the fastest first-run time in a night race. Vlhova led Lena Dürr of Germany by 0.27 seconds. Canada’s Ali Nullmeyer and Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener both finished 0.35 behind in third. Mikaela Shiffrin was in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El trabajo de Óscar Mosnalve es hacer reír. Todos los días frente al micrófono da su popular grito de batalla —”¡arrrrrrrrriba raiting!”— con el que acompaña a los oyentes de el tradicional programa de radio ‘La Luciérnaga’ que se trasmite en las tardes en varias ciudades de Colombia. Allí
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings have hired Nicklas Lidstrom as vice president of hockey operations. Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman says his former teammate will be based in his native Sweden and involved in every aspect of helping him run the organization. Lidstrom’s job duties will include evaluating professional and amateur players.
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By Ben Church, CNN Kelechi Iheanacho scored a goal of real quality as Nigeria won its opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations against Egypt. The Leicester striker scored the winning goal in the first half, firing his half-volley high into net after pivoting exquisitely on the edge of the box. Considering his form
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN As Covid-19 cases skyrocketed across Britain in late December, Stuart Guest spent his vacation poring over scientific reports about air cleaning and filtration systems. Guest, a head teacher at an elementary school in Birmingham, England, scoured Amazon for affordable air purifiers in the hopes of stopping the more transmissible Omicron variant
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer A federal labor board said that Amazon workers in a facility in Bessemer, Alabama will vote by mail next month in a re-run election to decide whether or not to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board said that the ballots will be mailed out Feb. 4 and must be
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The state-run National News Agency and a lawyer say a Lebanese judge has issued a travel ban for the country’s central bank governor. The move comes after a corruption lawsuit accused him of embezzlement and dereliction of duty during the country’s financial meltdown. The decision was the
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business America’s love of debt-fueled spending is making a comeback. During the pandemic, some consumer balance sheets started to improve. Flush with additional cash — from wage increases, stimulus payments, loan forbearance or just fewer opportunities for spending — consumers kept their credit card balances in check. But old spending habits
Continue Reading By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, COLLEEN LONG and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden will use a speech in Georgia to endorse changing Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, saying it’s time to choose “democracy over autocracy.” But some civil rights groups won’t be there, in protest of what they
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By Whitney Wild, CNN US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger and House Sergeant at Arms William Walker are working to identify officers with extremist views who could impact security at the Capitol, they told lawmakers on Tuesday. The comments come a year after the deadly Capitol insurrection, which put a spotlight on the law enforcement
Continue Reading By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during an arrest that ended in his death are scheduled to appear in federal court for a pretrial conference. Tuesday’s hearing in St. Paul could address a host of issues, including what evidence
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — State education officials say the Kansas City public school district has earned full accreditation, effective immediately. Tuesday’s announcement means the district will be fully accredited for the first time since 2000. The State Board of Education said the district has improved its academics and instructional systems and has gained stability
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Police in Italy have arrested a nurse on charges he faked giving coronavirus vaccinations to at least 45 people so they could get a health pass without actually getting the shot. The nurse ditched the vaccines in a bin and even put bandages on his “patients” so the scam would not be
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has announced a second round of sales tax cuts as part of the right-wing government’s efforts to fight inflation after it reached a 21-year high last month. Premier Mateusz Morawiecki said Tuesday that the tax on engine fuels will be cut to 8% from 23% from February through
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Algunos residentes del edificio residencial del Bronx donde un incendio mató a 17 personas este domingo pueden regresar a los apartamentos del último piso, dijo a CNN este martes el Manejo de Emergencias de la Ciudad de Nueva York (NYCEM). “Algunos residentes ahora pueden reubicar apartamentos en los pisos superiores”,
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