By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses. But in a separate challenge, some justices seemed more open
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By LISA RATHKE Associated Press The state of Vermont says investment management company Merrill has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle allegations over its handling of accounts used related to the fraud in various northern Vermont developments involving foreign investors’ money. A motion seeking approval of the settlement agreement was filed Thursday in federal
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Schools are not only wrestling with how to educate children amid the surge in coronavirus cases. They are also contending with feeding kids as inflation and supply chain problems disrupt their ability to serve meals. That’s why the US Department of Agriculture is pumping an estimated $750 million more into school
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By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’ newly announced communications director Jamal Simmons is apologizing for decade-old tweets on “undocumented folks” that resurfaced after news of his appointment. A trio of tweets from November 2010 got renewed attention in the day since Simmons’ hiring was reported. In one, he wrote, “Just saw 2 undocumented
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Welcome to 2022, or as the Internet has been calling it, Season 3 of 2020. Whatever the new year has in store for you, there’s one positive you can count on — and hopefully it’s not your rapid Covid test: New TV. While not everything here has a premiere date set
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By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has denied a request to lower a $500,000 bail set for two parents who with their son are charged in a fatal Michigan school shooting. The judge says James and Jennifer Crumbley failed to turn themselves in when charged with involuntary manslaughter on Dec. 3
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A spokesperson for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he “will not pay one penny in attempts at civil extortion” after a judge dismissed the only criminal charge against him in connection with sexual harassment allegations. Cuomo made a virtual appearance Friday
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN The arid deserts and shrublands in Australia weren’t always that way, according to a newly discovered and extraordinarily well-preserved fossil site in New South Wales. The fossilized spiders, cicadas, wasps, plants and fish, which date back to between 11 million and 16 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch, are painting
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By The Associated Press Brandin Echols had a feeling something special was going to happen. The New York Jets rookie cornerback could picture it throughout practice last week: Tom Brady would throw a pass in his direction and he’d take care of the rest. Sure enough, in the closing seconds of the first half against
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A gas driller has waived its right to a preliminary hearing on criminal charges that it acted with “long-term indifference” toward a Pennsylvania community where high levels of methane leaked into residential groundwater supplies. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. is charged with breaking state environmental laws. A grand jury says
Continue Reading By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s biggest gas drillers is facing newer allegations of pollution in a rural community where it’s already charged with crimes for fouling residents’ drinking water wells with high levels of methane. Cabot Oil & Gas on Friday waived its right to a preliminary hearing on criminal charges that
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, invitó este viernes al presidente Joe Biden a pronunciar el discurso anual sobre el Estado de la Unión ante el Congreso el 1 de marzo. “Le escribo para invitarlo a dirigirse a una Sesión Conjunta del Congreso el martes 1 de marzo para
Continue Reading NEWBERRYTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police who pulled over a suspected drunken or drugged driver in Pennsylvania discovered a live deer that had apparently been hit and then placed in the hatchback area of her car. The animal was freed after the stop Thursday by police in Newberry Township. Police say the car’s occupants told officers
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has dismissed the only criminal charge filed against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in connection with the sexual harassment allegations that drove him from office. The expected procedural move had been requested by prosecutors and came as they, Cuomo and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s administration is set to open debate on increased spending this year for state employee pay and other services. The Republican governor proposes adding $91 million in additional spending to give 5.5% raises to prison guards, social service workers and people who treat the mentally ill. Parson
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business In a turbulent year when the pandemic continued to upend the business of movie-going and streaming blockbusters at home became commonplace, one thing returned to normal: Disney topped the box office. Disney was Hollywood’s top studio in North America last year with a 25% market share at the box office.
Continue Reading CATSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Graphic video made public Friday shows a man who doused himself in hand sanitizer bursting into flames when police officer used a stun gun to subdue him at a New York police station in October. Security footage released by the state attorney general’s office shows 29-year-old Jason Jones rolling on the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Dallas Mavericks will be without coach Jason Kidd Friday night against the Houston Rockets. The Mavericks announced Kidd has entered the health and safety protocols. Assistant coach Sean Sweeney will be Dallas’ acting head coach. Dallas currently is fifth in the Western Conference and has won four straight. The Mavericks
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colorado (AP) — In Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles for families trying to rebuild. Shortages of workers and raw materials are making rebuilding slower and more expensive. In areas where real
Continue Reading By PATTY NIEBERG and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colorado (AP) — In Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles for families trying to rebuild. Shortages of workers and raw materials are making rebuilding slower and more expensive. In areas where real
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