By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has set the stage for a showdown this month over voting rights — pledging to muscle through sweeping new federal legislation aimed at counteracting moves by Republicans in state capitols to restrict access to the ballot. But to do so, he must accomplish a near-impossible feat
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the unemployment rate dropping to a new pandemic low in December and credited his economic agenda with getting America “back on its feet,” even as Friday’s job report showed the US economy added fewer jobs than expected last month. The US economy added 199,000 jobs
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los investigadores están trabajando para determinar la causa de un incendio mortal en Filadelfia que terminó con la vida de 12 personas el miércoles. Según Jane Roh, portavoz de la oficina del fiscal del distrito de Filadelfia, se está investigando si un niño menor de 5 años que jugaba con un
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin says there is “zero chance” the GOP-controlled Legislature will take over the awarding of the state’s 10 presidential elector votes in 2024, even as Democrats worry that is their goal. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The calendar changed, but the roller coaster ride for GameStop’s stock continues. GameStop shares jumped as much as 20% Friday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is creating a nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplace. After a wild 2021 for the video game retailer as a “meme stock”
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un sismo de magnitud 6,6 sacudió el noroeste de China este viernes, según datos del Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). La agencia informó que el epicentro del sismo se registró a 111 kilómetros al suroeste de la ciudad de Jinchang, provincia de Gansu, con una profundidad de
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La Fuerza Fronteriza de Australia (ABF, por sus siglas en inglés) retuvo a la tenista de primer nivel Renata Voráčová por problemas con su visa, mientras que el caso de de Novak Djokovic continúa causando polémica antes del Abierto de Australia. El caso Novak Djokovic en Australia: ¿cómo llegamos a esta polémica?
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. Fully vaccinated themselves for arguments Friday, the court’s six conservative justices appeared to view the administration’s requirement for businesses with at least
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. Fully vaccinated themselves for arguments Friday, the court’s six conservative justices appeared to view the administration’s requirement for businesses with at least
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. Fully vaccinated themselves for arguments Friday, the court’s six conservative justices appeared to view the administration’s requirement for businesses with at least
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida guard Lavender Briggs, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, will miss the remainder of the season because of a stress fracture in her left shin. Interim coach Kelly Rae Finley says she is “saddened for Lavender after seeing all the work she put in to come back this season.” Briggs
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The calendar changed, but the roller coaster ride for GameStop’s stock continues. GameStop shares jumped as much as 20% Friday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported the company is creating a nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplace. After a wild 2021 for the video game retailer as a “meme stock”
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Sidney Poitier, cuyo porte elegante y sus principios en la pantalla lo convirtieron en la primera estrella de cine negra de Hollywood, falleció a la edad de 94 años. Poitier se convirtió en el primer intérprete negro en ganar un premio de la Academia cuando se llevó a casa el Oscar
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By Sara Murray, CNN The Cyber Ninjas firm that oversaw the problem-plagued review of the 2020 results in Arizona’s Maricopa County is shuttering. Rod Thomson, a representative for the Cyber Ninjas, confirmed to CNN that company is shutting down. Thomson said, “$2 million debt from the Arizona audit and endless legal and character attacks on
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hospital officials across the state say a continuing surge in COVID-19 cases is straining their ability to provide care, particularly for patients who come to emergency departments. Some hospitals report people are waiting in emergency rooms for hours because of a lack of beds or staff, while rural hospitals are unable
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s family has asked a judge to show no lenience in sentencing three white men convicted of murder for chasing the running Black man and fatally shooting him. The Superior Court judge has limited sentencing options because murder carries a mandatory life sentence in Georgia.
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By Clare Foran and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s invitation to deliver the annual State of the Union address to Congress on March 1. On Friday, Pelosi sent Biden a letter inviting him to give the speech on that day “to share your vision of the State of
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a Houston bayou in 2020 has pleaded guilty for her role in the child’s death. Court records show Sahara Ervin pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, a human corpse, during a court hearing Wednesday. Maliyah Bass had been playing in her
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House confirmed Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the president a formal invitation to speak to Congress and the American public one year into his term. It will mark the
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Confusion is clouding the legality of vapes, gummies, teas and other products that include a chemical cousin of marijuana’s main intoxicating ingredient. A recent Kansas attorney general opinion, court decision and law change have raised questions for prosecutors and law enforcement as the products, which are
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