By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan says dozens of protesters have been killed in attacks on government buildings and at least 12 police officers died. One of the officers was found beheaded. A police spokeswoman says there were attempts to storm buildings in Almaty overnight and “dozens of attackers were
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and Wall Street futures have tumbled after investors saw minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting as a sign the U.S. central bank might hike interest rates faster to cool inflation. Benchmarks in London and Frankfurt opened down more than 1%. Tokyo lost nearly 3%.
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and Wall Street futures have tumbled after investors saw minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting as a sign the U.S. central bank might hike interest rates faster to cool inflation. Benchmarks in London and Frankfurt opened down more than 1%. Tokyo lost nearly 3%.
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By Maegan Vazquez, Clare Foran and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection by forcefully calling out former President Donald Trump for attempting to undo American democracy, saying such an insurrection must never happen again. Biden vowed to defend the nation’s founding ideals from the
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Just days after taking office, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg released a memo detailing new charging, bail, plea and sentencing policies that he said he believes will make the city safer and the criminal justice system more fair, yet the plan faces criticism from police union leaders. Among the crimes Bragg
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By Katia Hetter, CNN Schools are shutting down and children’s hospitals are filling up with young patients sick from the latest, most highly transmissible coronavirus variant, Omicron. Parents and caregivers are once again faced with what to do to keep their kids safe and occupied during another year of pandemic life. Is it OK to
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los abogados todavía están tratando de comunicarse con los padres de 237 niños migrantes que fueron separados en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México bajo la administración Trump, en comparación con los 270 de noviembre, según un expediente presentado en la corte federal este miércoles. La presentación del Departamento de
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany has found itself facing a series of challenges in its relations with Russia and China that have been testing the foreign policy mettle of the new government since it took office last month. Among them are Moscow’s military build-up near Ukraine and the diplomatic fallout from
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany has found itself facing a series of challenges in its relations with Russia and China that have been testing the foreign policy mettle of the new government since it took office last month. Among them are Moscow’s military build-up near Ukraine and the diplomatic fallout from
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By Megan Marples, CNN Homes adorned with twinkling holiday lights are a common sight in December, but by January, many lights are gone. Not this year. Many people are looking to keep the holiday spirit going. In communities big and small, people are calling on their fellow neighbors to keep their lights hung through the
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By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna, Paul P. Murphy, Taylor Romine and Laura Dolan, CNN Three women who were sisters and all but one of their children were identified as the victims in the fire at a Philadelphia row home that left 12 people dead, according to their cousins, Frank and Pamela McDonald. Sisters Rosalee McDonald,
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By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Locked in a dispute over his COVID-19 vaccination status, Novak Djokovic is confined to an immigration detention hotel in Australia as he awaits a ruling on whether can compete in the Australian Open later this month. Djokovic, the No. 1 men’s tennis player in the world, is a vocal
Continue Reading By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Locked in a dispute over his COVID-19 vaccination status, Novak Djokovic is confined to an immigration detention hotel in Australia as he awaits a ruling on whether can compete in the Australian Open later this month. Djokovic, the No. 1 men’s tennis player in the world, is a vocal
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By Travis Caldwell and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children are soaring in the United States, with an average of 4.3 children under 5 per 100,000 hospitalized with an infection as of the week ending January 1, up from 2.6 children the previous week, according to data from the US Centers for Disease
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN While the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to drive up Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations — and the numbers are likely to get worse before they get better — health experts say it’s critical Americans continue safe practices to prevent infections. “I don’t buy the idea that we are all going to
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department says a police officer fatally shot a burglary suspect who stabbed and killed a police dog and stabbed another officer in the face. The Seattle Times reports that the department’s K-9 team responded to a report of a man with a machete and knife breaking into a residence
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan says dozens of protesters have been killed in attacks on government buildings and at least 12 police officers died. One of the officers was found beheaded. A police spokeswoman says there were attempts to storm buildings in Almaty overnight and “dozens of attackers were liquidated.” She spoke on state
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan says dozens of protesters have been killed in attacks on government buildings and at least 12 police officers died. One of the officers was found beheaded. A police spokeswoman says there were attempts to storm buildings in Almaty overnight and “dozens of attackers were liquidated.” She spoke on state
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By Helen Regan, CNN Violent protests in Kazakhstan in recent days have seen the government resign and the declaration of a state of emergency as troops from a Russian-led military alliance head to the Central Asian country to help quell the unrest. It’s the biggest challenge yet to autocratic President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s rule, with initial
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — A few weeks ago, nobody would have seen this coming. Not even Omer Yurtseven. Consider all the stellar big men who have worn a Miami Heat uniform over the years, a list that includes Shaquille O’Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Chris Bosh, Udonis Haslem and Bam Adebayo just
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