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Four cleared of criminal damage over toppling of slave trader statue
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Four people have been cleared of causing criminal damage to a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston, which was pulled down and thrown into England’s River Avon, PA Media news agency reports. Demonstrators in the city of Bristol tied the bronze monument with rope before tearing it down during a
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Novak Djokovic in guarded room after landing in Australia
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s father says his son is being held in a room with police out front after landing in Melbourne for the Australian Open. The top-ranked Djokovic received a medical exemption to play at the first Grand Slam tournament of the season. The exemption allows
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Novak Djokovic in guarded room after landing in Australia
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s father says his son is being held in a room with police out front after landing in Melbourne for the Australian Open. The top-ranked Djokovic received a medical exemption to play at the first Grand Slam tournament of the season. The exemption allows
Continue Reading Trudeau calls party flight to Mexico a slap in the face
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls videos of a party on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico a “slap in the face” to those who have tried to stay safe during the pandemic and says the country’s airline regulator is investigating. Videos of
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Warren, Jayapal blast Google over efforts to “bully” and “sideline” DOJ’s top antitrust official
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Google must stop attempting to intimidate US antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department, according to two congressional Democrats. On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal wrote to Google CEO Sundar Pichai lambasting his company’s efforts to get Jonathan Kanter — DOJ’s top antitrust official — to recuse himself
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Here’s how US lawmakers could finally rein in Facebook
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business “Change is going to come. No question.” “We are serious about taking action.” “Here’s my message for Mark Zuckerberg: Your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying on children and teens is over. Congress will be taking action.” Facebook, now known as Meta, has faced scrutiny on
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Russian rocket stage makes uncontrolled entry into Earth’s atmosphere
By Katie Hunt, Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN An out-of-control Russian rocket stage has re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, according to the latest estimate from US Space Command, which has been tracking its descent. The Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket was launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia’s northwestern Arkhangelsk region on Monday, December 27. The launch
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Opting for pets over children is selfish and ‘takes away our humanity,’ says Pope Francis
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Pope Francis has criticized couples who choose to have pets instead of children as selfish, arguing that their decision to forgo parenthood leads to a loss of “humanity” and is a detriment to civilization. The Pope made the comments Wednesday while speaking to a general audience about Saint Joseph, Jesus’ earthly
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Missouri 2022 legislative session set to begin
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are returning to the Capitol for their annual legislative session. The 2022 session begins Wednesday and lasts through mid-May. The Republican-led Legislature’s priority will be to agree on new congressional districts based on 2020 census data. Lawmakers have until March 28 to send new
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ExxonMobil discovers more oil off Guyana’s coast
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — ExxonMobil says it has made two additional oil discoveries off the coast of Guyana as the South American country prepares to become the world’s newest major oil producer. The discovery announced Wednesday occurred in an area where officials believe they can extract at least 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The
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Goldman Sachs predicts bitcoin could hit $100,000
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin prices have pulled back lately — but Goldman Sachs still sees strong gains ahead in the coming years. The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency has fallen to about $43,000 after surging to a record high near $69,000 in November. Yet Goldman Sachs said in a report this week
Continue Reading How to get in on the real estate boom without actually buying a house
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business For many people, buying a home just wasn’t in the cards this year. There were too few homes for sale that were too expensive to buy. Indeed, home prices have been on a tear, with third quarter home prices up more than 18% from a year earlier, according to the
Continue ReadingUna increíble foto de un tiburón muestra una misteriosa marca de mordedura en su costado
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Lo primero que pensó el fotógrafo Jalil Najafov cuando vio al gran tiburón blanco fue: “¿Es eso real?”. Era agosto de 2019 y Najafov, un entusiasta de los tiburones, conservacionista y cineasta, estaba explorando la costa de México con unos amigos. El grupo divisó un gran tiburón blanco nadando cerca de
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Tracking frigid temperatures and possible snow tonight
WEDNESDAY: Highs in the low 20s. Gusty winds up to 30 mph will keep wind chills in the teens and single digits. TONIGHT: Snow will move in this evening and favor areas along and south of I-70. Lows tonight will fall into the low teens. Wind chills plummet to near zero. For more details on the snow
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Stocks fall after disappointing jobs report
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The jobs recovery may be losing steam. But the unemployment rate continued to fall, and workers are still bringing home bigger paychecks. Investors don’t seem sure what to think about those mixed messages. Stocks closed lower Friday after the US government reported that just 199,000 jobs were added
Continue Reading St. Louis MLS expansion team hires Bradley Carnell as coach
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The new MLS team in St. Louis has its first head coach. St. Louis City SC has named Bradley Carnell to lead the team when it joins the league in 2023. Carnell is a former defender who played in more than 300 professional games and made three starts in the 2002
Continue Reading St. Louis MLS expansion team hires Bradley Carnell as coach
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The new MLS team in St. Louis has its first head coach. St. Louis City SC has named Bradley Carnell to lead the team when it joins the league in 2023. Carnell is a former defender who played in more than 300 professional games and made three starts in the 2002
Continue ReadingEl papa Francisco critica a parejas por no querer hijos o tener solo uno: “Perros y gatos ocupan el lugar de los hijos. Hace reír, pero es la realidad”
urielblanco (CNN Español) — El papa Francisco criticó el hecho de que muchas parejas decidan no tener hijos o solamente tener uno, y señaló que ahora prefieren tener perros y gatos. El papa hizo estos comentarios este miércoles mientras hablaba en una audiencia general sobre san José, el padre terrenal de Jesús. El santo padre
Continue Reading Governor pardons Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor has pardoned the Black man whose 1892 arrest for refusing to leave an all-white railroad car sparked the ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into U.S. law for half a century. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the pardon Wednesday in New Orleans. The state
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