By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a New York couple have been arrested on charges of conspiring to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrency that was stolen in a 2016 hack of a virtual currency exchange. Besides the arrests, federal law enforcement officials on Tuesday also revealed the Justice
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TONIGHT A south breeze, along with sunshine has warmed temperatures into the upper 40’s with the likelihood of reaching mid 50’s this afternoon. A few clouds will move in this afternoon and evening along a weak cold front, which will only enhance the sunset. WEDNESDAY Starting around 30 degrees early Wednesday, temperatures will again be
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By Betsy Klein, CNN A safe place during a disaster is just a text away. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is launching an updated feature that would let Americans text to find an open shelter in the event of a major disaster. Users can text “shelter” and their ZIP code to 43362 to
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is defending its fishermen as the U.S. government bans Mexican fishing vessels from entering U.S. ports on the Gulf of Mexico because of poaching. Mexico says the incursions are accidental. The U.S. says Mexico has not done enough to prevent its boats from illegally fishing for red snapper in U.S.
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Leslie Jones can keep posting unfiltered videos of herself commenting on the Olympics, according to NBC. On Monday, Jones said she would stop making the videos, because they were routinely getting blocked. But NBC said Tuesday that the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member can continue offering her commentary while
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Leslie Jones can keep posting unfiltered videos of herself commenting on the Olympics, according to NBC. On Monday, Jones said she would stop making the videos, because they were routinely getting blocked. But NBC said Tuesday that the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member can continue offering her commentary while
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By Richard Allen Greene and Hada Messia, CNN Pope Benedict XVI has pushed back against accusations that he knew in 1980 that a priest under his control was an abuser, while denying he had intentionally concealed his presence at a meeting about the priest that year. Benedict, now 94, became the first Pope in centuries
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A retiring Columbia Public Schools teacher and former head of a union representing CPS teachers is running for the Missouri House.
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri prison remains on lockdown after an employee was stabbed by an inmate. Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann says an inmate made his own weapon and used it to stab a staff member at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. The incident
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Leah Asmelash, CNN The Believer was once at the top of the literary magazine game. A leading journal of art and culture, The Believer published the work of icons like Leslie Jamison, Nick Hornby and Anne Carson. It won awards, it launched careers — it created a home for off-beat, quirky writing. When the Black
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By The Associated Press Super Bowl week in America can only mean one thing on the PGA Tour schedule: the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The NFL added one week to its schedule, and Phoenix also wanted to be moved back a week to coincide with it. The TPC Scottsdale figures to be rowdy as ever
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN Ten gold medals were won on Day 4 of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Here’s a breakdown of who’s taking home the gold. Alpine Skiing Men’s Super-G: Matthias Mayer, Austria Biathlon Men’s 20km Individual: Quentin Fillon Maillet, France Cross-Country Skiing Women’s Sprint Free: Jonna Sundling, Sweden Men’s Sprint Free: Johannes Klæbo,
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Deep beneath the ice covering the central Arctic Ocean, an unlikely community thrives off of ancient relics. Underwater cameras revealed expansive sponge gardens clustered over extinct underwater volcanoes, called seamounts, along the ocean floor. In order to survive, these largely 300-year-old sponge communities feed off of the fossilized remains of now-extinct
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By Ariane de Vogue, John Harwood, Joan Biskupic and Betsy Klein, CNN White House officials have begun reaching out to potential Supreme Court candidates to gather more information about their records with about three weeks remaining before President Joe Biden’s self-imposed deadline to announce his Supreme Court pick, CNN has learned. In addition, as a
Continue Reading PRIMGHAR, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman accused of allowing her infant daughter to be abused by the baby’s father has been sentenced to probation. The Sioux City Journal reports that 22-year-old Brittanee Baker, of Sheldon, pleaded guilty last week to one count of felony child endangerment. She received a five-year suspended prison sentence and
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Cada vez está más cerca la entrega de los galardones de la Academia. Si eres un fiel seguidor del cine, seguramente ya viste algunas de las pelÃculas nominadas. En caso de que no lo seas, no te preocupes: todavÃa tienes hasta el 27 de marzo (dÃa de la ceremonia de los
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business This is the best labor market most workers have ever experienced in their lives. So why are so many Americans feeling gloomy about the state of the US economy? The simple answer is inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, which is showing the fastest rate of price increases
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business This is the best labor market most workers have ever experienced in their lives. So why are so many Americans feeling gloomy about the state of the US economy? The simple answer is inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, which is showing the fastest rate of price increases
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz are in good company. One Tuesday, the duo became the sixth married couple to be nominated in acting categories in the same year at the Oscars. Bardem was nominated for best actor for his role as Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos,” while Cruz snagged
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Kenneth Branagh continues to explore Hercule Poirot, the man, and not just the master sleuth in “Death on the Nile,” a star-studded sequel that powers past its casting baggage to both build and improve upon its predecessor. The narrative arc that began in “Murder on the Orient Express” thus brings
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