By Michael Warren and Alex Rogers, CNN In the Pennsylvania Senate race, one candidate is accusing a rival of having “dual loyalties” to the US and a foreign country. In turn, that rival is charging his opponent with being too cozy with China. But these aren’t candidates from opposing parties. They are hedge-fund executive David
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is imposing sanctions on five senior members of Mali’s transitional government, including Prime Minister Choguel Maiga. The bloc accuses them of working to obstruct and undermine the transition from military to civilian rule. Others hit Friday by the EU’s asset freezes and travel bans
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La historiadora y exguerrillera sandinista Dora María Téllez y el líder estudiantil Lesther Alemán fueron declarados culpables del supuesto delito de “conspiración para cometer actos en menoscabo de la integridad nacional”, durante juicios realizados este jueves a puerta cerrada en la Dirección de Auxilio judicial de Nicaragua. Así lo informaron la
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the January jobs report that was significantly better than what most economists had predicted, given the rapid surge of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come back stronger,” Biden said, speaking
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted the January jobs report released earlier in the morning that was significantly better than what most economists had predicted, given the rapid surge of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come
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District spokeswoman Ryan Burns said the district will post the position Friday and it will remain posted until Feb. 25.
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Stacker ranked John Wayne’s 100 best movies according to its IMDb rating, with ties broken by votes. The Duke appeared in more than 175 films—so five’ll get you 10, your favorite is among his best.
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By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Hail to the “Hogs,” Washington’s fun-loving offensive line, and their partner, running back John Riggins, who set a Super Bowl rushing record and led the Redskins to the National Football League championship. Riggins kept following the Hog-made holes for a record 166 yards on 38
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FRIDAY NIGHT Stuck in the 20’s today, mostly clear skies will drop us again back near zero by early Saturday. Not helping matters is a weak wind shift introducing us to a northerly breeze and ushering arctic high pressure by day break. Cold will be dangerous. SATURDAY With high pressure in place, we start clear
Continue Reading By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer It figured that after a strike-disrupted season that saw the schedule reduced to nine games, two coaches headed for the Pro Football Hall of Fame would guide their teams into the Super Bowl. Joe Gibbs, who would go on to win three NFL championships, brought Washington to the
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Several establishment Republicans, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, are publicly criticizing their party’s decision to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over their service on the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. The criticism underlines the ongoing intra-party feud between loyalists to
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has extended tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on most solar panels imported from China and other countries. But in a nod to his efforts to combat climate change and boost clean energy, Biden excluded tariffs on some panels used in large-scale utility
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The trial of a Cedar Rapids teen charged with killing his parents has been pushed back to October. The Gazette reports that attorneys for 17-year-old Ethan Alexander Orton sought the delay, which a judge granted. Orton’s first-degree murder trial had been set to begin Tuesday. Orton is charged as an
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una tormenta invernal en expansión cubrió el centro y el sur de Estados Unidos con hielo y nieve dejó a cientos de miles de personas en la oscuridad antes de dirigirse hacia el noreste, lo que promete más interrupciones el viernes. Más de 95 millones de estadounidenses estaban bajo advertencias
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP, KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley is now hitting the Northeast. The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday, and ice threatened to wreak havoc on
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP, KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley is now hitting the Northeast. The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday, and ice threatened to wreak havoc on
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP, KATHLEEN FOODY and JILL BLEED Associated Press A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley is now hitting the Northeast. The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday, and ice threatened to wreak havoc on
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers and organizers in Bessemer, Alabama, are making door-to-door house calls, sporting pro-union T-shirts and challenging anti-union messaging by Amazon-hired consultants as they try to convince their peers for the second time to unionize their warehouse. The union election starts Friday by secret ballot.
Continue Reading By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wall Street Journal’s publisher, News Corp, says it has been hacked and had data stolen from journalists and other employees. And a cybersecurity firm investigating the intrusion says Chinese intelligence-gathering is believed behind the operation. The news company said in a regulatory filing
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Singer Fantasia Taylor and actress Danielle Brooks are set to star in Warner Bros.’ big-screen adaptation of the award-winning musical “The Color Purple.” News that Taylor and Brooks will play leads Celie and Sofia, respectively, was announced Thursday during ABC’s “Soul of a Nation: Screen Queens Rising” special. Warner Bros., like
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