By Chris Boyette and Aya Elamroussi, CNN An off-duty New York Police Department officer was shot Tuesday night during an attempted robbery after he got out of his car when two men tapped on its window with a gun, police officials said. Two suspects were arrested in connection to the shooting, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The FBI is asking US businesses to report any uptick in Russian hacking threats — the latest effort to prepare for potential Russian cyberattacks on US organizations amid Russia’s troop buildup on Ukraine’s border. “Have you identified any efforts by known or suspected Russian [hacking groups] to test exploitation capabilities, develop
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By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business The restaurant industry will likely never return to its pre-pandemic state, according to the National Restaurant Association. The trade group says 2022 will be a “new normal,” for the sector as it struggles to rebound and as competition for workers remains intense, according to the association’s 2022 State of the
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” es la canción número 1 en Estados Unidos. Megadestellos de rayos rompieron récords en Sudamérica. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Putin rompe el silencio El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, dijo que su Gobierno evalúa las respuestas de Estados
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BEIJING (AP) — Austrian skier Matthias Mayer will be the first athlete to test the downhill course at the Beijing Olympics after drawing the No. 1 bib for Thursday’s first official training session. Mayer is aiming for his third gold medal in as many Olympics. He won the downhill in 2014 and the super-G in
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Many countries that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus are easing their tough and often unpopular restrictive measures to fight COVID-19. There is a resumption of late-night disco partying, elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters and people not wearing masks in public. The early moves to relax
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United player Mason Greenwood has been released on bail by police who questioned him on suspicion of the rape and assault of a woman. The 20-year-old forward had been in custody since being arrested on Sunday. Greater Manchester Police say he has been “released on bail pending further investigation.” United
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — No puedo pensar en un comienzo más apropiado para esta historia que señalar que es la misma que escribí el año pasado, con algunas fechas cambiadas para reflejar dos años después de la pandemia en lugar de uno. No te molestes. Probablemente nunca lo leíste el año pasado, y si lo hiciste,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malagò is at least the second IOC member who has tested positive for COVID-19 and been placed in isolation at the Beijing Games. Two-time Olympic hockey medalist and IOC athlete representative Emma Terho is also in an isolation hotel after testing positive on arrival. CONI says Malagò
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation fed by high oil and gas prices hit record levels in Europe for the third month in a row. That’s extending pain for consumers and sharpening questions about future moves by the European Central Bank. European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Wednesday that the 19
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By Eric Levenson and Jack Bantock, CNN The National Football League’s Washington franchise unveiled its new team name on Wednesday — the Washington Commanders. Accompanied by a new logo, the changes come about 18 months after the franchise ditched the “Redskins” name for its racist connotations. The team had competed as the Washington Football Team
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By Tierney Sneed The path that took US District Judge J. Michelle Childs to a public honors college in Florida is about as unconventional as the rest of the eclectic professional journey that has now put the South Carolina jurist in contention for a seat on the Supreme Court. She landed at the University of
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By Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN Politics is never far removed from the selection of any Supreme Court justice, but the political winds are blowing with unusual ferocity around J. Michelle Childs, a federal judge from South Carolina who is among those on a short list to fill President Joe Biden’s first
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Una poderosa tormenta que ocasionó fuertes nevadas el miércoles amenaza con paralizar partes del medio oeste y el sur de Estados Unidos con una combinación potencialmente devastadora de nieve, hielo, temperaturas peligrosamente frías y cortes de energía. Más de 100 millones de personas están bajo advertencias de tiempo invernal, desde las Montañas
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Editor’s note: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings began Monday. Click here for updates. Six days after President Joe Biden‘s inauguration, White House counsel Dana Remus put in a call to Ketanji Brown Jackson to see if the judge might be interested in a new
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer As a 35-year-old assistant US solicitor general, Leondra Kruger stood before the US Supreme Court in October 2011 with a religious liberty case that was an outright loser. The justices immediately pounced on her claim, made on behalf of the Obama administration, that First Amendment
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Six days after President Joe Biden‘s inauguration, White House counsel Dana Remus put in a call to Ketanji Brown Jackson to see if the judge might be interested in a new job: replacing Merrick Garland on a powerful federal appeals court. The new administration was poised to
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By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the White House’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, committing the nation to working toward reducing the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years. “We can do this. I promise you, we can do this. For all those we
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By Paula Newton and Travis Caldwell, CNN A demonstration that began with a group of truckers objecting to new Canadian Covid-19 vaccine mandates and escalated into wider protests over the weekend continued Wednesday, as authorities say multiple investigations into criminal activity are underway in the nation’s capital. There are fewer protesters in Ottawa now than
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By Rachel Ramirez, Ella Nilsen and John Keefe, CNN Amid a surge in gas prices and slow action on clean energy in Congress, a new poll shows Americans are unhappy with US energy policies and unsatisfied with the quality of their environment. The annual Gallup “Mood of the Nation” poll, which was conducted from January
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