By Clare Foran, CNN West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be confirmed. In a statement outlining his decision, Manchin said, “I met with Judge Jackson and evaluated her qualifications
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The 94th Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall are teaming up to co-host the the event, the first Oscars ceremony with a host since 2018. Check out the nominees, presenters and how to watch the broadcast
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN The 94th Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall are teaming up to co-host the the event, the first Oscars ceremony with a host since 2018. Check out the nominees, presenters and how to watch the broadcast
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By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — West African leaders are holding another summit on Mali after imposing regional sanctions in January on the country after its military leaders said they would stay in power for four more years instead of holding an election in February.  The regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS
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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says four Russian government officials have been charged in hacks that targeted critical global infrastructure including the U.S. energy and aviation sectors between 2012 and 2018. Officials said Thursday a Kansas nuclear power plant’s business network was compromised. Though the intrusions date back years,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street Friday, wrapping up a bumpy week with more uncertainty about where to go next. Major indexes have been alternating between gains and losses all this week as markets try to suss out what’s next for inflation and the global economy as
Continue ReadingBy Shanila Kabir Click here for updates on this story KAPOLEI, Hawaii (KITV) — A business owner said burglars stole a cash register from his restaurant vandalized several other storefronts at a strip mall in Kapolei, Thursday morning. Cellphone video of the damage at the Kapolei Marketplace, located in the 500 block of Farrington Highway,
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government and the country’s main trucking federations have reached an agreement on financial help for an industry hurt by high gas prices. But self-employed truckers said Friday they would continue their 12-day strike. Russia’s war in Ukraine has helped drive gas prices higher in Europe. Spain’s Socialist-led government announced it is
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The House Oversight Committee launched a probe Monday into Credit Suisse, demanding documents linked to the bank’s compliance with sanctions on Russian oligarchs. In a letter to Credit Suisse CEO Thomas Gottstein, US lawmakers asked the bank to turn over information and documents about a portfolio of loans backed by
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Two days, two wins and making it look easy. Naomi Osaka sure seems like herself again. The former world No. 1 is through to the third round at the Miami Open, easily handling 13th-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. It was
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Este mes, cuando los precios de la gasolina se dispararon y agudizaron el dolor en el surtidor, los consumidores reaccionaron buscando —y posiblemente soñando— con alternativas de vehÃculos más eficientes en cuanto a combustible. El interés por los vehÃculos eléctricos en la web alcanzó un récord en Estados Unidos en
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say two people have been found shot to death inside a downtown St. Louis apartment. Television station KSDK reports that St. Louis Metropolitan Police were called around 2 a.m. Friday to the apartment and found a man and a woman dead. Both had been shot. Police did not immediately release
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of people have lined the streets in central Athens as fighter jets flew overhead and tanks rolled down the street outside Parliament during Greece’s independence day parade, the first to be open to spectators in two years as coronavirus restrictions ease. Last year the military parade marking the March 25,
Continue ReadingBy Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — One Arklatex trucker is celebrating a huge milestone. Three million miles of trucking accident free. Frank “Buster” Mills has been driving trucks for three decades and at this point it is a family affair because even his daughter now drives with
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By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN “It’s always nice to be wanted,” Qatar’s energy minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said in jest during an exclusive interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson on Thursday. “Everyone in Europe is talking to us,” he said. Qatar, one of the world’s top suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has been thrust into
Continue Reading By DREW LINDSAY of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Pete Kadens, who made the bulk of his fortune as CEO of a billion-dollar cannabis operation, may be chasing a pipe dream. He needs to secure $1 billion in Chicago alone for 10 years of scholarships for public-school graduates. Fundraising has been robust, he
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Aguirre Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — In an effort to stop hair discrimination, the U.S. House passed The CROWN Act earlier this month. A crown act is also making its way through the North Carolina legislature right now. The measure, which aims to create a respectful
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN As the third season of “Atanta” premieres, its creator and star is sharing about how he almost had a surprising guest star on the hit series. Donald Glover told People he tried to get Ryan Gosling to appear on the show. “He said he was a big fan, but he
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After going 27 years without a US union, Amazon now faces a test from elections at not one but two of its warehouses. A union reelection at the company’s Bessemer, Alabama, facility concluded Friday after a nearly two-month voting period by mail. Beginning that same day, thousands of workers
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN With the sweep of a historical epic and a format that focuses on one family across decades, “Pachinko” evokes memories of other ambitious TV sagas, perhaps foremost “Roots.” Deeply emotional, this eight-episode Apple TV+ series barely scratches the surface of the novel upon which it’s based, and will surely leave
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