By Corinne Dorsey, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency has restored California’s authority to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards and zero-emission vehicle sales mandates, the agency announced Wednesday. It is also allowing other states to adopt California’s stricter standards in lieu of the federal rules. This move officially reverses a Trump-era action that had
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By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Kevin Magnussen will make a surprise return to Formula One this season with the same team that fired him a year ago. The Danish driver was rehired Wednesday by Haas F1 to replace Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, who was fired over the weekend following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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By Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former White House senior adviser Stephen Miller filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block a subpoena for his phone records from the House Select Committee investigating January 6, becoming the latest among dozens of people who have gone to court to protect their information from Capitol
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer A person with direct knowledge of the situation tells the Associated Press the Washington Commanders have agreed to acquire Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts. The deal cannot be finalized until the start of the new league year next week. It was not immediately clear what the Commanders sent
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Cole Swider had 28 points and 13 rebounds in 28 minutes, Joe Girard added 16 points and No. 9 seed Syracuse beat eighth-seeded Florida State 96-57 in the second round of the ACC tournament. It was Syracuse’s second largest margin of victory in a conference tournament game in program history. Syracuse
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Norm Maciver is returning to the Chicago Blackhawks after he was hired as associate general manager under new GM Kyle Davidson. The 57-year-old Maciver had been working as the director of player personnel for the Seattle Kraken. Maciver will oversee Chicago’s scouting operation, reporting directly to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El gobierno de Estados Unidos sancionó este miércoles al expresidente de Ecuador Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz (1996-1997) “debido a su participación en actos de corrupción significativos, incluida la apropiación indebida de fondos públicos, la aceptación de sobornos y la interferencia en procesos públicos”, dijo el portavoz del Departamento de Estado, Ned
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By Chloe Melas and Tina Burnside, CNN Ryan Coogler was detained by police in January after being mistaken for a bank robber. The “Black Panther” director was in Atlanta, attempting to make a withdrawal from his account with Bank of America. The teller received an alert on his account, according to the police report obtained
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players made their latest counteroffer to Major League Baseball after Commissioner Rob Manfred let pass his deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season. The sides negotiated on and off for 16 1/2 hours until 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, then broke
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By Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr, CNN The United States is increasing its readiness in the Indo-Pacific region against North Korea, intensifying “intelligence, readiness and surveillance collection activities” related to North Korea following recent ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang, US Indo-Pacific Command announced Wednesday. US Indo-Pacific Command said it is stepping up its intelligence and
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Russian Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin says he’s still shocked about being fired from the Haas team following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is creating a foundation to help excluded athletes. Mazepin was fired last Saturday following F1’s decision to terminate its contract with the Russian GP. He
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon said Wednesday that it is bluntly opposed to a Polish plan to provide fighter jets to Ukraine. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told the Polish minister of defense that the US does not support the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian air force “at this time,”
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars, reversing a Trump administration policy and likely ushering in stricter emissions standards for new passenger vehicles nationwide. A waiver approved Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency allows California to set tough
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By Caitlin Kaiser and Jennifer Gray, CNN A powerful storm taking shape across the central part of the country will rapidly strengthen into a bomb cyclone as it moves east — bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and even snow from Louisiana to Maine. A bomb cyclone happens when a midlatitude cyclone decreases in pressure by
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are jumping and oil prices are falling sharply Wednesday in the latest dizzying swings to hit Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 2.9% higher, following a four-day losing streak that pulled it 13% below its record set early
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis has been suspended one game without pay for what the NBA says what aggressively confronting and making contact with an official who called him for a technical foul. Sabonis was ejected in the fourth quarter of Monday night’s game against the New York Knicks after receiving
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By David Goldman and Becky Anderson, CNN Business The oil market has been stretched incredibly thin, with few producers willing — or able — to replace Russian barrels banned by the United States and shunned by others. Enter the United Arab Emirates, which suggested it may be coming to the rescue. The UAE’s ambassador to
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Major media companies continue to join the exodus from Russia, with Discovery and WarnerMedia making announcements on Wednesday about halting all programming in the country. WarnerMedia, CNN’s parent company, previously paused the release of “The Batman” in Russia, citing the “humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.” As of Wednesday the company is
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Major media companies continue to join the exodus from Russia, with Discovery and WarnerMedia making announcements on Wednesday about halting all programming in the country. WarnerMedia, CNN’s parent company, previously paused the release of “The Batman” in Russia, citing the “humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.” As of Wednesday the company is
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business American and European businesses are rapidly distancing themselves from Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. You’d think that would be a problem for America’s top banks, which have deep ties to businesses across the globe, including Russia. But you’d be wrong. While investors are waiting
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