By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised her caucus Wednesday on a call with members for defying the odds and keeping more seats than expected in this year’s midterms — but shared no insight into her future and whether she will again run for the top job in her caucus. “Our candidates were
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps picked central defenders Raphael Varane and Prensel Kimpembe in a World Cup squad named amid injury concerns. He left out standout goalkeeper Mike Maignan because of an ongoing calf problem. Deschamps announced his 25-man squad on national television. Defending champion France opens
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods is returning to competition next month in the Bahamas. He announced his decision on Twitter and it was not a big surprise. Woods is tournament host of the Hero World Challenge. He’ll be part of a 20-man field that features 18 of the top 21 players in
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By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law. That sets up a four-week blitz that again will test whether voters are more concerned about inflation under
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter’s new owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold nearly $4 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to regulatory filings. Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion, sold 19.5 million shares of the electric car company from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, according to Tuesday’s filings with the Securities
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN, MAE ANDERSON and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Elon Musk sought to reassure big companies that advertise on Twitter on Wednesday that his chaotic takeover of the social media platform won’t harm their brands, acknowledging that some “dumb things” might happen on his way to creating what he says will be a better,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Zach Nunn wins election to U.S. House in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, beating incumbent Rep. Cindy Axne.
Continue Reading By ANITA SNOW and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting. The snag fueled conspiracy theories about the integrity of the vote in the tightly contested
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem enjoyed a large reelection margin as she continued to angle for national prominence from her small state. The large win seemed to be proof of the popularity of her hands-off approach to pandemic restrictions, but as she enters her second
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Algunos aeropuertos, universidades y parques temáticos en Florida detuvieron sus operaciones el miércoles a medida que el huracán Nicole avanza hacia la costa este de Florida. El Aeropuerto Internacional de Orlando (MCO) dijo en Twitter que detendría las operaciones comerciales a las 4 p.m. ET del miércoles. El aeropuerto dijo que
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears likely to leave in place most of a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children. The justices heard more than three hours of arguments in a broad challenge to the Indian Child
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Roma striker and World Cup hopeful Tammy Abraham scored his first Serie A goal since September in a 1-1 draw at Sassuolo. Abraham leaped amid three defenders to head in a cross from Gianluca Mancini in the 80th minute but Sassuolo equalized on a swift counterattack five minutes later. It was another
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Outfielder AJ Pollock declined his $13 million player option with the Chicago White Sox and was among 10 players who became free agents, raising the total to 161. In the final season of what turned out to be a $50 million, four-year contract, the 34-year-old hit .245 with 14 homers and
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Wales head coach Robert Page has dismissed concerns about Gareth Bale’s fitness after including the former Real Madrid forward in his World Cup squad. Bale will captain his country in Qatar which is the first time it has qualified for the tournament since 1958. Bale
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tres estadounidenses murieron por intoxicación de monóxido de carbono mientras se alojaban en un departamento rentado en la Ciudad de México, señaló la Fiscalía General de la ciudad. La Fiscalía abrió una investigación el pasado 30 de octubre por la “muerte de tres extranjeros, derivada de una posible intoxicación por inhalación
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN A gun found inside a raw chicken at an airport security checkpoint has the TSA calling “personal fowl.” “The plot chickens,” the Transportation Security Administration posted this week on Instagram after someone at the agency put on their punny pants and called attention to the “baste of time” that is stuffing
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Before his death last month, beloved actor Leslie Jordan gifted his best friends a complete home renovation. In one of his final TV appearances set to air on HGTV, Jordan surprises two friends who he credited with helping him break into Hollywood and get sober. With star with renovators Drew and
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No instances of digital interference are known to have affected the counting of the midterm vote after a tense Election Day in which officials were closely monitoring domestic and foreign threats. A few state and local governments appeared to be hit by a
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Handmaid’s Tale” certainly doesn’t suffer from a lack of media exposure or cultural capital, with recent turns in the battle over abortion rights generating regular references in progressive circles to the threat of America becoming Gilead, the repressive patriarchal society featured in Margaret Atwood’s novel. The fifth season that
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of exuberant fans in the Mexico City paddock two weeks ago has teams and drivers asking Formula One to set some guidelines on access. And with F1 headed this weekend to Brazil, the fan adoration there is expected to be equally passionate
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