By Forrest Brown, CNN Forget that soda bottle or errant tube of toothpaste. One airline passenger thought it was a dandy idea to place a six-pack of sharp or potentially dangerous items into his carry-on bag at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Sunday. It was quite the array, totaling three saw blades, one
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads now face pressure from investors to add sick days after Congress declined to require them as part of the contracts they imposed last week to avert a potentially devastating nationwide rail strike. The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility said Monday that
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Brasil avanza a paso seguro en el Mundial de Qatar tras una goleada de 4 a 1 contra Corea del Sur que le aseguró su lugar en cuartos de final y lo acercó un paso más a su objetivo de coronarse campeón. Podría jugar contra Argentina en la semifinal
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HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden is returning for the Philadelphia 76ers against the Houston Rockets after missing 14 games with a foot injury. Harden spent just more than eight seasons with the Rockets before being traded to Brooklyn in January 2021. Before Monday, he last played Nov. 2. He had a tendon strain in his
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — España y Marruecos disputarán este martes 6 de diciembre su partido de octavos de final del Mundial, que definirá cuál sigue el camino en Qatar y quién vuelve a casa. La Roja superó la primera fase del Mundial en el segundo puesto del Grupo E con 4 puntos, y
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst At the Supreme Court, the conservative majority seems to have a new mantra that half way is no way. From the beginning of oral arguments on Monday, it appeared the Supreme Court’s conservatives had come to the bench with their minds set. They sidestepped the lack of
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Supreme Court gathered for more than two hours on Monday to discuss whether a graphic designer can refuse to do business with same-sex couples, the justices somehow strayed into dueling hypotheticals concerning Black and White Santas and dating websites. Hypotheticals are nothing new at the
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer World-record setters Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Mondo Duplantis have been named World Athletes of the Year by World Athletics. McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles twice during the year, the last coming during the summer when she finished the race in 50.68 seconds. Duplantis, who competes
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By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Rupert Murdoch, the Fox Corporation chairman, is set to be deposed next week in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News over its coverage of election fraud in the 2020 election. The deposition will take place on December 13 at 9:30am ET and “will be conducted remotely, under
Continue Reading By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring and pounds her fellow boxer – also a young woman – with a series of
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By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring and pounds her fellow boxer – also a young woman – with a series of
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck two air bases deep inside Russian territory, the Kremlin said Monday, shortly before Russian forces unleashed a massive missile barrage in Ukraine that struck homes and buildings and killed civilians. The unprecedented attack in Russia threatened a major escalation of the nine-month war
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first attempt to survey the extent of violence and harassment at work around the globe has found that workplace abuse is widespread, and particularly pronounced among young people, migrants, and wage earners, especially women. More than 22% of the nearly 75,000 workers in 121
Continue Reading TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras has become the second country in Central America to impose a state of exception suspending some constitutional rights to deal with street gangs. A decree took effect Monday that targets the capital Tegucigalpa and the northern business hub of San Pedro Sula, which have both struggled under the sway of
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) –– Está previsto que el presidente de China, Xi Jinping, llegue este jueves a Arabia Saudita para una visita de Estado de dos días, en medio de las tensiones elevadas de Estados Unidos con los dos países, según una fuente con conocimiento del viaje, una fuente diplomática árabe y dos altos funcionarios
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, the latest collision of religion and gay rights to land at the high court. The designer and her supporters say that
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Ugandan activist killed by a swinging metal gate at Arches National Park in Utah are seeking $140 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government. A federal judge on Monday heard opening statements in the
Continue Reading FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Former U.S. national team forward Bobby Wood agreed to a one-year contract with Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. The deal includes a 2024 team option. The 30-year-old from Hawaii, selected in stage two of last week’s reentry draft, scored five goals in 31 regular-season appearances with Real Salt Lake during
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off an event trumpeting Kentucky’s largest-ever economic development project, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear filed for reelection Monday, touting his work to increase jobs, expand health care and support teachers during a term marred by a pandemic and deadly storms. Beshear defended his efforts to combat
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Amanda Musa, CNN People in Bowling Green, Kentucky, won’t be deprived of a Christmas parade after all. The city on Saturday canceled the annual event scheduled for that day after threats against protesters related to the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black boy, in 1955. On Monday, Mary-John Carmon, chairwoman
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