Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden declaró a CNN que el derribo de un “objeto a gran altitud” que sobrevolaba Alaska el viernes “fue un éxito”. La Casa Blanca había informado anteriormente que Biden le ordenó al Ejército que derribara lo que describió como un “objeto a gran altitud” que sobrevolaba Alaska ese
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl. With sports betting ads blitzing the airwaves with come-ons and promotions, things might be a bit confusing,
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have released body and dashboard camera footage that shows the arrest of a Black man who died after officers repeatedly used stun guns on him. Police Chief Estella Patterson said in a report that 32-year-old Darryl Tyree Williams
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon shot down an unknown object flying in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said. The object was flying at about 40,000 feet and posted a “reasonable threat” to the safety
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE, ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Living for years in a tent camp for displaced people in Syria’s rebel-held northwest, Ali Abu Yassin used to envy friends and relatives who had brick walls around them and solid ceilings over their heads. The situation was turned on its head
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Florida has been engulfed in a debate about how much information athletes should provide to their schools about when and how often they menstruate. Doctors often ask about periods when determining whether an athlete is healthy enough to compete. But the issue exploded in Florida because the now-abandoned proposal called
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Florida has been engulfed in a debate about how much information athletes should provide to their schools about when and how often they menstruate. Doctors often ask about periods when determining whether an athlete is healthy enough to compete. But the issue exploded in Florida because the now-abandoned proposal called
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI discovered an additional document with classified markings at former Vice President Mike Pence ’s Indiana home during a search Friday, following the discovery by his lawyers last month of sensitive government documents there. Pence adviser Devin O’Malley said the Department of Justice
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs is rapidly approaching. Here are some things to know ahead of Sunday’s game: HOW DO I WATCH? The game begins at 6:30 p.m. EST on Sunday and can be viewed on Fox, Fox Deportes and
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Native American dancers who were the target of a suburban Phoenix gallery owner’s racist rant as they were being filmed for Super Bowl week are pushing for hate crime charges. Gilbert Ortega Jr., the owner of Gilbert Ortega Native American Galleries, has been charged with three misdemeanor
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los carnavales de Río de Janeiro prometen volver a brillar en todo su esplendor este año, luego de haber sido cancelado en 2021 y aplazado por meses en 2022 por cuenta del covid-19. Este año, el famoso carnaval, uno de los eventos más grandes y esperados de Brasil, que
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Tiger Woods announced Friday a return to competitive golf at next week’s The Genesis Invitational, a tournament he hosts. In a Twitter post, Woods said, “I’m ready to play an ACTUAL PGA Tour event next week @thegenesisinv.” The occasion will mark the first official tournament start for the 47-year-old since the
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By Maegan Vazquez, Betsy Klein, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN President Joe Biden told CNN that the shoot down a “high-altitude object” hovering over Alaska on Friday “was a success,” shortly after American national security officials disclosed that the commander-in-chief gave the US military approval to take the action. The announcement — marking the
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Before the Ukraine war, Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to western European capitals as a junior partner from one of many poorer eastern countries. This week, he strode confidently through the halls of power in London, Paris and Brussels, pushing for warplanes and EU membership, and
Continue ReadingBy Jim Hummel Click here for updates on this story LOUISIANA (KATC) — Letitia Peyton and Leceta Chisholm Guibault met for the first time in-person Thursday, though their connection goes back several years. “It’s so nice to meet you,” said Peyton as she hugged Chisholm Guibault. “We’ve come a long way,” replied Chisholm Guibault. In
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl. With sports betting ads blitzing the airwaves with come-ons and promotions, things might be a bit confusing,
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl. With sports betting ads blitzing the airwaves with come-ons and promotions, things might be a bit confusing,
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN When you’re the last lone surviving store in any industry, you’ve earned the right to have fun and hype it up. That’s exactly what the only remaining store of the Blockbuster video rental chain is doing, and it’s during the Super Bowl. And it helps if you still have a VCR,
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will visit Poland this month to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, returning to the region as the war enters a volatile new phase without a clear path to peace. The president is planning to visit Poland from February 20-22. The White House said he
Continue ReadingBy Caroll Alvarado and Sharif Paget, CNN Police have submitted charges against the owner of a Native American art gallery for disorderly conduct after he was shown on video “yelling” at Indigenous performers outside a shop in Scottsdale, Arizona, authorities say. The group was performing Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. in the neighborhood of Old
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