COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Volkswagen Group-backed automotive company announced plans this week to open a $2 billion electric truck and SUV manufacturing plant just outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Scout Motors Inc. and South Carolina officials said Friday that the company would be establishing its first manufacturing plant in Blythewood at an industrial site.
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of people have marched through Tunisia’s capital to decry an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of food subsidies. The march on Saturday was the latest challenge to Tunisian President Kais Saied. Since taking office in October 2019, Saied has consolidated
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Hay clientes habituales de los parques Disney, y luego está Jeff Reitz. El nativo de California de 50 años visitó Disneyland todos los días durante 2.995 días entre 2012 y marzo de 2020, lo que le valió un récord mundial Guinness por la mayor cantidad de viajes consecutivos al parque temático.
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By Annie Grayer, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced that his panel will hold a hearing next Friday to spotlight the Treasury Department’s failure to provide bank activity reports for President Joe Biden‘s son Hunter, presidential brother James Biden and several Biden family associates and their related companies. The bank activity reports in the
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A group of European countries expressed “grave concern” Saturday that recent violence in the West Bank could derail efforts to rekindle peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians as they called on both sides to restore calm. The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain issued the unusual
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley in an address before key GOP donors Saturday took aim at her own political party for enabling what she describes as excessive government spending, according to a copy of her speech obtained by CNN. At a private retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, hosted by the conservative
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By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Arsenal conceded a goal after just nine seconds and went 2-0 down in the second half and still stayed on track for the English Premier League title. Substitute Reiss Nelson scored the winner with a fierce volley in injury time as Arsenal recovered to beat Bournemouth 3-2
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By Wayne Sterling and Emma Tucker, CNN NASCAR driver Chase Elliott will miss Sunday’s race in Las Vegas after injuring his leg while snowboarding in Colorado, Hendrick Motorsports has announced. Elliott, who fractured his tibia while snowboarding, had a “successful surgery” Friday night that lasted roughly three hours, Jeff Andrews, Hendrick Motorsports president and general
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The dull Paris weather didn’t dim the power of the French capital’s ready-to-wear shows as Paris Fashion Week continued Saturday. The colors of the clothes spanned restrained minimalism to Renaissance exuberance. Singers Ciara and Avril Lavigne negotiated crowds and slippery stone steps to get to the
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Max Verstappen secured pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, beginning his attempt to win a third consecutive world title in the best possible way. He will start Sunday’s Grand Prix at the front of the grid, a place ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez, who completed a
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Daniil Medvedev has won his 18th tour-level title and third in a row by beating Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-2 in an all-Russian final at the Dubai Championships. The former No. 1 extended his winning streak to 14 matches in a run that started on Valentine’s Day and includes back-to-back
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chase Elliott is out indefinitely after undergoing a successful three-hour surgery to repair a fractured tibia, Hendrick Motorsports general manager Jeff Andrews said Saturday. Andrews said there was no timeline on when the star NASCAR driver would return. Elliott injured his left leg Friday while
Continue Reading WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Wolverhampton has boosted its survival hopes and delivered a damaging blow to Tottenham’s Champions League ambitions in a 1-0 win in the English Premier League. Adama Traore scored in the 82nd minute for his first goal since October to lift Wolves six points clear of the relegation zone. Pedro Porro and
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A mistrial was declared after a jury in southern Arizona was unable to reach a verdict on a murder charge against a man accused of killing a 6-year-old girl. The Arizona Daily Star reports a judge declared the mistrial Friday in the case against Christopher M. Clements, who was charged with
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Arsenal pulled off a stirring second-half recovery to stay in control of the English Premier League title race by securing a dramatic win over Bournemouth with virtually the last kick of the game in the seventh minute of stoppage time. Reiss Nelson smashed in a left-foot shot from the
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Terminar los ciclos de dieta y aprender a aceptar el cuerpo en el que te encuentras suena genial, pero puede parecer un cuento de hadas. ¿Cómo puedes controlar cómo comes sin contar calorías? ¿Cómo deberías dejar de planificar para el día en que estés más delgada? ¿Cómo te despiertas un día
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — A first-half own goal has handed Aston Villa a 1-0 victory and kept Crystal Palace winless in 2023 in the English Premier League. Center back Joachim Andersen redirected a Matty Cash cross into his own net in the 27th minute in a clash of mid-table clubs at Villa Park. Wilfried Zaha
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The human brain is unrivaled in its capacity to process information. Sure, we have days where our minds don’t feel as sharp. But the extraordinary 3-pound organ is still capable of things that supercomputers and robots can’t do. The human brain evolved to form billions of neurons, enabling us to learn
Continue Reading SIENA, Italy (AP) — Tom Pidcock has soloed to a dominant victory to become the first British rider to win the Strade Bianche. Pidcock’s lead was whittled away on the last of the 11 sections of white gravel roads. Then the Olympic mountain bike champion used astonishing descending skills to extend it again in the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Big-spending Chelsea pulled out a big win to ease some of the pressure on manager Graham Potter by beating Leeds 1-0 in the English Premier League thanks to a rare goal by one of the club’s most expensive signings. Wesley Fofana headed in from a corner in the 53rd minute for the
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