ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter is returning to the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing to a one-year contract with his team from 2011-21. Carpenter agreed to a deal for the $740,000 major league minimum, which will be offset against his guaranteed $5.5 million salary as part of a $12 million, two-year contract he signed with
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By Clare Foran, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law a short-term funding extension on Friday, the White House announced, averting a partial government shutdown after lawmakers raced the clock to pass the bill ahead of a key Friday deadline. In a rare event, lawmakers had been confronting not one but two government shutdown deadlines on
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The future of Sports Illustrated was uncertain Friday after the publisher of the iconic magazine and website laid off most or “probably all” of its guild-represented staff, its union said. In a memo sent to staff viewed by CNN, the magazine’s publisher said it is “laying off
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Ford will shut down one of two production shifts in April at the Dearborn, Michigan, factory that builds the F-150 Lightning electric pickup. The move is part of “matching F-150 Lightning production to customer demand,” the company said Friday. General Motors recently made a similar announcement
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a short-term spending bill that keeps the federal government operating until early March. Signed Tuesday, the bill averts what would’ve been a partial government shutdown starting Saturday. It does not address additional aid for Ukraine, which remains in limbo as key senators continue to negotiate a border
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands gathered in Hamburg on Friday for a demonstration against the far right, and organizers said the protest was ended early because the mass of people led to safety concerns. The event in Germany’s second-biggest city appeared to be the biggest yet in a string of protests that has grown
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Lansdale, Pensilvania (CNN) — Rachael Gambino y Garrett Mazzeo planearon su vida financiera según las reglas: fueron a la universidad, pagaron sus deudas, ahorraron, se casaron, compraron una casa e iniciaron una familia. El sueño. Pero sentados a la mesa del comedor en su casa de los suburbios de Pensilvania, un bien que
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania (KYW) — The world of virtual reality is now being used to help patients in physical therapy. Emily Dorsheimer was badly burned in a house fire in Coatesville in April. She says learning to move again was a little more interesting and
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As a bout of bitter and deadly cold sweeps the U.S., millions of Americans are being told to dress in layers if they must go outside. In places that rarely experience bone-chilling temperatures, that advice can be confounding. What does it mean
Continue ReadingHATBORO, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia man is accused of stabbing to death a neighbor with whom he had feuded after an argument about the accused man’s loud snoring that could be heard through a wall connecting their homes. Authorities said Friday that 55-year-old Christopher Casey killed neighbor Robert Wallace after Wallace removed a
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cold weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, which make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors, was felt around Chicago during this week’s bout of below-zero temperatures. Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford said there was no formal reporting system for frost quakes, which occur after
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say American fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers that were prepared to fire. The officials says the strikes were carried out by F/A-18 aircraft off the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier. And
Continue Reading By Kristen Holmes, Kylie Atwood, Melanie Zanona and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former GOP presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott endorsed Donald Trump on Friday in New Hampshire. The endorsement is a blow of sorts to his fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley, who appointed him to his Senate seat in 2012, and
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is using his social media platform to mock Nikki Haley. In a post on his Truth Social account Friday, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.” Haley, the former South Carolina governor, was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, as
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El papa Francisco dijo que el placer sexual es un “don de Dios” pero que es “socavado por la pornografía”. El pontífice se refirió a esto en su catequesis de la audiencia general de este miércoles, dedicada al “vicio de la lujuria”. Francisco definió la pornografía como “satisfacción sin relación
Continue ReadingBy Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — With sky high rent in Boston, some people are resorting to living on boats all year long. They are part of what is called a liveaboard community. There are a few in the city, including several in Charlestown. This way of life
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Buffalo receiver Gabe Davis and cornerback Christian Benford are starters who will be out with knee injuries when the Bills host Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff game. Bills coach Sean McDermott also said backup safety Taylor Rapp (calf) and backup linebacker Baylon Spector (back) won’t play against the Chiefs.
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — The cast and crew of “Freaky Tales” is remembering working with late actor Angus Cloud in one of his final roles. The “Euphoria” actor died at age 25 last July. The new film screened this week at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Co-directors Anna Boden
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The US government is coming down hard on a data broker accused of selling consumers’ detailed location histories without their consent, highlighting privacy regulators’ growing focus on a sensitive and revealing form of personal information. For the first time ever, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it was banning
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City has agreed to part ways with sporting director Gavin Wilkinson only eight days after hiring him to its front office. Principal owner Michael Illig cited an “impassioned response from our fans” in announcing the move. Wilkinson, the former president and general manager of the NWSL’s Portland Thorns,
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