By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted the Democratic congressional leaders at the White House. The Tuesday afternoon meeting came as Democrats are staring down a debt ceiling crisis and running up against a new House Republican majority eager for confrontation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press In a country with more guns than people — and one emerging from three years of isolation, stress and infighting amid the pandemic — Americans are beginning 2023 with a steady barrage of mass slaughter. Eleven people killed as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scott Rolen sat with his son in the parking lot outside Indiana’s Bloomington South High School in 2018, waiting to coach grade schoolers in basketball and listening on the radio for results of his first appearance on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot. “`Dad, I think
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By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer Georgia has made its most extensive comments on the car crash that killed football player Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. Athletic director Josh Brooks says they were not on department business at the time of the incident, which occurred shortly after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, Mick Krever and Rob Picheta, CNN Germany is set to send its sought-after Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster the country’s war effort, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday evening, attributing to unnamed sources. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to deliver the battle tanks following “months of debate,” according to
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Chris Hipkins asumió como nuevo primer ministro de Nueva Zelandia este miércoles, hora local, tras juramentar en una ceremonia oficial en Wellington. Hipkins, de 44 años, fue elegido por primera vez al Parlamento en 2008 y encabezó las políticas contra el covid-19 del país en 2020. Antes de convertirse en primer ministro,
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Slick-fielding third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday with five votes to spare above the 75% needed. The seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner earned induction in his sixth appearance on the ballot, picked on 297 of 389
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 39-year-old woman was sentenced to three years in prison for luring a former reality TV show star to his death in St. Louis. Terica Ellis was sentenced Tuesday in the 2016 death of 21-year-old Andre Montgomery Jr., who was part of the St. Louis-based reality show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.”
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Rihanna headlining the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show has already drummed up immense excitement. But if pop music isn’t your genre of choice, perhaps you’ll be happy to learn the NFL has added a country music star and some Hollywood heavyweights to its entertainment lineup. Here’s what else you need to
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An emergency hearing in a former state representative’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools to get his name on the April election ballot is set for Tuesday afternoon.
Continue Reading By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher. The Newport News School Board has posted an agenda for a special meeting on Wednesday. It says it will vote on
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings in a case of “workplace violence” at two Northern California mushroom farms, officials said Tuesday as the state mourned its third mass killing in just over a week. Chunli Zhao, 66, was
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, despidió a una gran cantidad de altos funcionarios en medio de un creciente escándalo de corrupción relacionado con la adquisición de suministros para la guerra, en la mayor reorganización de su Gobierno desde que comenzó la invasión de Rusia. Durante su discurso nocturno el lunes
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With egg prices more than doubling in the past year, calls are coming for an investigation into possible price gouging. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed sent a letter Tuesday asking for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether egg prices have been improperly manipulated by producers.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los servicios de emergencia en el área de Houston informaron que atienden reportes de daños y de conductores varados después de un posible tornado que atravesó el área. El daño estructural de un posible tornado en Pasadena, a unos 24 kilómetros al sureste de Houston, es “catastrófico”, según el jefe de
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One of the major dangers of winter storm driving is the chance of running off the road.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El sospechoso de un tiroteo masivo que dejó siete personas muertas en dos granjas en Half Moon Bay, California, vivía en la propiedad del primer ataque, donde fallecieron cuatro de las víctimas, dijo a CNN un portavoz de la compañía. Otra persona resultó gravemente herida. Investigan el motivo detrás del ataque que
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence ‘s Indiana home last week, his lawyer says, the latest in a sobering string of recoveries of supposedly secure information from the homes of current and former top U.S. officials. A small number of
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The last three years have been big ones for Paul Mescal. The Ireland-born actor received his very first Academy Award nomination on Tuesday for his role in “Aftersun,” Charlotte Wells’ debut feature about a single father who tries to bond with his adolescent daughter (Frankie Corio) during a trip to Turkey.
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Art returned to a glittering Chanel couture universe Tuesday with monumental animal sculptures gathering in the center of the runway-in-the-round like a surreal zoo for its Paris Fashion Week show. Designer Virginie Viard collaborated with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan who used a bestiary in house founder
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