By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Republicans are poised to deny President Joe Biden an appointment to the Supreme Court if they take the majority in the 2022 midterm elections. Five Republican senators raised the stakes around Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, telling CNN they’d oppose any likely nominee out of this White House.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast rapper known as Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation at a Los Angeles music festival. His real name was Darrell Caldwell. His publicist confirmed the death to the New York Times. The 28-year-old was assaulted Saturday night at the Once Upon a Time in LA
Continue Reading MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of seven people were discovered inside a twin home in a northwestern Minnesota city but did not say how they died. Police said the victims included four adults and three children. They were found just before 8 p.m. Saturday by family members conducting a welfare check at
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington University officials said a mural on campus that depicts prominent Black people was vandalized this weekend with racist symbols. Four top university officials, including Chancellor Andrew Martin, sent a letter to students and staff Sunday expressing their dismay about the vandalism. University officials said there are cameras in the area
Continue Reading WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Linemates Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Paul Stastny accounted for all the goals and the Winnipeg Jets beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Sunday to give interim head coach Dave Lowry his first victory. Stastny scored twice and added an assist, Ehlers had a goal and three assists, and Scheifele
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in southern Mexico say a pedestrian suspension bridge has collapsed, dumping a group heading to a Christmas party into a ravine and sending 23 people to the hospital. The civil defense office in the Pacific coast state of Oaxaca say people from the town of Santos Reyes Nopala were walking
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By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Kendric Davis scored a season-high 33 points and provided an answer for SMU every time it needed it against New Mexico in a 90-71 win. The Mustangs won for the sixth straight time, using an early 8-0 run to build a 19-7 lead, then holding the
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has tested positive for COVID-19. The Massachusetts Democrat tweeted Sunday that she’s vaccinated, has received her booster shot and is experiencing mild symptoms in a breakthrough case of the virus. She also used the occasion to urge anyone not vaccinated to do so. Warren didn’t elaborate on where
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill. That would deal a seemingly fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s leading domestic initiative. The West Virginia senator said on “Fox News Sunday” that after months of negotiations,
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By ALAN FRAM and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill. That would deal a seemingly fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s leading domestic initiative. The West Virginia senator said on “Fox News Sunday” that after months of negotiations,
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa — Tucker DeVries and Okay Djamgouz scored 15 points apiece as Drake won its seventh consecutive home game, easily beating UT Martin 80-54. Darnell Brodie added 12 points for the Bulldogs, while Ayo Akinwole and ShanQuan Hemphill each had 10. KJ Simon led the Skyhawks with 13 points.
Continue Reading By PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests has been elected Chile’s next president after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. Gabriel Boric had 56% of the votes, compared to 44% for his opponent, lawmaker José
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By Greg Clary, CNN Three Democratic members of Congress announced Sunday that they have breakthrough coronavirus infections. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey as well as Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado shared that they had tested positive for Covid-19 via tweets from their official accounts. They all reported having received
Continue Reading By Greg Clary Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker tested positive for the coronavirus, according to tweets Sunday from their official accounts. The Massachusetts Democrat, who is vaccinated and boosted, said she is experiencing mild symptoms. The New Jersey Democrat, who is also vaccinated and boosted, also reported mild symptoms. Warren was on the Senate
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Los cines necesitaban un héroe, y Spider-Man llegó justo a tiempo. Spider-Man: No Way Home, la última película de la familia Marvel, consiguió un fin de semana de estreno récord en la taquilla de EE.UU. al recaudar US$ 253 millones, según su estudio, Sony. Es el tercer fin de semana de estreno
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional Civil de Guatemala informó que investiga la muerte de 13 personas, aparentemente asesinadas en una carretera en la aldea de Chiquix, en el departamento de Sololá. Entre las víctimas mortales hay 12 civiles y un miembro de la Policía Nacional Civil, precisó la entidad en un comunicado.
Continue Reading By PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Results have begun trickling for Chile’s presidential runoff following a bruising campaign between polar opposites. Sunday’s vote pitted a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump against a millennial former student protest leader who promises to attack nagging inequality in Latin America’s most advanced
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Democratic US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Herring Father: Donald Herring, salesman and maintenance man Mother: Pauline (Reed) Herring, department store worker Marriages: Bruce Mann (July 12, 1980-present);
Continue Reading Sophie Tremblay, CNN Archer Calder spent his childhood unable to talk with his younger sister, Della, his only sibling. Della has Bainbridge-Ropers syndrome, a rare genetic condition which affects her ability to eat, move and speak. “I’ve never grown up with a neurotypical sibling, so that comparison is hard for me to make,” Archer, 17,
Continue Reading Sophie Tremblay, CNN Archer Calder spent his childhood unable to talk with his younger sister, Della, his only sibling. Della has Bainbridge-Ropers syndrome, a rare genetic condition which affects her ability to eat, move and speak. “I’ve never grown up with a neurotypical sibling, so that comparison is hard for me to make,” Archer, 17,
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