By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is moving to lift the nation’s debt limit by $2.5 trillion. The Senate has approved the measure 50-49 in a party-line vote, sending the legislation to the House. A House could come as early as Tuesday night, sending the measure to President Joe Biden. The flurry
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By Lisa Drayer, CNN The winter months are here, welcoming us with temperatures that can bring on the chills. A hot beverage is often the perfect remedy to warm you up, but a decadent hot chocolate with whipped cream or sugar-laden chai latte can make it difficult to stick to your new year’s health goals.
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The coroner in Las Vegas says the woman killed in a fiery crash that authorities blame on ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III driving drunk at racetrack speeds burned to death. A spokesman said Tuesday that the Clark County coroner concluded that 23-year-old Tina Tintor of
Continue Reading ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been ordered by New York’s ethics commission to give up the millions of dollars he was paid to write a book about his response to the pandemic. An attorney for Cuomo immediately called the action unconstitutional and promised a fight. Cuomo was directed to turn over
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Universidad de Cornell notificó 903 casos de covid-19 entre los estudiantes entre el 7 y el 13 de diciembre, y un “porcentaje muy elevado” de ellos son casos de la variante ómicron en personas completamente vacunadas, según los responsables de la universidad. “Prácticamente todos los casos de la variante ómicron
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Maryland Health Department has not published data on coronavirus case rates for nine days as it recovers from a “network security incident,” the department said Tuesday. The department is focused on “gaining full visibility into the affected network infrastructure” and working to bring affected IT systems back online following the
Continue Reading GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A Texas county has approved a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit settlement with the family of a man who sheriff’s deputies shocked with stun guns after a 2019 chase. The traffic stop was filmed by real-time police TV series “Live PD” that A&E Networks canceled last year. Commissioners in suburban Williamson
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By Melissa Alonso, Amir Vera and Michelle Watson, CNN A truck driver who crashed into traffic on Interstate 70 in Denver, killing four people, was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison, according to Colorado Judicial Department spokesperson Rob McCallum. Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 26, was driving a semi tractor-trailer in April 2019, traveling at 85 mph,
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials say the development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel. The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday asked companies that might be interested in
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials say the development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel. The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday asked companies that might be interested in
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said Tuesday it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said Tuesday it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los primeros datos sobre la variante ómicron del coronavirus presentan “un argumento muy sólido para que la gente se vacune”, según el doctor Anthony Fauci, director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas. “Ómicron va a ser un reto porque se propaga muy rápidamente, y las vacunas que utilizamos, la
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent urgent text messages to the White House chief of staff urging him to get the then-president to do more to stop
Continue Reading By Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Helen Godfrey-Smith, 72, of Shreveport, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to making and using a false document, U.S. Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced Tuesday. A bill of information charging Godfrey-Smith was filed Nov. 15. She made
Continue Reading PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with sparking a devastating Northern California wildfire are out of jail after a judge vastly reduced their $1 million bail. The Caldor Fire forced tens of thousands of people to flee Lake Tahoe communities earlier this year. A Placerville judge on Monday reduced bail for Travis
Continue Reading By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A key witness in the Navy’s case against a sailor accused of setting the fire that destroyed a U.S. warship last year in San Diego has testified he saw the suspect near the blaze’s ignition point. Navy Apprentice Ryan Mays is the suspect and was back
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Purple Innovation, Sunrun fall; Alcoa, Terminix rise.
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By Faith Karimi and Bill Kirkos, CNN An unusual promotional giveaway at a hockey game in South Dakota saw a group of schoolteachers competing for a pile of cash by scrambling on their hands and knees to grab fistfuls of dollar bills. The inaugural “Dash for Cash” event at Saturday’s Sioux Falls Stampede junior hockey
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By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN US lawmakers who have just returned from a trip to Ukraine are urging the Biden administration to take proactive steps to prevent further Russian aggression toward the country and to be prepared to place “extreme sanctions” on Moscow if it moves militarily against its neighbor. Some
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