By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to soon announce that the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest human rights abuses. China has vowed to greet any such move with “firm countermeasures.” But President Joe Biden has made his decision
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Dos hipopótamos en un zoológico en Amberes, Bélgica, dieron positivo por covid-19, en lo que se cree que es la primera infección de este tipo reportada en la especie. Los hipopótamos, llamados Imani y Hermien, no han mostrado ningún síntoma “aparte de nariz mocosa”, según un comunicado de prensa del zoológico.
Continue Reading By Cornell Barnard Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There is growing reaction and backlash following a San Francisco restaurant’s decision to deny service to three on-duty police officers. On Sunday, an apology was issued from restaurant owners who now say they regret the move. North Beach business owner Joseph
Continue Reading By Dion Lim Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KGO) — An Oakland woman narrowly missed getting her purse snatched after her kids sprang into action to stop her attacker. The older sister, Jamie requested we only use her first name. She described how she was driving her 54-year-old mother home last
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Por primera vez en dos meses, EE.UU. tiene un promedio de más de 100.000 casos nuevos de covid-19 cada día, poco después de que millones de estadounidenses viajaron para el feriado de Acción de Gracias. El promedio móvil de siete días de casos nuevos fue de 121.437 hasta el sábado,
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By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DIAMNIADIO, Senegal (AP) — South Africa’s president says travel restrictions imposed on South Africa and other African nations for telling the world about the omicron variant are hypocritical, harsh and not supported by science. President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking Monday at the Dakar International Forum for Peace and Security, said the
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging people to “remain prudent” about COVID-19 over the holidays as Christmas festivities at one Spanish hospital are suspected of infecting dozens of staff. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spaniards can’t “let their guard down” because the coronavirus continues to spread. One regional hospital said 170
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging people to “remain prudent” about COVID-19 over the holidays as Christmas festivities at one Spanish hospital are suspected of infecting dozens of staff. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spaniards can’t “let their guard down” because the coronavirus continues to spread. One regional hospital said 170
Continue Reading SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Tyson Foods said Monday that it plans to spend roughly $50 million on year-end bonuses for over 80,000 hourly workers at its meatpacking plants that will give them between $300 and $700 apiece. Those bonuses are on top of wage increases that drove the average value of the wages and benefits
Continue Reading By RICK CALLAHAN and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the case against the student accused in last week’s deadly Michigan school shooting and who took the rare step of charging his parents has left open the possibility that school officials could also face charges. Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The big question as Jussie Smollett’s trial resumes is whether the actor will tell his side of the story. Two brothers spent hours telling a jury last week how the former “Empire” actor paid them to carry out a fake racist and anti-gay attack
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The National Museum of Afghanistan is open once again and the Taliban, whose members once smashed their way through the facility, now appear to be among its most enthusiastic visitors. The museum, which hosts artifacts from the Paleolithic period to the 20th century, reopened just over
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By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Former Democratic Rep. Max Rose announced he will run again for the US House seat he lost in 2020 after a single term to Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who serves the New York district that includes Staten Island and some of Brooklyn. “I’m running for Congress in #NY11 because I can’t
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has defended a recent meeting of European populist leaders by saying that his government is seeking allies in its challenge of what he called a “centralized Europe.” Morawiecki also distanced himself Monday from comments by France’s Marine Le Pen, who said that Poland’s neighbor Ukraine belongs
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By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is still insisting that President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill can pass his chamber by Christmas — even as doubts grow that such a timeline is achievable given the procedures of the Senate and the lingering differences among Democrats. In a letter
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines say they’ve arrested a man suspected in a string of overnight arson fires involving half a dozen vehicles that also damaged at least two homes. Police say in a news release that the fires occurred starting around 11:30 p.m. Sunday into early Monday morning. The fires
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Something pleasant lies ahead. A new trailer for the “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” special, which will debut on HBO Max on Jan. 1, has released. (CNN and HBO are both part of WarnerMedia.) The new look features Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the long-running franchise, and
Continue Reading By Ken Smith, Kasey Cunningham Click here for updates on this story GARNER, North Carolina (WRAL) — Three area schools will have added security officers on Monday after threats were made over the weekend. Garner police will be at Garner Magnet High School following rumors of a threat made against the school. At Lee County
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — French prosecutors have opened an investigation into violence that erupted at the first official campaign rally of a far-right candidate who has shaken up France’s presidential race. Police detained around 60 people after fists and chairs flew and anti-racism activists were left bloodied Sunday at
Continue Reading By GARY D. ROBERTSON and TOM KRISHER Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Toyota plans to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Greensboro, North Carolina, that will employ at least 1,750 people, government officials said Monday. Toyota was identified during a morning meeting of the state Economic Investment Committee, which voted to
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