By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his first routine physical as president. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the trip in a tweet early Friday. The 78-year-old Biden had his last full exam in December 2019. Doctors reported then
Continue Reading By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet If you skipped holiday travel last year (or haven’t traveled much at all since the start of the pandemic), your travel skills might have gotten a little rusty. Plus, a lot about travel etiquette has changed. When you combine that with a challenging travel world filled with canceled flights and
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By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet If you skipped holiday travel last year (or haven’t traveled much at all since the start of the pandemic), your travel skills might have gotten a little rusty. Plus, a lot about travel etiquette has changed. When you combine that with a challenging travel world filled with canceled flights and
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By Elle Reeve, CNN A key federal defendant accused of conspiracy over the 2017 Unite the Right rally was forced this week to confront his own explicit calls for violence — and who should do the actual fighting — in the months before the deadly event unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia. Christopher Cantwell is among 25
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Another week of Brexit negotiations still left the European Union awaiting a firm counterproposal from the United Kingdom to ease a standoff over how to deal with Britain’s departure from the bloc. Both sides are fighting over differences in how to regulate trade in Northern Ireland, which
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a surprise announcement that he will withdraw agriculture laws that triggered a year of farmer protests, in what is seen as a major climbdown by his government. Experts say elections could be a major reason behind
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By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats have voted to pass President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion social safety net expansion legislation, a victory for the party even as the legislation faces a tough road ahead in the Senate. The final tally was 220 to 213. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine
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olivertapia (CNN) — Austria volverá a un confinamiento nacional y planea convertirse en el primer país de Europa en hacer obligatoria la vacuna contra el covid-19 para todas las personas elegibles a medida que se profundiza la crisis del coronavirus en la nación, anunció el viernes el canciller Alexander Schallenberg. Schallenberg dijo que su gobierno
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By Aya Elamroussi and Mark Morales, CNN The jury in the civil trial against the organizers of a two-day Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, finished their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Judge Norman Moon sent the jury home and told them to come back Monday and be ready to start at 9
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British police say the homemade bomb that killed a man in a taxi in Liverpool contained ball bearings and would have caused “significant injury or death” if it had exploded in different circumstances. The suspected bomb-maker, Emad Al Swealmeen, died when a blast ripped through the cab in which he was a
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Thanksgiving holiday travel could get messy due to a smorgasbord of extreme weather events. Check this day-by-day forecast, and if you want more in-depth coverage, sign up for email alerts from CNN’s weather team. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusations of sexual assault against a former top Communist Party official has shined a spotlight on similar cases involving political dissidents, entertainers, business leaders and others who ran afoul of the authorities. Chinese officials have not directly addressed the accusation made
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s disease control agency said Friday that the country has entered into a “nationwide state of emergency” because of surging coronavirus infections. The head of the Robert Koch Institute said regular medical care cannot be guaranteed anymore in some parts of the country because
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents from a tense Jerusalem neighborhood say the car tires of 11 Palestinian-owned vehicles were slashed by Israeli settlers. Palestinian families from the neighborhood are currently embroiled in a high-profile eviction case against Israeli settlers. CCTV footage of Friday’s incident shows three hooded men entering a fenced-off area before stabbing the tires
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank is doubling down on the message that it’s no time to raise interest rates. Christine Lagarde says the bank won’t add to the squeeze on consumers who are facing rising prices driven by high energy costs. Higher inflation
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