By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to show his commitment to Native Americans by acting to improve public safety and justice for their communities and by proposing a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling on Chaco Canyon, an ancient heritage site in northwestern New Mexico. He’ll announce the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests. The court’s action Monday allows suits by Ohio, Salt Lake County, Utah, and
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests. The court’s action Monday allows suits by Ohio, Salt Lake County, Utah, and
Continue Reading By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many holiday-season train shows were canceled or limited to fewer visitors last year because of the pandemic. But this year the popular attractions are back — with health precautions — at botanical gardens, conservatories and elsewhere around the country. The shows feature a combination of model
Continue Reading By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Maná will return to its second home with a concert residency at The Forum in Los Angeles next year. The rock band, which that already holds the record for the most concerts in a year at the Forum, says it is not focused on breaking records
Continue Reading By WILSON RING and LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont says he will not seek reelection to the seat he has held for eight terms. The 81-year-old Leahy said Monday that he and his wife have determined that “it is time to pass the torch to the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Ahead of President Joe Biden’s virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, two dozen business groups are calling on the Biden administration to work toward removing tariffs on China to help ease historic inflation. In a letter to Biden officials sent on Friday, the business groups warned tariffs on China
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Steve Bannon, exasesor del entonces presidente Trump, llegó este lunes a la oficina de campo del FBI en Washington para entregarse tras ser acusado de desacato penal el viernes. Bannon se mostró desafiante al dirigirse a las cámaras de televisión y dijo: “Vamos a acabar con el régimen de Biden”.
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Russia to be more transparent about its military activities near Ukraine. But he stopped short of suggesting that Moscow might be preparing to invade its former Soviet neighbor. Ukraine claims that Russia kept tens of thousands of troops and equipment near
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has increased the terror level to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. The decision follows an taxi explosion in Liverpool on Sunday that killed a man. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the terror threat level had been raised because there had been two
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon has surrendered to federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was taken into custody Monday morning. He’s expected to appear in court later
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are climbing modestly higher on Wall Street early Monday, getting the week off to an encouraging start following its first weekly loss in six weeks. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in the early going, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq were each up 0.3%. Crude oil prices
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Históricamente, en el fútbol hay jugadores que por una doble nacionalidad han tenido la opción de escoger qué país representar, y un selecto grupo ha podido jugar con más de una selección absoluta. Podemos recordar los precedentes de los jugadores de la antigua Unión Soviética, donde hubo futbolistas que
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El pronóstico para este invierno en EE.UU. no parece esperanzador: es probable que el covid-19 no se vaya para las festividades de fin de año. En el mejor de los escenarios, los casos se estabilizan para Estados Unidos en su conjunto y aumentan en aproximadamente la mitad de los estados.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The e-commerce mattress maker Casper is being acquired and taken private for about $308 million. Shares of Casper Sleep Inc. spiked 88.5% to close Monday at $6.69. Durational Capital Management will pay $6.90 per share for Casper’s stock. The New York City company went public in February 2020 and it’s had a
Continue Reading By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — With nearly 76% of the ballots counted, a new centrist party appears to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. The country’s central electoral commission said Monday that results showed the anti-corruption We Continue the Change party, founded few weeks ago by two Harvard graduates, captured
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is calling a downtown shooting early on Sunday morning, which left one person dead and five others hurt, a “mass casualty” event. “Our community has experienced multiple incidents of senseless gun violence over the past several weeks,” said Columbia Mayor Brian Treece. The shooting happened around 3 a.m.
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (Reuters) — Es poco probable que Roger Federer juegue en el Abierto de Australia del próximo año, pero aún está decidido a regresar al tenis en algún momento, según su entrenador Ivan Ljubicic. El 20 veces campeón del Grand Slam ha estado inactivo desde que perdió en los cuartos de final de
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden announced Monday a proposal for a 20-year ban on new oil and gas drilling near Chaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico — one of the oldest Native American sites in the US — White House officials said. In the coming weeks, the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Beto O’Rourke, the former congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, on Monday launched his campaign to unseat Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022. “I’m running for governor,” he tweeted alongside a video announcement. “Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today — and
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