By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening. The leaders are looking to dial back tensions after a rough start to the U.S.-China relationship since Biden took office earlier this year. The White House is
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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers could be playing football again less than two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19 while unvaccinated. Whether the off-field consequences of this situation on the reigning MVP’s public persona have a similarly short shelf life remains uncertain. Rodgers
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CNNEE Nota del editor: Claudio Fantini es politólogo y periodista; profesor en las carreras Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Siglo 21; columnista de análisis político en diarios, revistas, radios y canales de televisión de Argentina y Uruguay. Autor de los libros “Crónicas de fin de siglo, “Dioses de la guerra”, “Infalible y
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Waylon Smithers Jr, the loyal assistant to cantankerous billionaire Montgomery Burns, will finally find love in a landmark episode of “The Simpsons.” The character, who came out in a 2016 episode of the animated Fox series, will be at the center of a gay romance storyline in an episode set to
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By David Williams, CNN After 36 years as a nurse, one Kentucky woman had more than earned her retirement — and now she has plenty of money to retire in style. That’s because she had no sooner retired than she bought a ticket and won a $200,000 lottery prize. “It was unbelievable,” she said in
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A police officer says he would have given Ahmaud Arbery a warning for trespassing inside the unfinished home from which the young Black man was seen running before he was chased and fatally shot. Glynn County police Officer Robert Rash testified Friday he had been looking
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration sanctioned Eritrea’s military and its sole political party for their involvement in the ongoing crisis in northern Ethiopia as Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern that about “the potential for Ethiopia to implode.” These are the first sanctions imposed under a new executive order signed by President
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on the military and ruling party of Eritrea over their role in neighboring Ethiopia’s brutal yearlong war,. A Treasury Department statement cited the “continued role” the Eritreans play in the war that has killed thousands. Ethiopia’s government allowed Eritrean soldiers
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM MURPHY The Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business. The company said Friday that the division selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep the Johnson & Johnson name. The new
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM MURPHY The Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business. The company said Friday that the division selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep the Johnson & Johnson name. The new
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union have inched away from a diplomatic cliff edge but remain miles apart in a post-Brexit spat that risks escalating into a cross-Channel trade war. Chief negotiators David Frost for Britain and Maros Sefcovic for the EU failed to make much progress
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union have inched away from a diplomatic cliff edge but remain miles apart in a post-Brexit spat that risks escalating into a cross-Channel trade war. Chief negotiators David Frost for Britain and Maros Sefcovic for the EU failed to make much progress
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Rivian’s stock price soared Thursday, a day after its Wall Street debut, valuing the company at more than $100 billion. It also had the biggest American initial public offering since Facebook. Rivian, which plans to deliver about a thousand consumer vehicles by the end of 2021, is worth more than
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Rivian’s stock price soared Thursday, a day after its Wall Street debut, valuing the company at more than $100 billion. It also had the biggest American initial public offering since Facebook. Rivian, which plans to deliver about a thousand consumer vehicles by the end of 2021, is worth more than
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An appellate court ruling has upheld a drug seizure in a case that raised questions about when police can seize drugs in pat-downs. The Des Moines Register reports that the Iowa Court of Appeals found that a district court judge had erred in ruling that the evidence uncovered during a
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Se están retirando del mercado aproximadamente 45.359 kilos de hamburguesas de pollo crudo molido, que se venden principalmente en Trader Joe’s. El Servicio de Inspección y Seguridad Alimentaria del Departamento de Agricultura de EE.UU (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés). dijo en un comunicado de prensa que el pollo molido afectado
Continue Reading By JESSICA MUNDIE Religion News Service For many Christians, the relationship between birds and faith does not stray farther than seeing a dove carrying an olive branch on a banner at church. However, for Christian birdwatchers — or to use a phrase coined by theologian John Stott, “ornitheologists” — birding is a kind of worship.
Continue Reading WHEELING, Ill. (AP) — Police say a child’s body found in a northwest Indiana retention pond has been identified as that of a 1-year-old suburban Chicago girl whose mother was found dead days earlier. Indiana State Police say the body found Thursday in a Hammond pond was identified as Jaclyn Angel Dobbs of Deerfield, Illinois.
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