By JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican lawmaker seemed to agree with the comparison. The comments Friday were from Kansas House health committee Chair
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By JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican lawmaker seemed to agree with the comparison. The comments Friday were from Kansas House health committee Chair
Continue Reading BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a bullet struck the brim of a baseball-style cap worn by a Boise, Idaho, police officer who exchanged gunfire with the gunman in Monday’s shooting at the city’s largest shopping mall that killed two people. Authorities identified the officer in a statement Friday as Chris Dance. Dance joined the
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By Mark Morales and Ralph Ellis, CNN The first witness in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally testified Friday, saying the attacks by angry White nationalists left her physically and emotionally scarred. Natalie Romero said she and friends were standing at the Thomas Jefferson statue on the University
Continue Reading By Mark Morales and Ralph Ellis, CNN The first witness in the civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally testified Friday, saying the attacks by angry White nationalists left her physically and emotionally scarred. Natalie Romero said she and friends were standing at the Thomas Jefferson statue on the University
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Si las películas de terror en Halloween te dan miedo, imagínate esto: toneladas de plástico hecho a partir de combustibles fósiles avanzan por el océano asfixiando a las especies marinas. Eso es terror. El 83% de los disfraces de Halloween y la ropa que se promociona como para usar durante esta
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN Attorneys for Prince Andrew are asking for a lawsuit filed against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be dismissed, saying it violates the terms of a settlement agreement with sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, where she agreed to a “general release” of claims against the two men and others.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN) — La reina Isabel II del Reino Unido recibió la orden de los médicos de guardar reposo durante al menos las próximas dos semanas y no realizar ninguna visita oficial, según informó este viernes el Palacio de Buckingham en un comunicado. El anuncio se produce más de una semana después de
Continue Reading WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A schoolhouse in Virginia where enslaved and free Black children were taught before the Revolutionary War will once again become part of Colonial Williamsburg. The 18th century building will be moved from the campus of William & Mary to the living history museum several blocks away. Both institutions announced Friday that
Continue Reading By DON BABWIN Associated Press A federal judge has denied a motion by 130 Chicago firefighters and other city employees to temporarily halt enforcement of the city’s requirement that all of its workers report whether they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccination. U.S. District Judge John Lee on Friday methodically dismantled arguments made in the lawsuit, starting
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent If you’re vaccinated against Covid-19 and wondering if you’re eligible for a booster shot, the answer is probably yes. After months of debate about who should be eligible for a booster, an analysis done for CNN shows that at least 89% of vaccinated American adults are eligible once
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the objections of the Biden administration, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider a climate change case that could limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The court also said Friday that it would hear a Republican-led immigration challenge. Both cases won’t be argued until 2022 at
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis will lead California’s delegation to the United Nations Climate Conference after Gov. Gavin Newsom suddenly pulled out of the trip. Newsom’s office said Friday he won’t attend because of unspecified “family obligations.” Newsom has four children ages 5
Continue Reading By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the four retail pharmacy companies on trial for their alleged roles in fostering an opioid crisis in two Ohio counties announced Friday it had settled a lawsuit with 10 government entities in the state. The settlement announced Friday by Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle includes Ohio’s Lake
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Aunque todavía no tiene luz verde de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la vacuna Sputnik Light comienza a abrirse paso en América Latina. La vacuna contra el covid-19 de una única dosis creada por el Instituto Gamaleya empezó a aplicarse en jóvenes de 18 a 29 años en
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By Steve Almasy, CNN The National Women’s Soccer League Players Association said Friday the league has agreed to meet all the players demands for cultural changes and transparency following allegations of sexual misconduct that rattled the league earlier this month. Friday’s announcement follows NWSL interim CEO Marla Messing pledging the league would address the eight
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Living on opposite sides of the country, Vanessa Bayer and her brother Jonah Bayer found they missed each other. Whenever they spoke, they would start reminiscing about their childhood, specifically toys, food and other nostalgia that have somehow disappeared. (Think Garbage Pail Kids.) Eventually, they decided to start a podcast about
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Governor Mike Parson hopes to halt the the Biden administration’s federal vaccine mandate. Parson spoke with ABC 17 News moments before Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, along with 10 other states, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for imposing a vaccine mandate on
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Officials say four people were killed and 11 others were hurt when a sport utility vehicle carrying 15 migrants rolled over on a remote West Texas highway. The Texas Department of Public Safety reports the crash was reported about 5:30 a.m. Friday on Texas 54, about 24 miles north of
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Chinese company that sold millions of faulty dehumidifiers to U.S. customers will pay $91 million for failing to tell regulators the devices could overheat and catch fire. The U.S. attorney’s office announced Friday that Gree Electric Appliances and its Hong Kong subsidiary submitted to an agreement filed in Los Angeles
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