By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ROME (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has renewed Britain’s threat to break from part of the Brexit divorce deal it signed with the European Union unless differences over Northern Ireland trade are resolved. The U.K. has threatened to trigger an emergency break clause in the deal that lets either
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By Scott McLean, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kocha Olarn and Tim Lister, CNN Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a company alleging it exported millions of substandard, soiled and reused medical gloves to US distributors as demand for the product worldwide surged during the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came days after a CNN investigation exposed the practice, police
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By Christina Carrega and Dakin Andone, CNN A former Monroe, Louisiana, police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury for kicking a man who was under arrest and then attempting to cover up the “unjustified force,” the Department of Justice said Thursday. Jared Desadier, 43, faces two counts in the indictment, including willfully
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Will Ferrell revealed he said no to an “Elf” sequel and the hefty paycheck that came along with it. The funnyman told The Hollywood Reporter he would have made $29 million to play Buddy the Elf one more time. “I would have had to promote the movie from an honest place,
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The gap is widening between the impacts of the climate crisis and the world’s effort to adapt to them, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme. The annual “adaptation gap” report — which published Thursday amid the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow — found that the estimated costs
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly five years after Joe Arpaio was voted out as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers have covered one of the last major bills from the thousands of lawsuits the lawman’s headline-grabbing tactics inspired. The overall legal tab for Arpaio’s six terms hit $100 million after
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has suddenly canceled his trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference. In a brief statement Friday, Newsom’s office cited unspecified family obligations. Newsom had planned to highlight his administration’s climate change actions at next week’s conference in Glasgow,
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By KTBS STAFF Click here for updates on this story MINDEN, Louisiana (KTBS) — A multi-agency roundup of suspected gang members allegedly responsible for much of the violence in Minden and Webster Parish got underway Thursday morning with multiple arrests so far. Called “Operation Save Our Streets,” the investigation into the criminal activity associated with
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN With testing and other mitigation measures in place, playing college football games did not contribute to coronavirus spread among players in the NCAA’s Southeastern Conference last year, according to a study published Friday in JAMA Network Open. At some points in the pandemic, it wasn’t clear that there would even be
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies say they likely won’t ever be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab. The Director of National Intelligence issued a paper Friday that elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit to stop a vaccine mandate for federal contractors. According to the 12-count lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Executive Order 14042 issued by the White House on Sept. 9 violates the rights of federal contractors.
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York sheriff is defending his decision to file a complaint against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo that accuses the Democrat of a misdemeanor sex crime. The filing took prosecutors and the accuser’s attorney by surprise when Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks. The palace says in statement Friday that the 95-year-old monarch can continue to undertake light, desk-based duties during this time — including some virtual audiences. But she will be
Continue Reading By AARON MORRISON Associated Press Kyle Rittenhouse, the aspiring police officer who gunned down three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a protest in the summer of 2020 against racism and police brutality, is white. So were those he shot. But for many, his murder trial next week will be watched closely as the latest referendum
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says petroleum industry regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale. The announcement came as officials released a report saying fossil fuel extraction from federal lands produced more than 1
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says petroleum industry regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale. The announcement came as officials released a report saying fossil fuel extraction from federal lands produced more than 1
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved the speedy construction of a $402 million barrier on the European Union member’s border with Belarus to stop the increasing flow of migrants. Lawmakers voted on the measure Friday and now it only needs the approval from the nation’s president, a government ally. Poland is accusing the
Continue Reading KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say an explosion at a fuel station in the southern port city of Karachi has killed at least four people. Senior police official Nasir Aftab said six people were injured in Friday’s incident, caused by short-circuiting inside a room at the station. He said it was not an act
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to calm stormy waters over fishing with France on Friday as he flew to Rome for a G-20 summit, where he is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. France has threatened to block British boats and tighten checks
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to calm stormy waters over fishing with France on Friday as he flew to Rome for a G-20 summit, where he is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. France has threatened to block British boats and tighten checks
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