By Laura Ly, CNN Former Georgetown University head tennis coach Gordon Ernst pleaded guilty to charges “in connection with soliciting and accepting bribes to facilitate the admission of prospective Georgetown applicants and failing to report all of the income from the bribes on his federal income taxes,” according to a news release from the US
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s parliamentary standards watchdog says a Conservative lawmaker should be suspended from the House of Commons for breaking lobbying rules. Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone said Owen Paterson lobbied the government in 2016 and 2017 on behalf of two companies that were paying him. They were the clinical diagnostics company Randox
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By Joe Sutton and Michelle Krupa, CNN Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie’s mother with her son while they were monitoring the family’s home in the days after Laundrie’s fiancée, Gabby Petito, was reported missing, a police spokesperson said. “They are built kind of similarly,” North Port Police Department spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN affiliate
Continue Reading BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top general says the deposed prime minister is being detained for own safety at the general’s own house, not in a prison. The military took power in a coup on Monday. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan told a news conference Tuesday that the military has stepped in after
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has held virtual audiences at Windsor Castle for the first time since doctors ordered her to rest last week. The 95-year-old sovereign greeted the ambassador of the Republic of Korea on Tuesday. The queen underwent medical tests after she canceled a scheduled trip
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By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Elizabeth II will skip next week’s key climate conference in Glasgow, according to a royal source. The news comes after the 95-year-old monarch was admitted to a hospital last week for “preliminary investigations.” Buckingham Palace had announced earlier on Tuesday that the Queen would “regretfully” cancel a
Continue Reading Sheriff’s deputies found a grenade inside a pickup truck a routine traffic stop in north Florida. The 65-year-old driver was pulled over for expired tags, and then they found his driver’s license had expired. A search turned up two glass pipes, and then they spotted the grenade. The man said it came from a military
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garrett, Jason Hanna and Dave Hennen, CNN Thousands in New England are waking up in the dark Wednesday and strong winds are expected to continue a day after a nor’easter’s heavy rains flooded some areas in the Northeast. More than 275,000 customers were without electricity Wednesday morning in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia has reached another high amid a surge in infections that forced the Kremlin to order most Russians to stay off work starting this week. Sluggish vaccination rates have allowed the coronavirus to spread quickly across Eastern Europe. Ukraine and
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia has reached another high amid a surge in infections that forced the Kremlin to order most Russians to stay off work starting this week. Sluggish vaccination rates have allowed the coronavirus to spread quickly across Eastern Europe. Ukraine and
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Scientists may have detected signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way, in what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy. The possible exoplanet was discovered in the Whirlpool Galaxy — the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51) — by NASA’s Chandra X-ray
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Scientists may have detected signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way, in what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy. The possible exoplanet was discovered in the Whirlpool Galaxy — the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51) — by NASA’s Chandra X-ray
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By Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN There comes a point in every major legislative negotiation when a deal is in sight, but not close enough to be a sure thing. Significant portions are agreed to, even drafted into the text, but the outstanding issues are the most complex and in need of not just
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Phil Mattingly, CNN There comes a point in every major legislative negotiation when a deal is in sight, but not close enough to be a sure thing. Significant portions are agreed to, even drafted into the text, but the outstanding issues are the most complex and in need of not just
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and mainland. Hong Kong has not had a major outbreak in months while remaining largely closed to international travel. Leader Carrie
Continue Reading By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and mainland. Hong Kong has not had a major outbreak in months while remaining largely closed to international travel. Leader Carrie
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Seven airlines, along with other travel industry leaders, are donating more than 20,000 airline tickets to Afghan evacuees to get to their final destinations in the US, matching an additional 20,000 flights contributed by the public, the White House, Welcome.US, major airlines and Miles4Migrants will announce Tuesday morning. The 40,000 flights
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By Rob McLean and Jill Disis, CNN Business The shell company that plans to merge with former US President Donald Trump’s new media firm is losing some steam after last week’s trading bonanza. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. plunged nearly 30% Tuesday after falling 11% on Monday. Digital World Acquisition Corp. skyrocketed by as
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Elon Musk is rapidly approaching a net worth of $300 billion, as Tesla’s market cap soars past $1 trillion. That’s enough to surpass one of his biggest rivals: ExxonMobil. As of Monday’s close, Musk’s net worth was $289 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which surpasses the $272 billion
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s newly elected parliament is holding its first meeting. The 736-member lower house, or Bundestag, has elected as its new speaker Baerbel Bas of the center-left Social Democrats, which emerged from last month’s election as the strongest party. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is attended Tuesday’s meeting although
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