By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A top Netflix executive says Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer” doesn’t cross “the line on hate” and will remain on the streaming service. In an internal memo, reported by Variety, co-CEO Ted Sarandos told Netflix managers that while some celebrities may join third parties in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud pide a los gobiernos y a los legisladores que “actúen con urgencia” ante la crisis climática y sanitaria en un nuevo informe especial. El informe describe el cambio climático como la “mayor amenaza para la salud que afronta la humanidad”, y expone 10 medidas recomendadas
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By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two men have been charged in connection with a weekend shootout at a busy St. Paul bar that left one woman dead and 14 people injured. Police say 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley was killed early Sunday when gunfire broke out at the Seventh Street Truck Park
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — A metro Phoenix sheriff’s deputy who authorities say was attacked by a man he had arrested has died. Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone said Monday that Deputy Juan “Johnny” Ruiz succumbed to injuries he suffered Saturday. The sheriff had announced earlier that the family planned to take Ruiz off life support. Ruiz
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. The Republican previously sought to ban state and local governments
Continue Reading By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law. The Republican previously sought to ban state and local governments
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By Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN Wisconsin parents are suing two school districts over their Covid-19 mitigation efforts, arguing that the systems failed to protect their children from getting infected. The first lawsuit was filed in federal court last week by Shannon Jensen against the Waukesha School District, the Waukesha Board of Education, a
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — El llamado de la comunidad científica para hacer frente a la crisis climática no puede ser más claro: hay que reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Pero no es la única clave para intentar evitar los peores efectos del cambio climático. Hay otra llave y la tiene América
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By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN COP26 President Alok Sharma called out the G20 nations that have not increased their pledges on climate ahead of the international talks in the Scottish city of Glasgow, which begin in less than three weeks, alluding to nations like China, India, Australia and Saudi Arabia. In a speech
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This story contains a spoiler about Monday’s “Jeopardy!” episode. All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” has done just that, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. Amodio
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This story contains a spoiler about Monday’s “Jeopardy!” episode. All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” has done did just that, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money.
Continue Reading GEISMAR, La. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he and two siblings started a fire in a play fort made from a set of concrete steps atop a flatbed trailer. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said Monday that the children used a lighter to set fire to “a small pile of combustible
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Cancelaron tu vuelo. Ahora tienes que quedarte en un hotel y pagar la cena o ver cómo puedes alquilar un auto. ¿A qué tienes derecho en esta situación? Es una pregunta que se hacen muchos clientes frustrados de Southwest Airlines ante los miles de vuelos cancelados durante el fin de semana
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN US Marshal task force members were justified in the fatal shooting of Winston Smith in June, Donald F. Ryan, Crow Wing County attorney and chief prosecutor, wrote in a letter to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Members of the North Star Fugitive Task Force tried to arrest Smith,
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN US Marshal task force members were justified in the fatal shooting of Winston Smith in June, Donald F. Ryan, Crow Wing County attorney and chief prosecutor, wrote in a letter to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Members of the North Star Fugitive Task Force tried to arrest Smith,
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A lawsuit says that a 14-year-old who was critically wounded in a 2016 St. Louis police shooting was unarmed and waiting to discuss a video-game trade with a friend when two officers began to chase him and opened fire. The suit’s contention that Tyron Edwards was unarmed contradicts what then-police Chief
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La Policía del Norte de Santander en Colombia ofrece el equivalente a más de US$ 26.500 por información que conduzca a la captura de los responsables del homicidio de dos venezolanos, un niño de 12 años y un joven de 18, ocurrido el viernes en Tibú, municipio de este departamento
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary report has concluded that Britain’s Conservative government waited too long to impose a lockdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The report Tuesday says that caused the nation to miss a chance to contain the disease and led to thousands of unnecessary COVID-19 deaths. A
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary report has concluded that Britain’s Conservative government waited too long to impose a lockdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The report Tuesday says that caused the nation to miss a chance to contain the disease and led to thousands of unnecessary COVID-19 deaths. A
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has made punishing corruption the centerpiece of his political agenda. So when the country’s arguably worst, self-confessed, most corrupt official was photographed dining out carefree at a luxury restaurant over the weekend, it wasn’t good optics. The case comes at a time when Mexico’s attorney general is trying to
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