By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and let Democrats suspend the nation’s debt limit. Biden, who made the comment Monday, wants action to keep the U.S. government from coming dangerously close to a devastating credit default as
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A Las Vegas high school made sure to hold its homecoming dance that had been cancelled during the pandemic, but with some unique modifications. The dance was out on the football field, and attendees wore only socks. Shadow Ridge High School
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Authorities on the Spanish island of La Palma say they are tightening their surveillance of an erupting volcano after part of the crater collapsed and unleashed a cascade of more liquid and faster-moving lava. One official said Monday that the crater was “like a dam.” Fiery molten rock poured out from a
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Defender John Brooks will miss the United States’ three World Cup qualifiers this month because of a back injury. Wolfsburg coach Mark van Bommel said the 28-year-old Brooks will not travel from Germany to Texas, where the Americans play Jamaica on Thursday night. Brooks started two of the Americans’ first three
Continue ReadingBy Kristen DeSilva Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide in the west valley on Sunday. LVMPD homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said the investigation was taking place in the 4550 block of W. Sahara Avenue, near Arville Street, on Oct. 3. At the scene,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department has announced plans to start reallocating rental assistance money in a bid to get more cash into the hands of families facing eviction. The details released Monday follows the slow pace of distribution in many parts of the country. A little more than 16.5% of the tens
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press The Treasury Department has announced plans to start reallocating rental assistance money in a bid to get more cash into the hands of families facing eviction. The details released Monday follows the slow pace of distribution in many parts of the country. A little more than 16.5% of the tens
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Esta semana los estrenos musicales están encabezados por “fue mejor”, la nueva versión del tema de Kali Uchis y para el que reclutó a Sza. También destacamos a “La 167”, el nuevo disco de Farruko, “Parte de mi” lo nuevo de Nicki Nicole, el nuevo Spotify Single de Nathy
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In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NewsChannel 21 spoke with two women in Bend on two different journeys to recovery.
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Captain Kirk is rocketing into space: “Star Trek” actor William Shatner plans to blast off from West Texas next week. Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that Shatner will join the Oct. 12 flight with three others. It will be the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN This is not a drill. Dave Chappelle is dropping another comedy special on Netflix. The trailer for “Dave Chappelle: The Closer” debuted Monday and features Chappelle and a voice over by Morgan Freeman. Or is it? Earlier this year, the comic and the streaming giant reached an agreement over streaming
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of the suspect in the 2018 Florida high school massacre for fighting a jail guard has been delayed because his lead lawyer on the case is seriously ill. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer ruled Monday that jury selection in Nikolas Cruz’s trial on jail
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Beijing Winter Olympics open in four months — just six months after the Summer Games wrapped up in Tokyo. When the IOC awarded the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing it promised the event could improve human rights and civil liberties in China. There is no such lofty talk
Continue ReadingNEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Michael Renzi has died after a career in which he served as musical director of “Sesame Street” and worked with the likes of Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Lena Horne and some of the other biggest names in jazz and pop. A funeral home says Renzi died Wednesday at age 80 at
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN After years of suffering, a patient with severe and untreatable depression has finally found relief with an experimental brain implant originally developed to help people with epilepsy, researchers in California reported Monday. It’s only a single patient, but the team at the University of California San Francisco says it has seen
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper hit .309 with 35 homers, led baseball in OPS and is a National League MVP candidate. Zack Wheeler went 14-10 with two shutouts and league highs with 247 strikeouts over 213 1/3 innings pitched. He is a Cy Young candidate. But neither Philadelphia Phillies
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — U.S. automobile safety regulators have denied petition seeking an investigation into Tesla software updates, saying it’s unlikely a probe would show there’s a safety defect. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday denied the 2019 petition, which alleged that over-the-internet software updates cut battery range in response to battery fires across
Continue ReadingBy Kiely Westhoff, Mallory Simon and Mirna Alsharif, CNN New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said 96% of all city public school teachers have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, as a vaccine mandate for educators went into full effect Monday morning. Speaking at a Monday news conference, he said 95%
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A 6-year-old is the lively, thoughtful heroine of “Alma’s Way,” a new animated PBS Kids series set in the New York City’s melting pot Bronx borough and featuring a Puerto Rican and biracial extended family. The Fred Rogers Productions series has some starry creators. It
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Las líneas de comunicación entre Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur se han restablecido por primera vez en meses, dijo Seúl en un comunicado el lunes. La reapertura sigue a la promesa del líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un la semana pasada de reiniciar la comunicación en un discurso ante la legislatura
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