By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, the most pivotal swing vote in the Senate, indicated on Monday that a significant amount of work remains to be done to earn his support for President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net expansion, potentially delivering a fatal blow to Democratic leaders’ hopes of getting
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN Democratic lawmakers say President Joe Biden’s “hands are partly tied” when it comes to sending new military equipment to Ukraine to fend off a potential Russian invasion because Congress has still not passed a budget for 2022 that would unlock “vital additional assistance” to the country. In a letter to Senate
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The first full year of the biggest vaccination drive in American history has saved many lives but has left many behind. The COVID-19 vaccines have proven incredibly safe and wildly effective, and many hoped they would bring an end to the crisis. But a year later, too many
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President Biden’s big infrastructure plan, which was passed last month, promises to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, many of which won’t require a college degree. But it’s going to be an uphill battle trying to fill those roles.
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Alex Morgan is returning to her home state, joining the San Diego Wave of the National Women’s Soccer League for the team’s first season. The move to Southern California reunites Morgan with Wave President Jill Ellis, who coached Morgan to a pair of back-to-back World Cup titles. Morgan
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is the latest large city to require proof of vaccination to dine indoors. City officials announced Monday that vaccination proof will be required starting Jan. 3 for bars, restaurants, indoor sporting events, movie theatres and other places where people eat indoors close to each other. For the first two weeks of
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is the latest large city to require proof of vaccination to dine indoors. City officials announced Monday that vaccination proof will be required starting Jan. 3 for bars, restaurants, indoor sporting events, movie theatres and other places where people eat indoors close to each other. For the first two weeks of
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — José Antonio Kast o Gabriel Boric: la elección final a presidente de Chile ha quedado entre estos dos candidatos, que serán votados este domingo 19 de diciembre durante la segunda vuelta. En la primera vuelta, realizada el 21 de noviembre, Kast obtuvo el 27,91% de los votos, seguido por Boric,
Continue ReadingBRAZIL, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a 13-year-old girl who was attending an Indiana University violin camp has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly trying to hire his jail cellmate to kill the victim’s parents and a dozen other people. The Herald-Times reports 19-year-old Dongwook Ko allegedly
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, CNN Anne Sacoolas, the US woman accused of killing a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the road in England, is expected to face criminal proceedings in the UK early next year, the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Monday. The 44-year-old is charged with causing 19-year-old Briton Harry
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s national currency has further collapsed, trading on the black market at nearly 20 times its value two years ago, worsening inflation and people’s despair. The Lebanese pound was trading at 27,000 to the dollar on the black market Monday, hitting a new low in its downward trajectory that began in October
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Individual users, not tech platforms, shoulder the responsibility for the spread of misinformation online, according to Andrew Bosworth, a top exec at Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook. In an interview over the weekend with Axios on HBO, Bosworth said it is not up to Meta to stifle the views
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration took steps to make government services easier, more accessible and streamlined for Americans across agencies through an executive order President Joe Biden signed Monday afternoon. “Bureaucracies assume that people understand how they function but it’s really a very complicated web for the vast majority of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció que viajará a Kentucky este miércoles para inspeccionar los daños causados por tornados y tormentas severas que azotaron partes de EE.UU. el fin de semana. Biden dijo durante una sesión informativa sobre la tormenta con los funcionarios de seguridad nacional que está
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Donald Trump’s closest Hill allies are privately lobbying the former President to get involved in a Republican-on-Republican matchup in Illinois, a potentially messy scenario that has sparked internal strife in the party and prompted GOP leaders to launch a counter-campaign aimed at keeping Trump on the sidelines. At
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn has dropped to seventh in the women’s AP Top 25, its lowest ranking since 2007. South Carolina remained the unanimous top choice after holding off Maryland over the weekend. The Gamecocks have now beaten four teams that were ranked in the top 10 this season. The Gamecocks visit
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CNN, WPSD By Kelly McCleary, Holly Yan, Elizabeth Joseph and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The destruction is so catastrophic, officials still don’t know how bad it truly is. It’s been two days since tornadoes tore across eight states, killing dozens of people and pulverizing houses in Kentucky. More than 1,000 houses have been obliterated in Kentucky
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Calling him a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,” Time magazine has named Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021. Musk, who is also the founder and CEO of the space exploration company SpaceX, is estimated to be the richest person
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business This article contains spoilers about the first episode of “And Just Like That…” Mr. Big is alive. At least according to Peloton. The Mr. Big character was killed off while riding a Peloton bike in the first episode of Sex and the City reboot, “And Just Like That…,”
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La serie de tornados que arrasaron el Medio Oeste y el sureste de Estados Unidos este fin de semana se suma a otro tramo de desastres climáticos mortales y potencialmente sin precedentes este año, exacerbando el costo económico ya creciente causado por los desastres climáticos en todo el país. Y
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