BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse some rowdy protesters in Brussels after most marched peacefully through the city to protest tightened COVID-19 restrictions. Thousands came to protest the new measures that were announced Friday, the third week in a row that the government has tightened its rules as
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed At stake in the Mississippi abortion case heard by the Supreme Court December 1 is access to the procedure for millions of people across the country. As Justice Brett Kavanaugh made clear at Wednesday’s hearing, the justices are not considering whether to outlaw abortion nationwide. But a decision that overturns current Supreme
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen has accelerated its airstrikes on the capital and elsewhere in the conflict-stricken country. Meanwhile, government forces advanced in the west coast and the key province of Marib. The coalition said it hit military facilities in rebel-held Sanaa
Continue ReadingBy ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Supreme Court weighs the future of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement plans to press its advantage in state-by-state battles while abortion-rights supporters prepare to play defense. Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by
Continue ReadingBy Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Pearl Harbor survivor will be in attendance at the 80th remembrance ceremony this week, thanks to the help of his daughter and dozens of strangers who wanted to make sure he could be there. Ike Schab, 101, told CNN he was on a docked ship when the attack occurred
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Days after a 15-year-old student allegedly killed four classmates at a Michigan high school, the district’s superintendent has requested an independent investigation into the incident — the deadliest school shooting at a US K-12 campus since May 2018. Ethan Crumbley is accused of carrying out Tuesday’s shooting at
Continue ReadingCNN By Travis Caldwell, Artemis Moshtaghian, Ralph Ellis and Amir Vera, CNN Authorities executed a search warrant Monday at the home of the man who helped Ethan Crumbley’s parents before they were arrested, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael G. McCabe told CNN. Andrzej Sikora, 65, and his attorney, Clarence Dass, voluntarily went into the Oakland County
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN In Siân Heder’s award-winning coming-of-age film “CODA,” the Rossi family living room is a place the foursome gathers for big conversations — from the difficult and awkward to the celebratory. The cozy sea-green space is where teenage Ruby, the sole hearing member of a deaf family, chides her parents for engaging
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Real Madrid moved eight points clear at the top of La Liga after a 2-0 victory against Real Sociedad on Saturday. Vinicius Jr. opened the scoring in the second half when he interchanged passes with Luka Jovic, before Jovic got the second 10 minutes later with a header from a corner.
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Coal mining authorities say that one miner is missing and one has been rescued with injuries after an earth tremor and a cave-in at a mine in southern Poland. Spokesman for Poland’s Mining Group said Sunday that the search continues for the missing miner at the Bielszowice mine, in the town
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The long-delayed resumption of nuclear talks with Iran has gotten off to a rough start. Iran has been digging in and its negotiating partners are openly voicing frustration and pessimism. The U.S., European nations and even Iran’s ally Russia have raised questions about Iran’s seriousness. The talks
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic will not last forever. It will likely continue to fizzle and fade as it heads towards its third year, resurging with new variants and then waning in the face of vaccines, mitigation measures and human behavior. But even if the virus is never stamped out, immunity will
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic will not last forever. It will likely continue to fizzle and fade as it heads towards its third year, resurging with new variants and then waning in the face of vaccines, mitigation measures and human behavior. But even if the virus is never stamped out, immunity will improve
Continue ReadingLEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — American Jesse Marsch is no longer coach of Bundesliga team Leipzig. The club says that the two have “mutually agreed to end the cooperation. That is the result of an in-depth analysis and intensive discussions” after Friday’s 2-1 loss at Union Berlin. It was Leipzig’s third successive domestic defeat and it
Continue ReadingDr Samuel Ross I first met Virgil Abloh in the summer of 2012. Our relationship began with a series of Instagram interactions and a rapid email follow up from Virgil asking to review the totality of my design portfolio — all disciplines. Barely two years out of graduating from design school, I was living in
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say three skiers have been killed and two injured in an avalanche in central Austria. The victims included a rising young motorbike racer. They were part of a group of 11 skiers, eight of whom were hit by a roughly 200-meter (655-foot) wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Some Black students are being told they stink while others are being called monkeys by their White peers. The n-word has been written on the walls of school restrooms as other students are the targets of racist rants on social media. Students of color are facing racial slurs and bullying in
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Witnesses say an army vehicle plowed into a peaceful march by anti-government protesters in military-ruled Myanmar’s biggest city, reportedly killing at least three people. Sunday’s march was one of at least three held in Yangon, and similar rallies were reported in other parts of the country a
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s incoming transport minister is advising people against traveling over Christmas as the country tries to stem a wave of coronavirus infections. Federal and state leaders on Thursday announced tough new restrictions that largely target unvaccinated people, preventing them from entering nonessential stores, restaurants, sports and cultural venues. In a longer-term move,
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For the first time in two months, the US is averaging more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases each day, shortly after millions of Americans traveled for the Thanksgiving holiday. The seven-day moving average of new cases was 121,437 as of Saturday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Prior
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