By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agency says it’s running out of money to cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. The reason: a budget impasse between Congress and the White House over the Biden administration’s urgent request for
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agency says it’s running out of money to cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. The reason: a budget impasse between Congress and the White House over the Biden administration’s urgent request for
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The owner of a North Carolina towing and repossession business featured in a reality television show says he’s leaning on faith and urging fans to stop violence in the wake of his son’s fatal shooting. Ronnie Shirley Jr. told WRAL-TV he doesn’t hate the two teenagers accused of killing his 21-year-old
Continue ReadingBy DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution, a joint-venture partner with automaker General Motors, plans a $1.7 billion expansion in western Michigan that will add up to 1,200 jobs by 2025. The project at the company’s site in Holland was approved Tuesday for $56.5 million in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution, a joint-venture partner with automaker General Motors, plans a $1.7 billion expansion in western Michigan that will add up to 1,200 jobs by 2025. The project at the company’s site in Holland was approved Tuesday for $56.5 million in
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators say they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla and CEO Elon Musk about his tweets. The Securities and Exchange Commission also says in court documents that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid. The
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press Russia has sought to justify its assault on Ukraine with allegations of foreign encroachment near its borders. Its best-known complaint is against NATO. But religious and political leaders also accuse the U.S. and the Eastern Orthodox ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople of fomenting a schism among Orthodox Christians in Ukraine. Moscow
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is moving toward the joint purchase of natural gas and ensuring its storage facilities are nearly full to try to avoid another crisis tied to its dependency on Russian energy. The 27-nation bloc acknowledges it has been far too reliant on Russia for natural
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is moving toward the joint purchase of natural gas and ensuring its storage facilities are nearly full to try to avoid another crisis tied to its dependency on Russian energy. The 27-nation bloc acknowledges it has been far too reliant on Russia for natural
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The price for Deshaun Watson went up for the Browns in 24 hours. Call it football inflation. Cleveland’s trade for the legally entangled quarterback became official Sunday when the Browns released statements explaining their decision to add him following an extensive investigation. Watson has been accused
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump national security adviser H.R. McMaster is calling on Congress to swiftly fund investments in American computer chip manufacturing, a plan championed by the Biden administration to address global semiconductor shortages. “It’s absolutely critical,” McMaster, a retired Army lieutenant general, told CNN in a phone interview. “If China has
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic weightlifting champion Nijat Rahimov has been stripped of his 2016 gold medal and banned for eight years for doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says the Kazakh lifter was guilty of “four urine substitutions.” He was disqualified from all his results since March 2016. Rahimov’s world record at the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The attorney general of Washington, D.C. announced Monday he is suing Grubhub, alleging that the company harmed consumers during the pandemic by charging hidden fees and by misleading consumers about them using so-called “dark patterns” — along with a battery of other claims. The food-delivery service, which grew in prominence
Continue ReadingBy Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. With less than eight months to go before the November midterms, Republican lawmakers around the country are racing to change election laws. In 14 states,
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is preparing to lift requirements that children under age 5 wear face masks in school. Adams on Tuesday said that he will make masks optional for those in daycare and prekindergarten starting April 4 if case rates and the
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Vasco Cotovio, Jennifer Hansler and Jim Sciutto, CNN The US and NATO believe that Belarus could “soon” join Russia in its war against Ukraine, US and NATO officials tell CNN, and that the country is already taking steps to do so. It is increasingly “likely” that Belarus will enter the conflict, a
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS SHERIDAN AP Basketball Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Jordan retires at the age of 40 for the third and final time after an illustrious basketball career. He finishes with 15 points in 28 minutes of a loss by the Washington Wizards to the 76ers in Philadelphia. Jordan receives several ovations through the game
Continue ReadingBy JOHN NADEL AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant shoots and keeps shooting from all over the court and from every angle. The Los Angeles Lakers star has 26 points by halftime and finishes the game with 81 points for the second-highest total in NBA history. Bryant’s big game leads the Lakers
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The top two women from the Beijing Olympics, Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova, won’t be at the world figure skating championships this week in Montpellier, France. Neither will Kamila Valieva, the fourth-place finisher whose positive doping result casted a shadow over the entire Winter Games. That’s because all Russian
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The “Malice at the Palace” starts as a disagreement between Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest and Detroit Pistons power forward Ben Wallace. It becomes one of the worst incidents in sports history. Artest lays on the scorers table to de-escalate things where he is
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