By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated Eid al-Fitr on Monday, restoring celebrations of the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan at the White House after his predecessor scrapped them. Muslims around the world typically abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. Its end often
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Investors are very nervous about what’s next for America’s economy, with market fear gauges spiking. But there are still some bright spots for investors seeking companies that may still report healthy earnings even in a further-weakened economy. The market is grappling with a lot: interest rate
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Por cerca de cuatro años, el expresidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe Vélez enfrenta un proceso ante la justicia por supuesto fraude procesal y manipulación de testigos. Por los ‘ires y venires’ de este caso, es considerado ya en Colombia por muchos como el expediente judicial más controversial y llamativo de la
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Devin Bush will be playing for his job in 2022. The Pittsburgh Steelers have declined the fifth-year option on the inside linebacker, meaning he can become a free agent next spring. Pittsburgh traded up in the first round of the 2019 draft to take Bush with the 10th overall pick. Bush played
Continue ReadingGREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 12-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his classmate in a South Carolina middle school hallway should be tried as an adult on a murder charge. Monday’s request by prosecutors to move the case out of Family Court did not include any explanation on why the boy should be
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — All members of the New York Yankees’ active roster were permitted to cross the border into Canada for a three-game series in Toronto against the Blue Jays, indicating they are vaccinated against COVID-19. Canada’s government requires a person must have received a second vaccine dose — or one dose of Johnson &
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals have re-signed their longest-tenured player, punter Kevin Huber, to a one-year contract for the 2022 season. He finished 2021 with 207 career regular-season games played as a Bengal, tied with cornerback Ken Riley for most in team history. Huber is the franchise leader in most punting categories, including punts,
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Department of Homeland Security and the White House are defending a new initiative to help target disinformation amid fierce criticism from Republicans who cast the effort as overreach and attacked its leader. Last week, DHS announced an interagency team, dubbed the “Disinformation Governance Board,” to coordinate department
Continue ReadingCNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Department of Homeland Security and the White House are defending a new initiative to help target disinformation amid fierce criticism from Republicans who cast the effort as overreach and attacked its leader. Last week, DHS announced an interagency team, dubbed the “Disinformation Governance Board,” to coordinate
Continue ReadingBy TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils finished their second season under coach Lindy Ruff, and it wasn’t any better than the first. The Devils missed the playoffs for the fourth straight year and for the ninth time in the last 10. There were positives. Center Jack Hughes
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The Central Oregon Fire Management Service is partnering with local structural firefighting departments around Central Oregon to provide an immersive, scenario-based wildland firefighting program designed to illuminate firefighters’ understanding of wildland firefighting suppression tactics, mutual aid and the dynamics of interagency response in an emerging wildfire incident.
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin was angry. The Democratic senator had seen a TV ad run by GOP Rep. Alex Mooney — the Trump-backed candidate in a primary for a US House seat in West Virginia — suggesting that his Republican opponent, Rep. David McKinley, backed President Joe
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has its first new American sponsor of the men’s World Cup in 11 years. FIFA has signed blockchain technology provider Algorand for this year’s tournament in Qatar. The value of the third-tier sponsorship was not given. FIFA expects to earn $7 billion total revenue in
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — A body inside a barrel was found over the weekend on the the newly exposed bottom of Nevada’s Lake Mead as drought depletes one of the largest U.S. reservoirs — and officials predicted the discovery could be just the first of more grim finds. “I would say there is a very
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have put Miguel Sanó on the 10-day injured list and called up infield prospect Jose Miranda to make his big league debut. The 23-year-old Miranda is slated to play third base and bat sixth Monday night against Baltimore. He was the Twins’ minor league player of the year in
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM Associated Press ZURICH (AP) — Andreas Homoki’s production of Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” that opened at the Zurich Opera is a family affair, stripping Wagner’s mythology of usual trappings, instead laser-focused on a dysfunctional, brooding bunch consumed by greed. No rainbow bridge, no hint of a river, mountaintop or underground mine, not
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer FIFA President Gianni Infantino says migrant workers gain pride from hard work while he was being questioned about workers suffering in Qatar while building World Cup infrastructure. Infantino was asked about worker abuses in the Gulf nation while he was on stage at the global conference of the
Continue ReadingBy MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is vetting candidates for a new lieutenant governor, following her previous pick’s resignation after being charged with corruption. The Democrat is considering her choices as legislative allies changed state law Monday in a way that gets former
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Business) — Amazon puso fin su política de licencia por enfermedad pagada por covid-19 a partir del lunes, dijo la compañía en un memorando a los empleados este fin de semana que se compartió con CNN Business. El regreso a las políticas de licencia por enfermedad previas a la pandemia significa que
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, CNN Federal law enforcement tracked the potential for election-related violence as far back as August 2020, which is earlier than previously known, according to a government report released Monday. The Government Accountability Office said in its report that federal agencies had tracked the potential violence on social media and other websites. Furthermore,
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