By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Daniel A. Medina and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he
Continue ReadingCNN By Zachary Cohen, Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN Paul Pelosi “is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Monday, following the announcement of state and federal charges against the man accused of attacking him. “Since the horrific attack on Paul early
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN The increase in threats to US lawmakers over the last two years has also extended to family members, according to federal law enforcement officials, but a lack of federal protection for families is frustrating some members of Congress. After the attack on Paul Pelosi, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns locked up dependable long snapper Charley Hughlett by signing him to a four-year contract extension on Friday. Hughlett is in his eighth season with the Browns. The 32-year-old has been consistent throughout his tenure, which is why he and Cleveland’s coaches were
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Mi corazón late con fuerza y me siento en la cama como un rayo, sonrojada, sudorosa y completamente aterrada. Mi cerebro me sacó de una pesadilla, un sueño tan alarmante que me despierta. Solo he tenido uno o dos terrores nocturnos de este tipo, pero para las personas que sufren traumas,
Continue ReadingCNN, WMC By Brandon Griggs, CNN Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rock ‘n’ roll with hits like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” before marital scandal derailed his career, has died, according to a statement from his representative, Zach Farnum. He was 87. Lewis passed away
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Griggs, CNN Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rock ‘n’ roll with hits like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” before marital scandal derailed his career, has died, according to a statement from his representative, Zach Farnum. He was 87. Lewis passed away at his
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Relentless Russian attacks on energy infrastructure prompted Ukrainian authorities on Friday to announce worsening blackouts around the country’s largest cities, with Kyiv’s mayor warning that the capital’s power grid is working in “emergency mode” with energy supplies down as much as 50% from pre-war levels. Meanwhile,
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rural Nevada county awash with voting machine conspiracy theories has stopped its unprecedented effort to hand count ballots cast in advance of Election Day. The move on Friday followed a state Supreme Court order late Thursday and a directive by the state’s top election official.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The most influential anti-abortion group in Kansas politics is urging voters in mailers to remove five of the seven justices on the state Supreme Court. Kansans for Life has criticized the court for a 2019 decision declaring that access to abortion is a fundamental right
Continue ReadingRuba Alhenawi and AJ Davis, CNN Qatar’s Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador Claudius Fischbach on Friday following the recent comments made by interior minister Nancy Faeser regarding the Gulf state’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup. A statement from Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said that Fischbach had been handed an objection memo, expressing the Gulf
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop, CNN An 8-year-old Colorado boy is on track to become the youngest person to climb El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park and he hopes to reach the top of the summit on Friday evening, his father said. On their last leg of the four-day adventure, Sam Adventure Baker — his real
Continue ReadingBy PAOLO SANTALUCIA and LUCA BRUNO Associated Press PREDAPPIO, Italy (AP) — About 1,000 anti-fascists have celebrated the anniversary of the 1944 liberation of Benito Mussolini’s birthplace. Meanwhile, scattered fascist nostalgics quietly marked the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome that brought the Italian dictator to power in a bloodless coup. An organization representing
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.N. human rights office has condemned the killing of an anti-dam activist in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca. State prosecutors say the body of Filogonio Martínez was found Wednesday, and didn’t show signs of violence. But the office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights said Martínez had
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish club Celta Vigo says American midfielder Luca de la Torre has sustained a leg injury that will sideline him for three weeks, with the World Cup less than a month away. Celta says De la Torre has a muscle tear in his left leg. He last played for the U.S. national
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Jerry Lee Lewis, el ícono del rock ‘n’ roll que tocaba con ahínco el piano y lo zapateaba, murió a los 87 años, según un comunicado de su representante Zach Farnum. Lewis, recordado por sus éxitos en la década de 1950 como “Great Balls of Fire” y “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”,
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Pininfarina Battista is an astonishing car. Its base price, $2.2 million, is shocking, but so are its capabilities. With a maximum output of 1,900 horsepower from four electric motors, Automobili Pininfarina claims it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds. It probably took
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Pininfarina Battista is an astonishing car. Its base price, $2.2 million, is shocking, but so are its capabilities. With a maximum output of 1,900 horsepower from four electric motors, Automobili Pininfarina claims it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds.
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — A management company whose co-owner has links to Real Madrid and Barcelona is in charge of promoting a relaunch of the failed Super League venture. Madrid-based A22 Sports Management is part of a partnership between investors Anas Laghrari and John Hahn. Laghrari has partnered with Real
Continue ReadingBy ÁLVARO BARRIENTOS Associated Press OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — A Polish human rights activist, a celebrated Mexican archaeologist and a Japanese architect are among the winners of prestigious Spanish awards. They were all being honored Friday at a royal gala ceremony. This year’s winners of the Princess of Asturias Awards included Adam Michnik, a former
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