By Dana Bash, Abbie Sharpe and Ethan Cohen, CNN The capital of Texas is a pretty liberal town. Proudly so. Crosswalks repainted in rainbow Pride colors. Signs welcoming gay patrons. It has a vibe that even some locals boast is more like Berkeley, California, than a stereotypical southern city. And yet residents who live in
Continue ReadingCNN, KXAN, KGNS, WBNS, KVRR, WTVF By Dana Bash, Abbie Sharpe and Ethan Cohen, CNN The capital of Texas is a pretty liberal town. Proudly so. Crosswalks repainted in rainbow Pride colors. Signs welcoming gay patrons. It has a vibe that even some locals boast is more like Berkeley, California, than a stereotypical southern city.
Continue ReadingBy COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Spend enough time in the personal finance corners of social media and you’re bound to come across someone talking about how much passive income they make — and it’s likely they make it sound pretty easy. Yet, there’s much more to it than what influencers might suggest. What some might
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer The Professional Fighters League and ESPN have announced a new, multi-year agreement that will see expanded coverage on ESPN linear networks and ESPN-plus. PFL CEO Peter Murray said he expected undefeated champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison to return to the league in 2022. Harrison is 12-0
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN Tom Brady will not have his shot at an eighth Super Bowl ring this season. Will he get another? Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers were a casualty of what has been dubbed the best weekend of football in NFL history — falling agonizingly short of a 24-point second-half comeback against the Los
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer and BioNTech have begun studying a COVID-19 vaccine tweaked to match to the omicron variant in healthy adults. COVID-19 vaccine makers have been updating their shots in case global health authorities decide a change is needed. The study announced Tuesday will include more than 1,400 volunteers ages 18
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech have begun a clinical trial for their Omicron-specific Covid-19 vaccine candidate, they announced in a news release on Tuesday. The study will evaluate the vaccine for safety, tolerability and the level of immune response, as both a primary series and a booster dose, in up to 1,420 healthy
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN The federal tax filing season is underway. And even though the IRS still hasn’t processed millions of returns from last year due to Covid-19 and a lack of funding, there are still ways to help ensure your tax filing experience is hassle-free. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The federal tax filing season is underway. And even though the IRS still hasn’t processed millions of returns from last year due to Covid-19 and a lack of funding, there are still ways to help ensure your tax filing experience is hassle-free. Here’s what you need to know to Get
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The rollout of free N95 masks for the public began this week across the United States, with some pharmacies already handing out the masks and other expecting to do so in the coming days. The program is part of the Biden administration’s effort to distribute 400 million free N95 masks
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The rollout of free N95 masks for the public began this week across the United States, with some pharmacies already handing out the masks and others expecting to do so in the coming days. The program is part of the Biden administration’s effort to distribute 400 million free N95 masks from
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s job market hasn’t fully recovered yet. But some states are already back to normal. In November, Texas and Arizona joined Utah and Idaho in recouping all their pandemic job losses, according to a report by ratings agency Fitch. In comparison, California and New York were at only 70% and
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Collin Morikawa has had plenty of thinking to do ahead of this week’s Dubai Desert Classic. The British Open champion finished tied for 62nd at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday and the guy with one of the purest swings in golf says “I didn’t know where the golf
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Bob Dylan has sold his entire catalog of recorded music to Sony Music. The recording company described the deal for 60 years worth of music as a “landmark agreement” in a statement. The deal was concluded in July last year, but announced Monday. The deal includes “the entirety of Bob
Continue ReadingSAN VIGILIO DI MAREBBE, Italy (AP) — Sara Hector has won the final World Cup giant slalom before the Beijing Olympics. Hector was second after the opening run but overtook defending overall champion Petra Vlhova for her second straight GS victory. The Swedish skier let out a scream after crossing the line 0.15 seconds ahead
Continue ReadingCNN By Lilit Marcus and Ivan Watson, CNN “Private jet for your pet” is the kind of phrase you might expect to hear from a movie star or media mogul. But in 2022 Hong Kong, it’s just as likely to be a regular person looking into this very unusual expense. Many people who are moving
Continue ReadingBy MEHMET GUZEL and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens have dug through snow and ice to clear roads that came to a standstill after snowstorms hit much of Turkey and Greece. The weather had left countless people and vehicles in both cities stranded overnight in freezing conditions.
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that business confidence in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has picked up unexpectedly after a six-month slide. The Ifo institute said its monthly confidence increased to 95.7 points in January from 94.8 in December. Economists had forecast another slight dip to 94.5. The index was led higher by
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, Tara John and Luke McGee, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police say they are investigating a “number of events” in Downing Street and Whitehall over the pandemic amid claims of Covid rule-breaking at the heart of the UK government. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick told the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN First it was Mr. Big, the character from “Sex in the City,” dying in Carrie Bradshaw’s arms from a heart attack after a 45-minute ride on his Peloton. Then it was Mike “Wags” Wagner, the drug-abusing, sadistic right hand of Axe Capital’s Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series “Billions,” who too
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