PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Investigators of a Philadelphia rowhouse fire that killed 12 family members say they are left with the words of “a traumatized 5-year-old child” as they piece together how a lighter ignited a nearby Christmas tree. Commissioner Adam Thiel hesitated to point blame at a news conference Tuesday but said the boy was
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Big Lots, Aptiv fall; Illumina, Shake Shack rise.
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Stephen Breyer participated in oral arguments remotely on Tuesday after a “false positive” Covid-19 test, the Supreme Court announced. A court spokeswoman said that the senior liberal justice took a rapid test Tuesday morning prior to oral arguments and received a positive result. A second rapid
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A federal lawsuit claims Washington state officials unlawfully granted Native American casinos a ’”discriminatory tribal gaming monopoly” over sports betting and other types of gambling. The Seattle Times reports the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by Maverick Gaming LLC, which owns and operates 19 of 44
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Four people survived when a helicopter transporting a pediatric medical patient crashed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, authorities said Tuesday. “At this time, there are no reported (injuries) to the public, responders, and only minor injuries to one of the helicopter crew members,” police in Upper Darby Township tweeted.
Continue ReadingBy TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An audio recording shows that an off-duty North Carolina sheriff’s deputy had a frantic conversation with a 911 operator after fatally shooting a Black man last weekend. The deputy was heard saying the pedestrian jumped on his vehicle and broke the windshield. Cumberland County Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, angrily accused a senator Tuesday of making false accusations that are leading to threats against him. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has repeatedly said Fauci lies about the pandemic and in a hearing Tuesday also claimed that he tried discredit scientists
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his niece Mary Trump sparred in court Tuesday over whether her lawsuit alleging she was defrauded of millions of dollars in a 2001 family settlement could move forward. New York state Judge Robert Reed asked pointed questions during the nearly two-hour video hearing over Trump’s
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clyde Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement, has died. He was 85. Bellecourt died Tuesday morning from cancer at his home in Minneapolis. Bellecourt was a co-founder in 1968 of AIM, which began as a local organization in Minneapolis
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Big East has announced that No. 23 Providence’s game at Creighton on Tuesday night has been canceled because of COVID-19 issues in the Friars’ program. The conference office will attempt to reschedule the game. This is the third Big East game Creighton has had called off because of COVID-19 in
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan, CNN An off-duty officer was fatally shot during an attempted robbery while house-hunting with his girlfriend, according to Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore. Officer Fernando Arroyos, 27, “was starting a very promising career,” Moore said Tuesday. He was with the department for three years and assigned to the Wilshire Division. “He
Continue ReadingCNN By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The nation’s top fire official is calling for all hands on deck to save lives by educating the United States about space heater safety this winter. New York City experienced one of its worst fires in the history of the city Sunday when a malfunctioning space heater in a bedroom
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN In the cold months, many people may need something extra to keep warm, whether that’s because severe weather knocked out power or you just need some help to heat your home. A space heater may seem like just the fix, but experts warn that they can pose safety risks. On average,
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Forrest Brown, CNN Think of it as laissez les bons temps rouler — but with precautions. New Orleans will reinstate its indoor mask mandate starting Wednesday morning to address rising Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations in the city. This is something visitors as well as residents will want to keep in mind
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — There was a prominent Atlanta resident missing Tuesday when President Joe Biden swung through the city to press for voting rights protections: Stacey Abrams. The absence of one of the nation’s most prominent voting rights activists caused something of an awkward moment. For Biden, it was an
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis grew up listening to the opera on the radio, is a fan of Argentine tango and thinks Mozart “lifts you to God.” But it still came as a something of a shock to see the 85-year-old pontiff coming out of a downtown Rome record shop late Tuesday with a CD
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri coroner’s inquest jury has found that the death of a Black man at the hands of a white neighbor in a small-town trailer park was justified. The six-member coroner’s inquest jury convened Tuesday to examine the death of Justin King in Bourbon, Missouri. Their decision disappointed civil rights
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer American freestyle skier David Wise heads to the Winter Olympics eyeing a three-peat on the halfpipe. Wise won gold in Sochi in 2014 and in Pyeongchang in 2018. The 31-year-old is returning to form after breaking his femur in 2019. The Nevada native heads to China with momentum after
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Nota del editor: Ángela Reyes es redactora y editora en CNN en Español. Es licenciada en Comunicación Social por la Universidad Católica del Uruguay, donde se desempeña como profesora asistente de Periodismo Audiovisual. Trabajó en la agencia de noticias AFP y en varios medios locales. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente
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