By Ben Morse, CNN And so, it all comes down to this: the Los Angeles Chargers at the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Night Football. The winner qualifies for the NFL playoffs. The loser has a long off-season ahead, filled with questions to be answered. And although there is a scenario where both teams can
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors at the same point in their presidencies. He also has participated in fewer media interviews than any of his recent predecessors.
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Advocates say that Saudi authorities have released a princess detained in the kingdom under mysterious circumstances for nearly three years. The princess, Basmah bint Saud, a daughter of Saudi Arabia’s second king, disappeared with her daughter in March 2019 and landed in a notorious Saudi prison without charge, she
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN A lithium-ion battery in an electric bike or scooter self-combusted in a Bronx apartment building, sparking a four-alarm fire early Saturday morning, according to the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). The FDNY were alerted to flames at 2230 Grand Concourse just after 2 a.m. and the fire was extinguished about
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Janfaza Former first lady Michelle Obama has a message for Americans ahead of the 2022 midterm elections: “We’ve got to vote like the future of our democracy depends on it.” In a letter titled “Fight For Our Vote,” which was published Sunday as an ad in the New York Times, Obama and her
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN Streaming has been dominating the music industry for years now, but 2021 saw a notable rise in sales of physical albums, thanks in part to the success of Adele’s latest album. Both CDs and vinyl experienced high sales in 2021, according to an annual year-end music data report from MRC Data,
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ritchie, Ally Barnard and George Ramsay, CNN An Australian government request to delay Novak Djokovic’s visa hearing by two days has been rejected, according to court documents published on Sunday. Djokovic is confined to a temporary detention facility in Melbourne as he mounts a legal challenge against the cancellation of his visa ahead
Continue ReadingQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counterterrorism police say they have killed six militants from the Islamic State group in an overnight raid at a hideout in the southwestern city of Quetta. A police statement issued Sunday said the raid was based on strong intelligence that the militants were preparing to stage an attack in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Emma Tucker and Haley Brink, CNN More than 62 million people are under winter weather advisories across the Midwest and Northeast on Saturday ahead of a storm system bringing freezing rain over the weekend. Several Midwest states, including Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, are expected to experience either ice or rain. The
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug-trafficking ring that allegedly brought hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern Spain by helicopter and then transported it to France by road. The Guardia Civil said in a statement Sunday it seized 2.4 metric tons (2.65 tons) of hashish and 112 kilograms (247 pounds)
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say roads at a popular Pakistani resort are clear after the deaths of 22 people who were stuck in their cars during a heavy snowstorm as temperatures plummeted. More than 4 feet (1 meter) of snow fell in the area of the Murree Hills resort in the town of Murree near
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime has clinched the ATP Cup title for Canada with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 singles victory over Roberto Bautista Agut to give his country an insurmountable 2-0 lead against Spain. Denis Shapovalov opened the match for Canada with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Pablo Carreno Busta. Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov won a
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ foreign minister has resigned his post amid swirling speculation over his intention to run for president of the east Mediterranean island nation next year that he said undermined the work of his ministry and that of the government. Nikos Christodoulides told reporters on Sunday that he offered his resignation to
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s ruling parties are hitting the brakes on plans for compulsory coronavirus vaccinations, saying it may take months for lawmakers to properly debate the contentious measure in parliament. German media reported that a bill may not pass both houses of parliament until April, and implementation could take
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven months in captivity. They are the latest batch in the release of dozens of Kebbi state students abducted in June. Yahaya Sarki, a spokesperson for Kebbi governor, said in a statement that
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration has pledged to make college more affordable. But it has chosen not to reinstate an Obama-era rule meant to prevent students from taking on too much debt to attend predatory for-profit colleges. The rule was repealed by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who was later sued over the
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN Border patrol agents have rescued 25 undocumented migrants from a locked trailer in Texas where they were left in the cold with no way to escape. Big Bend Border Patrol Sector officers in Sierra Blanca found the migrants Wednesday morning with some of them shivering from the cold and crying, CBP
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Leonardo DiCaprio has an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe awards under his belt. But his latest accolade comes from a group of international scientists at London’s Royal Botanic Kew Gardens and the National Herbarium of Cameroon, who have honored the Hollywood actor and environmental activist by naming a
Continue ReadingADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — Johannes Strolz was the shocking winner of a World Cup slalom on Sunday wearing low-ranked bib No. 38. The 29-year-old Austrian had a career-best finish of 10th in more than eight years of World Cup racing. The son of an Olympic champion was in tears as he sat in the finish-area
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Yao Pan Ma, a 62-year-old Asian man who police said was bashed in the head in an unprovoked attack in East Harlem, New York, last April, died from his injuries eight months later on New Year’s Eve, a family spokesperson told CNN Saturday. “The hospital called me on January 1 to
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