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By Gregory Krieg, CNN For all but eight of the last 30 years, a Republican has occupied the governor’s office in Massachusetts. The state that so many Americans equate with mainline liberalism — “Taxachusetts” was the GOP’s old derisive nickname — has a habit of electing Republicans to its top job, even as it sends
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent House and Senate Democratic leaders say they’ve reached a deal with the Biden administration on options for paying for the Democrats’ massive plan to expand the social safety net. But it quickly became clear that the deal lacked many specifics, needed to be sold to Congress and required
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SACRAMENTO (AP) — California health officials are making plans to begin giving booster shots for older people along with vaccinations for kids under 12. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved third shots of the Pfizer formula for people 65 and older, people at high risk of severe illness, and health care workers. Approval
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say unruly passengers are becoming a bit less common on airline flights, but they are still causing disruptions at twice the rate of late last year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the its zero-tolerance policy — including fines against more passengers — is helping. Those fines have added up
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say unruly passengers are becoming a bit less common on airline flights, but they are still causing disruptions at twice the rate of late last year. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the its zero-tolerance policy — including fines against more passengers — is helping. Those fines have added up
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Sidney Crosby’s injured left wrist and Evgeni Malkin’s right knee are keeping them off the ice in Pittsburgh. Jack Eichel and Buffalo cannot agree on a course of action for his back problems. Evander Kane and San Jose agreed it’s best he stay away. Training
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Sidney Crosby’s injured left wrist and Evgeni Malkin’s right knee are keeping them off the ice in Pittsburgh. Jack Eichel and Buffalo cannot agree on a course of action for his back problems. Evander Kane and San Jose agreed it’s best he stay away. Training
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Washington Football Team’s game at the Buffalo Bills on Sunday will feature a reunion of coaching colleagues. Washington coach Ron Rivera, Bills coach Sean McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier all worked on Andy Reid’s first staff with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999. McDermott
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stands on the verge of a major new phase: Government advisers on Thursday recommended booster doses of Pfizer’s vaccine for millions of Americans. This, despite concern among some experts that the extra shots will do little to slow the pandemic. The advisory panel
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer One of the crown jewels of both motorsports and the North American street festival scene opened Thursday for the first time in 17 months after the pandemic snapped a 45-year run for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The annual event was one of the longest continuously run
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer One of the crown jewels of both motorsports and the North American street festival scene opened Thursday for the first time in 17 months after the pandemic snapped a 45-year run for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The annual event was one of the longest continuously run
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Sean Spicer and Russ Vought have sued the Biden administration over their threatened removal from the Naval Academy Board of Visitors. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court in DC, alleges that the pair is being unlawfully threatened with removal from the board to which President
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Miles de migrantes han llegado Necoclí, en el noroeste de Colombia, informó Diego Osorio, funcionario de la ciudad. Le dice a CNN que “cada día llegan más inmigrantes a la ciudad”. Entre ellos hay haitianos, pero no está claro cuántos. Necoclí es un punto de paso obligatorio para los
Continue ReadingBy ALEX HEIDER Click here for updates on this story COLLIERVILLE, TN (WSMV) — At least one person was killed and 12 others were injured after a shooting inside the Kroger on New Byhalia Road on Thursday. Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said the shooter was dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE and MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A gunman attacked a grocery store in an upscale Tennessee suburb on Thursday afternoon, killing one person and wounding 12 others before he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at the store, authorities said. Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane said
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The chief investigator for a Boston museum still working to recover $500 million worth of art stolen in 1990 says he’s hoping for new leads to emerge following the death of a key figure in the case. A Connecticut mobster who died last week, Robert Gentile,
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A movie year of fits-and-starts, delays and reversals has sometimes been difficult to track. Knowing just where and how a new movie premieres has become a sport of its own. Even for those closely following new films, it’s been a sometimes exhilarating, sometimes befuddling half-virtual,
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nations, companies and foundations pledged billions of dollars to feed the world in connection with an ambitious United Nations food summit Thursday, while some grassroots anti-hunger groups and food experts blasted the event as too corporate, tech-focused and top-down. Held as part of the annual U.N.
Continue Reading HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Northern California man has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter charges in the drowning of his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a Catholic church. Officials say Gerardo Mendoza had been smoking methamphetamine for days and thought his two youngest children were being attacked by evil. He
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A prostitution sting in La Quinta nabbed 13 men, authorities announced today. On Wednesday, members of the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team and Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force placed decoy advertisements on several popular classified advertisement websites often used for the solicitation of online prostitution, said Sgt. George Acevedo of the Riverside County Sheriffs
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