By PETER SMITH Associated Press The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, met Monday evening with President Joe Biden. Bartholomew resumed a busy American visit after an overnight hospital stay upon feeling unwell following his flight. His meeting with Biden followed meetings with the Turkish ambassador and U.S. Secretary of State Antony
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By The Associated Press A capsule look at the best-of-seven World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros.
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 2 feet of snow snarled traffic in the Sierra, where a winter storm warning remains in effect until 11 p.m. But a stretch of I-80 that closed overnight reopened Monday, and flood waters receded in Reno, where record rainfall flooded local streets and caused
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — More than 2 feet of snow snarled traffic in the Sierra, where a winter storm warning remains in effect until 11 p.m. But a stretch of I-80 that closed overnight reopened Monday, and flood waters receded in Reno, where record rainfall flooded local streets and caused
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business For years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted his mission to connect the entire world — and his company has come closer than perhaps any other to fulfilling that lofty goal, with more than 3 billion monthly users across its various platforms. But that staggering global expansion has come
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who oversaw the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin said Monday that he will make the names of the 15 jurors and alternates who sat in the courtroom public next week. Judge Peter Cahill’s order says he will make the list of jurors public on Nov. 1.
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added just one new location to its list of “very high” risk travel destinations this week. On Monday afternoon, architecturally rich Ukraine, the second-largest nation in Europe in land area, was moved up from Level 3, or “high” risk for Covid-19, to
Continue Reading MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin offensive lineman Kayden Lyles says he’s transferring. Lyles tweeted Monday that he plans to go elsewhere for his final season of eligibility. Lyles made a combined 16 starts on both sides of the line for the Badgers. He started seven games at defensive end in 2018, four at left guard
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has paid at least $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits since the start of the pandemic. Employment Development Department Director Rita Saenz confirmed the number to state lawmakers during an oversight hearing Monday. That number is less than state officials originally had feared. But it
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has “deferred” its requests for several dozen pages of Trump administration records at the White House’s urging. But President Joe Biden has again rejected the former president’s invocation of executive privilege
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A judge is expected to issue a ruling soon about whether to extend an order barring the president of the Chicago police union from making public statements encouraging members to disobey the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Earlier this month, Cook County Judge Cecilia Horan granted the city’s
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judicial inquiry has begun into the death of Eric Garner. Garner’s dying cry of “I can’t breathe” as he was restrained by New York City police officers became a slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement. Advocates including Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, sought the inquiry
Continue Reading By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — There were a lot of positives for Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell to take out of Sunday’s 28-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. After all, the winless Lions, who hadn’t played a single offensive snap with the lead in their first six games, led 10-0 before
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has been convicted of posting bomb-making instructions on the internet for people who he believed were Islamic terrorists. Court records show that 29-year-old Samuel Baptiste pleaded guilty Friday in Miami federal court to attempting to provide material support to terrorists. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer last week had been fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew. That’s according
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer last week had been fired from a previous job after a gun went off on a set and wounded a member of the film crew. That’s according
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CNNEE Nota del editor: Simone Lucatello es profesor investigador del Instituto Mora-CONACYT de México. Científico miembro del IPCC, el grupo de expertos de cambio climático de la ONU. Los comentarios expresados en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. Mira más en cnne.com/opinion (CNN Español) — Los éxitos o fracasos de la cumbre mundial del cambio
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has blocked three anti-abortion laws that were scheduled to take effect Nov. 1. In a 5-3 ruling on Monday, the court granted a temporary injunction that keeps the laws from taking effect. Abortion rights groups say the three laws would have
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are extending until mid-January its rules that cruise ships must follow to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. The rules were scheduled to expire Nov. 1. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the extension makes only minor modifications to current rules. The agency says that after Jan.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are extending until mid-January its rules that cruise ships must follow to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. The rules were scheduled to expire Nov. 1. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the extension makes only minor modifications to current rules. The agency says that after Jan.
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