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 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Young is seeking a 26th term in the U.S. House, but in 2022, he will face a challenger with strong name recognition in Alaska. Alaska Public Media reports Nicholas Begich III has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Young, also a Republican. Young is only
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN Last December, when Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen joined a virtual legislative hearing revisiting the 2020 election, she had done her homework. Nguyen spent the days before examining the lists of voters who the Trump campaign alleged may have committed election fraud in Georgia. She studied the public records, called several
Continue ReadingCNN By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Last December, when Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen joined a virtual legislative hearing revisiting the 2020 election, she had done her homework. Nguyen spent the days before examining the lists of voters who the Trump campaign alleged may have committed election fraud in Georgia. She studied the public records, called
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police say four people remain hospitalized, two in critical condition, after a weekend drag racing crash that killed two children. The crash happened during an organized Saturday racing event on a Kerrville-Kerr County Airport runway. On Monday, Kerrville police said two women are in critical condition at University Hospital in San
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By Devon M. Sayers and Maria Cartaya, CNN Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who in March 1955, at the age of 15, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a White person on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, is seeking to get her conviction expunged. “I guess you can say that now,
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Across Northern California, crews worked to clear streets of toppled trees and branches and to clean gutters clogged by debris carried by rainwater from a massive storm that caused flooding and rock slides, and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands. Sacramento set a one-day
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El congresista del partido Perú Libre Fernando Herrera falleció este lunes durante el debate para decidir si se otorga la confianza a la presidenta del Consejo de Ministros, Mirtha Vásquez, según confirmó la presidenta del Legislativo, MarÃa del Carmen Alva. Inmediatamente después de conocerse el hecho, Alva suspendió la sesión
Continue Reading CNN, KIVI By Jenn Selva, Amanda Watts and Amir Vera, CNN The accused gunman in an Idaho mall shooting on Monday died Tuesday at a local hospital, according to a news release from the Boise Police Department. The Ada County Coroner’s Office identified the suspect as Jacob Bergquist, 27. He was injured during an exchange
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks will be without starting guard Damien Lewis and pass rusher Darrell Taylor against the New Orleans Saints. Taylor was taken off the field on a backboard in the fourth quarter last week against Pittsburgh with concern of a neck injury. Taylor was cleared to practice during the week, but
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN A Justice Department memo that has put Attorney General Merrick Garland in the center of the roiling political controversy over masks and history lessons in schools continues to fuel Republican fire towards the department. Congressional Republicans have been unrelenting in their criticisms of the October 4 memo, which
Continue Reading STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The only bidder for management of Georgia’s Confederate-themed park is a new firm created by an official of the company that’s pulling out. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Stone Mountain Memorial Association board voted on Monday to choose Thrive Attractions Management LLC as the finalist. It’s led by Michael
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The only bidder for management of Georgia’s Confederate-themed park is a new firm created by an official of the company that’s pulling out. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Stone Mountain Memorial Association board voted on Monday to choose Thrive Attractions Management LLC as the finalist. It’s led by Michael
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden has once again refused to assert executive privilege over more documents that former President Donald Trump has sought to keep out of the hands of the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. According to a letter obtained by CNN, White House
Continue Reading By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros are in the World Series for the third time in five years. They go into Game 1 against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night as the betting favorites in Las Vegas and sure to be cheered at home at Minute Maid Park. But
Continue Reading By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros are in the World Series for the third time in five years. They go into Game 1 against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night as the betting favorites in Las Vegas and sure to be cheered at home at Minute Maid Park. But
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Lance McCullers won’t pitch in the World Series for the Houston Astros because of his forearm strain. The right-hander knew there was a less than 1% chance he would, but the right-hander waited as long as possible to make that official the day before Game 1
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is setting the final ground rules for what evidence will be allowed at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial next week. The Illinois teen shot three people, killing two of them, during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha in August 2020. He faces multiple charges,
Continue Reading By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University officials failed to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson’s rulings Monday weren’t much of a surprise, because he’d
Continue Reading By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University officials failed to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson’s rulings Monday weren’t much of a surprise, because he’d
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