By CNN The committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol released its contempt report on Steve Bannon, which outlines the efforts it took to get the ally of former President Donald Trump to comply with its subpoena and his failure to do so. Read the report below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Central African Republic’s leader is calling his unilateral cease-fire announcement a new effort to restore peace to his crisis-wracked country. President Faustin Archange Touadera also strongly defended his decision to ask Russian instructors and Rwandan forces to help counter rebels threatening the government, a
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden informed House progressives Tuesday afternoon that the final bill to expand the social safety net is expected to drop tuition-free community college, a major White House priority, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. And the President discussed a $1.75 to
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN Several Senate Democrats expressed concerns Monday about Sen. Joe Manchin’s refusal to support key climate change provisions in the sweeping spending and tax package backed by President Joe Biden, with some going as far as warning they may withdraw their support for the package if it
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington State has fired football coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants for refusing a state mandate that all employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. Rolovich becomes the first major college coach to lose his job over vaccination status. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat,
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to help the U.S. government push for stronger action on climate change. Speaking at an event with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, López Obrador said Monday that “we are going to support the plan” President Joe Biden is promoting ahead of a United
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Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — En las calles de Montevideo ya está en marcha el rodaje de “La uruguaya”, película basada en la novela homónima del argentino Pedro Mairal. Hasta aquí, nada fuera de lo normal: una película que parte de un best-seller y se filma en el país que le da nombre. Sin embargo,
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 30 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the 13th time in the past 19 days. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,914 confirmed COVID-19 cases from the virus since the pandemic began more than a year ago. The known death
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By Noah Sheidlower and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Tom Morey, the creator of the Boogie Board and an influential figure in the surfing world, has died due to complications from a stroke, according to his family. He was 86. “It was Morey who introduced more human beings to the act of wave riding than any other
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By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Frans Timmerman, the European commissioner for climate action, is urging that all nations “leave no one behind” and that changes are as fair as possible as the world moves toward a greener economy to address the climate crisis. Timmermans spoke to The Associated Press ahead
Continue Reading By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Frans Timmerman, the European commissioner for climate action, is urging that all nations “leave no one behind” and that changes are as fair as possible as the world moves toward a greener economy to address the climate crisis. Timmermans spoke to The Associated Press ahead
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Spirits producer Heaven Hill Distillery says its contract talks with striking union workers have reached an impasse. The company said Monday it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations in Kentucky. Union leaders say they’re willing to continue negotiations and accuse the company of wanting to
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Spirits producer Heaven Hill Distillery says its contract talks with striking union workers have reached an impasse. The company said Monday it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations in Kentucky. Union leaders say they’re willing to continue negotiations and accuse the company of wanting to
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon and Jack Guy, CNN Colombia may have finally found a solution to one of the lesser-known legacies of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar: invasive hippos. A handful of hippos brought to Colombia in the 1980s for Escobar’s private zoo has grown to a population of 80, prompting biologists to express concern over
Continue ReadingCNN By Stefano Pozzebon and Jack Guy, CNN Colombia may have finally found a solution to one of the lesser-known legacies of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar: invasive hippos. A handful of hippos brought to Colombia in the 1980s for Escobar’s private zoo has grown to a population of 80, prompting biologists to express concern
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Police have released the name of a third man wanted in a shooting that wounded two adults and three teenagers outside a high school football game in Alabama. Mobile police said Monday that they have five warrants accusing 19-year-old Hezekiah Kaniel Belfon of attempted murder. Those are the same charges on
Continue ReadingCNN, AP, BOB WOODWARD, SIMON & SCHUSTER By Jamie Gangel and Jeremy Herb, CNN Colin Powell opened up to journalist Bob Woodward about his health struggles in what is believed to have been his last interview before his death. “Don’t say no and don’t feel sorry for me, for god’s sakes. I’m (almost) 85 years
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Roughly 65% of Chicago Police Department employees have complied with a requirement to report their COVID-19 vaccination status. That number is far behind most other departments in the city. The data comes amid an escalating dispute between the city and police union over the
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A Thermal man was killed in a “brutal attack” by a bat-wielding assailant three years ago, a prosecutor told jurors today, but a defense attorney said there was doubt about the circumstances of the fatality, suggesting the alleged attacker was actually defending himself during a fight. Saul Mayoral, 53, is accused in the March 23,
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Colin Powell, el primer secretario de Estado negro de Estados Unidos, murió este lunes por complicaciones de covid-19, dijo su familia en Facebook. Su liderazgo en varias administraciones republicanas ayudó a dar forma a la política exterior estadounidense en los últimos años del siglo XX y los primeros años del
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