By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel’s subpoena. Rep. Bennie Thompson says the panel will vote Tuesday to recommend
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN When CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta sat down for a three-hour conversation on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, the chief topic was Covid-19. Gupta and Rogan — whose views often were at odds — discussed the pandemic, vaccines, potential therapeutics and the risk coronavirus poses to children and young
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LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have identified one of two people who drowned in the Colorado River as a 75-year-old California man. The sheriff’s office in Mohave County, Arizona, said Friday that divers are continuing their search for the body of a woman who also drowned on Thursday. Authorities say the woman fell
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Boeing employee has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud in connection with development of the 737 Max before two of the planes crashed. Mark Forkner made his first appearance in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday. He faces six counts of fraud, and trial has
Continue Reading FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Boeing employee has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud in connection with development of the 737 Max before two of the planes crashed. Mark Forkner made his first appearance in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday. He faces six counts of fraud, and trial has
Continue ReadingCNN By Donald Judd, CNN Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a Hatch Act complaint against White House press secretary Jen Psaki, alleging that she appeared to have endorsed Terry McAuliffe during a White House press briefing on Thursday. According to the US Office of Special Counsel, the agency charged with investigating
Continue Reading LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have identified one of two people who drowned in the Colorado River as a 75-year-old California man. The sheriff’s office in Mohave County, Arizona, said Friday that divers are continuing their search for the body of a woman who also drowned on Thursday. Authorities say the woman fell
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Rachel Janfaza, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said those who refuse subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol should be prosecuted by the Justice Department. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins what his message is to those who refuse subpoenas from the panel,
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer The company behind a digital token called Tether has agreed to pay $41 million to settle charges that it misled investors for years by falsely claiming its token was fully backed at all times by U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Friday that
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer The company behind a digital token called Tether has agreed to pay $41 million to settle charges that it misled investors for years by falsely claiming its token was fully backed at all times by U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Friday that
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 4,000 people outraged over ongoing power outages in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico are marching to decry how the lack of electricity has affected their health, work and children’s schooling. Many of them demanded the ouster of Luma, a private company
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine at least two months after people get the first dose. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 19-0 to recommend the extra dose for all recipients
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press EDISON, N.J. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is campaigning for Democrats in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s governors’ races. Biden is appearing at events with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Terry McAuliffe, the former Virginia governor running to regain the post. The first lady has regularly traveled the country
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he would prefer to slash the length of the new and expanded programs in his $3.5 trillion social safety net and climate change legislation, rather than eliminate programs entirely. Biden is trying to reassure progressives who are worried their
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business An Apple employee who led organizing efforts against harassment and discrimination within the company said she has been fired. Janneke Parrish, a program manager at Apple and one of the organizers of the #AppleToo movement, was suspended late last week and terminated on Thursday, she told CNN Business in an
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We’re in week 9 of the high school football season! We got a few weeks left and teams fighting for the top stop in their leagues. GAME OF THE WEEK: Cook Street Rivalry Palm Desert – 31@Xavier Prep – 9F Palm Desert wins 5th straight Cook Street Rivalry over rival Xavier Prep, 31-9 the final
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CNNEE (CNN) — Los asesores de vacunas de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. votaron unánimemente este viernes para recomendar una dosis de refuerzo de la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson al menos dos meses después de que las personas reciban la primera dosis. El Comité Asesor de Vacunas y Productos Biológicos Relacionados
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — LinkedIn cerrará la versión local de su servicio en China, lo que supone un importante retroceso para una de las pocas grandes empresas tecnológicas estadounidenses que siguen operando en el país. La plataforma de redes profesionales, propiedad de Microsoft, tomó la decisión debido a un “entorno operativo significativamente más desafiante
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, Democrats are at an impasse on President Joe Biden’s agenda in Congress. Meanwhile, the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is sending a message to Donald Trump and his associates: Defy subpoenas, and face criminal contempt charges. Monday US Capitol Police whistleblower alleges leadership failures on January 6
Continue ReadingCNN By Boris Sanchez and Alison Main, CNN Leaning over a glass countertop displaying chorizo and carne salteada, Democrat Terry McAuliffe surveys the number of distinct nationalities he’s encountered touring Todos Supermarket in northern Virginia. “We got Peru, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Mexico,” noted McAuliffe, who first visited the grocery chain in 2013, seeking to court
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