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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for “immediate action” on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities. Now that they’ve received it, local officials are taking their time before actually
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for “immediate action” on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities. Now that they’ve received it, local officials are taking their time before actually
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for “immediate action” on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities. Now that they’ve received it, local officials are taking their time before actually
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Williams, CNN Frustrations boiled over during a closed-door intelligence briefing last week as Republican lawmakers sought to expose what they believe is bias against the lab leak theory amongst experts consulted by the Biden administration in its hunt for the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, five sources tell CNN.
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Men with diabetes are more likely to die with COVID-19 than women with diabetes, according to an updated analysis of multiple studies on the topic. The new data, which was presented by a team of researchers from Heinrich
Continue Reading ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has refused permission for France to fly military planes in its airspace and announced the recall of its ambassador from Paris in the wake of what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron. This weekend’s sharp escalation in tensions also follows a French decision to slash
Continue ReadingBy Anthony Vasquez-Peddie, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Arctic ice levels have reached record lows, according to a new report on the world’s oceans and the impact of climate change. Between 1979 and 2020, the average amount of sea ice extent, the area of ocean where
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II received a call on Sunday from Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first conversation between the two leaders after a decade of strain over Syria’s civil war. The call comes amid efforts aimed at boosting cooperation between the two countries, which are facing challenging economic conditions. The Jordanian
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las protestas contra el presidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro se dieron en al menos siete ciudades de Brasil el sábado desde por la mañana. Cientos de personas se manifestaron en Río de Janeiro, donde los manifestantes portaban carteles y vestían camisetas que decían “Fuera Bolsonaro”. Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza, Belém,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Wayne Sterling, CNN Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei stormed to victory in the elite women’s race at this year’s London Marathon on Sunday, crossing the line in an impressive two hours, 17 minutes and 43 seconds. She held off competition from the likes of compatriot Brigid Kosgei, who was bidding to win the
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As activists mobilized this summer to ask Minneapolis voters to replace their police department, one of the first prominent Democrats to slam the plan was a moderate congresswoman who doesn’t even live in the city. Angie Craig declared it “shortsighted, misguided and likely to harm the very
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a leading newspaper in Poland which has carried out investigations of the country’s right-wing government. The seizure of the equipment of Piotr Bakselerowicz, a reporter for the liberal Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, took place on Saturday in
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist working for a leading newspaper in Poland which has carried out investigations of the country’s right-wing government. The seizure of the equipment of Piotr Bakselerowicz, a reporter for the liberal Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, took place on Saturday in
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By Alta Spells, CNN Eleven people were rescued after their boat overturned near downtown Seattle on Saturday night, the Seattle Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to a report of a capsized boat with people in the water, in the 800 block of Alaskan Way, the fire department said in a series of Twitter posts. The
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Germans must keep working for democracy, as the country celebrated the 31st anniversary of the merger of East and West. In what is expected to be one of her last major speeches, the outgoing chancellor said that reunification happened “because there were people in East Germany
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — A small single-engine plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed Sunday into the side of a vacant two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and Italian news reports said all aboard perished. Investigators opened a probe into what caused the private plane to crash shortly after takeoff from Milan’s
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. Personal Birth date: October 12, 1949 Birth place: Caracas, Venezuela Birth name: Ilich Ramirez Sanchez Father: José Altagracia Ramírez Navas, a Marxist, millionaire lawyer Mother: Elba Maria Sánchez Marriages: Isabelle Coutant-Peyre (2001-present); Lana Jarrar;
Continue ReadingCNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” is back, and with it came a new President Joe Biden. The NBC variety show returned for its season premiere Saturday and opened its 47th season with new cast member James Austin Johnson taking on the role of Biden. “What’s cookin’, what’s good?” Johnson’s Biden said,
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN A California couple visiting an Arkansas state park found a 4.38-carat diamond on the ground. “I didn’t know it was a diamond then, but it was clean and shiny, so I picked it up,” the wife said. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The weekend
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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Rennes scored just before and after the break to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 and hand the runaway league leader its first defeat of the season. Gaetan Laborde put Rennes ahead on the stroke of halftime after Lionel Messi hit the crossbar for PSG with a free
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