By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office warned top legislative staffers that a bill limiting public health measures during the COVID pandemic would violate federal law. It was passed anyway, and the Republican governor signed it into
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Is “The Wheel of Time” the next “Game of Thrones?” It depends on who you ask. Some on Twitter have made the comparison, and GQ published a recent story with the headline, “Inside Wheel of Time, Amazon’s Huge Gamble on the Next Game of Thrones.” But reviews have been mixed
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials say an earthquake with magnitude 5.1 has jolted Erzurum province in eastern Turkey, demolishing a number of houses in some villages. At least two people were extracted alive from beneath fallen rubble but there were no immediate reports of deaths or other people being trapped. Turkey’s disaster management agency said
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday temporarily transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy for one hour and 25 minutes, according to the White House. The nation’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president broke yet another barrier when she
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris when he undergoes a “routine colonoscopy.” Press secretary Jen Psaki says Biden will be under anesthesia Friday during the procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Harris “will
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LOSAIL, Qatar (AP) — The most dramatic Formula One title fight in at least a decade further intensified when Christian Horner and Toto Wolff traded barbs at the Qatar Grand Prix. The animosity between the two was on display in a media briefing happening at the same time the FIA denied Mercedes’ right to appeal
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By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided House has approved the Democrats’ sweeping social and environment bill, a big victory for President Joe Biden. Republicans solidly opposed the measure, but Democrats prevailed after the party’s progressives and moderates ended months of disputes over its size and scope. The legislation now moves
Continue Reading By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided House has approved the Democrats’ sweeping social and environment bill, a big victory for President Joe Biden. Republicans solidly opposed the measure, but Democrats prevailed after the party’s progressives and moderates ended months of disputes over its size and scope. The legislation now moves
Continue Reading By ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are trying to locate a group of Dutch tourists who left a hotel where they were quarantined after testing positive for coronavirus. Seven of nine of the infected tourists vanished, according to local authorities. Police are searching for them and airports are on full alert
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Whether you’re a tiger king or the queen of breakup ballads — hey, Adele — please enjoy this week’s TV OT: ‘Keeping Up With the Oppenheim Group’ I sometimes feel like a detective of things that don’t matter. Want to solve a murder? Call someone with real skills. Have a petty
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mostly lower start on Wall Street Friday, though gains for some big technology companies are sending the Nasdaq a bit higher. The S&P 500 was down less than 0.1%, a day after setting another record higher. The Nasdaq, which also set a record high a day earlier,
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mostly lower start on Wall Street Friday, though gains for some big technology companies are sending the Nasdaq a bit higher. The S&P 500 was down less than 0.1%, a day after setting another record higher. The Nasdaq, which also set a record high a day earlier,
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb has been activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list, giving the team one of its best players for a critical stretch of the season. Chubb, who is third in the NFL with 721 yards rushing despite missing three games, has been
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By Mirna Alsharif and Rob Frehse, CNN A former Baltimore County police officer and two children believed to be his daughters he allegedly kidnapped are dead — along with a suspended police sergeant allegedly on the run with him — in an apparent “murder and suicide,” Maryland State Police said Thursday. Former officer Robert Vicosa,
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari and Rob Picheta, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Friday that the war in Tigray has put Ethiopia on a “path to destruction” that could reverberate throughout east Africa, telling CNN that the country’s leader, Abiy Ahmed, must fulfill “his responsibility” and end violence in the region. Speaking to CNN
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Lee Merritt, abogado de Wanda Cooper-Jones, la madre de Ahmaud Arbery le dijo a CNN que un abogado defensor de William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., uno de los tres hombres acusados de perseguir y matar a Ahmaud Arbery, pidió a los fiscales un acuerdo de culpabilidad y fue rechazado. “Los fiscales
Continue Reading By JACOB BENGE Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jack Nunge had 14 points and 14 rebounds, Paul Scruggs also scored 14 points and Xavier led wire to wire in knocking off No. 19 Ohio State 71-65. Jamari Wheeler hit a 3-pointer to get Ohio State within two points with 17 seconds left, the closest the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Streaming services continue to roll out expensive series based on presold concepts, but those big swings can produce big misses, with two prime examples this weekend: “Cowboy Bebop,” Netflix’s live-action spin on a popular anime show; and “The Wheel of Time,” Amazon’s poor-man’s version of “The Lord of the Rings”
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Lin-Manuel Miranda is not throwing his shots, and in 2021, the creator of “Hamilton” has been getting a whole lot of them. After his earlier work “In the Heights” became a critically admired (if little seen) movie, Miranda has made his directing debut with “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” a loving
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