By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican citizens have gotten the chance to express their fears about a massive debt overhaul plan, testifying before a judge with the power to decide Puerto Rico’s economic future. After months of wrangling by attorneys, economists and bondholders, Tuesday’s session was an opportunity
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WALDORF, Maryland (WJZ) — Eight students at a Charles County elementary school were found passing around what appeared to be cannabis-infused candy Monday, officials said. According to officials at C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School, during recess, a teacher witnessed students passing around what appeared to
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Borrasso Click here for updates on this story CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A sold-out crowd turned out to show support for a local female high school goalie after a video surfaced showing Armstrong High School students chanting vulgar and sexist remarks at her during a game. The chants towards Mars’ goalie happened
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The first woman has graduated from the US Army’s elite sniper school, completing the seven-week course designed to produce “the most feared weapon on the battlefield.” The soldier, who enlisted in the Montana National Guard last December, has not been identified. Following her enlistment, she was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia,
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Germán Padinger Nota del editor: Frida Ghitis, (@fridaghitis) antigua productora y corresponsal de CNN, es columnista de asuntos mundiales. Es colaboradora habitual de CNN, columnista de The Washington Post y columnista de World Politics Review. Las opiniones expresadas en este comentario son suyas. (CNN) — Los índices de aprobación del presidente Joe Biden llevan meses
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By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Shane Beamer doesn’t want his players thinking about reaching a bowl game even though South Carolina is a win away from the postseason. The Gamecocks moved a step closer to bowl eligibility with a 40-17 stunning upset of Florida. South Carolina gets its first chance
Continue ReadingBy Marc Cota-Robles Click here for updates on this story SANTA MONICA, California (KABC) — A supermarket security guard stabbed and wounded a man Monday night in Santa Monica during an altercation over the customer’s refusal to wear a mask inside the store, a witness said. The incident was reported shortly after 10:30 p.m. at
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By Nicole Chavez and Omar Jimenez, CNN A high school principal in North Texas who was placed on leave after being publicly accused of promoting critical race theory has agreed to leave his role. James Whitfield, principal of Colleyville Heritage High School, and the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District reached an agreement to part ways after
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Kmart is shuttering its last-remaining store in Michigan, the state where the once-proud retail chain launched in 1899. It’s one of series of store closings that will leave the company with only six locations in the continental United States still in business by year’s end. Kmart is owned by Sears,
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with a Texas death row inmate’s request to have his pastor “lay hands” on him and pray out loud during his eventual execution, with several justices questioning how the court can draw a line between an inmate’s religious rights claims and a
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business If you’ve already started your online holiday shopping this year, you may be seeing a lot more of those three dreaded words every shopper hates: “out of stock.” There were more than 2 billion instances of a product being out of stock online across 18 categories tracked in October by
Continue Reading LINZ, Austria (AP) — Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu has upset U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-7 (0), 7-5 in the second round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The top-seeded Briton saved two match points on Wang’s serve at 5-4 in the third set but the qualifier closed out the win in her next
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t have nearly enough workplace safety inspectors to do the job. So the government will rely upon a corps of
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Just weeks after WeWork’s much-anticipated public offering, its infamous co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann opened up about the lessons he’s learned after he all but ran the company into the ground. “I’ve had a lot of time to think, and there’ve been multiple lessons and multiple regrets,” said
Continue Reading By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Lawsuits are piling up less than a week after the deadly crowd crush at the Astroworld concert in Houston. Legal experts say the risk is mounting that juries could decide against rapper Travis Scott and the companies behind the event that killed eight people and left hundreds injured. Scott’s past
Continue Reading ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has accused Turkey’s coast guard of escorting and trying to push into Greek waters a boat with migrants that was trying to illegally reach Greece. The Greek coast guard posted a video of a large Turkish patrol vessel and what seems to be a smaller one beside an inflatable dinghy
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency. They are part of a committee’s effort to find out more about what the president was doing and saying as
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Former California Gov. Jerry Brown has reentered the public policy arena in California with a call to action to prevent wildfires. A group he convened at his Northern California ranch early this fall has drafted a document, dubbed the Venado Declaration. It calls for a shift
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