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By Matt Egan, CNN Congress has committed nearly $6 trillion since early 2020 to fight Covid-19 and cushion the economic blow from a once-in-century pandemic. The vast majority of those emergency funds have already been spent on everything from lifelines to small businesses and stimulus checks to bailouts for airlines. There is no money left
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — European Union authorities have approved a rescue plan for TAP Air Portugal, which is getting government aid worth 2.55 billion euros ($2.9 billion) to help the flag carrier restructure its operations. In return, TAP will have to give up some of its slots at Lisbon airport and sell off some of
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors have demanded life sentences against four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. Prosecutors say the four recklessly used a Russian missile to bring down the passenger jet. All 298 passengers and crew were killed. Public prosecutor
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors have demanded life sentences against four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. Prosecutors say the four recklessly used a Russian missile to bring down the passenger jet. All 298 passengers and crew were killed. Public prosecutor
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of the White former Minnesota police officer who said she mistook her firearm for her Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright ended deliberations Wednesday evening. They had returned to work Wednesday after asking what they should do if they can’t reach a verdict — and have
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olivertapia (CNN) — Con un nuevo aumento de casos de covid-19, la frustración se apodera de los estadounidenses que batallan por realizarse una prueba días antes de Navidad, y las largas filas y el aumento de la demanda abruman algunas instalaciones en todo el país. El catalizador ha sido la rápida propagación de la variante
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial have paused their deliberations until Monday morning in New York. Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has pleaded not guilty to six federal counts, including sex trafficking of a minor, enticing a
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COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swedish skier Sara Hector has posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom. Hector led Tessa Worley of France by .11 seconds and overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin was .34 behind in third. Hector finished runner-up to Shiffrin in Tuesday’s GS on the
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said that Fox News host Jesse Watters should be fired for using violent language at a conservative conference to encourage attendees to conduct an ambush interview with him in hopes of creating a viral moment. “I mean, that’s crazy,” Fauci added. “The guy should
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say. Although the early findings are not conclusive, especially because daily figures are prone to fluctuations, the signs that South Africa’s intense wave is
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai army officer says fighting between Myanmar government forces and ethnic guerrillas has sent about 4,200 villagers fleeing across the border into Thailand over the past week. That number includes more than 2,500 who fled into Thailand on Friday from territory held by the ethic Karen minority. A similar wave took
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Si deseas disfrutar de una comida, una bebida o algo de entretenimiento en interiores en algunos de los destinos urbanos más populares de Estados Unidos, es mejor que lleves contigo un comprobante de vacunación o, en algunos casos, al menos un resultado negativo de una prueba reciente de covid-19. Algunos grandes nombres
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over its handling of an alleged Christmas party that took place at Downing Street during lockdown last year, the Independent Office for Police Conduct told CNN on Wednesday. “We can confirm that, on Friday 17 December, we received a referral from
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN To Democrats eager to become senators in 2023, the Senate is plainly broken and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s power over President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is proof. The moderate Democrat’s announcement on Sunday that he would be a no vote on Biden’s sweeping economic and social spending package
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press ROME (AP) — Plans are progressing for a meeting next year between Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church following their historic encounter in Havana in 2016. That’s according to a top Russian Orthodox official, Metropolitan Hilarion, who met for about an hour with
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN For awhile there, it appeared we might be able to ring in New Year’s Eve in major cities across the planet with something resembling the huge celebrations of yore. Another Covid-19 surge and the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have dashed those hopes — at least
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN In the 40-year history of the official White House Christmas ornament, produced annually by the White House Historical Association (WHHA), this year’s design is among the most conventionally festive. Depicting a Christmas tree displayed in the residence’s Blue Room in 1967, the new ornament features a reproduction of a painting originally commissioned
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s justice minister says he will present legislation next month to remove from the country’s criminal code a ban on doctors “advertising” abortions, one of several more liberal social policies that the new government plans. The three parties that form Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government have long opposed the current rules, but they
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old girl who went missing from a San Antonio playground on Monday. Lina Sardar Khil was at a playground located at her family’s apartment complex when she disappeared after her mother left her unattended for a period of time, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said
Continue Reading By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Safe haven laws drew attention this month when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett questioned the role they play in the debate around abortion rights. Slightly over 4,000 babies have been surrendered since the first law took effect in 1999, according to the National Safe Haven
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