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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 50 years after his record-setting basketball career at LSU, “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s college letterman jacket has sold for nearly $117,000 at auction. According to The Advocate, last weekend’s auction of various Maravich memorabilia netted over $160,000, including the earnings from the jacket. The purple jacket was worn by
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Si eres un rover robótico, junio parece ser un buen momento para realizar un viaje “por carretera” a Marte. Perseverance comenzó a alejarse de su lugar de aterrizaje Octavia E. Butler el 1 de junio. El rover de Marte abandonó el mirador donde capturó imágenes y videos de los vuelos del
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday marked nine years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School by pointing to his administration’s efforts to combat gun violence as Democratic-led efforts to pass tougher gun laws have repeatedly failed in Congress. “Twenty precious first graders, six heroic educators, a
Continue Reading@POTUS, TWITTER, CNN, @POTUS/Twitter By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday marked nine years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School by pointing to his administration’s efforts to combat gun violence as Democratic-led efforts to pass tougher gun laws have repeatedly failed in Congress. “Twenty precious first graders,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “The King’s Man” is a prequel to the “Kingsman” movies, but its closest spiritual kin would be “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” another film based on a graphic novel that brought the superhero/spy genre into an earlier era and mostly flubbed the migration process. Fun in places, this World War
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By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria have announced that the West African country will no longer accept COVID-19 vaccines with short shelf lives after it was unable to use 1 million doses before they expired. Faisal Shuaib, who leads Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, says those expired
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN The former state employee who is at the center of the controversy over whether South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem intervened to help her daughter obtain a real estate appraiser license testified before state lawmakers on Tuesday that Noem’s daughter was given an extra chance to correct her work so that her
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By Jason Hanna, CNN After a tornado demolished a candle factory in western Kentucky Friday night, the Rev. Stephen Boyken climbed the rubble and heard someone beneath call out. “She was stuck underneath a wall and asked, ‘Can you hold my hand?’ ” Boyken recalled Tuesday. Boyken grabbed the hand, prayed with the woman and
Continue Reading BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 50 years after his record-setting basketball career at LSU, “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s college letterman jacket has sold for nearly $117,000 at auction. According to The Advocate, last weekend’s auction of various Maravich memorabilia netted over $160,000, including the earnings from the jacket. The purple jacket was worn by
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 50 years after his record-setting basketball career at LSU, “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s college letterman jacket has sold for nearly $117,000 at auction. According to The Advocate, last weekend’s auction of various Maravich memorabilia netted over $160,000, including the earnings from the jacket. The purple jacket was worn by
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Nomintions for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, the scrappy, independent alternative to the Academy Awards, were announced Tuesday. “Zola,” a dark comedy about an exotic dancer’s road trip, led among nominees, earning seven nods. The Spirit Awards will air on IFC on Sunday, Mar. 6. Below is the full list
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Morgan Moore’s grocery bills are sky-high. So she has started to stay away from name brands and buy more of Walmart’s Great Value private-label brand. The freelance graphic designer in Gilmer, Texas, wanted to buy bacon on a recent trip, but “just walked away” because it was too expensive. Bacon
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey “The Voice” will reveal the winner of Season 21 on Tuesday. On Monday’s finale performance night, the five remaining contestants each sang two songs, one uptempo and one dedicated to someone meaningful in their lives. Here’s how the final five performed: Hailey Mia (Team Kelly) sang Olivia Rodrigo, she faltered a bit
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell in afternoon trading Tuesday as traders took in the latest sign that inflation is still running high ahead of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year. The S&P 500 fell 1% and the Nasdaq shed 1.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pato O’Ward finally achieved his career-long quest to drive a Formula One car. McLaren put the IndyCar driver in a seat for a test at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi this week. The test was O’Ward’s reward from McLaren boss
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns were placed in enhanced COVID-19 protocols following some new positive cases that could impact who is available to play in Saturday’s game against Las Vegas. The team is continuing to test and has not yet disclosed the names of any new players testing
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top European human rights court has issued a ruling urging Russia to introduce measures tackling domestic violence against women, which it said is happening on a “staggering scale.” The European Court of Human Rights ruled in a case that four Russian women filed after suffering abuse
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level surged by a record 9.6% in November from a year earlier, an indication of ongoing inflation pressures The Labor Department said that its producer price index, which measures inflation before it reaches consumer, rose 0.8% in November compared to October, the
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damson Idris transformed from his real life British-speaking Nigerian persona into a canny drug kingpin character with a West Coast accent on FX’s popular crime drama “Snowfall.” Idris made his presence felt as Franklin Saint, a young street-minded entrepreneur who was educated in an
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is reporting fewer than 3,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases for a second day after two weeks of higher numbers. The state coronavirus dashboard on Tuesday reported 2,168 additional cases as well as 203 deaths from the virus. Health officials, however, added that most of the fatalities were reported after inspection of
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