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By The Associated Press Tiger Woods is back in action this week with a little help from his 12-year-old son. It was only 10 months ago that Woods badly injured his right leg in a car crash in the Los Angeles area. Now he’s playing the PNC Championship for the second straight year with son
Continue Reading By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The coronavirus has disrupted business in the NBA. The Chicago Bulls are shut down for what will be at least a few days, Indiana coach Rick Carlisle is missing some games and Toronto President Masai Ujiri tested positive after hosting an event that NBA Commissioner Adam
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macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, anunció en la noche de este lunes un aumento del salario básico unificado de US$ 25, que a partir de enero de 2022 pasará a ser de US$ 425. Durante su mensaje al país, Lasso señaló que es necesario continuar con la reactivación económica y
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Southeastern Louisiana quarterback Cole Kelley, East Tennessee State running back Quay Holmes and Montana State linebacker Troy Andersen highlight The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Tuesday. Kelley and Holmes are among the finalists for the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding player in the
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Schneider, CNN More than two dozen members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are being sued by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine in an effort to recover the millions of dollars the city spent to defend the US Capitol during the January 6 attack. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal
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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in the murders of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey. Det. Sgt. Brandon Price says police have not been able to rule out one individual who was captured on surveillance video
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Janicza Bravo’s wild road trip saga “Zola” scored a leading seven Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, including best feature, best director and best female lead for Taylour Paige. “The Novice,” a sports drama and psychological thriller, followed with five nods, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” got four. Nominations
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN The House voted 219-212 Tuesday to pass Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s legislation to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, a week after progressives introduced a separate resolution to strip Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of her committee assignments following her anti-Muslim comments calling the Minnesota Democrat a terrorist. The bill would
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB and SALAR SALIM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi singer Sajda Obeid is a unifying figure in Iraq’s fractured society. For older Iraqis, the 63-year old is a symbol of a bygone golden era. To the young, her upbeat love songs and subtly racy lyrics have become a channel for self-expression in
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By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of a new expert panel advising the German government on the coronavirus pandemic are holding their first meeting. The meeting Tuesday comes amid signs that government restrictions imposed in recent weeks are beginning to slow infection rates. Germany’s disease control agency reported 30,823 newly confirmed cases
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of a new expert panel advising the German government on the coronavirus pandemic are holding their first meeting. The meeting Tuesday comes amid signs that government restrictions imposed in recent weeks are beginning to slow infection rates. Germany’s disease control agency reported 30,823 newly confirmed cases
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken on the phone with his French and Finnish counterparts and reiterated his demand for guarantees precluding NATO from expanding to Ukraine or deploying weapons there. The Russian leader’s phone conversations with Emmanuel Macron and Sauli Niinistö come amid heightened tensions over
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday that it was alarmed by continuing reports of extrajudicial killings across Afghanistan, including hangings, beheadings and public displays of corpses. “Between August and November, we received credible allegations of more than 100 killings of former Afghan national security forces and others associated
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is suspending talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, a rare dispute between Washington and a key ally in the Persian Gulf. The Emirati embassy in Washington said it would “suspend discussions” with the
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is suspending talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, a rare dispute between Washington and a key ally in the Persian Gulf. The Emirati embassy in Washington said it would “suspend discussions” with the
Continue ReadingBy Anabel Munoz Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Fans from throughout Southern California are continuing to mourn and pay tribute to Vicente Fernández, the Mexican singing legend who died over the weekend at age 81. A memorial of flowers and candles continues to grow on the singer’s star along
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has rebuffed a Turkish push for a two-state peace deal on ethnically divided Cyprus. The Egyptian minister said Tuesday that any talks should adhere to a U.N.-backed road map reunifying the east Mediterranean island nation as a federation. The diplomat said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart on
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has rebuffed a Turkish push for a two-state peace deal on ethnically divided Cyprus. The Egyptian minister said Tuesday that any talks should adhere to a U.N.-backed road map reunifying the east Mediterranean island nation as a federation. The diplomat said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart on
Continue ReadingAmy Woodyatt, CNN A distracted trader accidentally sold a non-fungible token (NFT) for a hundredth of its market price. NFTs are the latest cryptocurrency phenomenon to go mainstream. In the simplest terms, NFTs transform digital works of art and other collectibles into one-of-a-kind, verifiable assets that are easy to trade on the blockchain. The Bored
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The railroad merger that was nearly derailed by a bidding war earlier this year is moving forward although regulators will have the final say next year on Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad. Canadian Pacific set up a voting trust that purchased Kansas City Southern
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