NEW YORK (AP) — The text of Amanda Gorman’s new poem for the end of the year, ‘New Day’s Lyric.’ Gorman told The Associated Press that she wrote the poem to “honor” a year of pain and of hope, and to welcome “the potential” of 2022.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Autoridades en Colombia investigan el asesinato del cantante Esnaider Castillo Ortiz, perpetrado en Barbacoas, en el departamento Nariño, suroeste del país. El hecho, ocurrido el lunes en circunstancias aún no claras, conmocionó al país. “Nuestra música del Pacífico se encuentra de luto. La violencia silencia la voz del talentoso
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — An Italian court has ordered the Costa Crociere cruise line to pay 92,700 euros ($105,000) to a passenger who was aboard the Costa Concordia when it crashed and capsized off Tuscany in 2012. The Genoa court recognized that the passenger suffered post-traumatic stress as a result of the disaster, which killed 32
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Lee Click here for updates on this story WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A Chester County man is behind bars after police allege he took advantage of someone’s kindness and carjacked the victim on Christmas Day. Driving along the North Five Points Road, near the West Goshen Community Park, Mark Turner was on
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a note of hope. The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration made her an international sensation, has released a new work and accompanying video to mark the
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh cleared COVID-19 protocols and returned to the facility to run practice for the first time since testing positive for the coronavirus last Wednesday. The Jets were also getting nine players back from the COVID-19 list. Buffalo also
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Amazon’s Alexa has been developed over the years to offer ever-improving access to information and knowledge. However, the voice-enabled assistant recently gave some dangerous advice to one user that went viral on social media. According to a tweet posted by Kristin Livdahl, Alexa told her 10-year-old child to touch a
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — México planea suspender las exportaciones de petróleo crudo para 2023 para perseguir el objetivo del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador de autosuficiencia en la producción de combustible, según el presidente ejecutivo de Pemex, Octavio Romero, hablando en una conferencia de prensa el martes en la Ciudad de México. Pemex
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand President Joe Biden will hold a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon “to discuss a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia,” National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne told CNN. The call was requested by Putin, according to an administration official, and Biden accepted because “he believes
Continue Reading By The Associated Press No. 11 Michigan State and No. 13 Pittsburgh each will be without its most prominent players when they meet in the Peach Bowl. Spartans running back Kenneth Walker and Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett finished among the top six in the Heisman Trophy voting before opting out of the bowl game. Coming
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Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the country’s coronavirus infection rate is likely two to three times higher than statistics currently show. He urged his compatriots on Wednesday to be cautious during New Year’s celebrations. Statistics in recent days have continued to show Germany’s infection rate drifting downward from a spike caused by the
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the country’s coronavirus infection rate is likely two to three times higher than statistics currently show. He urged his compatriots on Wednesday to be cautious during New Year’s celebrations. Statistics in recent days have continued to show Germany’s infection rate drifting downward from a spike caused by the
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith is making the best of her hair loss. The actress and “Red Table Talk” host first went public about losing her hair in 2018. On Tuesday, she shared a video on her verifed Instagram account that showed her closely shaved hair. “Now at this point,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist This holiday season has been quite unseasonal, at least as far as temperatures go. The South has been running 35 degrees above normal. In the North, temperatures have been 25 degrees below normal. But Alaska may have taken the cake. Remarkable warmth in Alaska On Sunday, Kodiak Island in southern
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN As Americans enter the third year of the pandemic, they can expect to receive significantly less federal aid. There won’t be any more stimulus checks. Boosted unemployment benefits and guaranteed paid sick leave programs have expired. The last round of expanded child tax credit payments went out earlier
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Days before its start date, an international conference on a landmark Cold War-era nuclear treaty is poised to be postponed because coronavirus cases are surging in the host city of New York. A gathering to review the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty was supposed to start at the
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Novak Djokovic has been named the Best Balkan Athlete of the year for a record seventh time. The 34-year-old Serbian tennis great is ranked No. 1 in the world and won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments this year. The results of the annual poll were published by the Bulgarian
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he’s worried about the omicron and delta variants of COVID-19 producing a “tsunami” of cases between them. Top officials with the U.N. health agency cautioned Wednesday that it’s still too early to be reassured by initial data suggesting that
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average. The surge has been driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. The previous mark
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