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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans canceled practice and all in-person activities Wednesday on the advice of their medical team because some players weren’t feeling well. Coach David Culley said they have not had any positive COVID-19 tests. Culley, speaking to reporters via Zoom, said the team would resume
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head of Visa says he believes the pandemic caused a permanent shift of how consumers choose to pay for goods and services away from cash and into payments. In an interview with The Associated Press, CEO Al Kelly said the coronavirus outbreak helped accelerate
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head of Visa says he believes the pandemic caused a permanent shift of how consumers choose to pay for goods and services away from cash and into payments. In an interview with The Associated Press, CEO Al Kelly said the coronavirus outbreak helped accelerate
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Nada en Argentina volvería a ser igual después del llamado “corralito”. Tras largos años de recesión, una creciente deuda externa y desempleo, el 3 de diciembre de 2001 el gobierno del entonces presidente Fernando De la Rúa impuso fuertes restricciones a las extracciones de dinero de los bancos —que serían
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Dallas Cowboys visit the New Orleans Saints at a time when both clubs are struggling after solid starts. The Saints have lost four straight, the Cowboys have lost three of four and both teams lost last week on Thanksgiving Day. Dallas holds the all-time series lead with 17 victories against
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska is asking a judge to toss out statements he made to federal authorities who were investigating illegal campaign contributions. The nine-term Republican alleges that a prosecutor made assurances that Fortenberry wasn’t their target. A motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in central California alleges
Continue Reading OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska is asking a judge to toss out statements he made to federal authorities who were investigating illegal campaign contributions. The nine-term Republican alleges that a prosecutor made assurances that Fortenberry wasn’t their target. A motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in central California alleges
Continue ReadingCNN, MERCK, FDA By Maggie Fox and Jen Christensen, CNN Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 13-10 Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization of a pill made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics to help treat Covid-19. Members of the FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee were split in their vote to recommend molnupiravir,
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority are suggesting they may make sweeping changes to limit abortion rights in the United States. The high court is hearing arguments Wednesday in which the justices are being asked to overturn the court’s historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing
Continue Reading GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Swedish company that provides customer care call centers and other services to businesses is building its North American headquarters in South Carolina. Transcom Worldwide AB says it will hire about 450 workers for its new location in Greenville over the next five years. The 26-year-old company has 69 customer service
Continue Reading GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Swedish company that provides customer care call centers and other services to businesses is building its North American headquarters in South Carolina. Transcom Worldwide AB says it will hire about 450 workers for its new location in Greenville over the next five years. The 26-year-old company has 69 customer service
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Ben Affleck is feeling grateful for the second chances he’s received, both professionally and in his love life. Promoting his new movie “The Tender Bar,” the actor tells The Wall Street Journal that he’s really changed over the last five years. “Only within the last five years, I really felt increasingly
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica and Michael Warren, CNN Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will not seek a third term in office, according to a statement from his office, forcing the Republican Party to defend an open gubernatorial seat next year in a deep blue state. “After several months of discussion with our families, we have decided not
Continue Reading By PARKER PURIFOY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a crowded scene outside the Supreme Court, where hundreds of abortion debate partisans are trading chants while justices hear highly anticipated arguments inside. “Whose choice?” “My choice!” was a frequent call-and-response Wednesday, countered by, “Hey hey, ho ho, Roe v. Wade has got to go.” Inside
Continue Reading The four teenagers killed by a fellow student at Oxford High School in Michigan are being remembered for their commitment to athletics, art and family. Madisyn Baldwin’s grandmother told WDIV-TV that the 17-year-old was a talented artist who loved to draw, read and write. The school’s football team said 16-year-old Tate Myre was a talented
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Their kids are friends, even were classmates in some cases. All their wives are close with one another. The group has won together, lost together, celebrated Super Bowl championships together. And this weekend they’ll all reunite. Just on opposite sides. Miami (5-7) plays host
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Health authorities have ordered all members of Portuguese soccer club Tondela to go into isolation in the latest setback related to a new surge in coronavirus cases in the country. The isolation order comes after 13 members of Belenenses were found to be infected with the new omicron variant of the
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Here is a broad-strokes timeline of then-President Donald Trump’s activities around the time he first tested positive for Covid-19. According to excerpts from a forthcoming book by Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows as reported by The Guardian, this was three days ahead of Trump’s first 2020 presidential debate with
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Here is a broad-strokes timeline of then-President Donald Trump’s activities around the time he first tested positive for Covid-19. According to excerpts from a forthcoming book by Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows as reported by The Guardian, this was three days ahead of Trump’s first 2020 presidential debate
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press RIGA, Latvia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning that President Vladimir Putin could quickly order an invasion of Ukraine if he has a pretext for doing so. But Blinken says NATO allies stand ready to inflict heavy sanctions on Russia’s economy if such
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