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By Matt Egan Roger Dow, CEO of the US Travel Association, is questioning the logic of President Joe Biden’s travel restrictions, imposed on South Africa and seven neighboring countries following the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant. “We want them to revisit this quickly,” Dow told CNN in a phone interview. “We need to follow
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt Egan Roger Dow, CEO of the US Travel Association, is questioning the logic of President Joe Biden’s travel restrictions, imposed on South Africa and seven neighboring countries following the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant. “We want them to revisit this quickly,” Dow told CNN in a phone interview. “We need to
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By RAF CASESRT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of the European Union’s executive arm says EU nations should consider making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory because too many people still refuse to get shots voluntarily. The EU-wide vaccination rate stands at 66%, and unexpectedly high case surges in much of the 27-nation bloc has led
Continue ReadingNick Remsen, CNN When news of Virgil Abloh’s death broke on Sunday, many speculated that Louis Vuitton’s presentation of his Spring-Summer 2022 collection in Miami, Florida — scheduled to take place just days later — would be canceled. But the French luxury label, for which he helmed menswear, said it would go on as per
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A new species of armored dinosaur discovered in Chile had a weaponized tail not seen before in any other dinosaur. Roughly 2 meters (6.5 feet) in size, the small armored dinosaur called an ankylosaur dates from the late Cretaceous period, around 71.7 million to 74.9 million years ago. Its largely complete
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UPLAND, Calif. (AP) — Southern California fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a huge blaze that destroyed or damaged eight apartment-style buildings that were under construction and damaged an occupied nearby apartment building. San Bernardino County Fire says the pre-dawn Wednesday blaze burned near multiple large apartment complexes housing hundreds of residents
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a faster pace in November as companies continue to struggle to keep up with demand amid ongoing supply shortages and delays. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Wednesday that its index of manufacturing
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LONDON (AP) — Tottenham says center back Cristian Romero will be sidelined until at least January because of a “serious” hamstring injury. The Argentina defender sustained the injury during a World Cup qualifying match against Brazil two weeks ago. Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says “we’ll have to wait until January, February” for his return. Romero
Continue Reading CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN Three months after Hurricane Ida barreled through Louisiana, the town of Jean Lafitte near New Orleans is still pulling itself out of destruction and despair. “Hurricane Ida was our Hurricane Katrina; it completely devastated our community,” said Jean Lafitte’s Mayor Tim Kerner. “This was the worst disaster in our history.”
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer The going only gets tougher for Alabama’s normally explosive offense. The Crimson Tide was held out of the end zone for the first 59 minutes and 36 seconds by Auburn. Heisman Trophy front-runner Bryce Young and the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide are gearing up to face No. 1 Georgia and
Continue ReadingCNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business No one likes paying more for stuff. That’s why inflation, especially the sharp price increases we’ve seen in recent months, feels like a dirty word. But on the whole, inflation can actually be a good thing for many working-class Americans, especially those with fixed-rate debt like a 30-year mortgage.
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The movie ‘Belfast’ is set to receive the Vanguard Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards Gala on January 6, 2022. The award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. (L to R) Caitriona Balfe as “Ma”, Jamie Dornan as
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Minor Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Popeye Williams, a Westfield High School football player, said Tuesday he’s not received an apology from the Center Grove High School athlete in blackface who was mocking him. However, Jeffry Henderson, principal at Center Grove High School, offered an apology Tuesday to
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber and the Tampa Bay Rays have finalized an $8 million, one-year free-agent contract. The deal includes an additional $5 million in incentives. The 35-year-old Kluber had his third consecutive injury-plagued season in 2021. He went 5-3 with a
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN Three months after Hurricane Ida barreled through Louisiana, the town of Jean Lafitte near New Orleans is still pulling itself out of destruction and despair. “Hurricane Ida was our Hurricane Katrina; it completely devastated our community,” said Jean Lafitte’s Mayor Tim Kerner. “This was the worst disaster in our history.” Nonprofits
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Baldwin will talk about the deadly shooting in October on the set of the movie “Rust” in an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. The interview will air as a prime-time special Thursday on ABC and will stream later on Hulu. Baldwin fired a prop gun that had been
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have released video of follow-home robbers targeting a mother with a baby in a stroller after she opened the gates to her home in the Hancock Park neighborhood. A surveillance camera recorded the scene as the woman returned home from a walk and a silver car with tinted
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Siempre hay algo que ver en YouTube. Es posible encontrar videos para todos los gustos, desde musicales hasta tutoriales de videojuegos. Sin embargo, si bien el universo de contenido de la plataforma de Google es enorme (y prácticamente inagotable para una sola persona), hay algunos videos que se ven más que
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for the suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death have resumed jury selection and quickly seated a fifth juror. Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist, following a traffic
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — La escritora Alice Sebold se disculpó con un hombre que la semana pasada fue exonerado de su violación, un crimen que escribió en sus memorias “Lucky”, pero la autora también pareció culpar tanto a un “sistema legal defectuoso” como al papel que jugó en la condena del hombre. “En primer lugar,
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