CNN By Jack Bantock, CNN Typically, the New Year is welcomed with the promise of hope and change, yet the Premier League title race looks set to run an increasingly familiar course — Manchester City winning at a canter. One game past the halfway mark, Pep Guardiola’s side command an eight and nine point lead
Continue ReadingBy John Garcia Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — It is a New Year’s Eve tradition in Chicago. After a year off because of COVID-19, city leaders say midnight fireworks are back and will be bigger than ever this weekend. “Because the river is such a great vista and you can
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s main opposition party is calling for the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate surveillance after reports that powerful spyware was used against three people associated with the political opposition. Donald Tusk called the surveillance “an unprecedented thing in our history” and said it represented “the biggest
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s main opposition party is calling for the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate surveillance after reports that powerful spyware was used against three people associated with the political opposition. Donald Tusk called the surveillance “an unprecedented thing in our history” and said it represented “the biggest
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By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v. Wade entirely is setting off a renewed round of abortion battles in state legislatures across the U.S. Republican-led legislatures are likely to press for full
Continue Reading By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — An expected decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming year to severely restrict abortion rights or overturn Roe v. Wade entirely is setting off a renewed round of abortion battles in state legislatures across the U.S. Republican-led legislatures are likely to press for full
Continue ReadingBy J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story LAKE TAHOE, California (KABC) — For the third day in a row, I-80 is closed due to blizzard conditions in the Sierra. Highway 50 was also closed for several hours, and reopened around 10 p.m. Monday to drivers who have chains on their tires. There
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is citing an astronomical spike in the number of coronavirus cases in New York City in urging jurors to work longer hours. Judge Alison J. Nathan told lawyers Tuesday that she was
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s highest court has shut down one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations. It was the latest move in a relentless crackdown on rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters. The Supreme Court’s decision to liquidate Memorial, which rose to prominence for its
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Yuka Saso still can’t believe how far she has gone in such a short time. The 20-year-old went from turning pro to waiting out the pandemic to winning twice in Japan to becoming the U.S. Women’s Open champion. That was just in the last two years. Saso says she
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Yuka Saso still can’t believe how far she has gone in such a short time. The 20-year-old went from turning pro to waiting out the pandemic to winning twice in Japan to becoming the U.S. Women’s Open champion. That was just in the last two years. Saso says she
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El mercado inmobiliario estadounidense tuvo un año verdaderamente salvaje. Las ventas de viviendas en Estados Unidos están en camino de alcanzar el nivel más alto en 15 años, con un estimado de 6 millones vendidas en 2021. Pero para saber si te beneficiaste de este aumento, depende mucho de si
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its request for hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration. The deferral is in response to concerns by the Biden White House that releasing all the Trump administration documents sought
Continue Reading By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A man convicted of killing four people in what authorities say was one of the most gruesome crimes in North Dakota history has been sentenced to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole. Judge David Reich sentenced 47-year-old Chad Isaak on Tuesday to four
Continue Reading VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Former finalist Dominic Thiem says he is withdrawing from the Australian Open and will instead begin his 2022 season in South America. Thiem says he has had a “slight setback” in his return from a wrist injury but is “now feeling well again.” Thiem was hurt in June while playing in
Continue Reading EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says it is investigating the fiery crash of a small business jet near San Diego. The Federal Aviation Administration says four people were aboard when the Learjet 35A went down shortly after 7 p.m. Monday in the El Cajon area. The San Diego County Sheriff’s
Continue Reading By HASSAN AMMAR Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s energy minister has launched two projects in the country’s north to facilitate the flow of natural gas from Egypt to improve electricity production and expand the country’s tanks to increase oil reserves. The revival of the Arab Gas Pipeline to deliver Egyptian gas to Lebanon
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Un avión de Delta Air Lines con origen en Seattle y destino a Shanghai dio la vuelta y retornó a su aeropuerto de origen la semana pasada, y la compañía dice que esto se debió a un cambio en las normas de limpieza del aeropuerto de China por el covid-19. Si
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Federal regulators say the owner of a Miami-based payday loan company bilked hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and repaid others with money he acquired from a Ponzi scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission says in a complaint filed in September that Efrain Betancourt Jr. and Sky Group USA committed
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Federal regulators say the owner of a Miami-based payday loan company bilked hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and repaid others with money he acquired from a Ponzi scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission says in a complaint filed in September that Efrain Betancourt Jr. and Sky Group USA committed
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