By DAVID CRARY and JOHN HANNA Associated Press Year after year, several thousand women in the U.S. carry an unintended pregnancy to term and then offer the baby for adoption. It’s a choice commended by many foes of abortion. Yet despite a huge demand for babies from Americans yearning to adopt, perhaps 40 times more
Continue Reading BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) — Authorities are searching for two people believed to have been involved in the fatal shooting of one police officer and wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel. The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that two Bradley police officers were shot late Wednesday while speaking to people in a room
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Khartoum as thousands of people rallied again in the capital and elsewhere in the country to protest the October military coup. Despite tightened security measures and closures of bridges and roads, protesters marched on Thursday in Khartoum, beating drums and waving
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening with slight gains on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovering just above the latest record highs they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in the first few minutes of trading, led by gains in banks, health care
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The Associated Press Stocks are opening with slight gains on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovering just above the latest record highs they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in the first few minutes of trading, led by gains in banks, health care
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — China prohibió a los futbolistas hacerse tatuajes y ordenó a los que tienen tatuajes que se los quiten o cubran para dar un “buen ejemplo a la sociedad”, según una orden emitida por la Administración General de Deportes de China (GAS). La directiva, titulada “Sugerencias para fortalecer la gestión
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden urged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday to take steps to ease an unremitting crisis on Russia’s border with Ukraine, warning again of dire economic consequences should Putin proceed with an invasion. The 50-minute phone call did not yield any major breakthroughs, US and Russian officials said
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Justin Hartley has remarried after splitting from “Selling Sunset” star Chrishell Stause and it sounds like things are going well. The “This Is Us” star told “Haute Living” magazine that he and his new wife, Sofia Pernas are “so happy,” adding “It’s incredible when you’re not forcing things.” “It doesn’t
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN HBO Max has developed a fondness for reunions after that awkward “Friends” gathering and “The West Wing” voting special. Yet “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” strikes just the right balance, looking back at the cinematic franchise with warmth and humor, while delicately capturing the impact on kids raised
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN HBO Max has developed a fondness for reunions after that awkward “Friends” gathering and “The West Wing” voting special. Yet “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” strikes just the right balance, looking back at the cinematic franchise with warmth and humor, while delicately capturing the impact on kids
Continue ReadingOpinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives ‘Tis the season; but there aren’t many reasons to be jolly. The pandemic is back, not that it ever really left. Headlines are again dominated by explosively rising case numbers, which means equally rising levels of depression and panic. Covid is a news story so inescapable it
Continue ReadingBy BETSY WEBSTER Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — One person was killed and another hospitalized after a crash at an Overland Park intersection on Monday night. On Wednesday, Overland Park police identified the person who died as 75-year-old Barbara Patterson of Overland Park. Officer John Lacy said Patterson
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Dionne Warwick has been a legend in the music industry for years, and she continues to cement her legendary status on Twitter. The singer has come to be known for her wonderfully direct tweets. Now she’s now found herself in a bit of a battle with Oreo, and it’s kind
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Several lawmakers and members of the law enforcement community tasked with protecting the US Capitol will mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly insurrection there next month during a live event hosted by CNN, the network announced Thursday. “Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later,” will air on January
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Dan Berman, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court for permission to end the Trump-era “remain in Mexico” program, which requires non-Mexican migrants to stay in Mexico until their US immigration court dates. In August, a federal judge in Texas ordered the revival of the policy after the
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City is rising above the chaos in the Premier League and is already in sight of a sixth title in 11 seasons. December has been marked by COVID-19 outbreaks across the league that have decimated squads and forced the postponement of 17 games. City has the best and
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By Joe Sutton and Shawn Nottingham, CNN One of two Illinois police officers shot Wednesday after they responded to a call about dogs barking in a hotel parking lot has died, the Bradley Police Department said in a news release. A second officer is in critical condition and was undergoing surgery, the police department said.
Continue Reading By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation. De Blasio said on NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday that he wants
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Rob Picheta, CNN The former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani said he was given “no more than two minutes” to get ready to flee Kabul in August, during the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the country’s capital. Ghani told BBC’s Radio 4 “Today” program that his national security adviser informed him he
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell below 200,000, more evidence that the job market remains strong in the aftermath of last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 8,000 to 198,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average, which smooths out week-to-week
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