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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she supports banning Russian oil imports to the U.S. Amid the escalating war in Ukraine, Pelosi she’s “all for” blocking Russian oil. “Ban it,” she said Thursday. It’s a hefty nod of support that could strengthen President Joe Biden’s hand in
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she supports banning Russian oil imports to the U.S. Amid the escalating war in Ukraine, Pelosi she’s “all for” blocking Russian oil. “Ban it,” she said Thursday. It’s a hefty nod of support that could strengthen President Joe Biden’s hand in
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By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kenneth Walker III believes NFL scouts may be shortchanging this year’s running backs contingent. He sees a promising group of skillful, multi-faceted players. He thinks more than one is worthy of being a first-round draft pick in April. The problem is many teams find more value
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s U.S. senators have introduced new legislation that would restore the terminated pensions of more than 20,000 salaried retirees of Delphi, the bankrupted former auto parts supplier. The move followed a U.S. Supreme Court decision in January declining to take up the retirees’ final legal
Continue Reading By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s U.S. senators have introduced new legislation that would restore the terminated pensions of more than 20,000 salaried retirees of Delphi, the bankrupted former auto parts supplier. The move followed a U.S. Supreme Court decision in January declining to take up the retirees’ final legal
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general have reached an agreement to postpone depositions in the civil investigation into the Trump Organization until after an appeal is decided, likely pushing off any testimony for at least several months. In the deal, which was signed off by
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press Washington (AP) — The United States and allies are stepping up sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions are taking a toll on Russia’s economy, and Russians consumers are seeing rapid inflation. Still, the penalties aren’t convincing Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the
Continue Reading By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press California’s Supreme Court has ordered the University of California, Berkeley to freeze its undergraduate enrollment at 2020-21 levels, denying its petition against a lower court ruling. That means the university will have to accept at least 3,000 fewer students than planned for the upcoming academic year. Thursday’s decision is the
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Alejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN Business) — RT America cesará las producciones y despedirá a la mayoría de su personal, según un memorando de T&R Productions, la productora detrás de la red financiada por el estado ruso, que obtuvo CNN. Misha Solodovnikov, gerente general de T&R Productions, le dijo al personal en el memorando que
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, will no longer deliver Russian-made rocket engines to the United States, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on state television, ending a decades-long relationship between US and Russian rocket makers. “Today we have made a decision to halt the deliveries of rocket engines produced by NPO Energomash
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El Departamento de Estado está reanudando algunos servicios de visa en La Habana, Cuba, años después de detener esos servicios en 2018 porque los diplomáticos estadounidenses se enfermaron con una misteriosa enfermedad que se conoció como el síndrome de La Habana, dijo a los periodistas este jueves la portavoz adjunta del
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Erin Howard scored 16 points, Morgan Jones made two key baskets in the final 1:12 and No. 9 seed Florida State held off eighth-seeded Boston College 63-58 in the second round of the ACC tournament. Florida State will play third-ranked North Carolina State in the quarterfinals on Friday. The Seminoles lost
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL salary cap is going back up this year with a projection of $208.2 million per team. This comes after a decrease in 2021 from pandemic-related revenue drops. New Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah calls the process of managing the cap “a little
Continue Reading By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s government has announced a deal with the International Monetary Fund to refinance some $45 billion in debt. Thursday’s development marks the potential end of two years of negotiations and an attempt to remove economic uncertainty that has hung over Argentina for nearly as long. Revised
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot has issued a subpoena for Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Donald Trump campaign aide and the fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former President. Guilfoyle’s subpoena comes after an ill-fated attempt by the committee to
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — General Motors has lost a bid to avoid recalling about 727,000 small SUVs in the U.S. with headlight beams that can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers. In 2019 the Detroit automaker petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to avoid a recall, saying the problem didn’t affect safety
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A 32-year-old man accused of allowing his infant daughter to ingest fentanyl, killing the baby, pleaded not guilty today to child abuse and other charges. Donald Charles Wallace of Lake Mathews was arrested last week following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began almost three months earlier. Along with the abuse count, Wallace is
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Londres (CNN Business) — Una semana de guerra en Ucrania sacudió la economía mundial, a medida que las rápidas sanciones occidentales aislaron a Rusia, colapsaron su moneda y sus activos financieros y dispararon los precios de la energía y los alimentos. La economía rusa de US$ 1,5 billones es la undécima más grande
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hard seltzer drinkers in Utah will likely have their choices on grocery store shelves cut in half under legislation that passed the Legislature Thursday in the latest update to strict alcohol laws in the state that’s home to the alcohol-eschewing Church of Jesus Christ of
Continue Reading NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Rick Pitino says he loves coaching at Iona and is committed to his players amid speculation he could be a candidate for the Maryland coaching job. Pitino said on Twitter that Maryland can be one of the nation’s best basketball programs and he hopes the Terrapins find the next Gary
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