CNN By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will make him the first Black person to lead one of the two major parties in either chamber of Congress. House Democrats
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El mejor crucero nuevo de 2022 tiene capacidad para 3.099 huéspedes y 1.506 tripulantes. Un mayordomo 24 horas atiende sus suites más lujosas, y hay una pista de carreras de tres niveles y toboganes de 10 pisos de altura. El premio es para el Norwegian Prima, nombrado el mejor crucero nuevo
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By Nicki Brown, CNN A man seen in surveillance video punching an elderly Asian woman more than 100 times and stomping on her body in Yonkers, New York, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in state prison, prosecutors announced Tuesday. “Today we close a chapter on one of the most violent and shocking
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By FELICIA FONSECA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he will bolster tribal consultations, inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in decision-making and funding for communities
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he will bolster tribal consultations, inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in decision-making and funding for communities
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday in remarks likely intended to underscore the Fed’s single-minded focus on combating stubborn inflation. Yet in a speech at the Brookings Institution, Powell
Continue Reading ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man received a jail sentence after admitting he stole an Olympic gold medal belonging to a member of the 2020 U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team. Jordyn Poulter reported the medal stolen May 25 after the Olympian found her car broken into at a parking garage in Anaheim, police said.
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Después de la diatriba por un video de Lionel Messi en el vestuario y un aluvión de tuits en el que se peleó con periodistas, deportistas y comentaristas, Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez reconoció que se equivocó. El boxeador mexicano, quien había criticado a Messi por un video en que parece patear
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Paul Whelan, an American wrongfully detained in Russia, has reportedly been moved to a prison hospital and has been unable to contact his family for a week, according to his brother. The lack of communication has raised serious concerns for the family, said David Whelan, who questioned the penal colony’s claim
Continue Reading GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper “El Periodico” has announced it is stopping its print edition, after the government arrested the paper’s president. José Rubén Zamora was arrested in July on a charge of money laundering. All of the paper’s reporters have been let go, and it is not clear how it
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By AMY TAXIN and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether a Virginia sheriff’s deputy posed as a 17-year-old boy online to groom and sexually extort a teenage girl in California before driving across the country and killing her mother and grandparents and setting fire to their home. Austin Lee
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether a Virginia sheriff’s deputy posed as a 17-year-old boy online to groom and sexually extort a teenage girl in California before driving across the country and killing her mother and grandparents and setting fire to their home. Austin Lee
Continue ReadingBy CBS Baltimore Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Terry Bagley, a 70-year-old Marine veteran, remains in critical condition after he rescued a woman and a teenager from the aftermath of an explosion in Baltimore’s Pigtown neighborhood last week. The explosion, which involved a ruptured gas line and damaged multiple
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The long-rumored memoir-policy book by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is coming out next year. The HarperCollins imprint Broadside will release “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival” on Feb. 28. Wednesday’s announcement comes in the wake of DeSantis’ decisive reelection victory and will likely add to speculation that
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday announced the expansion. The two communities will collect and test local sewage for
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. The measure
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved. The measure
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Usually it’s the tourists behaving badly in Italy, but this time three men accused of crimes outside the Colosseum are locals. The men have been arrested on suspicion of extortion after dressing up as gladiators and centurions and demanding money from tourists for their self-styled “imperial selfies” — which they had asked
Continue Reading PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a methane gas explosion has ripped through a coal mine in northwest Pakistan, killing nine miners and injuring four others. Monday’s explosion happened in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. An adviser for the Mines and Minerals Department told reporters that local authorities are still investigating. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, Zoe Sottile and Josh Campbell, CNN A woman whose parents and sister were killed last week in the alleged “catfish” triple homicide in Riverside, California, is urging families to speak to their children about online safety. Michelle Blandin, whose father, Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister, Brooke Winek, 39,
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