By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer U.S. senators from both parties expressed skepticism Tuesday that a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons would result in lower prices for consumers. “Fewer local options mean less competition to keep prices low,” said Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, in a hearing before the antitrust subcommittee
Continue Reading By SARAH RANKIN and GARY FIELDS Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia NAACP says it has received “scant” information of substance in response to a wide-ranging public records request it made with the state’s Republican attorney general about his new election integrity unit. The civil rights group paid a deposit of more than
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. Navy has dismissed Beijing’s protests over a “freedom of navigation operation” conducted near a Chinese-held island in the South China Sea. The Navy’s 7th Fleet issued a rebuttal to China’s objections to Tuesday’s mission that included the guided missile cruiser USS Chancelorsville sailing past a Chinese-controlled island. China called the
Continue Reading By CALEB JONES and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for “spectacular” views of the event, and it’s also dredging up bad memories among some Hawaii residents who have been through harrowing volcanic
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Argentina se juega este miércoles su futuro en el Mundial de Qatar durante su último partido de la fase de grupos, que disputará contra Polonia. Argentina – Polonia en el Mundial de Qatar 2022 en vivo México – Arabia Saudita en el Mundial de Qatar 2022 en vivo La
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Hace mucho tiempo, tortugas marinas gigantescas nadaban por los mares de la Tierra. Hasta hace poco, se creía que estos animales prehistóricos, que alcanzaban una longitud de más de 3 metros desde la cabeza hasta la cola, solo se encontraban en las aguas que rodean América del Norte. Ahora, los
Continue Reading By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. team’s victory over Iran at the World Cup was closely watched across the Middle East. The two nations have been engaged in a cold war for over four decades and many blame one or both for the region’s woes. Critics of Iran
Continue Reading WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A defense attorney for an Ohio man accused of helping his family kill eight members of another family says he had no reason to take part. George Wagner IV’s attorney said Tuesday during closing arguments in his trial that he wasn’t even there when the killings took place. Wagner, his brother
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN When President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron walked into a small holding room on the margins of the Global Fund conference in New York this fall, their aides had only allotted 10 minutes for the two men to briefly touch base. But sitting in the cramped room at 538
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Las cosas avanzan bien entre Billie Eilish y su novio, Jesse Rutherford. La cantante, de 20 años, dice que está muy contenta de salir con el líder de Neighbourhood, de 31, a pesar de las críticas sobre su diferencia de edad. Eilish habló con Vanity Fair de su relación. “Es
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Lincoln Riley took over Southern California’s four-win football program one year ago this week, the coach stood on the top rim of the Coliseum and boldly declared his Trojans should be competing for championships right away. Riley chuckled Tuesday when he was reminded of
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — El papa Francisco describió a dos de los grupos étnicos minoritarios de Rusia, los chechenos y los buriatos, como algunas de las tropas “más crueles” que luchan en Ucrania. El pontífice habló en una entrevista con una revista jesuita, America, que se publicó el lunes pero la entrevista tuvo lugar el
Continue ReadingBy Stella Chan and Leslie Perrot, CNN South Dakota’s governor signed an executive order on Tuesday banning state agencies, employees and contractors from accessing TikTok on government devices, citing “the growing national security threat” posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform. “South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan and Philip Wang, CNN China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that
Continue ReadingBy Katharina Krebs and Radina Gigova, CNN A prominent Belarusian opposition figure, who has been serving an 11-year prison sentence after leading mass street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, is in intensive care after undergoing surgery, an opposition spokesman said Tuesday. Maria Kolesnikova was taken to a hospital in the southeastern city of Gomel, placed
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection A Washington, D.C., jury found
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El arsenal de ojivas nucleares de China ha superado las 400 en una fracción del tiempo que había estimado previamente Estados Unidos, reveló un importante informe del Pentágono, en un momento en que Beijing está centrado en acelerar su expansión nuclear mientras busca desafiar al país norteamericano como la principal superpotencia
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN “Willow,” the 1988 fantasy film costarring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer, tells the tale of an aspiring wizard in a magical world who, despite his small stature and a treacherous journey, is destined for greatness. The plot might be an allegory for the movie itself, as well as its legacy, since
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department made a rare intervention Tuesday to try to bring improvements in the beleaguered water system in Mississippi’s capital city, which nearly collapsed in late summer and continues to struggle. The department filed a proposal to appoint a third-party manager
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