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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana has opened bidding on 14 new offshore oil and gas blocks, hoping to capitalize on interest in lucrative fields that are expected to make the South American nation a major oil producer. Guyana is home to one of the largest oil discoveries in the last decade. In 2019, two years
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Neymar is again going home without a World Cup title. Luka Modric’s quest continues unabated. Modric converted one of the penalties as Croatia knocked Brazil out of the World Cup on Friday, beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a shootout to reach the semifinals
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Russia refused to release Paul Whelan alongside Brittney Griner unless a former colonel from Russia’s domestic spy organization currently in German custody was also released as part of any prisoner swap, US officials told CNN, even as the US offered up the names of
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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. are urging drivers once again to make sure their vehicles haven’t been recalled after another person was killed by an exploding Takata air bag. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the person was killed in a crash involving
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s most populous county is warning of a significantly rise in cases of the flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. The Maricopa County Department of Public Health issued an alert Friday that cases among these viruses, including respiratory syncytial virus—known as RSV—are higher than normal for this time of year. The flu
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Flu surged in the United States after Thanksgiving, bringing the most severe week yet in a season that hit the county extra early. More than a third of all flu hospitalizations and deaths so far this season were reported in just the past week, and cases also jumped nearly as much.
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La ex primera dama Michelle Obama se encuentra en medio de una gira promocional de un mes de duración para su más reciente libro y, como siempre, sus elecciones de estilo son noticia. Pero ha habido un cambio notable en su vestimenta, de las siluetas clásicas por las que es conocida
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN Brazil, the favorite to win this year’s World Cup, is out of Qatar 2022 after losing to Croatia on penalties 1-1 (4-2) in Friday’s dramatic quarterfinal. It had looked as though Neymar had won it for Brazil after he scored a stunning solo goal in extra-time — tying Pele’s international scoring
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Trade Organization has rejected the 2018 import taxes that then-President Donald Trump imposed on foreign steel and aluminum, saying they violated global trade rules. Trump’s tariffs of 25% on foreign steel and 10% on aluminum outraged America’s long-standing allies, including the European Union and
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, CNN Russia pardoned a Zambian prisoner so that they could be deployed to Ukraine, where they died fighting for the Wagner mercenary unit, Zambia’s foreign affairs minister said Friday. Zambian national Nathan Lemekhani Nyirenda was “pardoned on 23rd August, 2022 in order to join the military operation, in exchange for amnesty,” the
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By Nouran Salahieh and Cheri Mossburg, CNN The second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the former movie producer accused of using his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them, will continue Monday after a Los Angeles jury deliberated for another day Friday. Weinstein, behind bars in a medical unit, awaits
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Casey Gannon, Hannah Rabinowitz, Lauren Koenig and Kristen Holmes, CNN A federal judge declined to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court in a closed-door hearing on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The sources also told CNN that Chief Judge Beryl Howell instead pressed the Trump
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next month’s AFI Awards will honor films including the “Avatar” sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Elvis” and popular television series like “Abbott Elementary,” “Better Call Saul” and “The White Lotus.” The American Film Institute announced its slate of honorees Friday ahead of its gala luncheon on Jan. 13 in Beverly Hills, California.
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En la farmacia Grant’s Pass, en el sur de Oregon, solo quedan unas pocas cajas de paracetamol e ibuprofeno para niños, y la farmacéutica Michele Belcher dice que no puede pedir más. Belcher dice que encarga estos medicamentos a uno de los “tres grandes” mayoristas: McKesson, Cardinal Health y AmerisourceBergen. Cuando
Continue ReadingBy Annie Gimbel Click here for updates on this story MISSION, Texas (KTVT) — United States Border Patrol agent Raul Humberto Gonzalez, Jr. was killed in an ATV crash while chasing a group of migrants crossing the border near Mission. Agent Gonzalez was traveling at high speed on Dec. 7 when he crashed. The 38-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Liz Nagy Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — A chef was seriously injured when he was pushed face-first onto the CTA tracks in Wicker Park while on his way home from work. Jose Duran said he was standing just a foot or so back from the platform edge wearing his
Continue ReadingBy Jessica D’Onofrio & Christian Piekos Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police are trying to find out who shot and killed a woman and her father inside a South Side apartment, leaving a toddler unharmed Wednesday. Police responded to the 8100-block of South Drexel Avenue in East Chatham for
Continue ReadingBy Raegan Scharfetter Click here for updates on this story WATAUGA, Texas (KTVT) — Three people have been taken to the hospital after a Watauga nursing home caught fire Friday morning. Officials said the 2-alarm fire started just after 6 a.m. at Northpoint Nursing and Rehab off Virgil Anthony Boulevard. The Watauga Fire Department along
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA, RYAN J. FOLEY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a northeastern Kansas creek to nearly fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years and surpassing all the previous ones on the same pipeline
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it is imposing sanctions on a broad array of people and companies around the world for corruption and human rights abuses — from illegal fishing operations in Chinese waters to kickbacks in Guatemala. The sanctions on Friday are a recognition of International Anti-Corruption
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