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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press President Joe Biden is announcing the infusion of nearly $36 billion to shore up a financially troubled union pension plan. The federal aid is intended to stop severe cuts to the retirement incomes of more than 350,000 Teamsters workers and retirees. The Biden administration says it’s the largest-ever federal
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN There were about 181,806 nonfatal opioid overdoses recorded in the United States in the past year, and it’s taken about 9.8 minutes on average for emergency medical services to reach someone who’s overdosing, according to a data dashboard that the White House debuted Thursday. This first-of-its-kind dashboard was developed to track
Continue ReadingCNN By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Donald Trump is facing a flurry of criticism on Capitol Hill, with Republican fury growing over their failure to take back the Senate and GOP leaders at odds over their strategy with the former president still maintaining a dominant hold on the party. The GOP
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Since the 2020 presidential election, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch have been erecting the scaffolding for a decision that could transform election practices nationwide. During oral arguments Wednesday in a North Carolina case, they reinforced their positions and appeared to find some
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport in southern Germany, in a protest against the environmental impact of air travel. The group Last Generation said some of its members glued themselves to the tarmac in Munich, while others entered the grounds of Berlin airport. A spokesperson for Munich airport confirmed
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN It’s bad news for Buffalo Bills pass rusher Von Miller, who will have to sit out the remainder of the 2022 season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Miller was placed on injured reserve on December 1, after suffering a knee injury during the Bills’ Thanksgiving game against the
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych and Victoria Butenko, CNN What Russia cannot win on the battlefield, it is seeking to win by casting Ukrainian cities into the dark and cold as a long winter sets in. The result is a grinding battle of attrition: Barrages of Russian missiles fly across Ukraine, and Ukrainian power
Continue Reading Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Portugal’s Civil Protection Agency says one person died Thursday during the heavy rains that fell overnight in the capital, Lisbon. The victim was a woman who drowned when she got trapped in the basement where she lived. The intense rainfall washed away cars and flooded streets, buildings and public transport
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China has begun implementing a more relaxed version of its strict “zero COVID” policy amid steps to restore normal life, but also trepidation over a possible broader outbreak once controls are eased. The National Health Commission announced relaxed anti-pandemic regulations on Wednesday, including a loosening of lockdowns and the elimination of a
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BERLIN (AP) — The former chief executive of financial services company Wirecard and two other ex-managers has gone on trial over the firm’s collapse. It has been described as the biggest case of fraud in post-war Germany. Wirecard was the darling of Germany’s fintech scene until it filed insolvency proceedings in 2020, saying 1.9 billion
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN In the darkest moments of her toughest training sessions, professional marathon runner Mary Ngugi likes to lean on her trackside audience for motivation. That’s not necessarily her coach — nor her training partners — but a much younger group of runners who have started frequenting Ngugi’s athletics track in the Kenyan
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia ahead of the release Thursday and Friday of U.S. jobless and inflation data. U.S. futures turned higher and oil prices rebounded. Investors are watching for data that may yield more insights into inflation’s path ahead and how the Fed
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia ahead of the release Thursday and Friday of U.S. jobless and inflation data. U.S. futures turned higher and oil prices rebounded. Investors are watching for data that may yield more insights into inflation’s path ahead and how the Fed
Continue ReadingMayumi Maruyama Smoke began to drift out of a box as the winner of Japan’s “dish of the year” was revealed. But it wasn’t a beautifully plated mackerel or an immaculate dessert that took top honors. Instead, the hosts unveiled a variety of frozen meats and pizzas — still in their air-tight bags. Every year,
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Cheng Cheng, CNN Workers across China have dismantled some of the physical signs of the country’s zero-Covid controls, peeling health code scanning signs off metro station walls and closing some checkpoints after the government unveiled an overhaul of its pandemic policy. But as many residents expressed relief and happiness at the
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, Selina Wang, Cheng Cheng and Wayne Chang, CNN Empty streets, deserted shopping centers, and residents staying away from one another are the new normal in Beijing — but not because the city, like many Chinese ones before it, is under a “zero-Covid” lockdown. This time, it’s because Beijing has been hit
Continue Reading By STEPHEN McGRATH and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries are to weigh whether Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia can fully open their borders and participate in Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone. But concerns over migration appear likely to scupper the hopes of Bulgaria and Romania. A green light Thursday would do wonders
Continue Reading COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The son of a Russian businessman close to President Vladimir Putin has been acquitted in Norway of violating a law that bars Russians from flying drones. Andrey Yakunin who holds both a Russian and a British passport and lives in Italy, flew two drones over Norway’s Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard in
Continue ReadingCNN By Teele Rebane, Adam Pourahmadi and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Iran has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first known execution linked to protests that have swept the country since September, state media reported Thursday. Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, and the semi-official Tasmin news agency both
Continue ReadingBy Teele Rebane, Adam Pourahmadi and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Iran has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first known execution linked to protests that have swept the country since September, state media reported Thursday. Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, and the semi-official Tasmin news agency both named
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