By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed as an excavator’s heavy claw smashed through the windows of an old state office building and began tearing off the façade. In one of his last public appearances in mid-December, the outgoing Republican governor watched the physical manifestation of a project
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A wealth of tributes poured in from around the world within minutes of the Vatican’s announcement of the death of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy See revealed on Saturday that the late pontiff wanted a simple funeral. A Vatican spokesman said that
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, Allison Morrow and Alicia Wallace, CNN After years of legal battles, pontificating and theorizing, former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to 2020 are now part of the public record. Many critics and political opponents have theorized that Trump fought the public disclosure of his tax returns because they potentially provided
Continue ReadingCNN By David Goldman, Allison Morrow and Alicia Wallace, CNN After years of legal battles, pontificating and theorizing, former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to 2020 are now part of the public record. Many critics and political opponents have theorized that Trump fought the public disclosure of his tax returns because they potentially
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By Rebekah Riess and Andy Rose, CNN Minnesota prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old with second-degree murder and second-degree assault in connection with a deadly shooting at the Mall of America. This comes after Hennepin County Attorney’s Office filed charges against one adult and two juveniles. The office charged the 17-year-old, identified by police as Lavon
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN It’s been a tough year for US consumers, who battled decades-high inflation for the majority of the year and even saw gas prices hit $5 in June. The latest inflation data, not adjusted for seasonal swings, shows price hikes have now slowed to 7.1% for the year through
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A minor earthquake was reported 18 miles south of La Quinta Saturday morning. The Magnitude 4.2 quake was centered in a mountain area about 10 miles north of Borrego Springs at 4:12 a.m. The US Geological Survey user reports showed people feeling light or weak shaking in the Indio and Hemet communities and San Diego
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo, CNN Every New Year’s Eve, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen host four-and-a-half hours of live television, joined by celebrity guests and performers, as they count down to the new year. It’s a huge production, so as we head into this New Year’s weekend, we reached out to the team that has produced
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Los primeros años de Joseph Ratzinger, nacido el 16 de abril de 1927 en Marktl am Inn, en el sureste de Alemania cerca de la frontera con Austria, estuvieron definidos por su país y los tiempos turbulentos, así como por su fe. Última hora de la muerte de Joseph Ratzinger, el papa
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar have announced a suspension of the normal four-hour curfew to allow New Year’s celebrations in three biggest cities. However opponents of army rule urge people to stay away and claimed security forces might stage an attack and blame it on them. A leaked
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN Magnus Carlsen won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the latest landmark of his glittering career. The 32-year-old Norwegian is now the holder of all three world chess championship titles — in Classical, Rapid and Blitz — for the third time in his career,
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95. Benedict stunned the world on Feb. 11,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China “stands on the right side of history,” the country’s leader Xi Jinping said Saturday in a New Year’s address that came as questions swirl over his government’s handling of COVID-19 and economic and political challenges at home and abroad. Speaking on national television from behind a desk in a wood-paneled office,
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Benedicto XVI, el papa emérito que rompió la tradición de 600 años de no renunciar al pontificado, murió este sábado a los 95 años en la Ciudad del Vaticano. Durante los últimos días, atravesó un período de mala salud. En medio del luto de la comunidad católica, se han ido conociendo
Continue Reading By RENATA BRITO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For millions of Ukrainians, many of them under Russian bombardment and grappling with power and water shortages, New Year’s celebrations will be muted as Russia’s 10-month war rumbles on with no end in sight. Explosions rang out across the country as a new wave of russian
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Don’t have any New Year’s plans? Yes you do! The NCAA College Football Playoff games are on, and nothing says “glamor” or “party time” like eight straight hours of televised sports. Plus, the two semifinal games on December 31 will determine the match-up for the College Football Playoff Championship game on
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, nacido el 16 de abril de 1927 en Marktl am Inn, Alemania, quien se convirtió en el papa Benedicto XVI, murió este 31 de diciembre a los 95 años. Ratzinger fue elegido como el papa número 265 en la historia de la Iglesia católica el 19 de abril
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN LeBron James knows how to celebrate in style, scoring a season-high 47 points as he inspired the Los Angeles Lakers to a 130-121 win over the Atlanta Hawks on his 38th birthday. James helped his team come back from 15 points down at the State Farm Arena and ended the game
Continue Reading By The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Revelers in major city centers across Europe and the Middle East were ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks, as many cities around the globe celebrated New Year’s Eve without restrictions for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Children crowded a metro station
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI’s 2013 resignation sparked calls for rules and regulations for future retired popes to avoid the kind of confusion that ensued. Some critics say Benedict’s decision to use the “pope emeritus” title was wrong since there’s no theological or legal basis for it. Others
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