By Gregory Wallace, CNN The US Department of Transportation formally warned Southwest Airlines on Thursday that it will face consequences if it fails to do right by stranded and inconvenienced passengers. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote in a letter to Southwest CEO Bob Jordan that officials will take action against the airline if it does
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TORONTO (AP) — Ian Tyson, the Canadian folk singer who wrote the modern standard “Four Strong Winds” as one half of Ian & Sylvia and helped influence such future superstars as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, died Thursday at age 89. The native of Victoria, British Columbia, died at his ranch in southern Alberta following
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KINGSHILL, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military. Check
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Pelé fue el jugador que más Copas del Mundo alzó en la historia del fútbol, pero su impresionante palmarés no termina ahí: a los múltiples campeonatos que ganó con la canarinha se suman los del Santos, el club de fútbol en el que hizo su carrera profesional, y los
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what he called a “year of historic progress.” “It’ll invest in medical research, safety, veteran health care, disaster recovery, (Violence Against Women Act) funding —
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La justicia dominicana dictó condenas que van de cinco a 30 años de prisión para 10 de los 13 imputados por el atentado en contra del exbeisbolista de las Grandes Ligas David Ortiz, ocurrido en junio de 2019 en un bar de Santo Domingo, según informó la Procuraduría General de
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sonny Dykes appeared to take a veiled shot at the mighty Southeastern Conference on Thursday morning. The first-year TCU coach later said he was actually trying to pay the SEC a compliment. The minor kerfuffle happened when Dykes started discussing the toll of TCU’s schedule
Continue ReadingCNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN A Chinese fighter jet intercepted a US reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea last week and performed an “unsafe maneuver,” forcing the US aircraft to take evasive action, according to Indo-Pacific Command, the command responsible for overseeing US military operations in the region. On December 21, a Chinese Navy
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley Thursday afternoon. The deputy was rushed to Riverside Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The deputy was identified as Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32. “He was naturally drawn to law enforcement and certainly embodied our motto of ‘Service Above
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La búsqueda intensa de Madalina Cojocari, de 11 años, se ha visto obstaculizada por lo tarde que se notificó a la policía de Carolina del Norte sobre su desaparición, dijo la capitana de policía de Cornelius, Jennifer Thompson, en una actualización de video. “Uno de los desafíos en este caso, en
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The stadium where Brazilian soccer great Pelé played some of the best matches of his career will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday. The club outside Sao Paulo where Pelé played in Brazil says the public will be able to pay their final
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett broke with his practice of staying out of local politics to urge his hometown of Omaha to abandon its planned streetcar project because he says it’s too expensive and not as flexible as buses. Buffett wrote a letter to the editor
Continue Reading By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at age 81. Westwood’s eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully. A cause was not disclosed. “Vivienne continued to do the things she
Continue Reading CYPRESS, Calif. (AP) — Snowbirds are pretty common around Southern California during winter — except when they’re actually a bird. That’s why crowds of bird watchers have been showing up in an Orange County neighborhood to gawk at a snowy owl, a species normally found around the North Pole, Canada and northern U.S. states. It’s
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Fiscalía General de Bolivia abrió una investigación por los hechos de violencia este miércoles en las instalaciones de la Fiscalía Departamental de Santa Cruz. A través de un comunicado en su cuenta de Twitter, el organismo informó que se han iniciado las investigaciones pertinentes para identificar a los autores de
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The tree of life grew in 2022 as California Academy of Sciences researchers and their international collaborators discovered 146 new animal, plant and fungi species. The previously unknown creatures and plants were found around the world, including the mountains of California, Australia’s Queensland state, the rocky peaks of Brazil and the
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press More than 1,100 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. Around 4.2 million residents living in 1,140 small cities, hamlets, towns and villages that lost
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett broke with his practice of staying out of local politics to urge his hometown of Omaha to abandon its planned streetcar project because he says it’s too expensive and not as flexible as buses. Buffett wrote a letter to the editor
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) ––Vivienne Westwood, diseñadora británica e ícono de la moda, murió a los 81 años. Falleció en paz, rodeada de su familia, en su casa en Londres este jueves, según un comunicado oficial de su empresa, que lleva su nombre. Para los medios de comunicación, ella era “la suma sacerdotisa del punk” y la
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