By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — On the eve of Tyre Nichols ‘ funeral, his family plans to gather Tuesday with the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Ben Crump at the historic Mason Temple in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech the night before he was assassinated,
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger, a Minnesota Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88. Durenberger’s health had declined in recent months, his longtime spokesperson Tom Horner said. Horner
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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Mark Gillispie, a veteran journalist who wrote about many of Ohio’s biggest stories during a four-decade career primarily with The Associated Press and The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has died. He was 63. His children, Sam Gillispie and Martha Hanna Gillispie, say he died Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing. “To our knowledge no government agency in any ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred,” Tesla said in the filing Tuesday with the
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN The New York attorney general’s office is asking a judge to sanction former President Donald Trump, his adult children and their attorneys after taking issue with their legal responses to the $250 million fraud lawsuit filed last year. Last week, attorneys for Trump and the other defendants filed “verified answers” to
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy slowed in the last quarter of 2022 but still managed to advance by 0.4%, bringing economic expansion for the full year to 3.6%. The country’s gross domestic product had expanded by 0.9% in the third quarter, but the effects of high domestic interest rates and inflation slowed growth in
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By Michelle Watson and Amy Simonson, CNN Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days ago after a performance at a club was canceled, Detroit police said Monday. Armani Kelly, 28, Dante Wicker, 31 and Montoya Givens, 31, who are all associates, were supposed to perform at
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Use of marijuana and other substances dropped in teenagers during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new study. But adults’ use of cannabis, illegal drugs and alcohol, including binge drinking, either stayed the same or increased compared to the two years before Covid-19. “Substance use decreased between 2019
Continue Reading By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Satellites, drones and airplanes equipped with infrared cameras will likely be the backbone of a new federal policy to fine the nation’s largest methane polluters. But the nascent industry has a long way to go before it can accurately measure just how much methane polluters
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas showed off their adorable baby daughter, Malti during the Jonas Brothers’ Walk of Fame ceremony on Monday. Chopra Jonas held their daughter in the audience at the event, where they sat next to Sophie Turner, who is married to Joe Jonas. The ceremony was the
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Azerbaijan is appealing to the United Nations’ highest court to urgently order Armenia to stop the laying of land mines and booby traps on Azerbaijani territory and disclose the location of those already planted. A hearing Tuesday at the International Court of Justice is the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Rupert Grint found fame as a teen playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise, but it wasn’t always easy. “‘Potter’ was so full on — [filming] all year, then we’d promote the rest of the time,” the now 34-year-old actor said in a recently published interview with Bustle. “It
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Donna Kelce is going to have to pull out that now-familiar custom jersey — the one with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s front stitched to Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce’s back — one more time this season. At least this time, she’ll
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Pfizer generated nearly $57 billion in combined sales last year from its Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine and Paxlovid antiviral pill. That works out to almost 60% of the company’s total revenue for 2022. But the boom appears to be over. Pfizer told Wall Street Tuesday that it expects Covid-related sales
Continue ReadingCNN By Leah Asmelash, CNN Andrea Riseborough may not be a name that rings many bells for the average moviegoer. But, chances are, your favorite actor in that one movie you love knows exactly who she is. And they want her to win an Oscar. It’s, frankly, a strange tale — one that began in
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Consumer confidence in the economy continues to waver, despite easing inflation. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index — a closely watched metric gauging attitudes about the current and future strength of the economy — measured 107.1 in January, according to data released Tuesday by the business think tank. It was down
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El 23 de enero empezó la temporada de impuestos en Estados Unidos con una recomendación del Servicio de Impuestos Internos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés): que los contribuyentes presenten su declaración de manera electrónica y soliciten el deposito directo para ayudar a acelerar los reembolsos, en vez de
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Estados Unidos gasta más en atención médica que cualquier otro país de altos ingresos, pero tiene la esperanza de vida al nacer más baja y la tasa más alta de personas con múltiples enfermedades crónicas, según un nuevo informe de The Commonwealth Fund, un grupo de investigación independiente. El informe, publicado
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s police commissioner has apologized after seven officers were placed under investigation for allegedly extorting money from a Taiwanese actress who was visiting Bangkok on a holiday. Actress Charlene An said on social media that she was traveling in a taxi with friends after a night out in the Thai capital when
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church and Amanda Davies, CNN Former tennis player and captain of the US Davis Cup team Patrick McEnroe says Novak Djokovic could win another “four or five” grand slams before he retires. The Serbian equaled Rafael Nadal’s record for most men’s grand slams after winning his 22nd title at the Australian Open on
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