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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing the state capitalize on carbon markets to help shore up revenues long reliant from the proceeds from oil and gas. Dunleavy said Thursday that his administration plans to introduce what his office called a carbon management bill package during the
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By MARIO LOBAO and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The horde of rioters who invaded government buildings on Jan. 8 in an attack on Brazil’s democracy left behind a trail of destruction whose full scope is only now coming into full view. Following a painstaking survey of the ruins, the national artistic
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he believes he “had too much power” when he wielded the gavel. “I think I had too much power as speaker,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” adding that what bothered him “most” were omnibus bills — massive spending packages
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonnet Swire, CNN Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he believes he “had too much power” when he wielded the gavel. “I think I had too much power as speaker,” Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” adding that what bothered him “most” were omnibus bills — massive spending
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La gobernadora de Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, firmó esta semana un decreto que prohíbe usar el término “Latinx” en los documentos oficiales del estado, pues afirmó que el gobierno debe utilizar un “lenguaje étnicamente apropiado”. Sanders, una republicana que ganó notoriedad en Estados Unidos cuando fue secretaria de prensa de la
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN After contracting bacterial meningitis, legendary rock guitarist Jeff Beck died Wednesday at the age of 78, according to a statement posted to his official social media accounts and confirmed to CNN by his agent. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Zoey Brooks and her “Zoey 101” pals are all grown up and back in action. Paramount+ announced on Thursday that production has started on “Zoey 102,” the movie adaptation of the hit Nickelodeon TV series that ran from 2005 until 2008. “It’s official!” Jamie Lynn Spears, who starred as Brooks in
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The home of the Boston Celtics and Bruins will be known as the TD Garden through 2045. TD Bank and the building’s owner, Delaware North, announced a 20-year extension for the arena naming rights. The agreement began in 2005 and had been set to expire in 2025. The bank will also be
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By Rob Frehse and Alaa Elassar, CNN More than a year after an Asian man died after being assaulted in New York City, Jarrod Powell pleaded guilty in his death and will serve 22 years in prison, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Powell, 51, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter in the
Continue Reading NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — School officials in Virginia say metal detectors will be installed in every school in the city where a 6-year-old boy shot and wounded his teacher last week. The head of the Newport News School Board said Thursday that the district will purchase 90 walk-through metal detectors, and has already begun
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum — the U.S. government’s latest major step in eight days to overhaul border enforcement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection began allowing migrants
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Alyssa Thompson was the top pick in the National Women’s Soccer League draft on Thursday by Angel City, becoming the first high school player to be selected in the history of the league. Thompson, an 18-year-old forward out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, declared her eligibility
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Officials say a convicted sex offender being held at Delaware’s maximum-security prison on a probation violation charge has died in an apparent suicide. Department of Correction officials said Brandon Lee Panchigar was found unconscious in his cell about 1 p.m. Wednesday after an apparent suicide attempt.
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials have placed a new historical marker making the school integrated by Ruby Bridges in 1960 part of the state’s Civil Rights Trail. Bridges, who was 6 years old when she walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, didn’t attend Thursday’s event. But members of her family were
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jack Smith, an Associated Press photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, boxer Mike Tyson biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear, and weeping figure skater Tonya Harding at the Olympics during a 35-year career with the news
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jack Smith, an Associated Press photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, boxer Mike Tyson biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear, and weeping figure skater Tonya Harding at the Olympics during a 35-year career with the news
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lisa Marie Presley — the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer herself — was hospitalized Thursday, her mother said in a statement. “My beloved daughter Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital. She is now receiving the best care,” Priscilla
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Planes have been full recently and fares are up, which is good for airlines. American Airlines is raising its forecast of revenue and profit in the fourth quarter. American said Thursday that it earned $1.12 to $1.17 per share in the quarter, nearly double its previous
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum — the U.S. government’s latest major step in eight days to overhaul border enforcement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection began allowing migrants
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum — the U.S. government’s latest major step in eight days to overhaul border enforcement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection began allowing migrants
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