By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher reopened Monday with stepped-up security and a new administrator, as nervous parents and students expressed optimism about a return to the classroom. Richneck Elementary School in Newport News opened its doors
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN The matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will be the first in Super Bowl history to feature two Black starting quarterbacks, as Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts bid to lead their teams to glory on the biggest stage of all. Black quarterbacks have featured and won the Super
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN As the saying goes, it’s the hope that kills you as a soccer fan — just ask Ryan Reynolds. The Hollywood actor experienced the full spectrum of emotions on Sunday as he watched Wrexham — the club Reynolds co-owns with Rob McElhenney — draw 3-3 against Sheffield United in a thrilling
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ulysses S. Grant was still president when workers finished the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, which connected Philadelphia and Washington through rail travel for the first time. But 150 years later, the tunnel that runs under some of Baltimore’s residential neighborhoods is more of a chokepoint than a
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden has headed to Baltimore to visit an aging rail tunnel that’s slated to be replaced with help from bipartisan infrastructure legislation he signed in 2021. The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel project is estimated to cost $4 billion and take a decade to finish. The
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France and Chuck Johnston, CNN Comedian Rickey Smiley announced the death of his oldest son, Brandon Smiley, on Sunday. The elder Smiley shared the sad news about his 32-year-old son in a video on his verified Instagram account. “My son, Brandon Smiley, has passed away this morning. I’m about to get on
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California Highway Patrol reported a power pole was knocked over in Thousand Palms after a car crashed into it. The incident was reported around 6 p.m. on Thousand Palms Canyon Road and Washington Street. Investigators said there would be a closure at Dillon Road at Thousand Palms Canyon and Washington with an unknown estimated time of reopening.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El Mundial de Qatar 2022 quedará en la historia por muchas cuestiones. Pero, claro, la más importante será por la consagración de Lionel Messi con la selección argentina, que significó el primer título para el país sudamericano luego de 36 años. Para muchos el mejor futbolista de toda la
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La reina de la limpieza Marie Kondo admite que ordenar ya no es lo primero en su lista de tareas pendientes. En su página web, poco después del nacimiento de su tercer hijo en 2021, la experta japonesa en organización reflexionó sobre la maternidad y afirmó que se había “relajado” a la
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Noah feels more comfortable hosting the Grammy Awards for a third-straight year, but the former “The Daily Show” host still has some nervousness about leading the ceremony with big-time acts like Beyoncé, Adele and Harry Styles looking on. “The nerves come in because
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Noah feels more comfortable hosting the Grammy Awards for a third-straight year, but the former “The Daily Show” host still has some nervousness about leading the ceremony with big-time acts like Beyoncé, Adele and Harry Styles looking on. “The nerves come in because
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The United States Surgeon General is taking a stand against kids on social media, saying 13-year-olds are still too young to be on social sites. “I personally, based on the data I’ve seen, believe that 13 is too early,” claimed U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. “And I think that it’s a time early adolescence
Continue ReadingBy Paul Workman, Chief International Correspondent, CTV National News Click here for updates on this story LONDON (CTV Network) — On a bleak, windswept hillside in northeast Ukraine, three young boys recently made a discovery—one that is helping them bring school back to a daily routine disrupted by war. Mykola Dziuba lives in Hontarivka, a
Continue ReadingBy Daniele Hamamdjian, CTV National News London News Bureau Correspondent Click here for updates on this story DODWORTH, ENGLAND (CTV Network) — When 1990s suede fringe jackets started making a comeback last year, U.K.-based vintage clothing company Glass Onion Vintage decided to order four tonnes of suede from a supplier in the United States. Along
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was poised to open with lower Monday as attention turns to this week’s decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates and a week heavy with big tech earnings. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials slipped 0.6% and the S&P 500 fell 0.8% before
Continue Reading By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO before that of Sweden, if the military alliance and the Nordic countries agree to it. Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday defined Finland’s application as “less problematic” than that of Sweden. Turkey accuses Stockholm of failing
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Seeing your children succeed is what every parent wants. But for Donna Kelce, the success of both her sons will provide a conflict of interest. Donna’s two sons — Jason and Travis — are stars in the NFL, both stalwarts for their respective Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, and
Continue Reading By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Name it, act on it, sanction it. That is the focus of a new drive against racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination of all kinds that was announced Monday by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Borne said “there will be no impunity for hate.” The four-year plan starts with
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that Germany’s economy shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period. The performance by Europe’s biggest economy is worse than expected. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that gross domestic product shrank for the first time since the first
Continue Reading By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party has ended a five-month cross-country “unity march” in disputed Kashmir with hundreds of members of various opposition groups joining in a public rally in freezing temperatures. The march led by Rahul Gandhi, an opposition leader and scion of the influential Gandhi
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