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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been sworn in as Arkansas’ 47th governor and the first woman to hold the office her father once held. The former White House press secretary took the oath of office Tuesday in the state House of Representatives. The 40-year-old Republican planned
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Days after the start of his second term, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a projected $22.5 billion budget deficit, a sharp turnaround from last year’s $98 billion surplus. The deficit, while unsurprising, could signal the end of a decade’s worth of economic growth in
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN A superstar NFL player is investing in the other football — for the second time. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is joining the ownership group of NWSL’s Kansas City Current, the team announced Tuesday. Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, co-founded the team alongside Chris and Angie Long in December 2020. Mahomes said
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first round of recreational cannabis sales for adults 21 and older have begun. Sales were allowed to start at 10 a.m. Tuesday at seven existing medical marijuana establishments. The new availability comes less than two years after Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right internet personality who streamed live video while he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to two months of imprisonment for joining the mob’s attack on the building. Anthime Gionet, known as “Baked Alaska” to his social media followers, declined to address the court
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California governor expects budget deficit of $22.5 billion, a sharp reversal from last year’s $98 billion surplus.
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered in uncertain trading on Wall Street Tuesday ahead of key updates this week on inflation and company earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 12:10 p.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is roughly evenly split between gainers and losers and has shifted
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Marshall Cohen, Evan Perez and Paula Reid, CNN Among the items from Joe Biden‘s time as vice president discovered in a private office last fall are 10 classified documents including US intelligence memos and briefing materials that covered topics including Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom, according to a source familiar with
Continue ReadingBy Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield Click here for updates on this story HOPKINS, Minnesota (WCCO) — It’s the kind of update we love to share. A dream — a really expensive dream — is coming true. In December, we told you about the push for a more accessible playground at Glen Lake Elementary in Hopkins. The kids
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Having equaled Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 World Cup wins, American skier Mikaela Shiffrin could go one better than Vonn when she competes in the slalom in Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday. With her victory in Slovenia last week, Shiffrin became the most decorated women’s World Cup skier in history, alongside Vonn,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-right internet personality who streamed live video while he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to two months of imprisonment for joining the mob’s attack on the building. Anthime Gionet, known as “Baked Alaska” to his social media followers, declined to address the court
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The US intercepted a shipment of more than 2,000 Iranian assault rifles destined for Yemen, according to a statement from the US military. The interception took place in international waters in the Gulf of Oman on Monday, US Central Command said. A team from the USS Chinook, a patrol coastal vessel,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un trío de pasaportes asiáticos ofrece a sus titulares una mayor libertad de viajes internacionales que los de cualquier otro país, según un nuevo informe trimestral publicado por la firma de asesoría de residencia y ciudadanía global Henley & Partners, con sede en Londres. Los ciudadanos japoneses disfrutan de acceso
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CNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion — the second-largest in the lottery’s history — after no winner snagged the big prize in Tuesday night’s drawing, officials said. That’s a boost from Tuesday’s jackpot of $1.1 billion, which saw no tickets match all six winning numbers of
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract. But with bargaining at a standstill and thousands of employees still unconvinced of the union’s value, that outcome is uncertain. A little more than a year after a Starbucks in Buffalo, New
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract. But with bargaining at a standstill and thousands of employees still unconvinced of the union’s value, that outcome is uncertain. A little more than a year after a Starbucks in Buffalo, New
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El Twitter de Elon Musk restauró las cuentas de dos destacados negacionistas de las elecciones de 2020 que habían sido expulsados de la plataforma luego del ataque del 6 de enero de 2021 en el Capitolio de EE.UU. La cuenta del organizador de “Stop the Steal” (detengan el robo), Ali Alexander,
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper’s mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and killed three members of her family in California, officials said. Col. Gary Settle, the Virginia State
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — TikTok’s CEO has met with European Union officials about strict new digital regulations in the 27-nation bloc as the Chinese-owned social media app faces growing scrutiny from Western authorities over data privacy, cybersecurity and misinformation. In meetings Tuesday in Brussels, Shou Zi Chew and four officials
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN The mother of a 6-year-old boy who authorities say shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school could face charges, Newport News police Chief Steve Drew said Tuesday. “I think that is certainly a possibility,” Drew told “CNN This Morning,” a day after police confirmed the boy took the firearm from
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