Plans move forward for 2022 pope, Russian patriarch meeting
By NICOLE WINFIELD and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press ROME (AP) — Plans are progressing for a meeting next year between Pope Francis and the…
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40 years of the official White House Christmas ornament
Oscar Holland, CNN In the 40-year history of the official White House Christmas ornament, produced annually by the White House Historical Association…
Continue Reading Germany moves to scrap ban on ‘advertising’ abortions
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s justice minister says he will present legislation next month to remove from the country’s criminal code a ban on…
Continue Reading Police are searching for a 3-year-old girl after she disappeared from a playground in San Antonio
By Tina Burnside, CNN Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old girl who went missing from a San Antonio playground on Monday. Lina Sardar Khil was…
Continue Reading After SCOTUS hearing, a new look at baby ‘safe haven’ laws
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Safe haven laws drew attention this month when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett…
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After SCOTUS hearing, a new look at baby ‘safe haven’ laws
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Safe haven laws drew attention this month when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett…
Continue Reading Small business owners rally in Seoul to protest virus curbs
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of small business owners have rallied in South Korea’s capital, calling for…
Continue Reading Small business owners rally in Seoul to protest virus curbs
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of small business owners have rallied in South Korea’s capital, calling for…
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More tinsel and less tension: How to get the best out of the holiday season
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN For many people, Covid-19 changed how they see the holiday season. Some ditched traditions to celebrate outside; some…
Continue Reading More tinsel and less tension: How to get the best out of the holiday season
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN For many people, Covid-19 changed how they see the holiday season. Some ditched traditions to celebrate outside; some…
Continue ReadingAncient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here’s what we learned
By Katie Hunt, CNN The human story — where we come from and how we evolved — got a new chapter in 2021. Thanks to new fossil finds and…
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Buy now, pay later is a huge hit with shoppers. Just how dangerous is it?
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Lissette Monzon still feels a little guilty about a “crazy” purchase she made three years ago. Monzon, 54, a…
Continue Reading Japan confirms first known local omicron transmissions
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has confirmed its first known local transmissions of the new omicron variant of the…
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China’s economic growth will slow sharply in 2022, World Bank says
By Laura He, CNN Business The World Bank has cut its forecasts for China’s economic growth this year and next, as the world’s second…
Continue Reading China’s economic growth will slow sharply in 2022, World Bank says
By Laura He, CNN Business The World Bank has cut its forecasts for China’s economic growth this year and next, as the world’s second…
Continue Reading Spain’s huge Christmas lottery offers distraction from virus
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards looking for a respite from the pandemic’s gloom have found some cheer with a rite that…
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Finding a Covid-19 test is a struggle right now in the US as Omicron and holiday plans collide
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN With coronavirus cases surging once again, frustrated Americans are struggling to get tested days before Christmas as long…
Continue Reading Danish parliament ousts convicted ex-immigration minister
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish parliament has voted to oust a former immigration minister who earlier this month was convicted by a rarely…
Continue Reading From floods and wildfires to inaction and urgency: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2021
By Rachel Ramirez, Brandon Miller and Bill Weir, CNN The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll across the globe in 2021. From the Arctic to…
Continue Reading Landslide in Myanmar mining area leaves dozens missing
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue officials say a landslide at a remote jade mine in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has left at least one person dead and 70…
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El covid-19 fue la tercera causa principal de muerte en 2020 en Estados Unidos
olivertapia (CNN) — El covid-19 se cobró cientos de miles de vidas en Estados Unidos en 2020, lo que generó un aumento récord en la tasa de…
Continue Reading Libya parliament says ‘impossible’ to hold presidential vote
By SAM MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan parliamentary committee says that it has become impossible to hold a long-waited presidential…
Continue Reading Case drop may show South Africa’s omicron peak has passed
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal the country’s…
Continue Reading ‘We have stock’: Smaller stores aim for last-minute shoppers
By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK (AP) — After a wearying nearly two years of the pandemic, independent retailers are cautiously hoping their holiday…
Continue Reading ‘We have stock’: Smaller stores aim for last-minute shoppers
By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK (AP) — After a wearying nearly two years of the pandemic, independent retailers are cautiously hoping their holiday…
Continue Reading ‘We have stock’: Smaller stores aim for last-minute shoppers
By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK (AP) — After a wearying nearly two years of the pandemic, independent retailers are cautiously hoping their holiday…
Continue Reading Russian pipeline faces big hurdles amid Ukraine tensions
By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russia’s natural gas pipeline to Europe is built and…
Continue Reading Russian pipeline faces big hurdles amid Ukraine tensions
By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russia’s natural gas pipeline to Europe is built and…
Continue Reading El jeque de Dubai deberá pagar a su exesposa, la princesa Haya, US$ 728 millones por divorcio
olivertapia (CNN) — El jeque Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, gobernante de Dubai, deberá pagar a su exesposa, la princesa Haya bint…
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Looking ahead to upcoming rainfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains
After a little break from the active weather, the rain is back! Adding to the already water logged ground from last week’s storm that brought areas…
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Record 27 teams remain in playoff hunt with 3 weeks to go
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer While no team has clinched a postseason spot in the jam-packed AFC, there never have been more teams alive in…
Continue Reading Record 27 teams remain in playoff hunt with 3 weeks to go
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer While no team has clinched a postseason spot in the jam-packed AFC, there never have been more teams alive in…
Continue Reading No. 1 South Carolina stuffs win column vs. quality opponents
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — No. 1 South Carolina has stuffed its win column with impressive victories against quality…
Continue Reading No. 1 South Carolina stuffs win column vs. quality opponents
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — No. 1 South Carolina has stuffed its win column with impressive victories against quality…
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Covid-19 was third leading cause of death in 2020, driving record rise in death rate and nearly two-year drop in life expectancy
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States in 2020, driving a record increase in the death rate…
Continue Reading Asian shares track Wall St higher on upbeat US data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are modestly higher after stocks advanced on Wall Street with encouraging…
Continue Reading Asian shares track Wall St higher on upbeat US data
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are modestly higher after stocks advanced on Wall Street with encouraging…
Continue Reading 3 dead, many missing after migrant boat sinks off Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have ramped up a major sea-and-air search and rescue operation in the Aegean Sea after a migrant smuggling…
Continue Reading Lightning strike for 3 unanswered goals, top Vegas 4-3
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play and the Tampa Bay…
Continue Reading Cleveland-area hospitals battling latest Covid-19 surge put ad in local paper that reads: ‘Help’
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN “Help.” That word, in big black letters and surrounded by white space, called out from Ohio’s largest…
Continue Reading Biden ofrece un raro elogio a Trump durante su discurso sobre el covid-19
olivertapia (CNN) — El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, dio el martes crédito a la administración Trump por el desarrollo de la…
Continue Reading Lucas scores 24, Oregon St. beats Nicholls 84-61, snaps skid
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Jarod Lucas made four 3-pointers and finished with 24 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field to help Oregon State beat…
Continue Reading Lightning strike for 3 unanswered goals, top Vegas 4-3
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play and the Tampa Bay…
Continue Reading Gaza’s old battery pileups pose risk to health, environment
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Virtually every household in the Gaza Strip relies on batteries to keep their home…
Continue Reading Development and conservation clash at Komodo National Park
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Construction for tourism in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is raising concerns…
Continue Reading Development and conservation clash at Komodo National Park
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Construction for tourism in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is raising concerns…
Continue Reading As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%,…
Continue Reading As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%,…
Continue Reading Biden and Dems scramble to salvage social, climate package
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, along with progressive and moderate Democrats, appears…
Continue Reading Biden and Dems scramble to salvage social, climate package
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, along with progressive and moderate Democrats, appears…
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