By Donald Judd and Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden’s “symptoms continue to improve significantly,” following his Covid-19 diagnosis Thursday, the President’s physician wrote in a Sunday letter. Biden’s “predominant symptom now is sore throat,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor writes, which he ascribes as likely due to “lymphoid activation as his body clears the virus,” calling
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda on federal lands in the blue-leaning, Western swing state of Nevada. Two lithium mines and a geothermal power plant in the works in the biggest U.S. gold-mining state are under
Continue ReadingCNN By Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Former Vice President Al Gore on Sunday likened climate crisis deniers to the police officers in Uvalde who failed to take action as 21 schoolchildren and teachers were gunned down in their classrooms, saying, “They heard the screams, they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward.” “The climate deniers are
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN The committee investigating the events surrounding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol will “contemplate a subpoena” for Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, if she does not voluntarily meet with the committee over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election results,
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti has needed six match points to upset top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the Hamburg European Open. The 20-year-old Italian claimed his first tour-level title in 2 hours, 47 minutes. Alcaraz was aiming to improve his 5-0 record in finals and was also chasing
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti has needed six match points to upset top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the Hamburg European Open. The 20-year-old Italian claimed his first tour-level title in 2 hours, 47 minutes. Alcaraz was aiming to improve his 5-0 record in finals and was also chasing
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Nope,” Jordan Peele’s third movie, opened to an estimated $44 million this weekend in North America, according to Universal Pictures. The science-fiction film, which stars Daniel Kaluuya as a Hollywood horse wrangler dealing with some extra-terrestrial problems, was expected to make around $50 million this weekend, according to initial projections.
Continue Reading By NOAH BERGER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) — A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of California’s biggest blazes of the year, forcing thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities. Some 2,000 firefighters battled the Oak
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Stacker investigated the stroke death rate in Arizona using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke.
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — First-place finisher Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his No. 11 Toyota failed inspection, giving Chase Elliott the NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Joe Gibbs Racing had Hamlin’s car and runner-up Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota both disqualified. Hamlin lost his record
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — First-place finisher Denny Hamlin was disqualified when his No. 11 Toyota failed inspection, giving Chase Elliott the NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Joe Gibbs Racing had Hamlin’s car and runner-up Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota both disqualified. Hamlin lost his record
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By Hannah Sarisohn and Carlos Suarez, CNN A 73-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital after being stabbed by a 100-pound sailfish that an angler was trying to reel onto a boat off the Florida coast, officials said. The sailfish began to charge at the boat and then jumped out of the water and stabbed
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt won’t travel to Toronto for a short series with the Blue Jays because they haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccination. The Cardinals announced Sunday that catcher Austin Romine also will not be going to Canada with the team for its games
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt won’t travel to Toronto for a short series with the Blue Jays because they haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccination. The Cardinals announced Sunday that catcher Austin Romine also will not be going to Canada with the team for its games
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Chuck Johnston, CNN Two parents and their 6-year-old daughter were found dead at an Iowa campground Friday, and a 4th person died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in what authorities are investigating as a triple homicide. Cedar Falls residents Tyler Schmidt and Sarah Schmidt, both 42, and their daughter Lula, 6,
Continue Reading By Alexandra Peers, CNN Business “The Mississippi Delta is shining like a National guitar… And for reasons I cannot explain there’s some part of me wants to see Graceland.” Paul Simon released that anthem about the historic Memphis home of Elvis Presley in 1986, about a decade after the death of the famed singer. Much
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Paradise Afshar, CNN A charity motorcycle ride on an Indiana freeway abruptly ended when a car cut between riders, setting off a chain-reaction crash that injured six people, officials said. Motorcyclists were participating in the annual Helping Heroes Freedom Ride 465, which encircles Indianapolis on Interstate 465, event organizers said. “Our
Continue ReadingCNN By Donald Judd, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded Sunday to Republican opposition to codifying same-sex marriage, criticizing House Republicans for opposing a bill to do just that hours after he was in a room with them talking about transportation policy. Buttigieg, who is gay, also reacted to comments from Florida Republican Sen. Marco
Continue Reading EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Brooke Henderson rolled in an 8-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to win the Evian Championship by one stroke after a wild final round. Henderson won her second major championship title. The Canadian was soaked in champagne on the 18th green after her even-par round of 71 that saw her
Continue ReadingBy ALEXIS WAINWRIGHT Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas police are searching for a suspect who they said assaulted two women after being involved in a hit-and-run incident Saturday morning. The incident happed on the Central Expressway. One of the alleged victims is giving her side of the story after
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