[ad_1] CNN — An Alaska man with congestive heart failure says he missed out on a chance to get a new heart for Christmas when last week’s winter storm battered much of the US, leading to thousands of flight cancellations. Patrick Holland, 56, had only been on the transplant list …
Read More »More false claims from George Santos about his work, education and family history emerge
[ad_1] CNN — Rep.-elect George Santos made additional false claims over the years about his family history, work history and education in campaign appearances over the years, a review of statements made in two of his campaigns for Congress found. CNN’s KFile uncovered more falsehoods from Santos, including claims he …
Read More »Brasilia: Guns temporarily banned from Brazil’s capital ahead of Lula da Silva’s inauguration
[ad_1] CNN — A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Wednesday issued a four-day ban on carrying firearms in the capital as a precautionary measure ahead of the January 1 inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva. In his ruling that temporarily suspends the licenses of registered gun owners, Judge …
Read More »Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins quarterback, suffered concussion on Sunday, head coach says
[ad_1] CNN — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, head coach Mike McDaniel said on Wednesday. McDaniel told reporters Tagovailoa’s status for Sunday’s game at the New England Patriots is uncertain and that the team is moving forward with Teddy Bridgewater …
Read More »Consumers kept the economy hot in 2022. Now they’re losing steam
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — For a year that held promise of a return to normalcy, 2022 threw plenty of curve balls at the American consumer. Supply chains remained in disarray as ongoing snarls were drastically worsened by lockdowns in China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, average US gas prices shot …
Read More »IRS delays rule change for people who get paid on Venmo, Etsy, Airbnb and other apps
[ad_1] New York CNN — Anyone getting paid for their goods and services through apps like Venmo, PayPal or CashApp, or platforms like Etsy and Airbnb, just got a reprieve from the IRS. Following concerns expressed by the tax community, the electronic transactions industry and some lawmakers, the IRS said …
Read More »Analysis: Southwest got billions of dollars in taxpayer aid. Why is its service still a mess?
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — When the coronavirus pandemic ground the transportation industry to a screeching halt in early 2020, the US government doled out more than $54 billion in aid to help pay employees and keep the systems from buckling. Southwest Airlines received more than $7 billion from that program. …
Read More »Convicted member of plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison
[ad_1] CNN — A Michigan federal judge sentenced a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to nearly 20 years in prison Wednesday. Barry Croft Jr. was part of a plan to kidnap the Democratic governor from her summer home in 2020 and practiced detonating explosives in …
Read More »Woman in Buffalo found dead in her car after getting trapped by snow, family says
[ad_1] CNN — A 22-year-old woman was found dead over the holiday weekend in Buffalo after being trapped in her car by the blizzard paralyzing western New York, her family told CNN on Tuesday. Anndel Taylor, who had moved to Buffalo, New York, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was driving home …
Read More »This Afghan interpreter risked his life for US Marines. Now, they’re fighting for him to stay in the US
[ad_1] CNN — It was November 2010 and a platoon of Marines was patrolling outside of a village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan – slowly, and carefully, to avoid accidentally stepping on hidden improvised explosive devices. They walked in a single file line meant to reduce the risk of multiple Marines …
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