By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s been a rough year for some household-name US retailers and businesses. As the economy emerged out of the Covid-19 pandemic, companies faced a laundry list of problems arising from high costs, supply shortages and growing competition. As a result, several big names filed for bankruptcy in
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CNN By Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been located at a penal colony in Siberia, his team said Monday, two weeks after they lost contact with him. “We have found Alexey,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. She said Navalny’s lawyer
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) – The clock is winding down on a last-minute, emergency action to keep the latest Apple Watch on store shelves. President Joe Biden has until the end of Christmas day to overturn a US International Trade Commission ruling that will prevent Apple from selling the Apple Watch Series
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Los conocedores de café han sostenido durante mucho tiempo la creencia de que agregar un poco de agua a los granos antes de molerlos podría marcar la diferencia. Un nuevo estudio realizado por investigadores de la Universidad de Oregon parece confirmar exactamente por qué. La investigación exploró cómo la técnica, que comenzó
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost.Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. He had
Continue Reading CNN By Christian Edwards, Josh Pennington and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Sunday in an anti-government protest to demand the annulment of Serbia’s general election last week that was deemed “unjust” by international observers. Protesters attempted to gain access to the City Assembly in Belgrade, using flagpoles and rocks to
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, Josh Pennington and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Sunday in an anti-government protest to demand the annulment of Serbia’s general election last week that was deemed “unjust” by international observers. Protesters attempted to gain access to the City Assembly in Belgrade, using flagpoles and rocks to break
Continue Reading By Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been located at a penal colony in Siberia, his team said Monday, two weeks after they lost contact with him. “We have found Alexey,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. She said Navalny’s lawyer had
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When Abby Eckel saw the small jewelry gift bag her husband gave her for her birthday, she thought she knew exactly what was inside — a ring with a morganite gemstone that she had requested. But when Eckel opened the package and saw a necklace instead, she couldn’t hide
Continue Reading By Kelly McCleary, CNN (CNN) — Just two weeks ago, the Adams County, Pennsylvania, SPCA was near capacity as its kennels were filled with dogs needing homes. Now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, there are no dogs at the facility and the recent residents are spending the holidays with their new families.
Continue Reading FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shipping firm Maersk says it is preparing to allow vessels to resume sailing through the Red Sea. It comes at the start of a U.S.-led multinational naval operation to protect shipping from attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Houthi attacks have led to a major disruption of shipping through the Suez
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Coffee connoisseurs have long held the belief that adding a little water to the beans before grinding them could make a difference. A new study by researchers at the University of Oregon seems to confirm exactly why. The research explored how the technique, which started as an attempt to
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CNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After the highly enjoyable “Ford v. Ferrari,” looking at the other side of that combustible equation appeared to have potential. But “Ferrari” doesn’t click on all cylinders, featuring a miscast Adam Driver as the automotive mogul, in a Michael Mann-directed movie with some arresting moments that add
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After the highly enjoyable “Ford v. Ferrari,” looking at the other side of that combustible equation appeared to have potential. But “Ferrari” doesn’t click on all cylinders, featuring a miscast Adam Driver as the automotive mogul, in a Michael Mann-directed movie with some arresting moments that add up
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force on Monday reported that it shot down two Russian fighter jets during the night along with two cruise missiles and 28 Shahed-type drones. The report said the attacks were aimed at southern and central regions of Ukraine, but that no casualties were immediately known. It said that 31
Continue Reading By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police said Monday they have detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against reported widespread irregularities during a recent general ballot that declared the governing populists as winners of the parliamentary and local councils’ elections. Claiming election fraud, particularly in the
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its “instruments of death” that fuel wars as he made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to the throngs of people below, Francis said
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Delayza Diaz didn’t use her voice for the first time until she was 9 years old. For most of her life, she has communicated by vibrating the inner lining of her cheeks to form words, a process called buccal speech. Her mom, Lucero Diaz, called it
Continue Reading CNN By Brenda Goodman and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Delayza Diaz didn’t use her voice for the first time until she was 9 years old. For most of her life, she has communicated by vibrating the inner lining of her cheeks to form words, a process called buccal speech. Her mom, Lucero Diaz, called
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Miles de migrantes abandonaron Tapachula, en el sur de México, este domingo, realizando un largo viaje a pie hacia Estados Unidos. Los organizadores llaman a la caravana el “Éxodo de la pobreza”. Muchos de los migrantes son de América Central y del Sur, así como del Caribe, Cuba y Haití. Uno
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a cease-fire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts who would administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, a senior Egyptian
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday, according to the National Retail Federation. Most will be redeemed. But many gift cards wind up forgotten or unused. In a July survey, Bankrate found that 47% of U.S. adults had at least one unused gift
Continue Reading By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots and teen mental health. We cocooned in private chats and scrolled endlessly as we did in years past. For social media users, 2023 was a year of
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Una persona murió a causa de una herida de bala y otras tres resultaron heridas en un centro comercial en Colorado el domingo mientras los visitantes terminaban sus compras navideñas de último momento, dijo la policía. Después de que estalló una pelea entre dos grupos, se hicieron disparos, según el Departamento
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti 🔄 Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquí Palestinos lloran a sus familiares, muertos en un ataque israelí nocturno en el campo de refugiados de Al-Maghazi, el 25 de diciembre de 2023. (Crédito: MAHMUD HAMS/AFP vía Getty Images) TOPSHOT – Palestinos inspeccionan los daños en el campo de refugiados de Al-Maghazi
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Ruth Underwood woke up with a start, and realized – to her horror – that she’d fallen asleep on a stranger’s shoulder. It was the evening of Christmas Day, 1962. Ruth was traveling via Greyhound bus from her parents’ house in Olympia, Washington to her home in Seattle, Washington.
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHE ENA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press VATRY, France (AP) — A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India. The exceptional holiday ordeal left some 300 Indians en route for Nicaragua blocked inside a rural French airport for four days. A lawyer for the
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and three others were injured during a Christmas Eve shooting at a mall in Colorado, police said, marking at least the second time in two days that gunshots rang out at a shopping center in the US as people tried to wrap up their holiday
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Nota del editor: Madeline Holcombe es escritora del equipo de bienestar de CNN y cubre salud mental, relaciones con la comida y ejercicio. Tenía calambres en los dedos y mi cerebro latía con fuerza, pero poco a poco comenzaron a tomar forma imágenes familiares: un nombre, un bastón de caramelo y
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Al discutir el impacto en las fuerzas del orden locales mientras Estados Unidos lucha con un aumento de inmigrantes sin precedentes, el sheriff del condado de Maverick, Tom Schmerber, le dice a Rafael Romo de CNN: “Estamos sufriendo porque no tenemos la mano de obra”. “Es mucho”, dijo Schmerber. “En lo
Continue Reading Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two young brothers. The Antioch Police Department says officers responded to a reported traffic collision at an intersection in Antioch around 11:30 p.m. Friday. Officers arrived at the scene of an accident involving two
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry says a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished. The ministry said in statements on Telegram that the fire occurred late Sunday in a cabin of the Sevmorput vessel and spread to about 30 square meters
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped northern and central swathes of China, bringing snowstorms and record-breaking temperatures. A weather observatory in the Chinese capital as of Sunday had recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures since
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games, saying it fully supports the industry after newly proposed curbs caused massive losses for major game companies. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement Monday on its Weibo social media account
Continue Reading Associated Press HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say a fire started at a California home while an armed suspect remained inside the house hours later. KTLA-TV reports the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a 911 call on 11th Street in Hermosa Beach around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. KTLA reports a witness
Continue Reading By MOHAMMAD HABIB RAHMANI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan schoolgirls are weeping as they finish sixth grade, knowing their education is over. Under Taliban rule, they are unlikely to ever step foot in a classroom again. In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following two decades of
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say they have freed 290 activists who were arrested when they attempted to hold a protest last week in the capital, Islamabad. Their release Monday came after protest organizers gave authorities a three-day deadline to free all those detained. The activists had traveled from Baluchistan
Continue Reading CNN By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at Beijing’s Nanjiao weather station rose to above zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday afternoon for the
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday after Wall Street capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish following reports showing inflation on the way down and the economy potentially on the way up. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 33,225.45 and the Taiex in
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is giving his Christmas message from Buckingham Palace with a live Christmas tree in the background. The message to be broadcast at 3 p.m. on Monday will the king’s second festive address since he ascended the throne but the first since his coronation in May. Charles promoted environmental causes
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Global shipping giant Maersk will restart operations in the Red Sea after suspending activity there following attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on commercial vessels. The Danish company announced Sunday that it would resume shipments in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden following the establishment of a
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Some voted for Donald Trump, others for Joe Biden. A few had never wanted anything to do with politics before they heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on a podcast or YouTube video. Lined up outside a Phoenix wedding hall tucked between a freeway, a railroad track
Continue Reading COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been fatally shot and three people were hurt at a shopping center in Colorado. The Colorado Springs Police Department says a fight broke out on Christmas Eve between two groups of people in the afternoon at the Citadel Mall. Officers received a report of gunshots
Continue Reading By Rafael Romo, Maxime Tamsett and Raja Razek, CNN Eagle Pass, Texas (CNN) — Amid an unprecedented surge of migrants crossing into the United States, the sheriff of one Texas county bordering Mexico told CNN his officers are struggling to keep up with both the immigration issues and local matters. “It’s a lot. On the
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week. The 6.2-magnitude quake struck a remote mountainous area between Gansu and Qinghai provinces on Dec. 18, reducing homes to rubble and triggering
Continue Reading By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police say one of the country’s most wanted criminals has turned himself in after negotiations with local authorities. Luiz Antônio da Silva Braga, better known as Zinho, is the top criminal leader of the largest militia group in the state of Rio de
Continue Reading By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jason Sanders had waited all season for this moment. On a Miami Dolphins team that scores more touchdowns than any other in the NFL, the former All-Pro kicker hadn’t needed to attempt many field goals. Sanders entered Sunday’s matchup against the Dallas Cowboys with
Continue Reading By Silvia Marchetti, CNN (CNN) — Imagine, if you will, the most glorious festive feast, with an oversize turkey, stuffing two ways, holiday ham, the requisite fixings and at least half a dozen pies and cakes. That may all sound grand — that is, until you consider the extravagant displays of the ancient Roman banquet.
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Everyone has different traditions as they go through the Holiday season. For one family coming to the Idaho Falls Snow Park, was a chance to honor a family tradition even if it wasn’t the usual method.
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For Nearly 60 years NORAD has been tracking Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick as he makes his way across the globe making his deliveries. It’s become a tradition that is anticipated, by the team at NORAD.
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Fue el año en el que Taylor Swift y Beyoncé lanzaron giras mundiales, Olivia Rodrigo estrenó su álbum “GUTS” y Jason Aldean se sumó a la controversia por la guerra cultural en el género country. Pero según el resumen anual de Google Year in Search, fue un dúo japonés de música
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CNN, WXMI, WWMT By Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Daniel Strauss and Jason Carroll, CNN (CNN) — The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference often lures a who’s who of GOP power players to Michigan. Wealthy donors shake hands with presidential candidates, who give rousing speeches to packed audiences in hopes of winning the conference’s straw poll. The
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– La estrella de “A Christmas Story” Peter Billingsley presentó un muy buen argumento en el debate de larga data sobre si “Die Hard” es o no una película navideña. De hecho, lo que dijo fue tan excepcional que logró convencer al director de fotografía de “Die Hard” Jan de Bont, quien también
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un niño de 6 años que viajaba solo en Spirit Airlines a visitar a su abuela en Fort Myers, Florida, fue enviado en un vuelo equivocado a Orlando. En una declaración enviada por correo electrónico a CNN, Spirit Airlines se disculpó con la familia y dijo que el 21 de diciembre el
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Una misteriosa donación de unos tenis Air Jordan poco comunes que alguien dejó en un refugio para personas sin hogar de Oregon a principios de este 2023 hizo que más de US$ 50.000 que fueron recaudados en una subasta volvieran a la organización. Todo empezó en abril, cuando un par de
Continue Reading CNN, WKMG By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Police in Florida have issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted in connection with a Christmas weekend shooting inside an Ocala mall that left one man dead and another injured on Saturday. Authorities issued the warrant for 39-year-old Albert J. Shell Jr. for premeditated first-degree murder
Continue Reading CNN By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The Chicks are taking time this weekend to pay tribute to their late former founding member Laura Lynch. Members of the band previously known as The Dixie Chicks posted a statement Saturday to their official Instagram page, where they shared video of Lynch singing and playing with the
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Un tribunal de justicia de El Salvador giró órdenes de captura en contra de Alfredo Félix Cristiani, expresidente de El Salvador (1989-1994), y de un grupo de exdiputados que integraron la junta directiva de la Asamblea Legislativa en el período 1991-1994, que en 1993 aprobó la ley de amnistía, por la
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Beijing vivió la ola de frío más prolongada desde que comenzaron los registros en 1951, al tiempo que las gélidas temperaturas y las nevadas en la capital de China y otros lugares empiezan a remitir. La temperatura registrada en la estación meteorológica de Nanjiao, en Beijing, alcanzó los cero grados centígrados
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Nussbaum, reputed as the oldest professional actor in America with a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black,” has died. He was 99. He died of old age at his Chicago home on Saturday, just days before his
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — An unaccompanied 6-year-old child flying on Spirit Airlines to visit his grandmother in Fort Myers, Florida, was instead put on a flight to Orlando. In an emailed statement to CNN, Spirit Airlines apologized to the family, saying on December 21, the child was supposed to fly from Philadelphia International
Continue Reading WINK, FAMILY PHOTOS, CELL PHONE VIDEO, CNN By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — An unaccompanied 6-year-old child flying on Spirit Airlines to visit his grandmother in Fort Myers, Florida, was instead put on a flight to Orlando. In an emailed statement to CNN, Spirit Airlines apologized to the family, saying on December 21, the child
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world.” He recalled Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, saying: “Our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El papa Francisco dijo en la misa de Nochebuena este domingo que el mensaje del nacimiento de Jesús es rechazado por la guerra. “Esta noche, nuestros corazones están en Belén, donde el Príncipe de la Paz es una vez más rechazado por la lógica inútil de la guerra, por el choque de
Continue Reading By Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, Washington (KPTV) — A litter of newborn puppies and their mom are getting a second chance at life after the pregnant dog was discovered in Southwest Washington. Sadie, a 3-year-old yellow Lab mix, was found in Vancouver by a family in early December, abandoned
Continue Reading CNN By Will Ripley, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Abeer Salman, CNN Bethlehem, West Bank (CNN) — Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank should be teeming with visitors. But this year, it is almost deserted. Local leaders made the decision last month to scale back festivities in solidarity with
Continue Reading SEWARD, Alaska (AP) — A large avalanche and blizzard conditions have cut off road access to much of the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage. The avalanche hit the Seward Highway near the intersection of the Sterling Highway around 8 a.m. Sunday. Highway officials expect the road to remain closed until at least 8 p.m. Sunday.
Continue Reading Essay by Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — My fingers were cramping, and my brain was pounding, but slowly familiar images started to take shape: a name, a candy cane and Santa Claus’ face. The Christmas stocking that hung in my house growing up always felt extra special. My grandmother, a Jewish woman from a Russian
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A holiday celebration for employees of an Airbus subsidiary in France took a turn for the worse earlier this month as dozens of employees became sick after a company Christmas party. “Around 100 Airbus Atlantic employees were taken ill after contracting a food-borne illness after eating the company-organized Christmas
Continue Reading Hundreds of people reported feeling minor earthquakes on Hawaii’s Big Island and on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle, but no damage has been reported. The earthquakes Saturday afternoon in Hawaii and Sunday morning in Washington state were over 2,600 miles apart and apparently unrelated. A magnitude 4.1 quake struck around 4:30 p.m. Saturday off
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El Manchester United anunció el domingo que el multimillonario petroquímico británico Sir Jim Ratcliffe compró una participación del 25% en el famoso club de fútbol de la Premier League inglesa. La venta fue confirmada por INEOS, un conglomerado multinacional con sede en Londres, controlado por el Manchester United y Ratcliffe. INEOS
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani showed teammate Joe Kelly’s wife some appreciation with a brand new Porsche. The flashy gift followed Ashley Kelly’s viral social media campaign – #Ohtake17 – encouraging the two-time American League MVP to sign with her husband’s team. The Dodgers
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With support for Ukraine slipping in Congress, the United States is once again struggling to assert its role in the world. Congress is not expected to return for two weeks while continued aid for Ukraine has nearly been exhausted. Still, congressional leaders are
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — Dense fog in the Chicago area caused delays and cancellations on Sunday morning at Midway Airport amid the busy travel rush. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Chicago’s Midway Airport for most of Sunday morning due to low visibility in the area, but it has since been lifted. There is
Continue Reading By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries is trekking through Mexico. The procession Sunday comes just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Mexico City to hammer out new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking
Continue Reading CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “A Christmas Story” star Peter Billingsley is making a pretty good case on the long-standing debate about whether or not “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. In fact, his argument was so good that he managed to convince “Die Hard” cinematographer Jan de Bont – who was also
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police in Serbia have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building. A crowd was outside Belgrade city hall on Sunday in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend. The country’s populist authorities have
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The holidays may not be so happy for two households in North Carolina and Maryland after Cincinnati customs officers seized large counterfeit jewelry shipments addressed to residences in both states, according to the US Customs and Border Protection. In the first week of December, officers with the CBP’s
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three men are recovering after being shot and wounded in New Orleans’ French Quarter. The New Orleans Police Department says gunfire rang out at about 2 a.m. Sunday at an intersection in the busy tourist neighborhood. WVUE-TV reported that two of the men injured were shot in the legs and a
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “A Christmas Story” star Peter Billingsley is making a pretty good case on the long-standing debate about whether or not “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. In fact, his argument was so good that he managed to convince “Die Hard” cinematographer Jan de Bont – who was also a
Continue Reading By Robert Ilich, CNN (CNN) — Manchester United announced Sunday that British petrochemical billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchased a 25% stake in the famed English Premier League soccer club. The sale was confirmed by Manchester United and Ratcliffe-controlled INEOS, a London-based multinational conglomerate. INEOS said in a statement that Ratcliffe will acquire 25% of the
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Idaho Falls Police Officers arrested a 45-year-old man with a felony warrant after he assaulted a woman in the early morning hours on Christmas Eve.
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region has killed four people as Ukraine prepares to officially celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed legislation in July moving the public Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 in response to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The Russian
Continue Reading OCALA, Fla. (AP) — One person died and another was shot in the leg in a shooting at a shopping mall in central Florida. Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken says the man was targeted and killed after he was shot Saturday in a common area of Paddock Mall is in Ocala, which is about 80
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Santa Claus ha llenado su trineo con juguetes para todos los niños buenos y se ha asegurado de que los renos estén asegurados para el despegue. Ahora viajan por todo el mundo para visitar millones de hogares. Mientras esperas escuchar el tintineo de las campanas en el aire, que significa que Santa
Continue Reading CNN By Will Ripley, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Abeer Salman, CNN Bethlehem, West Bank (CNN) — Church bells echo through the labyrinth-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank should be teeming with visitors. But this year, it is almost deserted. Local leaders made the decision last month to scale back festivities in solidarity with
Continue Reading By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the Chinese capital and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at Beijing’s Nanjiao weather station rose to above zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday afternoon for the first
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led a crowd of new releases at the box office on the weekend before Christmas Monday. The DC and Warner Bros. superhero sequel starring Jason Momoa earned an estimated $28.1 million in its first three days of release in North America. That is according
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A member of a rare and endangered species related to the giraffe was recently born at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, according to zoo officials. The okapi, which zoo officials announced as a boy, was born December 17 to its mother, Kuvua, and father, Kiloro, a news
Continue Reading By Sara Smart and Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — An Alabama woman with the rare condition of two uteruses, and who became pregnant in each uterus earlier this year, gave birth to twins last week a day apart. After a combined 20 hours of labor, Kelsey Hatcher gave birth to her third and fourth children, a set of rare twins, on
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A mystery donation of rare Air Jordans left at an Oregon homeless shelter earlier this year led to more than $50,000 in auction proceeds returning to the organization. It all started in April, when a pair of gold shoes were anonymously dropped down a donation chute at the
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A North Dakota state lawmaker made homophobic and discriminatory remarks toward a police officer while being placed under arrest on DUI charges earlier this month, authorities said. On December 15, Republican Representative Nico Rios was arrested and issued a citation for a DUI, DUI refusal and an open container,
Continue Reading CNN By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A North Dakota state lawmaker made homophobic and discriminatory remarks toward a police officer while being placed under arrest on DUI charges earlier this month, authorities said. On December 15, Republican Representative Nico Rios was arrested and issued a citation for a DUI, DUI refusal and an open
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — GM has paused sales of its brand new Chevy Blazer EVs after some customers reported software problems. “We’re aware that a limited number of customers have experienced software-related quality issues with their Blazer EV,” Scott Bell, Vice President of Global Chevrolet, told CNN in a statement. “Customer
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Una mujer de Alabama que tiene dos úteros (una extraña condición) dio a luz a gemelos después de quedar embarazada a principios de este año en ambos úteros. Después de 20 horas combinadas de trabajo de parto, Kelsey Hatcher dio a luz a su tercer y cuarto hijo, un par de gemelos
Continue Reading By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — More than a year after it was put up for sale, Manchester United said Sunday that British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had bought a minority stake in the storied Premier League club. Ratcliffe, who owns petrochemicals giant INEOS and is one of Britain’s richest people, has
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn’t had the best time doing “The Color Purple” on Broadway. The protagonist of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells her story of sexual, physical and psychological abuses in the early
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Dense Fog this morning will make travel extremely dangerous along I-15 from Idaho Falls to Blackfoot. Cold temps will cause fog to freeze on surfaces, windshields and roads. Stay at home and wait. Aside from fog, Christmas Eve will partly to mostly sunny and cold air and some breezes will take wind chills to 0.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A second suspect was arrested in the alleged theft of a work by the elusive street artist Banksy of a stop sign adorned with three military drones, London police said Sunday. A man in his 40s was in custody on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, the Metropolitan police said. A suspect
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you’re lonely or socially isolated, you might have a higher risk of early death, according to a large study. There have been many studies on the associations between social isolation, loneliness and the risk of dying early, but some results have been controversial or mixed, according to the
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