Politics threatens to outshine pageantry as Israel stages Miss Universe contest
By Hadas Gold, CNN The sparkling Red Sea has some competition this weekend. A sea of 80 women, competing for the glittering Miss Universe crown, has…
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Austrian skier Pertl to miss rest of season with knee injury
INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Austrian slalom specialist Adrian Pertl was ruled out for the rest of the Alpine skiing season. He hurt his right knee in…
Continue ReadingScholz, Polish prime minister discuss migration, energy, EU
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stressed that Europe won’t tolerate attempts at…
Continue Reading3 dead, 6 missing in explosion in Sicily caused by gas leak
MILAN (AP) — Firefighters in Sicily are digging through rubble in the search for missing people after an explosion apparently caused by a gas leak…
Continue ReadingIs the store out of your baking essentials? Here’s what to use instead
By Casey Barber, CNN Can’t find cream cheese, graham cracker crusts, Cool Whip or peppermint extract? Time to think outside the box — or…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor says he will use legal tactics of Texas abortion ban to implement gun control
By Andy Rose, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision to allow the Texas six-week…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor says he will use legal tactics of Texas abortion ban to implement gun control
CNN, WSBT, WFAA, KEYE, KHOU By Andy Rose, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision…
Continue ReadingDiego Maradona’s stolen limited edition watch recovered
By Akanksha Sharma, Susanna Capelouto and Sana Noor Haq, CNN A stolen Hublot watch that belonged to Diego Maradona has been recovered by police in…
Continue ReadingA Michigan woman faces prison after trying to hire an assassin through a fake website
By Faith Karimi, CNN Wendy Wein wanted her ex-husband dead. In July of 2020 the Michigan woman came across a website, Rent-A-Hitman, that promised to…
Continue ReadingMazepin to miss F1 finale after positive COVID-19 test
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nikita Mazepin will miss the season-ending Formula One race after testing positive for COVID-19. Haas will…
Continue ReadingFrench skier Noël opens slalom season with dominating win
VAL d’ISÈRE, France (AP) — French skier Clément Noël dominated the first slalom of the World Cup season for his ninth career win as many…
Continue ReadingMore than 80 feared dead after tornadoes hit central and southern US
By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday…
Continue ReadingA family photo from a Kentucky home was found more than 150 miles away in Indiana after deadly tornadoes whipped up debris in the region
By Laura Studley, CNN A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently…
Continue ReadingA Jewish culinary renaissance is expanding the definition of kosher food
By Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN Leonardo Nourafchan wanted to do something different. After trying out jobs in real estate, the California…
Continue ReadingNew Caledonia votes to stay in France; separatists boycott
By CHARLOTTE ANTOINE-PERRON Associated Press NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) — Voters in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted…
Continue ReadingAnne Rice, who breathed new life into vampires, dies at 80
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gothic novelist Anne Rice has died due to complications from a stroke. Rice’s son Christopher…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Bennett makes first official visit to UAE
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has made a historic trip to the United Arab Emirates,…
Continue ReadingSwimmers race across Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay
By KATIE TAM and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — More than a thousand men and women plunged into the cool water of Hong Kong’s…
Continue ReadingFoo Fighters cancel F1 Abu Dhabi concert for medical reasons
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Event organizers say the Foo Fighters rock band has called off its concert at the Formula One race in Abu Dhabi…
Continue ReadingThe trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand…
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