ROME (AP) — An Italian court has ordered the Costa Crociere cruise line to pay 92,700 euros ($105,000) to a passenger who was aboard the Costa Concordia when it crashed and capsized off Tuscany in 2012. The Genoa court recognized that the passenger suffered post-traumatic stress as a result of the disaster, which killed 32
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Lee Click here for updates on this story WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A Chester County man is behind bars after police allege he took advantage of someone’s kindness and carjacked the victim on Christmas Day. Driving along the North Five Points Road, near the West Goshen Community Park, Mark Turner was on
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman is ending her extraordinary year on a note of hope. The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration made her an international sensation, has released a new work and accompanying video to mark the
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh cleared COVID-19 protocols and returned to the facility to run practice for the first time since testing positive for the coronavirus last Wednesday. The Jets were also getting nine players back from the COVID-19 list. Buffalo also
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Libya’s top prosecutor has ordered the country’s culture minister jailed pending the outcome of an investigation into alleged corruption. General Prosecutor Al-Sediq al-Sour said in a statement Wednesday that Minister Mabrouka Othman would be jailed for four days during a probe of charges of the misuse of public funds and forgery of
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — México planea suspender las exportaciones de petróleo crudo para 2023 para perseguir el objetivo del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador de autosuficiencia en la producción de combustible, según el presidente ejecutivo de Pemex, Octavio Romero, hablando en una conferencia de prensa el martes en la Ciudad de México. Pemex
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press No. 11 Michigan State and No. 13 Pittsburgh each will be without its most prominent players when they meet in the Peach Bowl. Spartans running back Kenneth Walker and Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett finished among the top six in the Heisman Trophy voting before opting out of the bowl game. Coming
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Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the country’s coronavirus infection rate is likely two to three times higher than statistics currently show. He urged his compatriots on Wednesday to be cautious during New Year’s celebrations. Statistics in recent days have continued to show Germany’s infection rate drifting downward from a spike caused by the
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says the country’s coronavirus infection rate is likely two to three times higher than statistics currently show. He urged his compatriots on Wednesday to be cautious during New Year’s celebrations. Statistics in recent days have continued to show Germany’s infection rate drifting downward from a spike caused by the
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith is making the best of her hair loss. The actress and “Red Table Talk” host first went public about losing her hair in 2018. On Tuesday, she shared a video on her verifed Instagram account that showed her closely shaved hair. “Now at this point,
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN As Americans enter the third year of the pandemic, they can expect to receive significantly less federal aid. There won’t be any more stimulus checks. Boosted unemployment benefits and guaranteed paid sick leave programs have expired. The last round of expanded child tax credit payments went out earlier
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Days before its start date, an international conference on a landmark Cold War-era nuclear treaty is poised to be postponed because coronavirus cases are surging in the host city of New York. A gathering to review the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty was supposed to start at the
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, CNN Amazon’s Alexa has been developed over the years to offer ever-improving access to information and knowledge. However, the voice-enabled assistant recently gave some dangerous advice to one user that went viral on social media. According to a tweet posted by Kristin Livdahl, Alexa told her 10-year-old child to touch a
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Novak Djokovic has been named the Best Balkan Athlete of the year for a record seventh time. The 34-year-old Serbian tennis great is ranked No. 1 in the world and won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments this year. The results of the annual poll were published by the Bulgarian
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average. The surge has been driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. The previous mark
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KSL) — A man who suffered permanent debilitating injuries when he was run over by a car while being arrested by West Valley police is now suing the officers involved. Atonio Sivatia, 22 — known as “O.J.” to his family and
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story WEST HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — A man’s French bulldog was stolen when he was brutally attacked in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Robert Marinelli has just gotten out of the hospital and is pleading with the thieves to return Luca. “I’m just completely distraught,”
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted of helping lure teenage girls to be sexually abused by the late Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict announced Wednesday capped a monthlong trial featuring accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14. Jurors
Continue ReadingMarianna Cerini, CNN When Dubai-based Basma Abu Ghazaleh launched her luxury ready-to-wear brand Kage in 2009, she said she could count the number of fellow fashion designers in the region on one hand. “There were couture labels, sure — we’ve always been known for that — but very few high-end contemporary options,” she said in
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