By Jenna Rae Click here for updates on this story CHESTERFIELD, Missouri (KMOV) — Memories built over decades in a West County basement are looking for a new home. A local man spent years crafting and painting hundreds of World War II model planes, and now, his family is looking for a permanent home for
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, CNN Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a jailed British-Egyptian activist who has been on a hunger and water strike, is alive and has resumed drinking water, authorities said in a letter to his family. He has been on a hunger strike for more than 200 days and had stopped drinking water earlier this month.
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business It’s not unusual for two people with the same title to be paid somewhat different salaries. Pay, after all, is based on many factors, including a person’s experience and performance, the market rate for the position when they were hired and their negotiation skills. But it’s hard to fathom that
Continue ReadingCNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla headed to court today to defend the huge compensation package that helped make CEO Elon Musk the richest person on Earth. Delaware’s Court of Chancery in Wilmington will host the week-long trial to examine the 2018 compensation plan that the automaker’s board of directors created for Musk. The
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla headed to court today to defend the huge compensation package that helped make CEO Elon Musk the richest person on Earth. Delaware’s Court of Chancery in Wilmington will host the week-long trial to examine the 2018 compensation plan that the automaker’s board of directors created for Musk. The trial
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been cleared to practice, a significant step in his return to the NFL following an 11-game suspension. Watson was accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women during massage therapy sessions while he played for Houston. He reached
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Poland and Germany have announced separate takeovers of natural gas companies that had links to Russian energy giant Gazprom. The countries said Monday that the moves are aimed at securing supply as Europe struggles with an energy crisis tied to the war in Ukraine. Germany says it’s nationalizing the former German subsidiary
Continue ReadingBy SIAN WATSON Associated Press Popularly known as his rockstar persona Machine Gun Kelly and for his high-profile relationship with Megan Fox, Colson Baker stars as “Taurus” in a new film that he says draws inspiration from his own life. In the movie being released in cinemas and on demand Friday, Baker plays Cole Taurus,
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Ghana has had to leave its top two goalkeepers out of the World Cup squad because of injury. First-choice Jojo Wollacott broke a finger in the warmup ahead of a game with English club side Charlton Athletic this weekend while backup Richard Ofori has a knee injury. That means
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative groups that sought to get hundreds of “parents’ rights” activists elected to local school boards largely fell short in last week’s midterm elections, notching notable wins in some Republican strongholds but failing to gain a groundswell of support among moderate voters. Traditionally nonpartisan, local school
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the tens of thousands who demonstrated against his proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority were people in favor of privilege, racism and classism. López Obrador said Sunday’s demonstration — the biggest against one of his proposals in his nearly four years in office
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune. Bezos, whose “real-time” worth Forbes magazine estimates at roughly $124.1 billion, made the announcement in a joint CNN
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has slammed Western countries over what he calls a “reprehensible double standard” in their response to the energy crisis brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a Twitter post on Sunday, Museveni singled out Germany for demolishing wind turbines to allow for the expansion of
Continue ReadingToyin Owoseje, CNN How much would you pay for a pair of secondhand shoes? Well, someone just spent more than $200,000 on a pair of old Birkenstock sandals owned and worn by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs — setting a record for the highest price ever paid for a pair of sandals at auction,
Continue ReadingBy Angie Ricono and Cyndi Fahrlander Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Jim Cummins house was destroyed by fire two years ago. And while that’s devastating, the home was insured and he thought he’d be able to rebuild. He was wrong. “It baffles the imagination,” said Cummings. “I mean,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Business) — Las réplicas del enorme terremoto que sufrió el sector de las criptomonedas la semana pasada siguieron repercutiendo este lunes. Los precios de las monedas digitales volvieron a caer a medida que la crisis que envuelve al mercado se profundizaba durante el fin de semana. El bitcoin, la mayor criptodivisa del mundo,
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Gun violence concerns many, but statistics can be hard to picture. Local artist Leslie Lee is making the problem visible by encouraging people to put together origami boxes in remembrance of their loved ones. She calls them “Soul Boxes.” Madeleine Parish
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s explosive TV interview with Piers Morgan seems certain to end his Manchester United career. It is hard to see a way back for the 37-year-old forward, who said he does not respect manager Erik ten Hag and feels “betrayed” by the club. The
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El fundador de Amazon, Jeff Bezos, planea donar la mayor parte de su patrimonio neto de US$ 124.000 millones durante su vida, dijo a CNN en una entrevista exclusiva, en la que explicó que dedicará la mayor parte de su riqueza a la lucha contra el cambio climático y a
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer VAIL, Colo. (AP) — The struggle for affordable housing is playing out in Vail, Colorado, where the owners of a ski resort are trying to create an affordable housing complex for the chefs, bus drivers, ski lift operators and other workers who keep the resort humming. The problem? A
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