CNN By Forrest Brown and Marnie Hunter, CNN Thousands of Thursday and Friday flights have already been canceled as holiday travelers try to make their way to their destinations. Chicago O’Hare and Denver International airports were seeing the most cancellations on Thursday, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, while many of Friday’s cancellations
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Music is supposed to soothe the savage beast, but it can also get some people riled up. Especially, when it comes to copyright cases. Throughout the history of the music industry, there have been incidents of artists accused of ripping off the works of others. Taylor Swift had been embroiled
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Legendary actress Janet Leigh passed away in 2004, but her daughter, fellow actress Jamie Lee Curtis, remains proud of her late mother. A photo of Leigh from the iconic shower scene in the 1960 film “Psycho” is featured on the cover of Variety magazine for an issue highlighting “The 100
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN Male athletes will be allowed to compete in Olympic Artistic Swimming events for the first time at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the aquatic sports’ global governing body FINA said on Thursday. The news comes after the International Olympic Committee approved World Aquatics’ request to permit the inclusion of men at
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Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN The man accused of shooting passengers at random on a Brooklyn subway in April intends to plead guilty to terrorism charges, according to court documents. In a letter to the court Wednesday, court-appointed attorneys for the defendant, Frank James, indicated that “he wishes to schedule a guilty plea to the
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN The “once-in-a-generation” winter storm sweeping across the nation will force Americans to crank up the heat at a time when it’s become increasingly expensive to do that. Even before this historic winter storm emerged, experts warned home heating costs would jump this winter to the highest level in more than a
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is not expected to play Saturday against Dallas because of a sprained right shoulder. Philadelphia will instead start Gardner Minshew. Hurts was injured on a hard tackle in Sunday’s win at Chicago. The Eagles have the best record in the NFL at 13-1 and can clinch the NFC
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three Cabinet ministers from Myanmar have attended an informal regional meeting in Thailand’s capital to discuss efforts to restore peace in the military-run country. A Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson described the meeting as meaningful, with the participants “engaging in free-flow and proactive discussions.” Myanmar’s military government is
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM and JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writers Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa and Trea Turner combined for almost $1 billion in contracts. Xander Bogaerts, Jacob deGrom, Dansby Swanson, Carlos Rodón, Brandon Nimmo and Willson Contreras added up to another billion. And that’s just nine players. Just one lucrative slice of baseball’s December spending spree.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM and JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writers It has been an epic holiday season already for several major league teams and players a year after baseball trudged through an ugly labor dispute. Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa and Trea Turner combined for almost $1 billion in player contracts. Xander Bogaerts, Jacob deGrom, Dansby Swanson,
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business A small but growing number of universities are now blocking access to TikTok on school-owned devices or WiFi networks, in the latest sign of a widening crackdown on the popular short-form video app. The University of Oklahoma and Auburn University in Alabama have each said they will restrict student
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is offering rare discounts through year’s end on its two top-selling models, an indication that demand is slowing for its electric vehicles. The Austin, Texas, company started offering a $3,750 incentive on its Model 3 sedan and Model Y SUV on its website earlier this
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Rodón appeared without beard at a Yankee Stadium news conference, a day after his $162 million, six-year contract was announced, complying with the team grooming rules. Rodón gets a $5 million signing bonus payable within 30 days of approval by MLB, a $22 million
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El Proyecto de Ley para la igualdad real y efectiva de las personas trans y para la garantía de los derechos de las personas LGTBI —también conocida como”Ley trans”— fue aprobada este jueves por el Pleno del Congreso de los Diputados de España. La votación resultó con 188 votos a favor,
Continue ReadingCNN By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Immigration has long been a political football in the United States. But If you’re wondering why America’s labor shortage persists nearly three years into the Covid pandemic, it’s in part because America doesn’t have enough immigrants. Immigrants are vital to the US economy and fill thousands of US jobs —
Continue ReadingBy Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Immigration has long been a political football in the United States. But If you’re wondering why America’s labor shortage persists nearly three years into the Covid pandemic, it’s in part because America doesn’t have enough immigrants. Immigrants are vital to the US economy and fill thousands of US jobs — jobs
Continue ReadingWOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of killing several people in two states has been sentenced in New Jersey to 35 years in prison for the beating death of a former mentor. Sean Lannon had pleaded guilty in October to first-degree murder in the March 2021 slaying of 66-year-old Michael Dabkowski. Gloucester County prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A severe economic crisis in Lebanon has sapped the savings of millions of residents. Now, thousands who left the country when its economy started to tumble in late 2019 have become a lifeline for families back home through remittances sent from abroad. Lebanon will receive roughly $6.8
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Tavleen Tarrant, CNN Two suspended Washington, DC, officers have been found guilty on charges related to the death of a 20-year-old man during a 2020 police pursuit, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a news release Wednesday. Suspended Metropolitan Police Department Officer Terence Sutton, 38, was
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