By Kara Scannell, Patrick Oppmann and Allison Morrow, CNN Sam Bankman-Fried will be extradited to the United States Wednesday night, Bahamas Attorney General Sen. Ryan Pinder confirmed. Bankman-Fried will be extradited after the Foreign Minister of the Bahamas signed a warrant of surrender allowing his extradition to the United States, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For millions of Americans across a large swath of the country, the holiday week is beginning with unrelenting below-freezing temperatures made even more miserable by heavy snow expected Tuesday and Wednesday in several central and northwestern states. A developing ‘bomb cyclone’ has prompted alerts from Washington state to Maryland that
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN For millions of Americans across a large swath of the country, the holiday week is beginning with unrelenting below-freezing temperatures made even more miserable by heavy snow expected Tuesday and Wednesday in several central and northwestern states. A developing ‘bomb cyclone’ has prompted alerts from Washington state to Maryland that cover
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Hollywood actress Elizabeth Hurley has warned fans to “avoid flying,” saying she was left “stranded” at Antigua airport for more than 12 hours when her British Airways flight was delayed. On Tuesday, the “Bedazzled” star vented her frustration with the UK carrier in a series of Twitter posts. Hurley complained she
Continue ReadingBERN, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic downhill champion Beat Feuz has announced his retirement from skiing after 16 seasons. He says the classic events in Wengen and Kitzbuehel in January will be his last races. He says “pushing limits and risk has been my passion in skiing for years. Now my feeling tells me: the physical
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A plan by Scotland’s government to make it easier for people to change gender for legal purposes has sparked acrimonious debate both inside and outside of the Edinburgh parliament. A bill introduced by the Scottish National Party-led government would allow people to transition by self-declaration, removing the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Taylor Romine, CNN Seventeen people were injured in Humboldt County, California, when a powerful a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday, also damaging roads and buildings and knocking out power and water to thousands of people, authorities said. At least two people died after the earthquake hit at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday in
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain’s national weather service said preliminary data indicates that 2022 will finish with average daily temperatures above 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time since records started in 1961. It says that the four hottest years on record for the southern European country have all come since 2015. The
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN The Willis-Moore clan is getting ready to welcome a new member. Actress/singer Rumer Willis announced Tuesday on her verified Instagram account that she and her boyfriend, Derek Richard Thomas, are expecting their first child together. Willis posted a series of photos showing her baby bump, including one with Thomas kissing
Continue ReadingBy HILARY FOX Associated Press PARIS (AP) — “Emily in Paris” fans will get a few surprises in their Christmas stockings, when the third season of the hit show arrives on Netflix this Wednesday. Even the cast were shocked, when they read the scripts, by the number of cliffhangers in the new series. Lily Collins
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN A gift from the skies is coming just in time for the holidays — the Ursids meteor shower. This celestial event will be the last meteor shower of 2022. The Ursids typically produce only around five to 10 visible meteors an hour, according to EarthSky. While the rates are not as
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Ashley Strickland, CNN A recently discovered green comet will soon zip by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years. It was last visible in the night sky during the Stone Age. Discovered on March 2, 2022, by astronomers using the Zwicky Transient Facility’s wide-field survey camera at the Palomar Observatory
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German government said Wednesday that it opposes bailed-out national carrier Lufthansa’s plans for bonus payments to executives. German business daily Handelsblatt reported that the airline’s board agreed to give bonuses to top managers for the years 2021 and 2022. Lufthansa declined to confirm this, but said bonus payments wouldn’t be made
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The German government said Wednesday that it opposes bailed-out national carrier Lufthansa’s plans for bonus payments to executives. German business daily Handelsblatt reported that the airline’s board agreed to give bonuses to top managers for the years 2021 and 2022. Lufthansa declined to confirm this, but said bonus payments wouldn’t be made
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy ministry says a consortium made up of energy companies Eni of Italy and France’s Total is expediting plans to develop natural gas deposits following the discovery of a third field containing 2-3 trillion cubic feet of the hydrocarbon inside the same licensed exploration area. The ministry announced the discovery
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy ministry says a consortium made up of energy companies Eni of Italy and France’s Total is expediting plans to develop natural gas deposits following the discovery of a third field containing 2-3 trillion cubic feet of the hydrocarbon inside the same licensed exploration area. The ministry announced the discovery
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany has dispatched a batch of the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to China, where it will be administered to Germans who live in the country. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s spokesman said the vaccines were sent on a flight that was due to land in China on Wednesday. He said that the Chinese government formally
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — As a kid, Kevin Fair would take apart his Nintendo console, troubleshoot issues and put it back together again — experiences the Black entrepreneur says represented “a life trajectory changing moment” when he realized the entertainment system was more than a toy. “I think I
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — As a kid, Kevin Fair would take apart his Nintendo console, troubleshoot issues and put it back together again — experiences the Black entrepreneur says represented “a life trajectory changing moment” when he realized the entertainment system was more than a toy. “I think I
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — As a kid, Kevin Fair would take apart his Nintendo console, troubleshoot issues and put it back together again — experiences the Black entrepreneur says represented “a life trajectory changing moment” when he realized the entertainment system was more than a toy. “I think I
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