Leah Dolan, CNN You might assume that Grace Kelly’s 700-strong royal wedding ceremony to Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956 was the apex of her social legacy. But 13 years later, on Saturday November 15, 1969, the American film star-turned-princess threw herself one of the most peculiar and extravagant birthday parties in history. “The
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland say two officers escaped injury when their vehicle was damaged by a homemade bomb. The force says it is treating the attack as attempted murder. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a blast in Strabane on Thursday night “appears to have been a targeted attack on police.”
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine’s pavilion at the COP27 UN climate conference in Egypt is built of austere, dark gray walls. It feels like a bomb shelter, a bit out of place among all the brightly colored structures erected by other countries that are showcasing climate solutions and celebrating natural beauty. The contrast is intentional.
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN Have you cut down on travel over the past couple of years and are wanting to make up for lost time? Always planned to see more of the US? Take a trip of a lifetime around your home country? Enter Frontier Airlines, and its new unlimited annual flight pass — for just
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Authorities in the Bahamas have taken control of cryptocurrency assets held by a unit of bankrupt exchange FTX. The Securities Commission of The Bahamas announced Thursday night it has directed the transfer of all digital assets of FTX Digital Markets, The Bahamas-based FTX unit that filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The defense ministers of Israel and Greece have stressed the importance of maintaining strong alliances to tackle global and regional threats such as the war in Ukraine and ongoing tension in the eastern Mediterranean. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met in Athens on Friday with his
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A top U.N. official says West Africa is next in line to receive Russian fertilizer that is tied up in European ports and prevented from being exported to needy countries, Rebeca Grynspan, the head of the U.N. trade office, on Friday hailed “very good news for the
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian political candidates are making their final pitches on the eve of national elections in an attempt to win over a divided electorate worried about the economy, rising costs of living and political turmoil that resulted in three prime ministers since the last polls in
Continue ReadingCNN By Dr. Tara Narula, CNN Medical Correspondent Doctors and public health experts often talk about a bullet as the vector, just as a virus is the vector of transmission in infectious diseases. Both leave a path of destruction as they travel. Families are left to bury loved ones, and survivors may live with chronic
Continue ReadingBy Dr. Tara Narula, CNN Medical Correspondent Doctors and public health experts often talk about a bullet as the vector, just as a virus is the vector of transmission in infectious diseases. Both leave a path of destruction as they travel. Families are left to bury loved ones, and survivors may live with chronic injuries
Continue ReadingCNN By Dr. Tara Narula, CNN Medical Correspondent Doctors and public health experts often talk about a bullet as the vector, just as a virus is the vector of transmission in infectious diseases. Both leave a path of destruction as they travel. Families are left to bury loved ones, and survivors may live with chronic
Continue ReadingCNN By Dr. Tara Narula, CNN Medical Correspondent Doctors and public health experts often talk about a bullet as the vector, just as a virus is the vector of transmission in infectious diseases. Both leave a path of destruction as they travel. Families are left to bury loved ones, and survivors may live with chronic
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WALL and KALYN BELSHA of Chalkbeat and ANNIE MA of The Associated Press Mira Ugwuadu felt anxious and depressed when she returned to her high school in Cobb County, Georgia, last fall after months of remote learning, so she sought help. But her school counselor kept rescheduling their meetings because she had so
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A dangerous lake-effect snowstorm paralyzed parts of western and northern New York on Friday, dumping over 5 feet in some spots with more expected to fall through the night into Saturday. The storm was blamed for the deaths of two people stricken while clearing snow. The
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s electricity grid chief warned of hours-long power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with heavy artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted supplies to as much as 40% of the country’s people at the onset of winter. Freezing temperatures are putting
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, Yulia Kesaieva, Jo Shelley, Denis Lapin and Tim Lister, CNN More than 10 million Ukrainians were without power after another wave of Russian strikes on critical infrastructure, as concerns over Ukraine’s power supply grew as winter began to set in across the country. Temperatures have plummeted in Ukraine this week, putting the
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Investors sleuthing for clues about what the Federal Reserve will decide during its December policy meeting got quite a few this week. But those hints about the future of monetary policy point to an outcome they won’t be very happy about. What’s happening: Federal Reserve officials made a series of
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As millions of Americans gear up to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday week, the forecast calls for rain, snow, blustery winds and cold temperatures this weekend at the beginning of the travel rush. Millions from Minnesota to Maine are expected to see snow this weekend, but rain and thunderstorms will
Continue ReadingCNN, WKBW, SPECTRUM NEWS BUFFALO, NEW YORK GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, @MARYBESTEST, INSTAGRAM, HAZARDOUS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER, BUFFALOWEATHER By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As millions of Americans gear up to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday week, the forecast calls for rain, snow, blustery winds and cold temperatures this weekend at the beginning of the travel rush. Millions
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN While parts of the East Coast are facing a barrage of winter weather hazards this weekend, millions of people on the West Coast will be under fire watches. In recent years, firefighters have been keen on trying new technologies and tools to avert large wildfires. One solution combines drones with
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