By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Taco Bell is bringing back a fan-favorite menu item, but you have to act fast. Crispy chicken wings are back for a limited time, following a successful addition last year. Each order contains eight bone-in wings coated in a queso seasoning, and costs $6.99. Wings go on sale beginning January 26
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN Anti-racism groups and England’s Football Association (FA) are denouncing an independent panel’s finding that a British soccer manager who used “offensive, racist and Islamophobic” language is “not a conscious racist.” Former Crawley Town FC manager John Yems was accused of making at least 16 offensive comments between 2019
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The US government is set to hit its self-imposed borrowing limit today and both Wall Street and Washington are hoping for a resolution — but preparing for the worst. The ongoing brinkmanship in Congress over whether or not to allow the federal government to borrow more money to pay its
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Amazon is shutting down its “Smile” charity donation program as the company cuts costs and rethinks its strategy. The Smile initiative will shut down by February 20, Amazon said in a statement Wednesday, explaining the “program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped.” Amazon Smile donated
Continue ReadingBy TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and JERRY HARMER Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is ushering in a new age of train travel with Southeast Asia’s biggest railway station. The government says the huge, modern development on the edge of central Bangkok will bolster the country’s position as a regional hub. Almost all of Thailand’s long-distance domestic
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The new executive director of European Union border agency Frontex says he will work at ensuring illegal pushbacks of migrants trying to reach Europe don’t take place under his watch. Hans Leijtens’ promise came on Thursday. He was appointed as a replacement for Fabrice Leggeri who resigned
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Visceral World War I drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” has a field-leading 14 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards. Unorthodox comedies “The Banshees of Inisherin“ and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” are each nominated in 10 categories. Baz Luhrmann’s flamboyant musical biopic “Elvis” is
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN Kim Kardashian has acquired the diamond-lined Attallah Cross pendant worn on several occasions by Diana, Princess of Wales for £163,800 (about $200,000). In the last five minutes of the Royal and Noble collection sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London on Wednesday, a representative for Kardashian successfully outbid others vying for the
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic says he is worried about his left hamstring after beating 191st-ranked French qualifier Enzo Couacaud 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0 in the second round of the Australian Open. Djokovic also was bothered by a persistent heckler during the match. Djokovic says his leg
Continue ReadingCNN By Mary Kay Mallonee and Michael Callahan, CNN The US Coast Guard says it is tracking a suspected Russian spy ship off the coast of Hawaii in international waters as heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow remain over Russian’s war in Ukraine. “In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Kristen Asplin heard about a powerful new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT going viral online recently with its ability to write frighteningly good essays in seconds, she worried about how her students could use it to cheat. Asplin, a professor at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, soon
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When Kristen Asplin heard about a powerful new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT going viral online recently with its ability to write frighteningly good essays in seconds, she worried about how her students could use it to cheat. Asplin, a professor at University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, soon joined
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, CNN A New York state Senate panel has rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nomination to lead New York’s highest court on Wednesday, potentially setting up a legal fight between the Democratic governor and the Democratic-majority legislature. The New York State Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted 10-9 against sending Justice Hector LaSalle’s nomination
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Chavez, CNN A new study raises the question whether some people can wait longer than the recommended 10years to repeat a colonoscopy after a negative initial screening for colorectal cancer. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, looked at 120,000 people 65 and older in Germany from 2013 to 2019 who had a
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s parliament calls on the member states to back the creation of a special court to judge on any war crime of agression by Russia in Ukraine. The non-binding resolution was approved by a 472-19 vote with 33 abstentions and underscored the EU’s willingness to make sure Russia should be
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Anheuser-Busch may no longer be the only alcohol brand to advertise at the Super Bowl, but it will still have a major presence — even as rivals pounce on the opportunity, following a 33-year drought. The beer company announced Thursday that it will have three minutes of national air time during
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, Megan Marples and Rachel Fadem, CNN As we scroll through the curated lifestyles of the influencers we follow on Instagram or YouTube, it can seem like they have it all together and never had to suffer a day in their lives. But behind their accomplished exteriors are past trials and tribulations that
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Union’s terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests. The legislature mustered a large majority in a nonbinding resolution on Thursday to
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN The promenade at the World Economic Forum, dusted in a blanket of fresh snow, is cluttered with signs and pavilions from companies and governments courting attention or deals. There’s the tech giants, the major consulting groups, representatives from the Middle East. But this year, dominating the main street in Davos are
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on to meet crucial climate goals. A report published Thursday by scientists in Europe and the United States found that new methods of CO2 removal currently account
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