By Hanna Ziady, CNN UK car manufacturing hit a 66-year low in 2022, as the closure of two plants, a global shortage of semiconductors and the effect of Covid lockdowns in China on auto supply chains crippled output. Figures published Thursday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), an industry body, showed that
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Well, that’s awkward. Adam Scott went on the “Boy Meets World” rewatch podcast, “Pod Meets World,” on Sunday and jokingly confronted Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle about a moment on set that he said he still thinks about decades later. Scott was a recurring character on the popular ’90s
Continue ReadingRED WING, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has admitted to leaving her newborn baby to die on the banks of the Mississippi River in 2003. Fifty-year-old Jennifer Matter pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder in the baby’s death. Matter admitted she left the baby boy after giving birth in Frontenac on the shore of
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Lance Kerwin, an actor best known for his role on the TV miniseries “Salem’s Lot” and other notable series throughout the ’70s, has died, his talent agent John Boitano tells CNN. He was 62. No information on his cause of death was provided. Kerwin began his career appearing in a variety
Continue ReadingJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two people who were allegedly members of a white supremacist prison gang were sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for their role in the attempted killing of an inmate at a Mississippi prison. Federal prosecutors say that in 2017 Aaron Rentfrow stabbed someone to earn membership into the Aryan Circle
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A central Illinois man has been charged with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic earlier this month. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Tyler W. Massengill of Chillicothe is accused of “malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage, and attempt to damage”
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a public health order. Figures released Wednesday by the Homeland Security Department came after Texas and
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest such encounters ever recorded. NASA insists it will be a near miss with no chance of the asteroid hitting Earth. NASA said Wednesday that this
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump ‘s personal account in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post it is adding “new guardrails” to
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press After 19 months of speculation, prosecutors finally laid out their evidence Wednesday that Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son as they opened the double murder trial for the disgraced South Carolina attorney. There was gunshot residue on a seat belt, bullets pulled from bodies that matched ammunition boxes from
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A man suspected of being the “pillowcase rapist” in connection with a string of South Florida rapes back in the 1980s has been convicted in one of the attacks. Miami-Dade County jurors found 63-year-old Robert Koehler guilty of sexual battery, kidnapping and burglary Wednesday. He faces up to life in prison at
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ask voters to change the state’s constitution to make it harder to get initiatives on the ballot. Republican Sen. Doug Okuniewicz introduced the joint resolution Wednesday in the Senate State Affairs Committee. If approved, it would ask voters
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ask voters to change the state’s constitution to make it harder to get initiatives on the ballot. Republican Sen. Doug Okuniewicz introduced the joint resolution Wednesday in the Senate State Affairs Committee. If approved, it would ask voters
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The Bend Park and Recreation District said Tuesday it requested assistance from PacifiCorp to temporarily reduce the water level at Mirror Pond as part of the district’s bank repair and trail extension project.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Analysis of fossils found in the far north of Canada has revealed that two previously unknown species of ancient near-primates lived above the Arctic Circle some 52 million years ago, according to new research. The now-extinct creatures belonged to a part of the primate family tree that branched off before the
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The Oregon Legislature will consider a number of recommendations for changes related to the controversial, statewide wildfire risk map during this year’s session, some of which would substantively change the map itself. So the release of a revised version has been delayed, officials said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Carolyn Mazzie llegó al aeropuerto Schiphol de Amsterdam en septiembre de 1971, emocionada por embarcarse en un viaje de tres semanas por Europa. Carolyn, que entonces tenía 30 años, trabajaba para la Southern Pacific Railroad, una red de trenes estadounidense que desde entonces ha sido absorbida por la compañía ferroviaria Union
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were restored on Thursday, allowing the former president to once again post on the social media platforms, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to CNN. As of Thursday afternoon, Trump had not yet resumed posting on the accounts. Trump’s reinstatement comes weeks after Facebook’s landmark announcement
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — El videojuego y la posterior serie “The Last of Us” tienen a sus usuarios pensando en si esa situación podría ocurrir en la vida real. En la serie, que se transmite en HBO Max —parte de Warner Bros. Discovery, nuestra empresa matriz—, el hongo Cordyceps se transmite de humano
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN A lawyer for a Wisconsin-based political treasurer said Wednesday that officials in embattled New York Rep. George Santos‘ campaign listed him as the new treasurer of several Santos-affiliated campaign committees without his authorization. New filings with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday afternoon described Thomas Datwyler as the treasurer of the
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