By KEN SWEET and MAE ANDERSON The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — How the mighty have fallen. Cryptocurrency companies grabbed the spotlight during the 2022 Super Bowl, with commercials from a handful of newcomers to advertising’s biggest stage: FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro. Some marketing experts dubbed it the “Crypto Bowl.” A year later,
Continue ReadingBy Chandler Watkins Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Thursday evening, the King School Museum of Contemporary Art unveiled its latest exhibit, “Welcome to My Happy Place”, curated by Rose Akil, one of the school’s 5th-grade students, and Dr. Kiera Hill, a PSU School of Art + Design professor. “We
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, is leaving the White House and is expected to play a role in President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign. Ben LaBolt, a top Democratic communications professional who served in the Obama White House, will replace Bedingfield as communications director, the White
Continue ReadingCNN By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent When 24-year-old Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field from cardiac arrest during the January 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, millions of people witnessed a remarkable resuscitation in real time on live television. As a trauma neurosurgeon myself, I was in awe of
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One day in 2020, at the pandemic’s height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the color of Buffalo sauce stepped up to a podium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to address his city council during its public comment period. His unexpected topic, as he framed it: It
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One day in 2020, at the pandemic’s height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the color of Buffalo sauce stepped up to a podium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to address his city council during its public comment period. His unexpected topic, as he framed it: It
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By Tori Cooper Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A victim who said he was held up at gunpoint in south Fulton County after using the dating app Grindr spoke exclusively with Atlanta News First on Thursday. Police arrested the suspect this week. Now one of the victims hopes that
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least two people were killed and 20 others were injured when an apartment building collapsed in the country’s north. It said the collapse of the four-story building in the city of Damanhour was triggered by a ‘‘gas pipe explosion.’’ Search efforts are underway to find those still missing
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least 6 people were killed and 27 were injured when an apartment building collapsed in the country’s north. The office of the country’s public prosecutor said the four-story building collapsed after cooking gas cylinders packed in a storage room in the basement of the property exploded. Search efforts
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By Miles Montgomery and Rebekka Schramm Click here for updates on this story PAULDING COUNTY, Georgia (WANF) — A Paulding County daycare owner previously arrested for child abuse faces new charges. Investigators with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office originally arrested 63-year-old Marie Lipsky in January for incidents involving five different children ranging in age from
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia has put Alexandra Garmazhapova, the founder of the anti-war group Free Buryatia Foundation, on its federal most-wanted list. Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs made the announcement Friday. Garmazhapova lives in the Czech capital, Prague, and would face arrest if she returned to Russia. The activist believes the case may have
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $30 million settlement with the cryptocurrency platform Kraken that will force it to unwind a program offering investment returns to US users who committed their digital assets to the company. That practice, known as “staking,” reflected an unregistered offer and sale of securities,
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $30 million settlement with the cryptocurrency platform Kraken that will force it to unwind a program offering investment returns to US users who committed their digital assets to the company. That practice, known as “staking,” reflected an unregistered offer and sale of
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los padres y la hermana de Halyna Hutchins, la directora de fotografía que murió tras recibir un disparo durante un ensayo de la película “Rust” en 2021, presentaron una demanda civil por su muerte contra el actor Alec Baldwin, la productora del film y otros. La demanda presentada este jueves en
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Add “Your Place or Mine” to the list of split-screen rom-coms, where the stars (in this case Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher) essentially operate on parallel tracks. While that has worked out before (think “Sleepless in Seattle”), it doesn’t here, in a Netflix movie that proves roughly as generic as
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Feeling lucky that you don’t have arthritis? Don’t celebrate just yet. Nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States has arthritis, or about 58.5 million people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of these folks are 18 to 64 years old and in
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By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story PLAINFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A fast food restaurant manager was charged with breach of peace after he admitted to using racial slurs toward a high school basketball team in Plainfield. Plainfield police said they charged 22-year-old Brett White with second-degree breach of peace. The incident
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN SpaceX just attempted to ignite all 33 engines in a test fire of its gargantuan Super Heavy rocket booster. The trial marks the company’s first “static fire” test for what is expected to be the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. The Super Heavy booster started its
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By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man was charged with larceny for stealing more than $3,100 worth of LEGOS from a Target store in South Windsor. Police said they arrested Glenn London, 37, of New Haven, on Thursday. They had two active arrest warrants for
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By Morgan Mobley Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — One household in Kansas City just got a lot more chaotic, adding three new family members to tuck in tonight. We first told you about these triplets when they were born in January. Now, they’re home. The odds of having
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