By Mark Morales and Holly Yan, CNN For the second time in about a week, a New Jersey council member was found shot to death in a car. Milford Borough Councilman Russell Heller, 51, was in the parking lot of a PSE&G energy company facility in Somerset County when a former employee approached his car
Continue ReadingBy AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A woman who says she was victimized by a World Health Organization doctor during a recent Ebola outbreak in Congo says she is shocked that no senior officials were punished for the sexual abuse and exploitation claims affecting dozens of women in
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By Justina Latimer Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — In addition to books, people can now visit the Nashville Public Library and borrow household items. It’s all free of charge! Many come to the library for books, research, and even quiet time. “We are coming in here to read, sit
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Disney is working on sequels for “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Zootopia,” three huge hits as the entertainment powerhouse attempts to find its footing under newly returned CEO Bob Iger. The Walt Disney Co. is undergoing a “strategic transformation,” Iger said on Wednesday. That includes 7,000 job cuts announced this
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Lowrey Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 28-year-old Tennessee Titans fan who went into cardiac arrest hours after attending the Titans-Jaguars game on Jan. 7 has opened her eyes and begun showing intermittent signs that she understands communication. “She is completely off of sedation medications,” said Andrew
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Four children were killed in accidental shootings in St. Louis in 2022, a number Francine Strain hopes to make zero. Strain’s grandson, 12-year-old Lefrance Johnson, was killed in North St. Louis last March after his 10-year-old brother found a loaded
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt and Kristin Fisher, CNN The president of SpaceX revealed the company has taken active steps to prevent Ukrainian forces from using the critical Starlink satellite technology with Ukrainian drones that are a key component of their fight against Russia. “There are things that we can do to limit their ability to do
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A court in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek has rescheduled for March 15 the hearing of a request by the country’s Culture Ministry to close down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s local branch, called Radio Azattyk. The radio station’s website was blocked in Kyrgyzstan in October 2022, over a video report about clashes on the
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Corea del Norte mostró casi una docena de misiles balísticos intercontinentales (ICBM) avanzados en un desfile militar nocturno el miércoles, en la mayor exhibición hasta ahora de lo que sus medios estatales describieron como la “capacidad de ataque nuclear” de Pyongyang. Los misiles desfilaron por la plaza Kim Il Sung
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By Alex Gaul and Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Viral videos had local police taking a second look at a string of 2022 incidents at a Princeton Heights home. The woman believed to be in the video is now facing charges. Judy Kline, 54, is charged
Continue ReadingBy Kathryn Doorey Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Elephants from the Honolulu Zoo will be picking the winner of Sunday’s Super Bowl. On Thursday February 9, at 1: 30 p.m. Asian elephants Mari and Vaigai will be presented with two watermelons, each with one of the two team logos carved
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Disney is working on sequels for “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Zootopia,” three huge hits as the entertainment powerhouse attempts to find its footing under newly returned CEO Bob Iger. The Walt Disney Co. is undergoing a “strategic transformation,” Iger said on Wednesday. That includes 7,000 job cuts announced this
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SELSER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is happy 222 Nicaraguan prisoners sent to the U.S. have been released, but time will tell if the move signifies a real change in Nicaraguan policies. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after the prisoners’ plane landed
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Evangeline Lilly has offered an update on her Marvel colleague Jeremy Renner’s recovery. The “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” actress told “Access Hollywood” she had recently visited with Renner, who was crushed by his snow-removal tractor during an accident on New Year’s Day. The pair starred together in the 2008
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By Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story WAIANAE, Hawaii (KITV) — An O’ahu elementary school teacher will be featured in a Doritos Super Bowl ad on Sunday, after winning a TikTok challenge. Frito Lay made the announcement on Wednesday. Angie Yadao-Payad of Waianae said she was asked to create three different dances
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN Houston Zoo officials are investigating possible vandalism after an enclosure at the brown pelican habitat in the Children’s Zoo was deliberately cut. Keepers noticed a 4-inch gap in the mesh of the enclosure on Monday, zoo spokesperson Jackie Wallace said in a statement. They determined the animals in
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Twitter has failed to provide a full report to the European Union on its efforts to combat online disinformation, drawing a rebuke from top officials of the 27-nation bloc. The company signed up to the EU’s voluntary 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation last year —
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is less a coda to the franchise than a muted riff on it, an encore without much of a purpose. What drew director Steven Soderbergh back to material this thin is anybody’s guess, but if strippers like to talk about making it rain, this third and
Continue ReadingCNN By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN The world of Harry Potter is getting new life. Hogwarts Legacy — the new open-world video game by Avalanche and Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, will be released Friday, to much anticipation. The single-player game has been five years in the making — experts put its budget at $150
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La empresa retiró voluntariamente del mercado casi 5 millones de botellas de limpiador multiusos Fabuloso por “riesgo de proliferación bacteriana”, informó la empresa. Según la empresa, un conservante “no se añadió en los niveles previstos durante la fabricación”, lo que provocó la proliferación de la especie Pseudomonas, una bacteria muy presente en
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