By Ben Church, CNN Legendary quarterback Tom Brady has announced his retirement after 23 seasons in the NFL. “I’ll get to the point right away,” Brady, 45, said in a video posted to Twitter Wednesday. “I’m retiring for good. I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Daytime television psychologist “Dr. Phil” McGraw says he plans to end his talk show after 21 years in the coming months, but viewers haven’t seen the last of him. “Dr. Phil” was the most prominent spinoff from Oprah Winfrey’s show, which once dominated daytime TV. The Texan’s program debuted in September
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister says the Swedish government should “act differently” if it wants to gain Turkish support for its NATO membership bid. Speaking at a news conference in Hungary’s capital Tuesday, Peter Szijjarto condemned a recent Quran-burning protest outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm as “unacceptable,”
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The founder of a cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company who authorities say cheated dozens of investors and customers out of about $7.5 million has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. My Big Coin Inc. founder Randall Crater was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Tuesday. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The founder of a cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company who authorities say cheated dozens of investors and customers out of about $7.5 million has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. My Big Coin Inc. founder Randall Crater was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Tuesday. Prosecutors say
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN It was an all-you-can-eat buffet for a Michigan boy last weekend. Six-year-old Mason Stonehouse was playing on his dad’s phone before bedtime and spent about $1,000 on Grubhub orders. The food started coming to the Chesterfield Township family’s home near Detroit around 9 pm Saturday night. And it kept coming. The
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE AND JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — On the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the Rovaris family is a symbol of a pioneering success story. The family arrived in the state of Mato Grosso in the 1970s as part of a wave of agricultural expansion promoted by the country’s then-military
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose to 11 million in December, a sign the American labor market remains hot and a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it off. The Labor Department said Wednesday that openings were up from 10.4 million in November. Economists had expected
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose to 11 million in December, a sign the American labor market remains hot and a blow to the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool it off. The Labor Department said Wednesday that openings were up from 10.4 million in November. Economists had expected
Continue ReadingCNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Jennifer Hauser and Jessie Yeung, CNN Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza early on Thursday after intercepting a rocket attack from the coastal enclave, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. In a Twitter post, the IDF said Israeli fighter jets targeted a chemical production site and a weapons manufacturing facility owned
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Nic Robertson, Kareem Khadder and Richard Harlow, CNN Abu A’asem brews pot after pot of his specialty Arabic coffee, despite the pouring rain. His corner stand at the heart of Ramallah is always busy, no matter the weather, but his future as a Palestinian is very much as gloomy as the skies
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has traveled to Rabat along with 11 ministers before a meeting with Moroccan government officials. It’s part of the European country’s strategy to improve historically complex relations with its neighbor across the Strait of Gibraltar. The north African country is an
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a candle-lit bunker cut into the frozen earth. For several weeks they have been confronting hundreds of fighters belonging to the Russian private military contractor Wagner throwing themselves against Ukrainian defenses. Disguised
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen and Konstantin Hak, CNN Southwest of the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers Andriy and Borisych live in a candle-lit bunker cut into the frozen earth. For several weeks they have been confronting hundreds of fighters belonging to the Russian private military contractor Wagner throwing themselves against Ukrainian defenses. Disguised in
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, visitó las instalaciones del Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, una megacárcel con ocho módulos que pronto comenzará a funcionar y que, de acuerdo con las proyecciones de las autoridades, servirá para recluir a por lo menos 40.000 miembros de pandillas. El recorrido fue exhibido
Continue ReadingWTKR, NFHS NETWORK, VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE, CNN By Amy Woodyatt and Laura Ly, CNN A 22-year-old high school assistant basketball coach who allegedly posed as a player to take part in a junior varsity game has been fired, along with the rest of the coaching staff. Churchland High School received a report last month
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Good news: Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour is happening. Bad news: Fans are already gearing up for a difficult time getting tickets, especially following Ticketmaster’s botched ticket rollout for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Beyoncé announced the tour — which had been previously rumored — on Wednesday. In an Instagram post, the superstar posted
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN Stung by the Biden administration’s huge green subsidy program, the European Union unveiled plans for its own “Green Deal” Wednesday to cut red tape and deliver tax breaks. The Green Deal Industrial Plan will “enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industry” by simplifying regulation, speeding up access to finance, enhancing skills
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ozzy Osbourne anunció la cancelación de sus próximos espectáculos y dijo que las giras en su carrera terminaron porque “no es físicamente capaz (de ello)”. En un comunicado emitido este miércoles, el artista de 74 años dijo que hace cuatro años tuvo un accidente grave en el que se dañó
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER and JARI TANNER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has reaffirmed that Turkey won’t allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as it permits protests desecrating Islam’s holy book. Turkey has been holding off approving Sweden and Finland’s membership in the alliance. The Turkish government has been
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