By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three members of the Scottish parliament will battle to become leader of the governing Scottish National Party. The party said Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and lawmaker Ash Regan all passed the threshold of at least 100 nominations from 20 or more local party
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh faced intense questioning about his movements the night his wife and son were killed as the prosecutor challenged inconsistencies in his memory Friday at his double murder trial. A day after revealing for the first time that he was at the kennels where his
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Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch parliamentary inquiry has released a damning report into the government’s handling of lucrative natural gas extraction that caused a string of earthquakes in the northern province of Groningen. The report says profits were put before people in the region. The conclusions in the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Los astrónomos descubrieron un planeta inusualmente grande que orbita en torno a una pequeña estrella, ubicado a unos 280 años luz de la Tierra. El inesperado tamaño del mundo recién descubierto, llamado TOI 5205b, hizo que los investigadores lo llamaran el “planeta prohibido”. Aproximadamente del tamaño de Júpiter, los investigadores lo
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Republican Rep. John James of Michigan is opting against a campaign for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024. James filed paperwork Friday to run for reelection to his Detroit-area House seat. James had been considered one of the GOP’s most promising potential
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Después del fenómeno global de la Sesión No. 53 de Shakira junto al productor argentino Bizarrap, un clarísimo mensaje dirigido a la expareja de la colombiana, el exfutbolista Gerard Piqué, llega la esperada colaboración de la artista con su compatriota Karol G, “La Bichota”. Karol G y Shakira dicen que
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is declaring its solidarity with Ukraine by piling sweeping new sanctions on Moscow and approving a fresh $2 billion weapons package for Kyiv. The U.S. action aims to fortify Ukraine a year after Russia’s invasion. New sanctions introduced by the
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is declaring its solidarity with Ukraine by piling sweeping new sanctions on Moscow and approving a fresh $2 billion weapons package for Kyiv. The U.S. action aims to fortify Ukraine a year after Russia’s invasion. New sanctions introduced by the
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Pink is talking about her new album, “Trustfall,” named in the spirit of the exercise of falling backwards into someone’s hands, trusting them to catch you. “That’s a team building exercise. But to me it means in order to get out of bed in the morning right now, it feels like
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Using marijuana every day can raise a person’s risk of coronary artery disease, or CAD, by a third compared with those who never partake, a new study found. “A growing body of evidence suggests that cannabis is not entirely without harm and may actually cause cardiovascular disease,” said lead study author
Continue ReadingBy Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN An Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo is back in his enclosure after escaping his habitat for a second time this month. The bear, named Ben, broke out of his outdoor habitat Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the zoo. But he was not outside for
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge heated up unexpectedly in January, as did consumer spending, showing the continued strength of the US economy — and that rising prices won’t be so easily defeated. Inflation picked up speed in January as the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 5.4% from a year
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Justice Samuel Alito of the US Supreme Court asked this week what may be, to millions of average internet users, the most relatable question to come out of a pair of high-stakes oral arguments about the future of social media. “Would Google collapse, and the internet be destroyed,” Alito asked a
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Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Caitlin Haskell and Jennifer Cohen were stumped. The curators, both working on the Art Institute of Chicago’s first show dedicated to Salvador Dalí, were researching his painting “Visions of Eternity,” which was dated to 1936 and had been held in the museum since the late 1980s. A vertical composition, “Visions of Eternity”
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The sad truth about “Luther” is that after a splendid debut, the BBC America series grew progressively worse and concocted even as Idris Elba’s star capital steadily rose. After five widely spaced seasons over a decade, tortured detective John Luther is back in “Luther: The Fallen Sun,” a dark and
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Few actors bring as much smiling menace to a role as Christoph Waltz, and he has a doozy of one to showcase those qualities in “The Consultant,” a crackling Amazon series from the “Severance” school of “Boy, I’m glad I don’t work there.” Although the show doesn’t pay off quite
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — Not even elite athletes can escape the effects of post-COVID-19 fatigue, though their experiences may vary from the average patient’s. This is one of the findings of a new study out of the United Kingdom, published on Feb. 17
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