By Nadeen Ebrahim and Nechirvan Mando, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — A popular Iraqi TikTok personality was shot dead on Monday in Baghdad, an Iraqi security source told CNN. Known on social media as “Noor BM,” 23-year-old Noor Alsaffar had over 370,000 followers collectively on Instagram and TikTok. Alsaffar mostly posted short videos showing dresses,
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Former Spain women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda has been summoned to appear before a judge in the probe involving former soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for his kissing a player on the lips after the team won the Women’s World Cup title last month. Vilda
Continue ReadingBy Jonah Kaplan Click here for updates on this story SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota (WCCO) — The cultural winds are changing in Sleepy Eye. The school district announced it will change its name and the name of its mascot to respect the wishes of Indigenous tribes and follow state law. The city’s name, Sleepy Eye, is
Continue ReadingWCCO, SLEEPY EYE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CNN By Jonah Kaplan Click here for updates on this story SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota (WCCO) — The cultural winds are changing in Sleepy Eye. The school district announced it will change its name and the name of its mascot to respect the wishes of Indigenous tribes and follow state law.
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press Ronald Reagan gave many notable speeches as president and he was known for his turn of a phrase. Think of his 1982 speech to Britain’s Parliament, when he said “the march of freedom and democracy” was leaving “Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history.” Today, if you’re paying close attention
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has ordered the central government, the Kumamoto prefecture and a chemical company to recognize more than 120 plaintiffs as patients of the decades-old Minamata mercury poisoning and pay compensation they have been denied because they developed symptoms after moving away from the region. The
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Asheville acupuncturist is charged with sexually assaulting one of his long-time patients. Shi Ying Kuai was arrested on Sept. 26. The 90-year-old acupuncturist is charged with second-degree sex offense and sexual battery. Asheville Police Detective Jonathan McCain said Kuai
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Wes Anderson’s brand of straight-faced weirdness can be an acquired taste, but the writer-director finds a hospitable outlet for his sense of whimsy in “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” a 39-minute adaptation of the Roald Dahl story. He also finds the right outfit to bankroll that in
Continue ReadingBy Bryant McCray Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee police are looking for at least five people of interest after a shooting near an area high school Friday night. The shooting happened during Milwaukee Lutheran High School’s homecoming football game. The homecoming game was in its third quarter when shots
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has started hearing petitions against a new law making it harder to declare a prime minister unfit for office. Eleven of the 15 Supreme Court judges were hearing Thursday’s arguments. Within two months, the court would have heard arguments on three cases that challenge laws
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Prizont-Cado Click here for updates on this story PORT WASHINGTON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — You know the saying: “You can run but you can’t hide”? Well, for a tortoise it’s quite the opposite. Brittany Hudson told CBS 58 News she was 20 years old back in 2000, when she bought Augusta, aka “Gus,” from
Continue ReadingWDJT, BRITTANY HUDSON, CNN By Daniela Prizont-Cado Click here for updates on this story PORT WASHINGTON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — You know the saying: “You can run but you can’t hide”? Well, for a tortoise it’s quite the opposite. Brittany Hudson told CBS 58 News she was 20 years old back in 2000, when she bought
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Gen Xers are now in their 40s and 50s and account for about a fifth of the US population. But as the next generation in line to retire behind the Baby Boomers, their experience may be a cautionary tale for those coming up behind them. A recent
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — New floods following torrential rain have swept across swathes of central Greece already battered by deadly storms weeks earlier. They have damaged roads, flooded homes and caused power outages in the coastal city of Volos and the island of Evia. At least eight villages were ordered evacuated late Wednesday as floodwaters
Continue ReadingBy KIM COOK Associated Press For some people, the scarier the better when it comes to Halloween decorations. There are plenty of bloody zombies and monsters with glowing eyes and sound effects. That can be part of the fun. But others, including those with little kids, find the aesthetic disturbing and prefer Halloween without the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the pull of the planet’s gravity for the first time in more than a year. Rubio and his two Russian colleagues — cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin — parachuted to a landing in
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israel will be joining the US Visa Waiver Program, allowing Israeli citizens to soon enter the United States without a visa and vice versa, the Biden administration has announced. Israeli citizens will be expected to be able to enter the US visa-free by November 30, an official said. Under
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN (CNN) — A vacation rental that describes itself as a “mud-laden, moss-covered, murky-watered swamp” wouldn’t usually be in demand. But this new Airbnb listing in the Scottish Highlands is an exception to the rule. That’s because it’s a faithful recreation of the home of DreamWorks Animation’s beloved ogre Shrek. Shrek’s “swamp” is
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — London’s office market has plunged into a “rental recession,” with the share of empty space hitting its highest level in three decades, investment bank Jefferies said in a note Wednesday. The New York-based firm said vacancies in the City of London, the UK capital’s historic financial district, accounted
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The UN Refugee Agency has rebuked UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman over her claims that world leaders have failed to reform the global refugee system due to fears of being branded as “racist or illiberal” and that the asylum framework is creating “huge incentives for illegal migration.” The United
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