By Ananda Pellerin, CNN (CNN) — The world of Sarah Lucas is crowded with body parts. During a career spanning over three decades, the London-born artist has amassed hundreds — if not thousands — of arms, legs, breasts and backsides, mixing irreverence and innuendo to make sculptures, self-portraits, and works on paper that raise eyebrows
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Lentes Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — Officials with the Sewerage and Water Board went before a New Orleans City Council committee Tuesday to discuss the utility’s latest efforts to combat saltwater intrusion. Last Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the saltwater wedge moving up
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. Well over half of tweens and teens report body image issues. The average age of first exposure to porn is 12 for boys and not much later for girls. Those are just
Continue ReadingBy Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore City police are investigating three separate carjackings that happened in the city Monday afternoon. Police said at around 10:30 a.m., a woman was forcibly thrown from her truck on Edmonson Avenue. Her dog, Lucy, was still in the car. Officers
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed its first set of sanctions on two companies that shipped Russian oil in violation of a multinational price cap. The United States, along with the European Union, countries in the Group of Seven and Australia, imposed a $60 a barrel limit last
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Caroline Ellison testified Thursday in Sam Bankman-Fried’s federal fraud trial that in the final days of Alameda Research, she admitted wrongdoing to her employees in an all-hands meeting, telling them the decision to borrow funds from customers of their sister firm, FTX, was “Sam’s, I guess.” “I
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — LeBron James, estrella de Los Angeles Lakers, calificó este miércoles de “trágicos e inaceptables” los ataques de Hamas contra Israel en un comunicado conjunto publicado en X, antes conocido como Twitter, con su socio Maverick Carter. “La devastación en Israel es trágica e inaceptable. El asesinato y la violencia contra personas inocentes
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The English Football Association says it will pay tribute to the Israeli and Palestinian victims of the war in the Middle East when England hosts Australia in a friendly match at Wembley Stadium. Plans do not include lighting up the national stadium’s iconic arch in the colors of Israel’s flag. The FA
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Eviatar Moshe Kipnis and Lilach Lea Havron are among the estimated 150 people believed held by Hamas in Gaza. The couple were with their health care aide. Their son, Nadav Kipnis, told The Associated Press that in addition to the couple and their aide, eight members of Havron’s family —
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Paul Lane uses his mouth, cheek and chin to push buttons and guide his virtual car around the “Gran Turismo” racetrack on the PlayStation 5. It’s how he’s been playing for the past 23 years, after a car accident left him unable to use
Continue ReadingBy Kim Dacey Click here for updates on this story PIKESVILLE, Maryland (WBAL) — Members of the Maryland Jewish community gathered at Beth Tfiloh Synagogue in Pikesville to pray for peace in Israel after recent deadly attacks. “It’s the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg said. “I’m sad for
Continue ReadingBy Bradley Davis Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Before breaking the internet as the first woman to ever play in a D1 HBCU football game, Leilani Armenta had been kicking for almost as long as she could walk. “I started soccer when I was five. So I mean, this
Continue ReadingWAPT, LEILANI ARMENTA, FACEBOOK, CNN, Leilani Armenta/Facebook By Bradley Davis Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Before breaking the internet as the first woman to ever play in a D1 HBCU football game, Leilani Armenta had been kicking for almost as long as she could walk. “I started soccer when
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Israel Thursday to pledge that the United States will never falter from its support for Israel as he condemned Hamas’ “litany of brutality and inhumanity” as evoking “the worst of ISIS.” “The message that I bring to Israel is this: you
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.N. officials say more than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan were women and children. Taliban officials say more than 2,000 people of all ages and genders across Herat province died in Saturday’s quake. The chief of the UNICEF field office
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A rare annular solar eclipse will be visible Saturday in eight western U.S. states, along with parts of Central and South America. The moon, in a phenomenon called the “ring of fire,” will partially shroud the sun and create a spectacular halo. Some Indigenous cultures don’t promote
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — At least one tornado damaged homes, cars and businesses in Florida as severe weather hit the state Thursday. A likely tornado damaged at least two homes in Clearwater Beach after it roared ashore early Thursday morning. No one was injured, Clearwater police said, but photos from
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — From parking their vehicles for the day to purchasing annual passes, visitors to Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, are going to be paying more to enjoy that Mickey Mouse magic. Again. The latest increases were announced and went into effect on Wednesday, October 11. That happens to be the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Naomi Dancy was found murdered in 1937, killed by two gunshots to the face. Decades later, her famous great-grandson is involved in a project investigating her death. “Ghost Story” is a new podcast hosted by Tristan Redman, the brother-in-law of actor Hugh Dancy, who is best known for
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British judge has ruled in favor of Richard Branson’s Virgin group in its lawsuit against a U.S. train company over a licensing agreement. Judge Mark Pelling ruled in favor of Virgin Enterprises, which had sued Florida passenger train operator Brightline Holdings for breaching an agreement to rebrand as Virgin Trains USA.
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