By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Drew Barrymore and Kelly Clarkson have announced return dates for their daytime shows now that writers have tentatively reached a new contract agreement. Barrymore shared the news on Instagram that “The Drew Barrymore Show” will return for its fourth season on Oct. 16. “This just in: We’re kicking off
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile strike killed at least 51 people, including a child, in a village near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk on Thursday, officials say, in one of the deadliest attacks against civilians since the conflict began. Moscow’s forces targeted a cafe
Continue ReadingBy Avis Favaro, CTV National News Medical Correspondent and Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Last December, 67-year-old Charlene Snow waited in the emergency department in a Nova Scotia hospital for seven hours before she gave up and went home — without seeing a
Continue ReadingBy Ed DiOrio Click here for updates on this story MARS HILL, North Carolina (WLOS) — Teresa Ramsay loved going to the old Mars Hill Theatre for a few reasons. “She’d be dancing around any time we’d have a music challenge,” fundraiser organizer Lakin Vanweelden said. “She just has a bright soul and loves to
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Shares in UK lender Metro Bank sank as much as 31% Thursday following a report that it was urgently seeking to raise funds to shore up its finances. The Financial Times reported that the bank was in talks with investors to raise £250 million ($303 million) in equity
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Parents know that raising children is expensive. A new report tries to narrow down exactly how much it costs to have a family in Canada, including the extra money it takes to get by if they decide to
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Tropical Storm Philippe is on track to deliver a dreary weekend to the Northeast, including a slug of tropical moisture which is raising the risk of flooding rainfall in an area that has been soaked repeatedly in recent weeks. The tropical storm has 50 mph winds and is
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Some of the nation’s largest cancer centers are reporting little improvement in an ongoing shortage of critical chemotherapy drugs in the United States. Among 29 cancer centers across the country, 72% reported a shortage of the chemotherapy medication carboplatin, and 59% are still seeing a shortage of the drug cisplatin, according
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African flag will not be displayed at the rugby and cricket World Cups later this month if its national anti-doping body does not appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to declare it non-compliant. The consequences of the decision by WADA
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — A half-century after the original helped rewrite the rules of horror and launched a thousand imitators, “The Exorcist: Believer” tries picking up that mantle, with the lure of 90-year-old Ellen Burstyn reprising her role. The nostalgia factor elevates an otherwise slow-building film that maintains an eerie creepiness before
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Roy Wood Jr., who some believed would succeed Trevor Noah as host of “The Daily Show,” has announced he’s leaving the talk show. The correspondent for “The Daily Show” first shared the news in an interview with NPR’s television critic, Eric Deggans. “After eight amazing years on The
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Amnesty International is urging Pakistan to maintain its support for Afghan refugees by enabling them to live with dignity and be free from the fear of deportation to Afghanistan where they face persecution by the Taliban. Amnesty said in a statement Thursday that the forced return of refugees to Afghanistan could put
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Former England cricket captain Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has spoken publicly for the first time since being hospitalized after an accident during filming of the popular motoring show “Top Gear.” In a video shared by the England Cricket team on social media Wednesday, Flintoff was seen awarding an England cap
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Philippe is aiming for Bermuda on a path that would eventually take it to Atlantic Canada and eastern New England. The storm was located 375 miles south-southwest of Bermuda on Thursday. It had winds of up to 50 mph and was moving north at 14 mph. A
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered on the front steps of San Francisco City Hall Thursday to remember the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein at a funeral service. Political leaders celebrated the life of the longtime California senator, who died last week at 90, at the afternoon memorial, highlighting her character and her legacy
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — AT&T and Gallaudet University have developed a football helmet for players who are deaf or hard of hearing and communicate using American Sign Language. The company and Washington-based school for students who are deaf or hard of hearing unveiled the new technology Thursday. It allows a
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A gala concert featuring the Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich is the opening event for the 2nd Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw. Launched in 2018, the competition is intended to promote historically informed performance of 19th century piano music, chiefly by Polish composer Frederic Chopin.
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden’s 2-year-old German shepherd, Commander, has been involved in more biting incidents than previously reported at the White House, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While the US Secret Service has acknowledged 11 reported biting incidents involving its
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s president has refused a plan by her country’s caretaker government to send further military aid to Ukraine because parties that are against such help are in talks to form a new government following last week’s election. The presidential office says that the current government of technocrats has only limited powers.
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A lawyer says five Israelis accused of gang raping a British woman in a Cyprus hotel room won’t plead to charges including rape, sexual assault and abduction until prosecutors hand over key material including DNA tests, fingerprints and eyewitness testimony. Yannis Habaris, a lawyer representing three of the five Israeli nationals,
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