By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE crushed its social media record over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with the return of wrestler CM Punk at Survivor Series garnering more than 71 million views across all of the sports entertainment company’s platforms. WWE said Tuesday that the comeback moment has more than 71 million views across all platforms, making
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland says it will close its last remaining border crossing with Russia amid concerns that Moscow is using migrants as part of “hybrid warfare” to destabilize the Nordic country following its entry into NATO. Finland already had shut seven of its eight of the checkpoints on its
Continue ReadingBy Joe McLean Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Missouri (KMOV) — Two transgender boys are suing the University of Missouri system over its decision to stop providing them gender-affirming care treatments. The university’s decision was finalized after a new state law took effect which bans such care for minors. The law, however,
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Tiffany Haddish is vowing to seek help after her recent arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. In an interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” the actress and comedian explained that she fell asleep at the wheel on her way home after volunteering and performing at The Laugh Factory’s
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Izzard is returning to a New York stage this winter for an ambitious version of “Hamlet.” It’s ambitious because the actor-comedian will be the only one on stage. Izzard will play all the William Shakespeare parts in a one-person staging adapted by Izzard’s brother,
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The foreign ministers of the three Baltic states and of Ukraine say they will boycott a meeting by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe being held this week in North Macedonia. They object to the participation of Russia’s foreign minister. The top diplomats
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. Para ver las actualizaciones recientes haz clic aquí. Un convoy de la Cruz Roja con rehenes israelíes y extranjeros se dirige a Egipto desde Gaza el domingo. Crédito: Fatima Shbair/AP Miembros de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) trabajan en un área de preparación cerca de la
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home prices continued to rise in September, hitting a new record high and marking the eighth consecutive month of increases, according to data released Tuesday. Even as mortgage rates lingered above 7% in September, historically low inventory continued to push up the price of a home.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Naktin Click here for updates on this story Kaneohe Bay (KITV) — Navy officials are looking to begin salvaging the plane that slid off a runway at Marine Corps Base Hawaii a week ago. The plane has already been defueled. Over the weekend, Navy divers removed about 2,000 gallons of fuel from the
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Not all science is carried out by folks in white lab coats under the fluorescent lights of academic buildings. Occasionally, the trajectory of the scientific record is forever altered inside a pub over a pint of beer. Such is the case for the sweeping purple and green lights that
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Mark Cuban is swimming away from the show that helped America better come to know the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks. During an appearance on the Showtime podcast “All The Smoke,” Cuban talked to hosts and former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson about his time
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Country singer Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” tops Apple Music’s global song chart in 2023. The giant music streamer on Tuesday released its end-of-year lists and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes. Nigerian rapper Rema’s “Calm Down” was No. 1 on the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden offered Tuesday to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potential high-stakes faceoff even as a separate special counsel probe unfolds and his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection. The Democratic president’s
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — How many people are on your holiday shopping list this year? Are you going to splurge or bargain hunt? Will you spend within your means or take on debt? A lot of attention is currently being given to those kinds of questions, since they can provide economists
Continue ReadingBy KATHIA MARTÍNEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court has unanimously declared a 20-year concession for a Canadian copper mine that had sparked weeks of protests as unconstitutional. Opponents of the Cobre Panama mine argued it would damage a forested coastal area and threaten water supplies. The announcement of
Continue ReadingBy Madison Smith Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An Air Force veteran is continuing his public service by helping Asheville communities and surrounding areas catch cats that got a little too curious. Retired Air Force colonel Spencer Cocanour offers free help through Asheville Tree-Top Cat Rescue, rescuing cats
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Hungary’s capital next month. It will be his second trip to the Budapest this year. The Dec. 18 visit comes as both countries remain the only NATO members not to have ratified Sweden’s accession into the trans-Atlantic military alliance.
Continue ReadingBy Denise Pridgen Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man was arrested Thanksgiving morning after being caught inside a south Asheville business. Asheville police responded to a breaking and entering in progress at the business near the 1650 block of Hendersonville Road about 10 a.m. Nov. 23. When
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are arguing that he had a good faith basis to question the outcome of the 2020 election that he lost. A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in Washington asserts that Trump was not obligated to accept at face value
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden’s lawyers have told the House Oversight Committee that the president’s son is willing to testify on December 13 in their inquiry into his actions — but only if he can do so publicly, according to a letter Hunter Biden’s legal team sent to the
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