By CAROLINA BORGES, DANNIELLE GARCIA Click here for updates on this story MARGATE, Florida (WSVN) — A hazmat situation unfolded in Margate as seven individuals, including five children and two adults, suffered carbon monoxide poisoning inside a residence, according to the Margate Fire Chief. First responders arrived at a residence along the 4900 block of
Continue ReadingBy GAIL LEVY, KEVIN BOULANDIER Click here for updates on this story SURFSIDE, Florida (WSVN) — The search is on for several possible migrants who came ashore in Surfside after jumping off a smuggling vessel, prompting a massive police response. The incident occurred on Wednesday night in the area of 94th Street and Collins Avenue.
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — US consumer prices rose 3.4% annually to close out 2023, capping a year of substantial progress on efforts to rein in painfully high inflation. The Consumer Price Index, which measures the average price changes for commonly purchased goods and services, rose 0.3% in December from the month
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a dozen new bitcoin funds began trading in U.S. markets for the first time Thursday, providing increased access to the cryptocurrency for everyday investors. ETFs give investors a way to get in on trading in oil, gold, corporate bonds and now bitcoin without actually
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir that Lisa Marie Presley had been working on at the time of her death will be published this fall. The book, currently untitled, was completed with the help of actor Riley Keough, the eldest of Presley’s four children. “Few people had the opportunity
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have compiled the largest database of ancient DNA based on the bones and teeth of almost 5,000 humans who lived across Western Europe and parts of Central Asia from 34,000 years ago until medieval times. Analysis of this uniquely detailed pool of ancient genetic information suggests genes that
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Sears’ last-remaining store in the New York metro area is closing, bringing the number of Sears locations still in existence down to about a dozen. A Facebook post for the Jersey City location, just across the river from Manhattan, recently announced a “store closing” sale, ending its
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Mariska Hargitay reveló en un conmovedor ensayo personal que hace décadas fue violada. Pero la estrella de “Law & Order: SVU” escribió que no permitirá que la experiencia la “defina”. “Un hombre me violó cuando tenía treinta y tantos”, escribió al comienzo de su artículo, publicado por la revista People este
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Microsoft says it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the U.S. where national privacy laws don’t exist. The Seattle-based company said Thursday that the changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform and
Continue ReadingBy ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — A plane carrying Gambia’s national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Gambia’s Football Federation says a chartered flight Wednesday carrying the team returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A migrants’ rights organization has criticized authorities in Cyprus for failing to speak out against an explosion that damaged its offices following threats against it by what it calls far-right and extremist groups. The Movement for Equality, Support, Anti-Racism nongovernmental organization says a makeshift explosive device detonated before dawn Jan. 5
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press Post-pandemic burnout is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S., prompting many to think about abandoning their jobs, according to a new nationwide survey. More than 4 in 10 of clergy surveyed in fall 2023 had seriously considered leaving their congregations at least once since 2020, when the
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In the city center of Tirana, Albania, residents and visitors can climb a monumental pyramid that was once the shining symbol of an oppressive dictatorship — their treading feet a triumph over the past. Reimagined by Dutch architecture studio MVRDV, the Pyramid of Tirana has been transformed from a
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan says it’s deeply concerned by recent arbitrary arrests and detentions by the Taliban government of women and girls for allegedly violating dress codes regarding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab. The mission said it was looking into claims of ill treatment of women and extortion in
Continue ReadingBy Rob Hodgetts, CNN (CNN) — It’s the white gold that gives ski resorts their essence, but these days, snow is an increasingly precious commodity. Whether it’s falling from the sky in silent, fluffy flakes or being pumped out of the now ubiquitous snow cannons lining the ski runs, resorts rely on the white stuff
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER and JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writers FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired by the New England Patriots. He walks away feeling like it was a job well
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has publicly revealed he has terminal cancer and has “about a year” to live, the 75-year-old told Swedish radio station P1 on Thursday. CNN previously had learned from a source close to Eriksson that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “Everyone can see that I have
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Legendary head coach Bill Belichick confirmed on Thursday that he is leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons, during which the franchise won six Super Bowl titles. Standing next to Patriots owner Robert Kraft at a media conference, Belichick said the two of them had
Continue ReadingSol Amaya Esta cobertura en vivo ha finalizado Miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas inspeccionan a un hombre durante una operación para proteger la seguridad civil en Quito, el 10 de enero de 2024. Crédito: STRINGER/AFP vía Getty Images Reclusos en el techo de la prisión Turi, en Cuenca, Ecuador, el 9 de enero de 2024.
Continue ReadingBy Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — The first time Leslie Jordan held her son, she didn’t recognize he was her child. “I didn’t know I had delivered. I was just like, ‘Is this my baby?’” Jordan recalled, adding the whole room was crying. Two days after her son’s birth, Jordan said she had a searing headache.
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