Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday. Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed the banana in a press conference held
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 cartons of organic eggs sold at Costco stores are being recalled due to concerns about potential salmonella contamination. Handsome Brook Farms, a New York-based organic egg supplier, said the organic, pasture-raised, 24-count eggs were sold under the Kirkland Signature brand. The eggs were distributed to 25
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La actriz mexicana Silvia Pinal Hidalgo falleció a los 93 años este jueves, informó la cadena Televisa-Univision y la Asociación Nacional de Actores (ANDA) en sus cuentas de X. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Nació el 12 de septiembre de 1931 en Guaymas, Sonora y fue considerada como una de
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The NCAA’s yearslong efforts to get lawmakers to address myriad problems in college sports could finally pay off in the new, Republican-controlled Congress. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who is set to take over as chair of the powerful Commerce Committee, said recently that a college sports bill
Continue ReadingBy Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Daniel had no prior professional photography experience when he decided to buy his first camera. But within six months of roaming the streets of Portland, Oregon — and with the help of a few online tutorials — Daniel developed a surprisingly unique photographic style: capturing free portraits of
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — If you’re a candle lover, you have probably seen some brands offer soy or beeswax versions as natural alternatives to typical wax options. But are conventional candles actually bad for you? And if they are, how much better could the ones marketed as “healthier” or “nontoxic” really be? Concerns
Continue ReadingTwo children and a woman were crushed to death Friday as a crowd of Palestinians pushed to get bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip amid a worsening food crisis in the war-ravaged territory, medical officials said. The bodies of two girls aged 13 and 17 and the 50-year-old woman were taken to the
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Protesters in Serbia stood in silence for 15 minutes on Friday for the victims of a roof collapse four weeks ago in a northern city, seeking to keep up pressure on the populist authorities to punish those responsible for the tragedy. Traffic was blocked in several Serbian cities and towns, including
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — The Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their family home once stood in eastern Lebanon, tears streaming as they tried to make sense of the destruction. The home in Baalbek, a gathering place for generations, was reduced to rubble by an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 1, leaving
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — Thousands of teachers, health care workers, trash collectors and others walked off their jobs across Italy on Friday to protest a decline in spending power, persistently low salaries and government policies they say have weakened public services. Italy’s most powerful trade unions called the eight-hour strike and mobilized marches in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The incoming Trump administration could mean big changes in the government’s relationship with tech companies in ways that could affect users, ranging from the content they might see online to whether they could be confronted with discriminatory AI systems. President-elect Donald Trump and many of his allies
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — One day in September, I stood in front of my open refrigerator, ravenous but unable to figure out what I should eat. I was worried that whatever I chose to eat would cause the new app on my phone to record a spike in my glucose levels that would
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Continue ReadingCNN By Holly Yan and Gene Norman, CNN (CNN) — After the the Northeast was hammered by frigid rain or snow on Thanksgiving, a bitter blast of Arctic air is set to envelop much of the country by the time travelers head home this weekend. In New York City, sopping-wet revelers braved temperatures in the
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok and Bijan Hosseini, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — For 12 seasons, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes penned one of the most fabled stories in the history of Formula One. On the track, they rewrote the record books with seven consecutive constructors’ titles and six drivers’ titles in an unprecedented period of dominance between
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service says Russia is conducting a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine’s allies that risks dangerously escalating the conflict. MI6 chief Richard Moore said Friday that Moscow wants to deter Western countries from supporting Ukraine. In a speech in Paris, he said his agency
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Today, highs will be in the low to mid 40s after a cold start this morning. Drier air has moved in, so frost is a little less likely this morning but there could be a few areas that have to scrape. If you’re heading out this morning to shop the holiday deals, give yourself a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization chief says she’s “eager” to work with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his trade team, while taking a wait-and-see stance about Trump’s plans to impose new tariffs on goods from other countries including China, Mexico and Canada. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made the comments to reporters
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Former women’s world No. 1 Simona Halep has criticized the “big difference in treatment” she received from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) compared to the body’s handling of Iga Świątek’s failed test. On Thursday, it was announced that Świątek had accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Gorinov has been convicted again for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine and handed a three-year prison term. A swift, three-day trial against Gorinov, once a low-profile activist, underscored Moscow’s intolerance of any dissenting voices. Gorinov, a 63-year-old former member of a Moscow municipal council, is
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