SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Five people have been fatally shot in Jamaica, marking the latest mass shooting on the small island. Local media reported that the shooting occurred late Monday in the southeastern parish of St. Andrew, where the capital of Kinston is located. No one has been arrested. It wasn’t immediately clear
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is coming back to the White House, but don’t expect another “Fire and Fury,” or much fire and fury in book publishing in general. Authors and publishers doubt that the reading public will snap up Trump-related works in the same way it did the first time
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A full postseason share for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers totaled $477,441, down from the winner’s amount in 2022 and 2023. The pool of $129.1 million in the third year of expanded playoffs set a record, topping $107.8 million last year, the commissioner’s office said Tuesday. Los Angeles voted
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — John Tinniswood, the world’s oldest man, has died at the age of 112. Tinniswood died on Monday at a care home in Southport, England, according to a news release from Guinness World Records (GWR) on Tuesday. “His last day was surrounded by music and love,” his family told GWR
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A parliamentary panel investigating Poland’s cash-for-visas scandal said it will send evidence of alleged breaches of law by the previous prime minister and other ministers and officials in the former right-wing government to prosecutors. The head of the inquiry panel said Tuesday that prosecutors will be notified over the involvement of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Tuesday they have foiled a plot to smuggle more than a ton of endangered pangolin scales worth over a million dollars. The 1.2 tons of scales worth $1.3 million were found Nov. 11 in Asahan district of North Sumatra province and apparently were meant to be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press YIWU, China (AP) — Visitors who bought fridge magnets at Times Square or other tourist hotspots around New York in recent years most likely were purchasing the work of Du Jing or one of her fellow exporters in a small Chinese city that supplies the U.S. and the world with tons of small
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says a number of small drones have been detected near four bases in eastern England that are used by American forces. Tuesday’s ongoing incident comes just days after drones were spotted near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell in eastern England and RAF Fairford in southwestern
Continue ReadingCNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A storm and the first punch of winterlike chill will combine to cause Thanksgiving travel headaches across the eastern half of the United States as Mother Nature serves up a smorgasbord of sloppy weather. The storm will roll through parts of the Midwest and South Wednesday night
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s more than 100 Christmas markets are opening across the city this week, and organizers are taking an increasingly diverse approach. It goes far beyond the traditional offerings of mulled wine, hot bratwurst and roasted almonds. There is now an LGBTQ+ Christmas market in the German capital offering rainbow pierogi
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian naval forces have rescued five more people and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht carrying 44 passengers sank in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam after facing rough weather. This brings the total to 33 survivors while seven remain missing. Sea Story, a live-aboard used mainly
Continue ReadingCNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, America launched an all-out trade war with China to boost US manufacturing, secure US national security interests and resolve what Trump believed was an extremely out-of-balance trade relationship. President Joe Biden kept most of those tariffs in place and added
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re flying this holiday season and you’re noticing the plane feels more packed, while your wallet feels thinner, there’s a reason for that. A record 31 million passengers are expected to fly US airlines over the course of this week, according to Airlines for America, the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country on allegations of spying as tensions soar over the conflict in Ukraine. The U.K. has dismissed the allegations as “baseless.” Russia’s Federal Security Service said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies on Tuesday that the diplomat had provided false
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants began a ceasefire Wednesday in a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting as a region on edge wondered whether it will hold. Some celebratory gunshots could be heard in parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs, battered over the past two months, but no
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — “Recatado” (Demure), una palabra que se hizo viral durante el verano, fue nombrada palabra del año 2024 por Dictionary.com, superando a otras candidatas como “brainrot” (decadencia mental), “brat” (maleducado) y “weird” (extraño). En un comunicado publicado este lunes, el sitio web afirma que la palabra experimentó un “meteórico aumento de uso”
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Claims that the recent record-breaking boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was rigged are “incorrect and baseless … illogical and inane,” the fight’s promoter said in a statement Monday. Paul won the controversial bout, which was the most-streamed global sporting event in history, via unanimous decision after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.6 billion loan to Rivian Automotive to build a factory in Georgia that had stalled as the startup electric vehicle maker struggled to become profitable. It’s unclear whether the administration can complete the loan before
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A 13-year-old Indian cricketer made history on Monday as he became the youngest player ever to have his rights purchased at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. The rights to Vaibhav Suryavanshi were bought for 11 million Indian rupees (around $130,000) to the Rajasthan Royals after a bidding spree
Continue ReadingBy Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN (CNN) — Here’s a secret that’s not really a secret — many people pee in the shower. Maybe you’re one of those people who don’t care since it’s all going down the same drain, or perhaps you’re one of those who find it unhygienic. When it comes to going number one
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