By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — With six teams on a bye in Week 12 and many heavily-favored teams in the games on the schedule, Sunday’s slate of games had the possibility of lacking intrigue. But it didn’t play out that way, with historic performances from star players, thrilling endings to games and underdogs hanging
Continue ReadingBAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says the country’s population has grown to 45.4 million, according to preliminary results from a national census, the first in nearly 40 years. The nationwide population census carried out earlier this month is a step aimed at modernizing data collection and planning in a country long impacted by conflict
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Swiss watchmaker Swatch has won a suit against the Malaysian government after a court ordered the return of 172 Swatch watches seized last year due to designs that authorities said bore LGBT elements. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said Monday the government will wait for the court’s full judgment before deciding
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Unless you’re lucky enough to have a defined-benefit pension on top of Social Security when you retire — which most US private-sector workers will not — figuring out how to make your money last in retirement can be nerve-wracking. That’s because you can’t predict any of the big variables
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Bill Weir, CNN BUCHANAN, New York (CNN) — The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It is well into its decommissioning process after shutting down in 2021: The remaining waste of
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un británico fue capturado por las fuerzas rusas mientras luchaba por Ucrania en la región de Kursk, según informan los medios estatales de Rusia. Un hombre británico fue tomado prisionero mientras luchaba por Ucrania en la región de Kursk, en Rusia, según informaron los medios estatales rusos. La agencia estatal TASS
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Diplomats and other officials say there have been several sticking points in ceasefire talks to end the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, even as conditions for an agreement appear to be ripe. Israel’s military has killed nearly all of the militant group’s top leaders, but it
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Susan Lorincz, the White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor Ajike “AJ” Owens through the door of her central Florida apartment during a dispute over children playing near her home, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Owens’ family and prosecutors asked Lorincz receive the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press I have a confession. I like the Thanksgiving leftovers better than the holiday feast. The Thanksgiving meal is a family favorite, and I love all of the foods. But what makes me even happier is opening the fridge the next morning and foraging for a slice of apple pie or some leftover roasted
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a county judge in his chambers two months ago has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder of a public official. Monday’s arraignment was the first time defendant Shawn “Mickey” Stines, 43, was at the Letcher County Courthouse since state District
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Avignon, France (CNN) — Dominique Pelicot, the man who organized for more than 50 men to rape his unconscious wife, is “fully responsible” for his actions, a French public prosecutor told court after requesting the maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Public prosecutor Laure Chabaud told the packed
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Gazing out the window of a rocket at Earth’s glistening blue perimeter, Emily Calandrelli’s mind was likely far from away from the trolls that inhabit the internet on this planet. But less than 24 hours after the MIT engineer and TV host known as “Space Gal” became the 100th
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department and Google have made their closing arguments in a trial alleging Google’s online advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly. The arguments in federal court Monday in northern Virginia came as Google already faces a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine. The
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans are losing their taste for Lunchables. Sales of the compartmentalized meat and cheese meal marketed to kids and their busy parents in colorful boxes slid 12% during the quarter ending on November 3, according to Circana data. Lunchables’ slide is hurting its parent company, Kraft Heinz.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The newly elected Georgian parliament has opened its inaugural session as opposition lawmakers and the country’s president stayed away and thousands of protesters rallied outside under a heavy police presence. They accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of rigging the vote under Russian influence. The Oct. 26 election that
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — A British man has been taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian state media has reported. Russian state media outlet TASS said the man was 22-year-old James Scott Rhys Anderson, a former British soldier, citing a military source. The British Foreign Office confirmed it
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, Jean Casarez, Nick Watt and Jason Kravarik, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A judge in California has delayed a scheduled resentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez at the brothers’ first hearing since they were sentenced to life in prison for murdering their parents in 1989 and the latest step in their
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Following upset losses to unranked opponents, Alabama and Mississippi both fell out of the top 10 in the AP Top 25 poll when the latest rankings were released on Sunday. Meanwhile, Miami and SMU moved into the top 10 with Oregon remaining at No. 1 in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — A high-profile rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want for 51 men men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot, 71, while she was drugged and rendered unconscious by her husband of nearly 50 years. Dominique Pelicot has
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Iced coffee just isn’t the same when you make it at home. It quickly waters down, tastes bitter and simply doesn’t emulate what you pay a barista upwards of $8 for. But brands like Nestlé and Keurig, who make single-serve espresso machines ubiquitous in many households, are
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