KDKA By Jessica Guay Click here for updates on this story WHITE OAK, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Two dogs left in taped-up boxes outside the Giant Eagle in White Oak are now in the loving care of a local animal shelter. The disturbing discovery was made outside the grocery store in White Oak around noon on
Continue ReadingNEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former “Sports Illustrated” model who pushed back against age discrimination by reentering the industry as a widow, has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities in Bucks County found Haddon, 76, dead in a second-floor bedroom
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Pozen Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The family of a missing Long Beach woman who they believe is a victim of sex trafficking are hopeful that a new billboard they recently had put up will help bring her home. Ruthey Smith went missing nearly three years
Continue ReadingKCAL, KCBS, KATHRYN RENESTO, CNN By Lauren Pozen Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KCAL/KCBS) — The family of a missing Long Beach woman who they believe is a victim of sex trafficking are hopeful that a new billboard they recently had put up will help bring her home. Ruthey Smith
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(Update: Adding video, comments from staff, visitors) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mount Bachelor is receiving lots of fresh snow for skiers and snowboarders. Snowboarders and skiers say it’s a great time to play in the snow. A snowboarder, like, Joshua Adams, made the journey to Bachelor from Seattle. “Hopefully we get more storms to come through,” Adams
Continue ReadingCNN By Darya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya, on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The discount chain Big Lots has reached a deal that will keep hundreds of its stores open. Big Lots said it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, which specializes in distressed companies. Gordon Brothers will then transfer Big Lots’ stores to other retailers. Variety Wholesalers, which owns more than 400
Continue ReadingRussia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting on Jan. 1, citing alleged unpaid debt by the east European country. The government in the capital Chisinau has brought in emergency measures as it braces for power cuts and accused Moscow of weaponizing energy supplies. Gazprom said in an online
Continue ReadingDana Karni, CNN Dos proyectiles lanzados desde el norte de Gaza este sábado activaron alarmas en Jerusalén y otras ciudades, dijeron las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI). Las FDI señalaron que se lanzaron interceptores después de que se identificaron los cohetes cruzando hacia Israel. El servicio de emergencia Magen David Adom (MDA, por sus
Continue ReadingBy Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Big Lots, the discount chain that filed for bankruptcy in September, said Friday that it agreed to a sale transaction with an investment firm, allowing hundreds of stores to stay open by transferring its property to other retailers and companies. The Columbus, Ohio-based company recently announced it was preparing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the city’s first pyrotechnics drone show, as part of a campaign to raise support and awareness of panda conservation. The 10-minute drone show featured 1,000 drones, some of which were equipped with fireworks, flying over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour and
Continue ReadingManuela Castro, CNN Español El Gobierno de Javier Milei amplió la capacidad de actuación de las Fuerzas Armadas de Argentina, las que con las nuevas disposiciones podrán ser convocadas a participar en ciertos asuntos de seguridad interior. Mediante dos decretos, Milei modificó la reglamentación de Ley de Defensa Nacional, la cual fue sancionada en 1988
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll never have to do: bury thousands of people in the event of war. The search follows recommendations from the Church of Sweden’s national secretariat, which reflect crisis preparedness guidelines from the Swedish Civil Contingencies
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Most people think of physical therapy as rehabilitation. But many physical therapists want the profession to be seen as preventive medicine. Think of a physical therapist the way you do a dentist. You go regularly and get checked out even if you’re not having a problem. You could have an exam that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires since 2005. And those fires contributed to
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the suspected health care CEO assassin Luigi Mangione have decided on a similar defense strategy: Hire an Agnifilo. Or two. Marc Agnifilo is heading Combs’ defense against racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges, while Karen Friedman Agnifilo is leading Mangione’s murder defense, with
Continue ReadingBy Marcus Mabry In 2016, CNN produced a book entitled Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything. As we look back on the top 100 stories of 2024 on CNN’s digital platforms, the word unprecedented would seem too overused by now to still be potent … and yet. Once again, you rewarded CNN’s extraordinary journalism with
Continue ReadingDarya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls, CNN El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, se disculpó por el hecho de que un vuelo de Azerbaijan Airlines se estrellara después de entrar en el espacio aéreo ruso en Grozny, Chechenia, el miércoles, pero no dijo que Rusia fuera responsable. Putin dijo este sábado que los sistemas de defensa aérea
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italy’s parliament has approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth a total of 30 billion euros — more than half of that in tax cuts and social security benefits for low-income citizens. The measures, pushed by the far-right cabinet headed by Premier Giorgia Meloni, won final approval in the Upper House by 108
Continue ReadingBy Darya Tarasova, Catherine Nicholls and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has apologized for the fact that an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya, on Wednesday, but did not say that Russia was responsible. Putin said Saturday that Russia’s air defense systems were active when the
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