By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator — who left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent earlier this year — is further distancing himself from his former party, calling the Democratic brand “toxic.” “The D-brand has been so
Continue ReadingBy Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Last-minute holiday shoppers may want to give their digital carts a hard look. With colder temperatures potentially delaying shipping, carriers being overwhelmed with orders and some items simply out of stock, there are plenty of risks for procrastinating shoppers. More than half of Americans are worried about deliveries being
Continue ReadingPor Edward Szekeres, Sophie Tanno, Lucas Lilieholm e Inke Kappeler, CNN Las autoridades alemanas se enfrentan a crecientes acusaciones de que podrían haber hecho más para impedir un mortal ataque en un mercado navideño, mientras un juez ordenó que se mantuviera al sospechoso en prisión preventiva tras una comparecencia ante el tribunal a última hora
Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Campaigners have accused Facebook parent Meta of inflicting “potentially lifelong trauma” on hundreds of content moderators in Kenya, after more than 140 were diagnosed with PTSD and other mental health conditions. The diagnoses were made by Dr. Ian Kanyanya, the head of mental health services at Kenyatta National hospital
Continue ReadingBy Adam Renuart, CNN (CNN) — To borrow a golf term, Sunday of the NFL’s Week 16 could be called a “moving day” as teams jockey for playoff spots and seeding. After a Thursday night game and a Saturday double-header that had huge playoff implications for the AFC, Sunday will see NFC squads try to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A prominent Lebanese politician has met with the insurgent who led the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, and both expressed hope Sunday for a new era in relations between their countries. Druze leader Walid Jumblatt was a longtime critic of Syria’s involvement in Lebanon and blamed Assad’s father for
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — It was near the end of an unusual day for the four Patterson children when the deputies came to arrest their mother. The sheriff’s deputies approached the house, a tidy split-level outside Blue Ridge, Georgia, with chickens roaming the front yard and yellow flowers blooming along the front steps.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The question has loomed over Democrats and their allies since Donald Trump was elected to a second term: Do party leaders and liberal, pro-democracy activists have the juice to launch a passionate, organized opposition to Trump and the Republican congressional trifecta? The early takes, in the
Continue ReadingBy Edward Szekeres, Sophie Tanno, Lucas Lilieholm and Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Germany face growing accusations they could have done more to prevent a deadly Christmas market attack as a judge ordered the suspect to be held in pre-trial detention following a late-night court appearance on Saturday. Taleb Al Abdulmohsen is accused
Continue ReadingPor Julia Buckley Fue construido como un pasadizo secreto para que la élite de Florencia pasara sin ser detectada, lejos de los ciudadanos comunes. Ahora, por primera vez en la historia, el Corridoio Vasariano, o Corredor Vasari, se abre al público general. Menos un corredor y más un sendero privado para caminar por el centro
Continue ReadingPor Alayna Treene Kristen Holmes y Jeremy Herb, Cuando el CEO de Spotify, Daniel Ek, habló por teléfono con Donald Trump, llegó preparado. Ek compartió estadísticas con el presidente electo sobre qué tan bien funcionó su entrevista de podcast previa a las elecciones con Joe Rogan en la plataforma de transmisión, dijo a CNN una
Continue ReadingBy Soph Warnes, CNN (CNN) — This year, 45 countries in the United Nations held national elections to decide their top leadership. Of those, only four selected a woman to become head of state or government, according to CNN’s analysis of International Foundation for Electoral Systems data. While the US had the opportunity to elect
Continue ReadingMUGLA, Turkey (AP) — An ambulance helicopter has crashed in southwestern Turkey, killing all four people on board. Two pilots, one doctor and one health care worker were taking off Sunday morning from the city of Mugla on their way to pick up a patient in the neighboring province of Antalya. The helicopter hit the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events in Nigeria has increased from 13 to 32, police said Sunday. The victims, including at least four children, collapsed during crowd surges as people grew desperate for food items while the country grapples with the worst cost-of-living crisis in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed. Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban and Zachary Cohen, CNN London/Washington, DC (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is set to overturn a ban on some US exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, in a boon for US energy producers. But the move is unlikely to help address the climate crisis and may even make it worse. As
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — For Ivanka Trump’s entire adult life, she worked for her father. When Donald Trump was a real estate mogul, she was designing his next hotel. When he was on a reality TV show, she was in his television boardroom. When he was running for office, she was on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said, while Gaza’s small Christian community celebrated a pre-Christmas Mass. Israeli authorities allowed a rare Gaza visit by the leader of the Catholic Church in the
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(updated with new information on crash; deceased person’s name released) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – One person was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 97 south of Redmond that closed the key Central Oregon travel route for close to two hours, authorities said. The crash was reported around 4:20 a.m. near
Continue ReadingPor Oren Liebermann Dos pilotos de la Marina de Estados Unidos están sanos y salvos después de eyectarse cuando su avión de combate fue derribado sobre el Mar Rojo este sábado en un aparente incidente de fuego amigo, dijo el Comando Central de Estados Unidos en un comunicado. Los pilotos fueron recuperados y uno de
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