By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Nearly a year after McDonald’s ditched the hollow plastic spoon, more changes are coming for the McFlurry. Beginning September 10, the chain is eliminating the plastic, dome-shaped lid and serving the ice cream treat in a new cardboard cup that has four flaps to cover the top.
Continue ReadingBy Tommie Clark Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Ronald Silver’s family continues to demand answers from Baltimore City one month since a Department of Public Works employee died on the job from the heat. Silver’s family spoke Monday, seeking to know what protocol was in place to protect employees
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: “Dancing With the Stars.” Described as the “notorious ankle bracelet fashionista” in a press release,
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Greco Click here for updates on this story NORMAN, Oklahoma (KOCO) — An Oklahoma mother is pleading for the public’s help in finding her daughter’s blanket that got lost Friday before the OU football game in Norman. Jocie Brown says her daughter Cohen has had a cow blanket since she was born, adding
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are demanding answers as activists denounce what they say are inhumane conditions in the nation’s overcrowded penitentiaries. The tragedy at the Makala Central Prison in the capital of Kinshasa early on Monday left 129
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 presidential campaign’s home stretch kicks off with a mixed outlook across six key battlegrounds, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in each state. Vice President Kamala Harris holds an advantage over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in Wisconsin and
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de México anunció el martes que aceptó el trámite de registro sanitario para la comercialización de la vacuna contra la viruela del mono presentado por la empresa Bavarian Nordic, que tendrá resultados a finales de septiembre. La Comisión Federal para la Protección de Riesgos Sanitarios (Cofepris) de México informó
Continue ReadingAssociated Press For more than a week, hundreds of Israeli forces have carried out the deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank since the war in Gaza began. Their focus has been the Jenin refugee camp — a bastion of Palestinian militancy that has grown more fervent since the Hamas attack on Israel that launched
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Queen guitarist Brian May had a minor stroke last week that left him unable to control his left arm or play guitar, he said on Wednesday in a video posted on his Instagram feed and website. He explained that he had suffered a “health hiccup,” since diagnosed as
Continue ReadingJoe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone National Park can be packed to the rafters with tourists. But there are plenty of other places across the United States that continue to fly beneath the travel radar. While there are literally hundreds of locations that fit that description, here are 25 destinations – from cities and
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Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee, the Grammy winning “King of Reggaeton,” hopes his memoir will inspire others to believe in themselves. HarperCollins Publishers announced Wednesday that it will release Daddy Yankee’s “ReaDY! The Power To Change Your Story” in English and Spanish in April 2025. The 48-year-old rapper, whose many hits
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as Denmark considers an extradition request from Japan. The court ruled Wednesday that Canadian-American Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 2 while Denmark’s justice ministry considers the request. Watson is the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview, he has written. It has also put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement, viewed by some critics as having reactionary or authoritarian leanings, that has been little known to the American public. That’s changing with Vance’s rise
Continue ReadingAssociated Press By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his Yale education or career success. It also amounted to a political conversion. Catholicism provided him a new way of looking at the addictions, family breakdowns and other social ills he described in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three judicial officials have told the Associated Press that Lebanon has charged its embattled former central bank governor with the embezzlement of $42 million. Riad Salameh was charged a day after he was detained following an interrogation by Lebanon’s top public prosecutor over several alleged financial crimes. Salameh ended his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor’s president says a former Filipino congressman who sought asylum in East Timor after being accused of orchestrating the killings of a provincial governor and others will likely be returned home to face charges. Arnolfo Teves Jr. was taken into custody while playing at a golf driving
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is flying more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in the latest round of Cold War-style psychological warfare between the rivals. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says it detected more balloons launched from North Korea on Thursday morning following launches the previous evening. The joint chiefs
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — American Ezra Frech completed a remarkable golden double on Tuesday at the Paris Paralympics after he won the men’s high jump by clearing a height of 1.94 meters, setting a new Paralympic record that was just shy of his own world record. On Monday, the 19-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Rachael Gunn, the Olympic breaker who went viral for her dance performance at the Paris Games last month, has apologized to the breaking community for the backlash she brought upon it. In an interview with Australian current affairs show “The Project” broadcast Wednesday, Gunn, widely known as Raygun, said
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