By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Unless you’re wearing skins on your skis to climb up the mountain, crashing on a friend’s couch and cooking meals in, you might have noticed that taking a ski vacation to one of the big resorts in North America — where the lift tickets alone can easily push $250 and higher
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two men have been charged with murder in the shooting nearly a week ago at a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory celebration that left one person dead and roughly two dozen others injured. The charges were announced Tuesday in the Feb. 14 shooting outside Kansas City’s historic Union Station.
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story YANCEY COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Tuesday night at Mountain Heritage High School in Yancey County, fans were treated to an extra special senior night. Mason Hughes, the manager of Cougars varsity boys basketball team, has autism and normally mans the sideline during a game.
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting March 25, a New York judge ruled Thursday, turning aside demands for delay from the former president’s defense lawyers, who argued it would interfere with
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert’s next book will be light on politics, if not always light on the palate. Celadon Books announced Thursday that “The Late Show” host and his wife, Evie McGee Colbert, have collaborated on a cookbook. “Does the Taste Funny: Recipes Our Family Loves,” is to be published on Sept. 17.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Nashville. Atlanta. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino. Brooklyn. Buffalo. Uvalde. Kansas City. La violencia con armas de fuego omnipresente en Estados Unidos ha dejado pocos lugares ilesos a lo largo de las décadas. Aun así, muchos estadounidenses consideran sacrosanto su derecho a portar armas, consagrado en la Constitución de
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Ethiopia is dismissing allegations its soldiers massacred dozens of civilians last month in the restive Amhara region. Thursday’s statement comes as Western countries are demanding an investigation into the killings. Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission says at least 45 civilians were killed by government forces in the Amhara town of Merawi, following
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks customers who use a Bank of America card will now get additional cash back for their purchases as part of a new partnership between the two companies. Beginning Thursday, Bank of America credit and debit cardholders who are also part of the Starbucks Rewards loyalty program
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — A pair of skyscrapers connected by a cantilevered “skybridge” and a rooftop infinity pool is set to join the New York City skyline, as developers unveiled a proposal for a new megaproject just south of the United Nation’s headquarters on Monday. Designed by architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG),
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de México alista la discusión sobre la iniciativa de reforma al Poder Judicial enviada por el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador el 5 de febrero, como parte de un proyecto para modificar diversas partes de la Constitución del país. El coordinador de la bancada del partido
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — By now, it is pretty clear that the new weight loss and diabetes medications have achieved blockbuster status. Semaglutide (sold as Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss) and tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss) work by mimicking one or more naturally occurring
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, Jason Hanna and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — University of Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women’s basketball in spectacular fashion Thursday, drilling a signature deep 3-pointer to break the old record – on a night that also saw her score a personal one-game high of 49
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych and Seb Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged air attacks on Thursday, with Moscow targeting cities across Ukraine and Kyiv striking the Russian border city of Belgorod, one day after Kyiv said it sank another Russian warship off the coast of Crimea. At least seven people were reported
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 29-year-old filmmaker Sean Wang can’t believe it, himself, but he’s going to the Oscars with his grandmothers. His Oscar-nominated short “Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó” is a deeply charming portrait of his two grandmothers: 96-year-old Yi Yan Fuei and 86-year-old Chang Li Hua. They’re
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s iconic underground train map is getting a major update. The city’s mayor has announced a plan to rename the suburban rail network into six new lines. They will all have new colors too. The hope is that the rebranding of the London Overground, which currently is
Continue ReadingJoaquin Doria (CNN) — El transporte subterráneo (subte) y los peajes se sumarán a los rubros que podrían aumentar fuertemente en los próximos meses en la capital de Argentina. El subte se elevaría en abril de 125 pesos (US$ 0,11 a la cotización paralela) a 574 pesos (US$ 0,5), un aumento de casi 360%. Luego
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed an announcement by Microsoft that it would invest almost 3.3 billion euros, or about $3.5 billion, in Germany over the next two years to massively expand its data center capacities for applications in the field of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Scholz said on Thursday it’s “a
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Security experts are raising concerns about artificial intelligence and how it can be used to spread misinformation ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Congress, however, doesn’t appear ready to pass any major legislation on AI before Americans head to the polls in less than nine months. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Security experts are raising concerns about artificial intelligence and how it can be used to spread misinformation ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Congress, however, doesn’t appear ready to pass any major legislation on AI before Americans head to the polls in less than nine months. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The foreign ministers of Britain and Poland have appealed to the U.S. Congress and personally to the speaker of the House of Representatives to take an “epoch-making” decision and approve $60 billion in aid for Ukraine. They say it’s a matter of U.S. credibility among its
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