From ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘Heretic,’ why holy horror can be a hit with moviegoers
Associated Press In the new horror movie, “Heretic,” Hugh Grant plays a diabolical religious skeptic who traps two scared missionaries in his…
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From New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House
Associated Press TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) — Patrons at Murph’s Tavern are toasting not just Donald Trump’s return to the presidency but the…
Continue ReadingAnxiety and dismay inside the Justice Department after Trump taps Gaetz as attorney general
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling,…
Continue ReadingIsraeli troops make deepest incursion so far into southern Lebanon as Hezbollah considers fresh ceasefire proposal
By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Charbel Mallo, Niamh Kennedy and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Israeli troops are understood to have…
Continue ReadingProtesters in Georgia’s separatist Abkhazia region refuse to cede control of government buildings
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Opposition protesters in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia have refused to cede control of key government…
Continue ReadingIsraeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since Oct. 1 invasion, Lebanese media say
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago before pulling back…
Continue ReadingZelensky says Ukraine war will end ‘faster’ under Trump presidency
By Maria Kostenko and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said Russia’s war in Ukraine will end…
Continue ReadingGeorgia election chief doused in paint as protests continue after divisive parliamentary vote
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission has been doused with black paint at a meeting to…
Continue ReadingTrump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru
By Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Lima, Peru (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, closed the book on their…
Continue ReadingAs a young man he went on a deadly crime spree with his domineering mother. Now he’s speaking out
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Irene Silverman was suspicious of the lanky young man renting an apartment in her limestone townhome in New York…
Continue ReadingIran ‘categorically denies’ UN envoy met Elon Musk
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s foreign ministry denied that a meeting was held between the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations and…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Gazprom stops the flow of natural gas to Austria, OMV utility says
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian utility OMV says supplies from Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom stopped early Saturday after the company…
Continue ReadingBullet strikes Southwest Airlines plane without injuries at Dallas airport
DALLAS (AP) — A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of…
Continue ReadingGabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year
Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon is holding a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than a year after mutinous…
Continue ReadingSome exult, others worry: Reactions to Trump’s victory are mixed on NATO’s eastern flank
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in the Polish parliament exulted at Donald Trump’s victory, standing and…
Continue ReadingProsecutors share how a smartwatch left clues in the killing of Laken Riley. Here are the key trial takeaways so far
By Ashley R. Williams, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan, Nick Valencia, Amanda Musa, Devon M. Sayers and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — About a half dozen…
Continue ReadingJapan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean troops
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has arrived in Kyiv to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with…
Continue ReadingArrest made in connection to decades-old Massachusetts double murder case
By Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN (CNN) — Forty-six years after a double homicide case in western Massachusetts went cold, an unexpected tip has led…
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs is trying to obstruct justice from jail, prosecutors say
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has tried to reach out to prospective witnesses and influence public opinion from jail in a…
Continue ReadingBullet strikes Southwest Airlines plane as it prepares to depart from Dallas airport
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Dallas police are investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight was struck by a bullet as it was preparing to…
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