Vieira says African Cup of Nations deserves more respect
LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira won’t try to block his players from competing in the African Cup of Nations, arguing that the…
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Community remembers father of 3 killed last Christmas Eve
By Gabriela Vidal Click here for updates on this story SOUTH CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — Candles lit up a small stretch of…
Continue ReadingMan continues Christmas tradition surprising healthcare workers with gifts
By Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story WATERLOO, Missouri (KMOV) — For the second year in a row, a Metro…
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Mother demands answers more than 5 weeks after her daughter was shot and killed in park
By Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — It has been five weeks since a Chicago woman…
Continue ReadingChristmas launch sends the most complex telescope into space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Wonder is all around us. There was a stunning reminder this week as spacecraft and stargazers alike shared videos of an…
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Flight cancellations snarl holiday plans for thousands
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Saturday because of staffing issues tied to COVID-19,…
Continue Reading UK police arrest armed intruder on Windsor Castle grounds
LONDON (AP) — British police have arrested a man armed with a weapon on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Thames Valley police say the security breach…
Continue Reading 3 members of K-pop sensation BTS diagnosed with COVID-19
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three members of the K-pop superstar group BTS have been infected with the coronavirus…
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Albert Bourla of Pfizer is the CNN Business CEO of the Year
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over. But life in many ways has returned to something resembling normal for…
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How World War II shaped ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
By Rachael Scott, CNN It’s George Bailey’s crucial moment. Disheveled and desperate, he offers up a Hail-Mary prayer to a God he’s…
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‘Every day, I’m grateful’; Young woman donates liver to twin sister
By Dr. Max Gomez Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — In this joyous season of giving, we often think…
Continue Reading Death toll in massive Bangladesh ferry fire rises to 40
By ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi authorities have buried 23 unclaimed bodies after a day-long search…
Continue Reading Queen recalls ‘familiar laugh missing’ in Christmas speech
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas Day message has shared the pain she felt after the death of her…
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One year later Christmas Day bombing survivors still struggle financially, where’s all the donated money?
By Lindsay Bramson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Nearly a year after the Christmas Day…
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Judge orders New York Times to return Project Veritas memos
By Reuters A New York state judge on Friday ordered the New York Times to return internal documents to the conservative activist group Project…
Continue Reading Gambia commission recommends ex-dictator Jammeh face trial
By ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — A truth and reconciliation commission in Gambia says former dictator Yahya Jammeh should…
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The Pope reflects on relationships in pandemic times in his traditional Christmas address
By Ivana Kottasová, Zeena Saifi and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Pope Francis has dedicated a large part of his traditional Christmas message on Saturday to…
Continue Reading The Pope reflects on relationships in pandemic times in his traditional Christmas address
By Ivana Kottasová, Zeena Saifi and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Pope Francis has dedicated a large part of his traditional Christmas message on Saturday to…
Continue Reading Spanish eruption’s end brings ’emotional relief,’ rebuilding
MADRID (AP) — Authorities on one of Spain’s Canary Islands have declared an official end to a volcanic eruption that started in September. The…
Continue Reading At West Virginia vaccine clinic, pandemic fatigue sets in
By JOHN RABY Associated Press SPENCER, W.Va. (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic prepares to enter another calendar year, the fatigue on the front…
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Thousands of flights canceled on Christmas weekend
By Pete Muntean, CNN Business Major US airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, the third day in a row of mass cancellations and delays over…
Continue Reading Thousands line up for ‘jingle jabs’ on Christmas in England
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under…
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Thousands line up for ‘jingle jabs’ on Christmas in England
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under…
Continue Reading El Salvador frees three women convicted of abortions
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Abortion rights groups say President Nayib Bukele’s government has freed three Salvadoran women who were…
Continue Reading Former England cricket captain Ray Illingworth dies aged 89
LONDON (AP) — Ray Illingworth, a former England cricket captain, has died. He was 89. Illingworth, who led England to a test series victory in…
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Finaliza la erupción del volcán de Cumbre Vieja en España tras 85 días, dicen autoridades
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — “La erupción ha terminado”. Con estas palabras Julio Pérez, consejero de Administraciones…
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Omicron is messing with the economic recovery
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Thousands of flights canceled. Back-to-the-office plans shelved. College football bowl games and Broadway shows called…
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Three key numbers that explain America’s labor shortage
By Anneken Tappe and Allison Morrow, CNN Business Twenty-one months into the pandemic, America is no longer struggling with an astronomically high…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope successfully unfurls its tennis court-size sunshield in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched…
Continue Reading Nurse goes beyond duty and rescues a hospitalized patient’s dog from the shelter
By Jennifer Hauser, CNN It was right after Thanksgiving that registered nurse Jennifer Smith got an early morning phone call from John Burley, one of…
Continue Reading Nurse goes beyond duty and rescues a hospitalized patient’s dog from the shelter
By Jennifer Hauser, CNN It was right after Thanksgiving that registered nurse Jennifer Smith got an early morning phone call from John Burley, one of…
Continue Reading El telescopio espacial James Webb fue lanzado con éxito
Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Es un momento que se ha gestado durante décadas. El telescopio espacial James Webb, el principal…
Continue Reading Ukraine leader discusses Russia tensions with US lawmakers
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The president of Ukraine has held a video call with 20 U.S. senators and members of Congress amid tensions with Russia.…
Continue ReadingThe James Webb Space Telescope has successfully launched
By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s a moment that has been decades in the making. The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier space…
Continue Reading Space telescope launched on daring quest to behold 1st stars
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has blasted off on a high-stakes quest to behold light…
Continue Reading On Christmas, pope prays for pandemic’s end, peace dialogues
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has used his Christmas Day address to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.…
Continue Reading Save the Children says staff missing after Myanmar massacre
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two members of the international humanitarian group Save the Children are missing after…
Continue Reading Greece: Death toll from capsized migrant boat rises to 16
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says at least 16 people died after a migrant boat capsized in…
Continue Reading Russia blocks website of group that tracks political arrests
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian organization that tracks political arrests and provides legal aid to detainees says…
Continue Reading COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
By DANIEL COLE Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The staff is tired, the omicron variant is bearing down and the intensive care unit beds…
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Daily Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed Delta’s surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily…
Continue Reading Daily Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed Delta’s surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the US this holiday season, the rate of daily…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth pays tribute to Prince Philip in Christmas broadcast
By Ivana Kottasová, Katharina Krebs, Arnaud Siad, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has paid tribute to the…
Continue Reading Sudanese rally in new anti-coup protests amid tight security
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese protesters have again taken to the streets in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere across the…
Continue Reading2 of the world’s wealthiest countries shoot to the top of ‘very high’ risk travel list
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this Christmas is Santa, thanks to his…
Continue Reading2 of the world’s wealthiest countries shoot to the top of ‘very high’ risk travel list
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN As Omicron grips the world, the only person enjoying frictionless global travel this Christmas is Santa, thanks to his…
Continue Reading Report: Truck crashes into bus in Iran, killing 10 people
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media are reporting that a road accident in the country’s southwest has killed at least 10 people. The official…
Continue Reading As Gorbachev resigned, AP photographer snapped historic shot
Associated Press Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation 30 years ago was a momentous event that ended an era by drawing a line under the…
Continue Reading Gorbachev’s resignation 30 years ago marked the end of USSR
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — People strolling across Moscow’s snowy Red Square on the evening of Dec. 25, 1991 witnessed…
Continue Reading Agencies step up enforcement on highway known for crashes
WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authorities are stepping up enforcement on a rural highway known for deadly crashes. The Yavapai County…
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