The designer bringing Italian furniture to one of Kenya’s oldest slums
By Marianna Cerini, CNN Milan, Italy (CNN) — When Italian designer Giacomo Moor was tasked with creating furniture for a school in a slum of…
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An unprecedented UFO report and other moments from 2023 that rivaled science fiction
By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — This year held some truly out-there moments in the world of science and space travel. With…
Continue ReadingMiami restaurant faces 2nd vandalization after surveillance captures man throwing stone
By MICHAEL HUDAK Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A vandal was caught on camera bashing a…
Continue ReadingAdd an old English twist to your holiday cocktails with sloe gin. Here are 4 recipes
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s a festive old English drink that you can have fun experimenting with. Sloe gin can be used in…
Continue ReadingMan trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after being spotted by passersby
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a man who had been trapped for days in his crashed pickup truck has been rescued in northwest Indiana. State Police…
Continue ReadingOpposition candidate in Congo alleges police fired bullets as protesters seek re-do of election
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a…
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Fishermen spotted something shiny near a creek. It was the first step toward a ‘miracle’
CNN, WBBM By Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The two men had gone out the day after Christmas, scouting for fishing holes at a…
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The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
By Clare Duffy and David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging…
Continue ReadingMost unfortunate airplane incidents of 2023
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — There’s a reason so many of us regularly put up with cramped seats, delayed bags, long security lines…
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A music milestone reached this year reveals a lot about how the US is changing
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Beyoncé may have been the pop stars that made the most headlines in 2023. But another…
Continue ReadingVictims speak out after fighting back against home intruder in Miami Gardens; suspect arrested
By MARISELA BURGOS, JULIAN QUINTANA, SAMANTHA SOSA Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — The…
Continue Reading Austrian business school cuts ties with Harvard University ‘in solidarity with the Jewish student community’
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The Lauder Business School in Vienna, Austria, has severed ties with Harvard University “in…
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Michigan Supreme Court rejects ‘insurrectionist ban’ case and keeps Trump on 2024 primary ballot
By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the…
Continue ReadingPolish president tangles with new government in battle over control of state media
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s political battle over state media continues. The new pro-European Union…
Continue ReadingThree US passengers stopped from bringing loaded guns onto festive flights
Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — For most of us, traveling home for the holidays involves bringing clothes, presents and possibly some food to add to…
Continue Reading How 4.5 million people managed to buy a home this year amid the toughest market in a generation
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — This has been a year of superlatives in residential real estate — and not in a good way. Mortgage…
Continue ReadingA Greek police officer shot with a flare during an attack by sports fans has died in a hospital
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Health authorities say a Greek riot police officer who was shot with a flare during fan violence in Athens three weeks ago…
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¿Puedo jugar Powerball si soy extranjero?
Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Con los generosos premios gordos de la lotería Powerball, muchos no estadounidenses se estarán…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: The best plug-in hybrids for driving without filling up on gas
By CHRISTIAN WARDLAW Edmunds Ready to go the distance, or at least as far as a plug-in hybrid can take you on electricity before using a drop of gas?…
Continue ReadingThe Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th anniversary of its founder’s death
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over…
Continue ReadingMorant has quickly gotten the Memphis Grizzlies rolling, and oozing optimism
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant is quickly re-establishing himself as one of the NBA’s best players upon his…
Continue ReadingAncient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet…
Continue ReadingTurkey hits 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq in retaliation for soldiers’ deaths
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says the military has hit more than 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern…
Continue Reading Shawn Fain, CNN Business’ labor leader of the year, plans to keep automakers sweating
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The longest US auto strike this century is over after a pretty clear win for the United Auto Workers…
Continue Reading Haley returns to New Hampshire seeking to close gap with Trump less than a month before primary
By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley returns to the campaign trail Wednesday for a three-day swing in New…
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Frustration surrounds Kansas City Chiefs after disappointing loss against the Las Vegas Raiders
By Issy Ronald and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Emotions were running high for the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day as the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 27: Gaza, Immigration, China, Hospital care, Apple Watch
CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Blizzard and ice storm warnings across the Central and Northern Plains are due to expire today, but parts of…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 27: Gaza, Immigration, China, Hospital care, Apple Watch
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Blizzard and ice storm warnings across the Central and Northern Plains are due to expire today, but parts of the…
Continue Reading Dónde todavía puedes comprar el último Apple Watch
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Gracias a un fallo de la Comisión de Comercio Internacional de EE. UU., Apple ya no puede vender su Apple Watch…
Continue ReadingRussian presidential hopeful loses appeal against authorities’ refusal to register her for the race
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine has lost her appeal against election officials’ refusal to accept her nomination…
Continue ReadingOn foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from…
Continue Reading Blinken y Mayorkas presionarán a sus homólogos mexicanos para que reduzcan los cruces fronterizos mientras Biden enfrenta una presión cada vez mayor
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Altos funcionarios estadounidenses viajarán a México este miércoles para buscar más ayuda de sus homólogos para…
Continue Reading Ballerinas of color renew the call for pointe shoes in every shade
By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Although Robin Williams has been a ballet dancer for more than 60 years, she experienced a first during her…
Continue Reading Inside the underground world of dog fighting: How the brutal blood sport thrives in the shadows
By Isabelle Chapman, CNN. Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural…
Continue Reading Inside the underground world of dog fighting: How the brutal blood sport thrives in the shadows
CNN By Isabelle Chapman, CNN. Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural…
Continue Reading Inflation is nearly back to normal. But high prices have changed Americans’ lives
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Eagan, Minnesota (CNN) — The winter holidays typically make for busier times at The Open Door Pantry food shelf here in…
Continue ReadingBill Granger, chef who brought Aussie-style breakfast to world capitals, dies at 54
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to…
Continue ReadingFamily heading on Disney dream vacation after fixing $10,000 gift card mistake
By KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story Illinois (KABC) — An Illinois family is set to go on their dream…
Continue ReadingA Greek air force training jet crashes outside a southern base and its pilot is reported killed
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s state-run ERT television says an air force pilot has been killed when his training jet crashed in the…
Continue ReadingThis wild, futuristic space plan could help save the world. But some say it’s too far-fetched
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Ali Hajimiri has spent a decade researching how to put solar panels in space and beam the energy down to Earth.…
Continue Reading Where you can still buy the latest Apple Watch
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — After an unfavorable US International Trade Commission ruling, Apple is no longer selling its Apple…
Continue Reading US officials describe ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis
By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Senior US officials held a “very productive meeting” with their Mexican counterparts…
Continue Reading Blinken and Mayorkas to press Mexican counterparts to drive down border crossings as Biden faces increasing pressure
CNN, POOL, KABB, WOAI, CEPROPIE By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Senior US officials arrived in Mexico Wednesday to seek more help from their…
Continue ReadingTeenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue ReadingTeenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue Reading Rasmus Højlund ends Premier League goal drought to seal Manchester United’s stunning comeback against Aston Villa
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Rasmus Højlund scored his first Premier League after more than 1,000 minutes of action as Manchester United came…
Continue Reading Rasmus Højlund ends Premier League goal drought to seal Manchester United’s stunning comeback against Aston Villa
CNN By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Rasmus Højlund scored his first Premier League after more than 1,000 minutes of action as Manchester United…
Continue ReadingThe death toll in a Romania guesthouse blaze rises to 7. The search for missing persons is ongoing
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a guesthouse in Romania has risen to seven people, including at least two children.…
Continue Reading El fabricante de automóviles propiedad de Toyota detiene la producción en Japón después de admitir que manipuló las pruebas de seguridad durante 30 años
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Daihatsu, el fabricante de automóviles japonés propiedad de Toyota, detuvo la producción nacional después de admitir…
Continue ReadingStudents in Indonesia protest the growing numbers of Rohingya refugees in Aceh province
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Students in Indonesia’s Aceh province have rallied, demanding the government drive…
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