TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Topeka are investigating the death of a person detectives have labeled as suspicious. Police say in a news release that officers were called shortly after 6 p.m. to the North Topeka East neighborhood near the riverfront to check on the welfare of a person. Arriving officers found a person
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Opinion by Mark Wolfe for CNN Business Perspectives Prices for gasoline, food and other essentials have all risen over the past few months, straining family budgets across the US. And now, prices for natural gas, the most common way to heat homes, are at their highest level in the last seven years. If it’s a
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The two parties that emerged as likely kingmakers from Germany’s election last month say they will hold talks on a possible new government under the leadership of outgoing center-left Social Democrats. If ultimately successful, the negotiations would send outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc into opposition
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The two parties that emerged as likely kingmakers from Germany’s election last month say they will hold talks on a possible new government under the leadership of outgoing center-left Social Democrats. If ultimately successful, the negotiations would send outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc into opposition
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Amazon has opened its first general store outside the United States in a mall in Britain. It will sell the online retailer’s most popular products including books, toys, games and consumer electronics. The U.S. company said the store is called “4-star.” That’s because it sells products rated 4 stars or above by
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Amazon has opened its first general store outside the United States in a mall in Britain. It will sell the online retailer’s most popular products including books, toys, games and consumer electronics. The U.S. company said the store is called “4-star.” That’s because it sells products rated 4 stars or above by
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Murrow Click here for updates on this story ALPHARETTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A stray pig is causing quite a stir in a local Alpharetta neighborhood as community members and law enforcement band together to catch the slippery critter… again. In a must see video, neighbors can be seen forming a circle around the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un hombre de Texas fue sentenciado a más de un año en una prisión federal por difundir un engaño relacionado con el covid-19 en sus redes sociales, dijeron los fiscales. La evidencia mostró que Christopher Charles Perez, de 40 años, publicó dos mensajes amenazadores en Facebook en abril de 2020,
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A popular Russian newspaper has shut down its branch in Belarus after one of its local staff was arrested. Komsomolskaya Pravda announced the decision to close its Belarusian subsidiary on Tuesday night, citing “the events of the past year and especially the past week.” Last Wednesday,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No se llega a ser el ajedrecista número 1 del mundo sin pensar múltiples movimientos por adelantado. “Tengo una regla simple en la vida: si vas a luchar contra el campeón en cualquier cosa, hazlo virtualmente”, bromeó Magnus Carlsen en un tuit después de que se anunciara que una versión virtual
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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona says it was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laporta arrived in March following the resignation
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona says it was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laporta arrived in March following the resignation
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By Megan Marples, CNN After nearly half a century, the mystery of Manu is finally solved. In 1973, scientist Robin Foster discovered a plant with bright orange fruit shaped like paper lanterns inside Peru’s Manu National Park. It’s now been classified as Aenigmanu alvareziae, or Mystery of Manu, according to a paper authored by Foster
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a man who was running across busy lanes of Interstate 55 in south St. Louis died after being hit by a vehicle. Police say the incident happened around 7 p.m. Tuesday in the northbound lanes of I-55 in the city’s Carondelet neighborhood. The man was pronounced dead at the
Continue ReadingCNNEE Nota del editor: Mari Rodríguez Ichaso ha sido colaboradora de la revista Vanidades durante varias décadas. Es especialista en moda, viajes, gastronomía, arte, arquitectura y entretenimiento, productora de cine y columnista de estilo de CNN en Español. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son exclusivamente suyas. Lee más artículos de opinión en cnne.com/opinion. (CNN
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Scott Reyburn Rare “autograph”-quality paintings by the Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli have become the art trade’s equivalent of London buses. You wait and wait and wait, then four of them arrive one after the other. First, in July 2019, there were was the speculative “Portrait of a Young Man,” catalogued as “in the style
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish health authorities have suspended the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 30 and under. Sweden’s Public Health Agency said Wednesday the move was done out of precaution. The agency said the reason for the pausing is “signals of an increased risk of
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish health authorities have suspended the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 30 and under. Sweden’s Public Health Agency said Wednesday the move was done out of precaution. The agency said the reason for the pausing is “signals of an increased risk of
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — The tenant who is suspected in the huge Swedish apartment building explosion and fire last month that injured 16 people has been found dead in the water. Police said Wednesday that they do not suspect foul play in connection with his death. The man was found in Goteborg harbor, only a few
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson should be in trouble. There are very real challenges to everyday life unfolding all over Britain. Drivers have been lining up at gas stations hoping to fill their cars, something made difficult by widespread fuel shortages. There are fears that that the cost of heating is about to surge,
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