By Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story MAGGIE VALLEY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Maggie Valley Police Department released a statement Thursday regarding the death investigation at a Haywood County motel. On Tuesday, Feb. 15, authorities were dispatched to the Our Place Inn in Maggie Valley in response to an “unattended death”.
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Toyin Owoseje, CNN Man Ray’s famed “Le Violon d’Ingres” is poised to make history as the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. The black and white image, taken in 1924 by the American surrealist artist, transforms a woman’s naked body into a violin by overlaying the picture of her back with f-holes. The original
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks wavered between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Friday as major indexes head for their second weekly loss in a row after another bout of turbulence shook markets. The S&P 500 rose 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — A millones de personas en Gran Bretaña se les pidió quedarse en casa por su propia seguridad y decenas de vuelos fueron cancelados este viernes, mientras la tormenta Eunice tocó tierra en el país con vientos huracanados que arrancaron un techo y aplastaron un vehículo en un suburbio de Londres. La Oficina
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LONDON (AP) — Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has received a 10-year ban for being part of what’s been described as an “organized doping regimen” ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The former world championships silver medalist was initially suspended in July just before she was due to run in the semifinals of the 100 meters at
Continue Reading By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Eve Muirhead scored four points in the second-to-last end of regulation and Britain beat defending Olympic champion Sweden 12-11 in an extra end to advance to the gold medal match in women’s curling. Britain will play in the final Sunday against Japan, which beat top-seeded Switzerland
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur has denied wrongdoing after being linked to a Spanish police investigation of people suspected of paying for false COVID-19 vaccination certificates. De Minaur says he has “a completely valid, accurate and true vaccination record.” Spanish media reported that De Minaur
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Tina Burnside, CNN The family of a teenage Florida girl who was falsely accused and arrested for making threats against her former school via social media has filed a lawsuit against the school and Meta, the parent company of Instagram, in connection with the incident. In the 12-page lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Broward County
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By Nadeen Ebrahim and Eoin McSweeney, CNN A Russian invasion of Ukraine would send shockwaves across Europe and perhaps as far west as the United States. But a region further south may find itself an unlikely victim of a potential conflict. Ukraine and Russia account for 23% of the world’s wheat exports, according to S&P
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Commuters in Paris are facing disruptions as public transport workers hold a one-day strike to protest what they say is an insufficient salary increase proposal by the state-owned transport company RATP amid rising inflation. Most subway lines in the Paris area and train services linking the capital with the suburbs were shut
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices climbed in January as inventory fell to a new record low. The median price for a home last month was $350,300, up 15.4% from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors. It was not the highest median price on record, which was $362,800 last June,
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Audible Inc., a leading force in the booming audiobook industry, will be honored in May at PEN America’s annual gala. Don Katz has been named the literary and human rights organization’s Business Visionary Honoree for “his transformative contributions to the world of
Continue Reading By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. pairs skater Timothy LeDuc became the country’s first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian when they took the ice Friday night. The 31-year-old LeDuc and pairs partner Ashley Gain-Gribble placed seventh in their Olympic debut. LeDuc wore a white shirt with sparkles and Cain-Gribble an ice blue dress
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Lia Thomas, a transgender woman swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, won the 200-yard freestyle race at the Ivy League women’s swimming and diving championships on Friday in a minute and 43.12 seconds, setting a new Ivy record. Her next closest competitor, Harvard’s Samantha Shelton, finished in 1:45.82, followed by Harvard’s
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By Eric Levenson, CNN University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the 100-yard freestyle in a meet record of 47.63 seconds on Saturday at the Ivy League women’s swimming and diving championships. This marks her third title of the competition. Thomas, a transgender woman, narrowly beat out Yale’s Iszac Henig, a transgender man, who finished
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By Eva McKend, CNN An exhibit highlighting pioneering Black Americans is on display at the Executive Residence as the Biden administration aims to draw a connection between groundbreaking figures of the past and the historic firsts in the ranks of White House personnel during Black History Month. The collection, presented by the Office of the
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By Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a Minnesota Republican who had been battling kidney cancer, has died, his wife announced Friday. He was 59. “It is with a broken heart, shattered spirit and overwhelming sadness I share my husband Congressman Jim Hagedorn passed away peacefully last night,” his wife, Jennifer Carnahan, wrote in a
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street Friday and are headed for their second weekly loss in a row after another bout of turbulence shook markets. The S&P 500 gave up an early gain and was down 0.2% as investors keep an eye on the latest developments in Ukraine,
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The battle to unionize Amazon workers is intensifying after labor officials officially set a date for an election in a New York City facility next month. The election, which will be held in-person, is slated for between March 25-30, confirmed the National Labor Relations Board
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden planea poner en marcha una nueva norma que elimine los posibles obstáculos para los inmigrantes que dependen de las prestaciones públicas y tratan de obtener un estatus legal, según una nueva propuesta de reglamento. El cambio propuesto vuelve a poner en primer plano la llamada
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