Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A superstar origin story, “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” is the product of an extraordinary bet made nearly a quarter-century ago: that young, then-fledgling music producer Kanye West would become a Grammy-winning headliner. Yet that front-row view of West’s meteoric rise in the first two parts of this docu-trilogy then gives
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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Jon Rahm has been voted as the European tour’s player of the year for the second time in three seasons. The top-ranked Spaniard won the 2021 award after a year in which he captured his first major at the U.S. Open and spent 27 weeks at No. 1. Rahm was
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up the spending pace in January as the threat of omicron faded and there was some easing of supply shortages. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 3.8% last month compared to the prior month when the number dropped a revised 2.5%. Sales at
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — African representation has shriveled at the Winter Olympics. A record eight African nations, fielding twice as many athletes as at the current Games in Beijing, competed at the last Winter Olympics in 2018 . Eritrea, Ghana, Morocco, Madagascar and Nigeria are back this time, but Kenya, South
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story WAYNESVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Frustrated Haywood County parents complained Tuesday night about the superintendent’s recent move to pull the book “Dear Martin” from the district’s high school curriculum. Earlier this month, a parent raised concerns over language used in the book, saying he thought
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By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States has seen “no meaningful pullback” of Russian forces from the border with Ukraine, despite Moscow’s claims, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “On the contrary, we continue to see forces, especially forces that would be in the vanguard of any renewed aggression against
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Homicide detectives in Kansas City are investigating after police found an elementary school-aged child dead inside a home and arrested a woman there. Police say in a news release that the investigation stems from a call to police late Tuesday night reporting a disturbance at a home in the Noble
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets drifted into negative territory in premarket trading Wednesday as officials from NATO and the West cast doubt on Russia’s claim to have removed some of its 150,000 troops amassed on the Ukraine border. Future contracts for the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 each slipped 0.4% before markets
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted. That is according to documents submitted in her case. The World Anti-Doping Agency filed a
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s navy says 22 crew members are being evacuated from a large cargo ship that caught fire near the mid-Atlantic Azores Islands. The Portuguese Navy said the Felicity Ace sounded the alarm after a fire broke out in the hold on Wednesday. Online vessel trackers show the 200-meter-long (650-feet-long) ship was
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It’s not simple for Europe to plan sanctions against Russia in case it invades Ukraine. Sanctions would seek to maximize the pain for the Kremlin, its key banks and energy companies but also avoid jeopardizing the continent’s Russian-dependent energy supplies or inflicting too
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up the spending pace in January as the threat of omicron faded and there was some easing of supply shortages. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 3.8% last month compared to the prior month when the number dropped a revised 2.5%. Sales at
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Gas in California hit a record high of $4.72 a gallon on average on Wednesday — and experts say a whopping $5 a gallon will likely be the norm there in a matter of months, if not sooner. This isn’t just an issue for West Coasters: Some of the factors
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Choi Minjeong of South Korea successfully defended her Olympic title in the 1,500-meter short track speedskating race. She won in 2 minutes, 17.789 seconds to extend the tradition of Asian dominance in the event. Arianna Fontana of Italy took silver by two-thousandths of a second over
Continue Reading THOMASVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say 18 students and two adults have been injured in a school bus crash in southern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened late Tuesday along state Highway 99 just north of Thomasville. Television station KYTV reports the bus went off the road, hit several
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Leah Dolan, CNN There is no shortage of depictions of sex work in media, from films like “Moulin Rouge” and “Memoirs of a Geisha” to, more recently, the HBO teen drama “Euphoria,” the world has come to expect a certain narrative when hearing stories of one of society’s most tabooed career paths. “Even ‘Pretty Woman,’
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Belarús dijo este miércoles que “ni un solo” soldado o pieza de equipamiento militar rusos permanecería en su territorio después de que concluyan los ejercicios militares conjuntos, mientras que el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia publicó un video que muestra equipos militares cruzando el puente desde
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Niamh Kennedy, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into an alleged cash-for-honors scandal linked to Prince Charles’ charity, the Prince’s Foundation. The force said in a press release that the inquiry is starting following claims that “offers of help were made to secure honours and citizenship for
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Top figure skaters spin at such unbelievably fast speeds — as many as six revolutions per second — that it can make even spectators feel a little woozy. Curious viewers of the Beijing Winter Olympics want to know why. “How do figure skaters not get dizzy?” has been one of the
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — With the Canadian Emergencies Act now invoked, federal ministers say “the work begins now” to implement it, with a desire to not have another weekend of protests in the nation’s capital. This comes as the government has revealed part of their
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