Kristen Rogers and Yenny Sanchez, CNN The ancient skeleton of a Gorgosaurus went up for auction for the first time today and sold for just over $6 million. Whoever bought it — which is currently unknown — now also has the unusual opportunity to name it. About 77 million years old, the Gorgosaurus is a
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Inflation is soaring. And yet restaurant-goers are having a love affair with a high-budget item: Steak. In the three months ending on May 29, sales at Longhorn Steakhouse locations open at least a year popped 10.6%. Texas Roadhouse reported that in the first three months of the year, sales at
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates dropped last week as fears grow that the US economy is entering a recession. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.30% in the week ending July 28, down from 5.54% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That is still significantly higher than this time last year when it
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed defenseman Ethan Bear to a one-year, $2.2 million contract. The team announced the deal Thursday, which marked exactly one year since the Hurricanes acquired Bear in a trade with Edmonton. Bear had five goals and nine assists in 58 games last season and struggled to find
Continue Reading European soccer restarts in earnest for the new season with Bundesliga teams Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart playing third-division opposition in the first round of the German Cup. Dortmund plays at 1860 Munich and Stuttgart visits Dynamo Dresden. Second-division Nuremberg and Karlsruher SC also face lower-league opposition on the opening night of the competition. The Bundesliga
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Junto con el Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles y la refinería de Dos Bocas (obras ya inauguradas, aunque sin funcionar en su máximo potencial), el Tren Maya es uno de los proyectos insignia del Gobierno mexicano de Andrés Manuel López Obrador. La obra (ubicada en los estados del Golfo de México, en
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton has signed Dwight McNeil from relegated Burnley for a reported $24 million. The winger becomes the third player to move to Goodison Park in the offseason. Former Burnley center back James Tarkowski also joined and left back Ruben Vinagre signed on loan from Portuguese team Sporting on Wednesday. McNeil has
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By Marianne Garvey Super producer Norman Lear turned 100 on Wednesday, and spent his birthday in Vermont with his family. He will be publicly honored in September when ABC airs a special on his life, called “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter.” Lear is behind some of TV’s best sitcoms, including, “All in
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un diamante rosa de 170 quilates descubierto en Angola puede ser la piedra preciosa más grande encontrada en 300 años, según la minera australiana Lucapa Diamond Company. El diamante llamado “Lulo Rose” fue encontrado en la mina de diamantes aluviales de Lulo, en la región de Lunda, Norte de Angola,
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By Martha White and Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy shrank again in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday. Gross domestic product, a wide-ranging measure of economic activity, fell by 0.9% on an annualized basis from April through June. That decline marks a key symbolic threshold for the most commonly
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Jack Guy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Spanish government has launched a summer campaign encouraging women of all shapes and sizes to go to the beach. “Summer is for us too. Enjoy it however, wherever and with whoever you want,” the Ministry of Equality tweeted Wednesday. “Today we raise a toast to a summer
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football’s Barrett Banister is a member of the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, which honors college football players who serve others, celebrate their positive impact on society and inspire greater service in the world. A cum laude graduate in the spring of 2021, Banister is a 2022 AFCA Good Works Team
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By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6 is zeroing in on former officials from Trump’s Cabinet for testimony and is particularly interested in learning more about conversations among officials about possibly invoking the 25th Amendment after the US Capitol attack. The panel has interviewed former President
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Thomas Page and Henry Hullah, CNN How do you tell a story when the final chapter is public knowledge? You start at the end. “Fire of Love,” Sara Dosa’s moving documentary about husband-and-wife volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, begins on June 2, 1991, at Mount Unzen in Japan. The Kraffts, rockstar scientists in their field,
Continue Reading Thomas Page and Henry Hullah, CNN How do you tell a story when the final chapter is public knowledge? You start at the end. “Fire of Love,” Sara Dosa’s moving documentary about husband-and-wife volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft, begins on June 2, 1991, at Mount Unzen in Japan. The Kraffts, rockstar scientists in their field,
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Australian and a Canadian mountain climber died last week in northern Pakistan while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, officials from the two countries said Thursday. The death of Matthew Eakin was announced by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which expressed
Continue Reading SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker is set to be fit in time for the start of the Premier League season even though he’ll miss the Community Shield against Manchester City this weekend. Alisson has been struggling with an unspecified injury and hasn’t played since the 4-0 loss to Manchester United in a
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By Sharon Danquah Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Confusion with the Metro Nashville non-emergency line has many people facing long wait times with emergency communication crews looking for a solution to keep people safe. It’s an issue dozens of people said they’re constantly running into. When you call the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — En una amplia entrevista con la CBS, una de las principales abogadas de Johnny Depp, que saltó a la fama asegurando una victoria legal contra su exmujer, habló de las ventajas de un equipo legal joven, de la petición de su cliente de tener cámaras en el tribunal y rechazó
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday dismissed fears that the US is in a recession after a government report showed the US economy shrunk again in the second quarter, arguing there are “signs of economic progress,” including in the labor market and consumer spending. The President said slower growth was expected compared
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