By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist NOAA’s hurricane hunters, famous for flying into the world’s most ferocious weather, have a job which is not for the faint of heart, often being tossed in severe turbulence while flying at a mere 10,000 feet. Now, the hurricane hunters have raised the bar, entering new territory. Literally. “We’re taking
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La representante Zoe Lofgren, miembro de la comisión de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga la insurrección en el Capitolio en enero de 2021, llamó la atención este domingo al expresidente Donald Trump por presentar a una oradora durante su mitin del sábado que destacó la situación de un alborotador
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By Evan Perez and Daniella Diaz, CNN The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee criticized the Treasury Department on Saturday for declining his request to provide banking Suspicious Activity Reports on Hunter Biden and others, according to a press statement. Kentucky Rep. James Comer accused the department of trying to “run cover for the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Brendan Fraser has entered the Oscars chat. The actor is squarely back in Hollywood and already on the minds of those thinking about the Academy Awards, thanks to his performance in “The Whale,” which reportedly received a six-minute standing ovation after its screening at the Venice Film Festival. Video shared
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By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The Israel Defense Forces have admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in May, the IDF announced Monday. “[I]t appears that it
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By Mark Thompson, CNN Business OPEC said Monday it would reduce oil production next month, the cartel’s first output cut since the depths of the pandemic, as it braces for a global economic slowdown to hit demand. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied oil producing nations, including Russia, agreed to shave 100,000
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine are to blame for stoppages in Moscow’s supply of natural gas to Europe, a senior Kremlin official claimed Monday. In some of the bluntest comments yet on the standoff between Moscow and Western Europe over energy supplies,
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has protested to Russia over multinational military exercises being conducted on Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, and says it is seriously concerned about shooting drills by Russian and Chinese warships off Japan’s northern coast. Beijing has been increasing its military cooperation with Moscow and has been
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party’s new leader, the party announced Monday, and she will take office Tuesday as Britain’s new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost-of-living crisis. The 47-year-old Truss, who is currently foreign secretary, beat
Continue Reading BOCA CHITA KEY, Fla. (AP) — Four people suffered critical injuries when a boat hit a channel marker near Boca Chita Key and capsized. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials say 11 of the 14 people on the boat were injured in the crash that happened just before 7 p.m. Sunday. The agency sent more than 10
Continue Reading REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A manhunt continued Monday for two men suspected of stabbing to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town in one of the deadliest mass killings in Canada’s history. The men are also suspected of injuring 15 people in the series of knife attacks that led the James
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian migrants are stranded on a sinking fishing boat near the costs of Malta and Italy. Families and activist groups in contact with them told The Associated Press on Monday that the roughly 60 migrants have been without food, water and baby formula
Continue Reading MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine. Kosovo authorities and NATO-led peacekeepers on Monday stepped up security as dozens of Kosovo Serbs greeted Ana Brnabic upon
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries, including Russia, cut their supplies to the global economy by 100,000 barrels per day, underlining their unhappiness with crude prices that have sagged because of recession fears. The decision Monday by energy ministers means the cut for October rolls back
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Olivia Wilde’s new film “Don’t Worry Darling” took center stage at the Venice Film Festival on Monday. During a press conference for the upcoming thriller, Wilde, who directs and appears in the film in a supporting role, was asked about the project’s star, Florence Pugh. Pugh was absent from the press
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Scientists are urging world leaders to act in order to protect the planet’s threatened trees — and prevent further ecological and economic damage from their extinction. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), along with the Global Tree Specialist Group
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Cannabis consumers or ‘stoners’ are often associated with characteristics of laziness and a lack of motivation, especially in mainstream media. Think Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad or “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski. But a new study suggests
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Moisture streaming in from the Gulf of Mexico, combined with a stubborn, nearly stationary storm system, will cause slow-moving thunderstorm activity and the possibility of flash flooding across 20 US states Monday. “Scattered to numerous flash floods (are) possible early this week from southern New England to the southern Appalachians,”
Continue Reading By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Moisture streaming in from the Gulf of Mexico, combined with a stubborn, nearly stationary storm system, will cause slow-moving thunderstorm activity and the possibility of flash flooding across 20 US states Monday. “Scattered to numerous flash floods (are) possible early this week from southern New England to the southern Appalachians,”
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As a child, Liz Truss marched in demonstrations against Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As an adult, she came to admire Britain’s first female leader — and now she is about to enter No. 10 Downing St. with a Thatcherite zeal to transform the U.K. Truss, Britain’s
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