By Kevin Liptak, CNN Over the course of a half-century interviewing American presidents, Barbara Walters interviewed the most powerful men in the world about their regrets, their mothers, their marriages — even their sleeping arrangements with their wives. “Double bed,” Jimmy Carter told the newswoman in 1976. “Always have.” Perhaps like no one else in
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fifteen people are dead and 47 are being treated for their injuries after a bus carrying holiday season tourists flipped on a highway in Mexico’s Pacific coast state of Nayarit, authorities said Saturday. Officials in the nearby state of Guanajuato said all the passengers were from the same city, Leon, in
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — TCU’s surprising run to the College Football Playoff has been punctuated by mind-bending celebratory memes that have become social media sensations. The man behind the memes is Jon Petrie, a recent graduate of the University of Maine and aspiring filmmaker. His official title
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge overturned a Missouri man’s murder conviction in a case in which investigators failed to reveal that a witness was in a romantic relationship with the lead detective. Judge Timothy Boyer on Friday overturned Lamont Cambell’s conviction in the death of Lenny Gregory III, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Gregory,
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, anunció este viernes que el exteniente de policía Germán Cáceres, de 29 años, fue localizado y capturado en Colombia gracias al trabajo coordinado entre las fiscalías de los dos países. Cáceres está acusado, según la Fiscalía de Ecuador, del feminicidio de su esposa, la
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has expressed gratitude to his late predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, hours after his death. Francis at a New Year’s Eve prayer service Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica made his first comments about the late churchman whom he hailed as “noble”
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Early Friday morning, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, the MUSTANG Drug Task Force and the Fulton Police Department executed a search warrant on Callaway Drive in Fulton. Officials say, over six grams of meth were found during the search. Justin W. Thurston, 39, and Elizabeth A. Atterberry, 37, were arrested by
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Stacker highlights the best films of 2022 that were written by, directed by, or starred Black creatives, including both fiction and documentary feature films.
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Stacker gathered data on the richest comedians from Celebrity Net Worth to present the top 25 by their current net worth. The net worth figures on this list were calculated using a proprietary formula that factored in all publicly available data.
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Stacker consulted scientific journals and the latest news reports to compile a list of 22 major scientific discoveries and innovations that happened in 2022.
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To find where U.S. refugees come from, Stacker utilized data from the Refugee Processing Center, operated by the State Department. Countries were ranked by total refugee acceptance from 2017 to Oct. 31, 2022.
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Stacker researched nonbinary, genderqueer, or otherwise gender-nonconforming celebrities that you should know.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — En el Vaticano, la plena autoridad legislativa, judicial y ejecutiva reside en el papa. Y durante siglos, los líderes de la Iglesia Católica Romana han sido elegidos en reuniones privadas conocidas como cónclaves. Técnicamente, cualquier hombre católico romano puede ser elegido papa. Pero desde 1379, cada papa ha sido seleccionado del
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year was full of moments that remind us why we look at the stars and dig into the past. Wonder and curiosity are some of the most powerful traits humans have, and together, they drive us to ask questions that lead to untraveled roads filled with revelations. Researchers, explorers and
Continue Reading By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple blasts rocked Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding 14 others, in a sign that the pace of Russia attacks had picked up before New Year’s. Some Ukrainians defied the danger, however, to return
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By Olga Voitovych, Yulia Kesaieva, Gul Tuysuz, Denis Lapin and Mariya Knight, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “following the devil” and waging a war to ensure that its President Vladimir Putin remains in power “until the end of his life.” Zelensky switched to speaking Russian in his nightly address on Saturday to
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Mira más allá de tu país. No todos comienzan su Año Nuevo como lo haces tú. Las naciones insulares del Pacífico de Tonga, Samoa y Kiribati fueron las primeras en recibir el año nuevo, cuando apenas eran las 5 a.m. del 31 de diciembre en la Costa Este de Estados Unidos.
Continue Reading By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the United States, admirers of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI remembered him warmly for his theological prowess and devotion to traditional doctrine. However, some U.S. Catholics, on learning of his death Saturday, recalled him as an obstacle to progress in combating clergy sex abuse and
Continue Reading By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority’s recent decision to double down on fossil fuels. TVA experienced its highest ever winter
Continue Reading GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have thronged a Gaza City park to mark the 58th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah party. It was a rare show of popularity in the heartland of the militant Hamas group, Fatah’s main rival. The crowds Saturday turned Katiba Park into a
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