By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida lawmakers on Friday approved an expansion of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial program to relocate migrants, giving the Republican leader authority to transport individuals from anywhere in the country. The measure, now headed to DeSantis’ desk after passing the GOP-led House on a 77-34 vote, would allow his administration to pick
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By Jessie Gretener and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster in response to the country’s drawn-out energy crisis, calling it “an existential threat” to Africa’s most developed economy. Setting out the government’s key objectives for the year in a state of the nation address Thursday, Ramaphosa
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Deadwyler says racism and misogynoir played a role in this year’s Academy Awards nominations, where she and Viola Davis were overlooked in the best actress category. Going into Oscar nominations last month, Deadwyler was widely seen as a likely nominee for her lauded performance
Continue Reading ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — An Algerian court has imposed a 12-year prison sentence on the younger brother of the country’s late President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after convicting him of corruption under his brother’s 20-year rule. Once seen as one of Algeria’s most powerful men, Said Bouteflika was an unofficial counsellor to the president — who died
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ZURICH (AP) — It’s Lionel Messi vs. Kylian Mbappé again, this time for the FIFA Best Men’s Player award for 2022. Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain and France’s superstar forward head the three-player shortlist announced by FIFA eight weeks after leading their teams in an epic final in Qatar. Karim Benzema completed the top three in
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Burt Bacharach has one of the most impressive songbooks in the history of the music industry. And while he is incredibly well known for hits like “Walk on By” by Dionne Warwick and “I Say A Little Prayer,” which was first recorded by Warwick and then covered by Aretha Franklin
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By Isil Sariyuce, Celine Alkhaldi, Eyad Kourdi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN In the days since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Syria and Turkey, the death toll, now at more than 23,000, is climbing, and stories of survival are becoming few and far between. A lucky few are still being pulled alive from the rubble: two
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told a group of sports ministers there should be “no place” for Russian athletes at next year’s Paris Olympics while the Russian war in Ukraine continues. The International Olympic Committee is working on a plan to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who have not actively supported the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told a group of sports ministers there should be “no place” for Russian athletes at next year’s Paris Olympics while the Russian war in Ukraine continues. The International Olympic Committee is working on a plan to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who have not actively supported the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Gobierno del presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, presentó este lunes una reforma a la salud calificada como muy ambiciosa y también como polémica por sectores opositores y dentro del mismo Ejecutivo, cuya finalidad será transformar el actual modelo de salud para, según el mandatario, hacer que la salud
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Marianna Cerini, CNN In the introduction to her book “Butts: A Backstory,” journalist Heather Radke recalls a moment when, at 10 years old, she and a friend were cat-called by two teenage boys while out riding their bikes. “‘Nice butts!’ we heard them say,” Radke writes. “The fact that they said something unprompted about our
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By Hafsa Khalil, CNN The ability to solve problems with multiple tools is a rare talent in the animal kingdom, but according to new research, cockatoos are the first birds on the block to carry and use a tool kit to suit their needs. Using 10 Goffin’s cockatoos, researchers from Austria and the UK made
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By Jen Christensen, CNN Exposure to air pollution may be tied to the risk of developing depression later in life, a large new study finds. Scientists are finding more and more evidence that people who live in polluted areas have a higher risk of depression than those who live with cleaner air. But this study
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The big day for marketers has arrived: The Super Bowl is advertising’s biggest, glitziest stage. Big name advertisers from Netflix to Google paid as much as $7 million for a 30-second spot during the game Sunday night, seeking to capture the attention of the roughly
Continue Reading By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of the year: They offer a glimpse of the country’s zeitgeist, along with how major industries are faring. This year, crypto ads and automakers are advertising less since those industries
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Sheriff’s deputies and police found a woman who had been stabbed on the side of Highway 63 on Friday morning.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Las tasas de positividad de las pruebas para el norovirus se encuentran en los niveles más altos en casi un año, según datos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC). El promedio de tres semanas de pruebas de laboratorio que dieron positivo —incluidas pruebas
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF and ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press MERIBEL, France (AP) — Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much to say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Warm weather and a lack of snow wiped out nearly a month of racing
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By Sara Smart, Elizabeth Wolfe and Emma Tucker, CNN Body camera footage from Wednesday’s arrest of a NewsNation correspondent shows the Ohio National Guard’s adjutant general pushing the reporter during an argument at a press conference that state authorities held about a train derailment. The footage, released Thursday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, reveals
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By Megan Marples, CNN Superb Owl. No wait, Super Bowl. Too late. Instead of Super Bowl information, one small typo later and your search results are filled with owl content instead. And we’d like to encourage you to lean into the error. Because owls truly are “superb.” These birds are a far cry from football,
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