By Avery Haines Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The first time I met Ian and Lorna Tenniswood was over a video call. They were in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley and I was in Toronto. They gave me a virtual tour of their spectacular four-bedroom home. It has a state-of-the-art
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By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — The recovery of the ozone layer — which sits miles above the Earth and protects the planet from ultraviolet radiation — has been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest environmental achievements. But in a new study published Tuesday, some scientists claim it may not be recovering at all,
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic was released on personal recognizance bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to assaulting his wife. According to a Boston Police Department report, Lucic appeared intoxicated when officers arrived at his North End apartment early Saturday after his wife reported that he tried to choke her. Brittany Lucic
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By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Nearly a week into a leadership crisis that’s thrown the artificial intelligence industry into chaos, OpenAI’s future along with that of its former CEO Sam Altman remain as uncertain as ever. If Altman’s abrupt ouster came as a surprise, it was nothing compared to the ensuing chaos and whiplash
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Kim Kardashian’s private equity firm has announced its first investment: A company that makes truffle-infused sauces that sell for about $20 a bottle. SKKY Partners, the company she formed last year with a former executive at Carlyle Group, has acquired a “significant minority stake” in Truff sauces.
Continue ReadingBy Shannon Paterson Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER (CTV Network) — As a former Paralympian and president of BC Adaptive Snow Sports, Sarah Morris-Probert is a frequent flier. “I like to travel. I don’t like the means of getting there at times, but I like the end results,” she said. Morris-Probert told
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say more than 100 handguns were stolen from a Michigan store after the manager was held at gunpoint and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm. All guns except one were recovered and two men were arrested last Friday, a day after the heist
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday night after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood”
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When Gloria Chavez was planning on going home for the holidays for the first time since moving out as an 18-year-old, she found herself anxious at the thought of sitting in her childhood home’s living room, surrounded by family members she hadn’t seen in a while. Once there, Chavez,
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY (AP) — Inspired by video of a high school player picking off a quarterback’s spike, Eagles rookie Jalen Carter nearly did it to Patrick Mahomes before the end of the first half of Monday night’s game. After the Chiefs hurried to the line of scrimmage to stop the clock, Carter dove between center
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has ruled that the ongoing prison trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing state secrets is illegal. Khan’s lawyer said the Islamabad High Court issued the decision on Tuesday. It was unclear whether the government would
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Poland is expected to receive more than 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in EU funds after the European Commission gave a positive assessment of the country’s revised plan for green reforms and investments. The money is part of the bloc’s program aimed at helping
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will continue to provide millions of euros in financial aid to the Palestinians after an investigation found that no money has been diverted to Hamas. The EU commission said Tuesday that it has screened over 100 projects worth a total of around $362 million.
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By Arielle Argel Click here for updates on this story WAIANAE, Hawaii (KITV) — Darwin Mariano was selling his electric dirt bike on Facebook Marketplace. When he found a buyer, they met up outside of Mariano’s house. “I grabbed the bike so that way he could see it and he was asking if it could
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Transgender women will not be allowed to compete in international women’s cricket. The International Cricket Council says the “new gender eligibility regulation” has been imposed to protect the integrity of women’s cricket and was also made on safety grounds. Under the rules “male-to-female participants who have undergone male puberty
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, se pronunció sobre la victoria del presidente electo de Argentina, Javier Milei. El mandatario evitó nombrar específicamente al ganador del balotaje argentino, pero calificó como “extrema derecha neonazi” al Gobierno entrante y advirtió que es una “tremenda amenaza la llegada de un extremista de derecha
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s chief medical adviser has told a public inquiry that Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. Chris Whitty said he had been concerned in particular about longer-term impacts of lockdown and other
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slumped in October to their slowest pace in more than 13 years, as surging mortgage rates and rising prices kept many prospective homebuyers on the sidelines. Existing home sales fell 4.1% last month from September to a seasonally adjusted
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Home sales may have their worst year in 30 years. Sales slumped in October and prices continued to climb, as mortgage rates surged last month and inventory remained extraordinarily low. That kept homebuyers out of the market, according to a monthly report from the National Association of
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Authorities are investigating after an inmate at the Clayton County Jail was charged with killing his cellmate in a “racially motivated murder,” the sheriff’s office said. According to Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen, Jaquez Jackson, an inmate at the jail, was
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