CNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Luis Díaz scored two goals to help Colombia stun Brazil in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday, as his father watched on from the stands just a week after being released by kidnappers. Luis Manuel Díaz looked overcome with emotion as he witnessed his son net an impressive
Continue ReadingBy Chris Womack Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — You can be any shape or size to play basketball for Warren Wilson, as long as you meet the other criteria of head coach Robin Martin-Davis. “Biggest thing for me is just I would say heart and hustle all the
Continue ReadingWLOS By Chris Womack Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — You can be any shape or size to play basketball for Warren Wilson, as long as you meet the other criteria of head coach Robin Martin-Davis. “Biggest thing for me is just I would say heart and hustle all
Continue ReadingCNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — John Lally was on his third gravel delivery of the day Saturday morning when he saw flashing police lights in the rearview mirror of his pickup truck and immediately thought he was being pulled over. Lally, who’d had his own serious run-ins with law enforcement over the years,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When Jasmine Harper first conceived an idea to help others, it was smaller than what it has become. The professional dancer who came to fame on “So You Think You Can Dance” before gracing the stage with artists like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Usher, wanted to create a
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 1976 book “The Hite Report” was a bestseller from the beginning. Its intimate anecdotes about love, sex, orgasms and masturbation, drawn from anonymous survey responses from about 3,000 women across the U.S., challenged male assumptions about heterosexual intercourse. And it made its author, Shere Hite, a deeply polarizing
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found. The study, released Thursday by the Humanitarian Research Lab of the Yale School of Public
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the rights of two Native American tribes because it dilutes their voting strength. U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte issued a ruling Friday that said the redrawn legislative districts violated the Voting Rights
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — A reimagining of the 2005 film that brought Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together is coming to Prime Video next year. Amazon has announced that the eight-episode series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” will release on Feb. 2, 2024. According to a press release, the new project is co-created
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The U.N. top court has issued an order calling on Azerbaijan to ensure that people can safely leave, return to or remain in Nagorno-Karabakh, following the Azerbaijani military’s retaking of the separatist region in September. Armenia asked the International Court of Justice to order so-called
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A 65-year-old fugitive who eluded authorities for nearly four decades before his arrest in June has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a Florida woman. Donald Santini pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors to avoid a first-degree murder charge. Circuit Judge Samantha Ward approved
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon is once again doubling down on its return-to-office mandate, warning staff that not complying could impact their chances of being promoted. Employees who don’t regularly work in an office at least three days a week will find that any potential promotion will be subject to an
Continue ReadingOpinion by Fareed Zakaria (CNN) — Between the tragic, ongoing war in Gaza and the Biden-Xi summit, one crucial global crisis is in danger of being forgotten — the war in Ukraine. And this is a terrible time for it to be slipping from public consciousness because Ukraine faces trouble on two fronts. As the
Continue ReadingCNNEE Por primera vez en su historia, los Latin Grammy se celebraron fuera de Estados Unidos: Sevilla acogió la ceremonia de lo más destacado de la música latina. Decenas de famosos posaron en la alfombra roja con looks inéditos. El emotivo mensaje de Shakira a sus hijos Milan y Sasha en los Latin Grammy Shakira,
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The last time it was this cheap to travel by car for Thanksgiving, almost no one was on the roads. Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday travel rush, gas prices are tumbling fast. The national average price of regular gasoline is down by 55 cents a
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Cindy Von Quednow and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Video and digital evidence helped “establish a clear sequence of events that led to the confrontation” at simultaneous pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies in California that ended with the death of a Jewish protester and the arrest of his attacker, prosecutors said Friday. Ventura
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Downs Click here for updates on this story LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) — Two Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts will not be opening on schedule due to a lack of snow accumulation. Heavenly and Northstar posted on Facebook Wednesday that they need more snow before opening their resorts. “We’re working hard to get ready
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By Sophie Tanno, Hamdi Alkhshali and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, has become a flashpoint in Israel’s war against Hamas, which began when gunmen from the militant group crossed the border into Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people. Palestinians and humanitarian agencies say the current fighting in and around Al-Shifa
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CNN By Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican, introduced a resolution Friday to expel GOP Rep. George Santos of New York from Congress, one day after the Ethics Committee released a damning report on its investigation into Santos. Lawmakers are expected to address the resolution
Continue Reading By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire’s likely Democratic primary voters still mostly plan to vote for President Joe Biden, even though his name won’t appear on their primary ballots in January, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. And most of those likely Democratic
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