By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kyle Richards grew visibly upset over her separation from her husband Mauricio Umansky while on a panel at BravoCon. Richards appeared at “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” panel to discuss the upcoming season, saying it was difficult to discuss her marriage on camera. “I didn’t even know how
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Zac Efron’s transformation for new wrestling film “The Iron Claw” turned heads in a 2022 set photo, and it’s still the talk of moviegoers. The actor looked virtually unrecognizable with huge muscles and a bowl haircut as he was on set in Louisiana to play wrestler Kevin Von Erich
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Hootie & the Blowfish fans mark your calendars: the feel-good pop rock band is hitting the road next year with the “Summer Camp with Trucks Tour.” Produced by Live Nation, the tour with the popular 1990s band will feature special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. The band
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn’t sound like a typical R.E.M. album. “Up,” the band’s 11th album which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious and challenging collection that split fans and critics alike but reveals more interesting things with
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — At the top of the world, northern Greenland’s huge glaciers — long thought to be relatively stable — are in trouble, a new study shows. As the ocean warms, Greenland’s last remaining ice shelves are rapidly weakening, destabilizing the nearby glaciers and threatening potentially “dramatic” consequences for sea level
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — John Oliver is transforming from a comedian into a campaign manager for one of the biggest elections of the year: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll. On his show “Last Week Tonight” on Monday, he backed the pūteketeke bird as New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, a competition
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — When Michael Monaghan, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Sellers Realty in northern California, got an offer for a home in Bayside at the seller’s $650,000 list price in September, he told the buyer’s agent that the buyer needed to start looking for insurance immediately. “I
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’ve always thought you might be happier with a four-day workweek, you’re hardly alone. When asked how six different options would impact their well-being at work, a full 77% of US workers said a four-day, 40-hour workweek would have a positive impact, with 46% saying it
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies. That’s because they are not required to be included in drug studies. And often, they’re explicitly excluded. “Clinical trials and dosing instructions don’t always ensure that drugs will be
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By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his team at the White House are closely watching Tuesday’s elections to determine what – if anything – can be discerned about the electorate a year out from the presidential contest. Amid a fresh round of troubling polls and Democratic hand-wringing,
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A minibus exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, killing at least seven civilians and wounding 20 others, authorities said. This is the second blast to have struck the area in as many weeks. Police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, said Tuesday the explosion took place in the western part
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Migration experts and activists are planning an agreement between Italy and Albania that would direct thousands of migrants to the Balkan nation while their asylum applications are under review. The exact workings of the arrangement announced Monday as Albania’s leader visited Rome were still
Continue ReadingBy Karli Olson Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The families of the boys hit and killed by a MAX train over the weekend are asking for support as they process the heartbreaking loss, and work to plan funerals. Braydon Fear, 19, from Hillsboro, and 19-year-old Kaleb Banzer, from Boring,
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CNN By John King, CNN Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Nanette Mees is a registered Republican and a textbook example of Virginia’s shift from red to blue. Her last Republican vote for president was in 2004, which is also the last time a GOP presidential nominee – George W. Bush back then – carried suburban Loudoun
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Ronald Brownstein, CNN (CNN) — The biggest question in Tuesday’s elections may be whether Democrats can maintain their advantages in the nation’s biggest population centers – despite all the headwinds buffeting the party. Geographic polarization has been one of the most powerful trends in American politics for roughly the past two decades,
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Firefighters found an injured man outside a vacant, burning house late Friday, the Columbia Fire Department said Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HAMDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — The family of a 4-year-old girl in Hamden sought to thank firefighters for freeing the girl when she became trapped in her home. Hamden firefighters posted to social media that Maggie got her leg stuck between a radiator and a wall.
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By Patrick Sung and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Women’s World Cup star Jennifer Hermoso revealed on Monday that she has “received threats” in the aftermath of the unwanted kiss she received from former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales. In an exclusive interview with GQ Spain magazine, by whom she was named “Woman of the Year,”
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shootings in which 18 people were killed are on the minds of voters heading to the polls in Lewiston, Maine, where the gunman opened fire less than two weeks ago. Candidates paused their campaigns for a week after the shootings in Lewiston and campaigning was different
Continue Reading CNN By Ed Lavandera, Sarah Boxer and Rhea Mogul, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Mourning his 8-year-old daughter believed killed in Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel, Thomas Hand said he was at least partially consoled militants had not taken her hostage. Of all the terrible possibilities for her, death was the least painful, he said. But
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