By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — US customs officers seized a shipment from India that contained a counterfeit version of an extremely rare watch. Had it been a real Richard Mille time piece, it would have been worth over $3.78 million, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said. Watches and jewelry are the most commonly counterfeited
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Pop Life Chronicles: Sign up for CNN’s entertainment newsletter CNN’s Lisa Respers France is your plugged-in BFF chronicling the week’s most impactful entertainment stories. Every Thursday she’ll pop into your inbox with binge-worthy content and illuminating industry news. The internet is nothing if not a place for
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA and JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — When Finland joined NATO earlier this year, Russia threatened retaliation. Now, hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have appeared at Finland’s border from Russia, seeking entry into the Nordic country. Finnish officials say the sudden surge in asylum-seekers is no coincidence.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people turned out on central London’s streets Saturday for a pro-Palestinian march calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Police said that while the majority of people protested peacefully, 18 people were arrested including at least five people who were detained on suspicion
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces’ missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia. It tracks soldiers’ fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space.
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Crews responded around Friday to a house fire in southeast Portland. The call was initially placed at 12:40 p.m. to a home on SE 87th near SE Division Street. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, heavy smoke could be seen coming
Continue ReadingBy Ezra Kaplan Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND Oregon (KPTV) — Since 1988, the standard in Oregon has been that if you are caught with a large amount of drugs, prosecutors were safe to assume, and charge, that you were a drug dealer with the intent of making delivery. “For over 30
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hennessy Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Kansas City Firefighter Captain John (JP) Parison III was laid to rest at the Park Lawn Cemetery Friday afternoon. The procession began at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church and drove by Firehouse 35, and under a large American flag hung between
Continue ReadingBy Ahniaelyah Spraggs Click here for updates on this story FAIRHOPE, Alabama (WALA) — A popular restaurant in Fairhope was destroyed by a fire on Thanksgiving. Early Friday morning as the sun rose in Fairhope, police tape, shattered glass and debris were seen in the parking lot of the McDonald’s on Greeno Road North. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A nine-member City of Columbia Public Works snowplow crew will begin working on Saturday, preparing for overnight winter weather heading to Columbia. According to a news release from the City, crews will report for duty at 6 p.m. in anticipation of the storm. The winter weather system is expected to roll into
Continue ReadingGIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the annual fall renewal of her shaman spirit, Mee Vang Yang will soon ritually redecorate the tall altar in her living room where she keeps her father’s ring-shaped shaman bells. She carried them across the Mekong River as the family fled the Communist takeover of
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants in a West Bank refugee camp shot and killed two alleged collaborators with Israel early Saturday, Palestinian officials said. Mobs then kicked the bloodied corpses and dragged them through alleys before trying to tie them to an electrical tower. The scenes, widely shared on social
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “La muerte no existe, hija. La gente solo se muere cuando la olvidan”, escribe Isabel Allende en “Eva Luna”, una de sus obras más reconocidas. Y es precisamente por eso que, tres años después de su fallecimiento, Diego Maradona sigue vivo en Nápoles: la ciudad lo recuerda en una
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Emotivas escenas se vivieron cuando los niños rehenes liberados por Hamas este viernes bajo una tregua temporal se reunieron con sus seres queridos. Un video publicado por el Centro Médico Infantil Schneider muestra a Ohad Munder, de 9 años, corriendo hacia su padre Avi Zichri y recibiendo un gran abrazo. Fue
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By Kate Sullivan and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump attended a highly anticipated rivalry football game in South Carolina on Saturday as he campaigns in the key early-nominating state ahead of next year’s Republican presidential primary. The Palmetto Bowl is an annual matchup between the University of South Carolina and Clemson
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — If your idea of train travel – fast, easy, ubiquitous, even glamorous – is from movies like “Before Sunrise” or “Bullet Train” set in Europe or Asia, you’ll be surprised to learn that the US was once the world’s superpower in passenger trains. With a busy transcontinental
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Snowfall is declining globally as temperatures warm because of human-caused climate change, a new analysis and maps from a NOAA climate scientist show. But less snow falling from the sky isn’t as innocuous as just having to shovel less; it threatens to reinforce warming, and disrupt food and water
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests. Sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, now account for more
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — American teenager Ava Marie Ziegler won her first ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating title, as she sealed victory at the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan following a sparkling routine in the free skate. The 17-year-old’s performance in the free skate catapulted her to the gold medal from fifth place
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says militants from a shadowy extremist organization with ties to the Islamic State Group killed at least 14 farmers in Congo’s hard-hit eastern region. The Allied Democratic Forces attacked Mamove village in North Kivu province on Friday night where they beheaded
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