By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from New York City’s Times Square on December 31, alongside his host Rita Ora. There will once again be satellite locations in Los Angeles — hosted by Jeannie Mai — and a
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA and JIM SALTER Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who had just laid a tire deflation device on the road
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Alicia Wallace and Hanna Ziady, CNN Minneapolis/London (CNN) — Not all pandemic recoveries are created equal. The world’s richest economies have taken diverging paths in recuperating from the devastating effects of Covid-19. At a time when multiple forces and crises — wars, geopolitical tensions, the pandemic’s lingering aftershocks, high inflation and steep borrowing
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s top court has rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors. The court based in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has ruled that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Janucá es una fiesta judía que comienza en la víspera del día 25 del mes hebreo de Kislev y dura ocho días. La fecha de inicio en el calendario occidental varía de un año a otro, pero suele caer entre finales de noviembre y finales de diciembre. En 2023, Janucá
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La casa internacional de subastas Christie’s consideró que un grabado creado por Rembrandt hace más de 350 años es demasiado explícito para ser visto. “La Cama Francesa”, dibujado por el viejo maestro neerlandés en 1646, está a la venta en la sucursal londinense de la casa de subastas, pero solo puede ser
Continue ReadingOpinion by Todd Graham (CNN) — I’ve watched more than 8,000 debates. Admittedly, my life is not terribly exciting. But after Wednesday night’s fourth Republican presidential debate at the University of Alabama, I was rollin’ like the tide. If you were lucky enough to watch, you were treated to the finest speech ever given in
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A British hedge fund trader extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Denmark where he was wanted for allegedly orchestrating a more than 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud has been ordered to remain in custody until his Jan. 3 trial. Sanjay Shah was convicted in May in Dubai of
Continue ReadingBy Harry Samler Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The wife of a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Marietta is furious with the assisted living facility that allowed him to escape. Doctors diagnosed Lamar Jones, a U.S. military veteran, with the disease in 2016. The couple moved into their daughter’s basement
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Her fascination with France began when she spent a summer in the European country while working as an au pair back in the 1970s. From then on, Ellen, originally from the East Coast of the US, made it her mission to travel to France whenever she got the chance
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new law has been passed in Denmark’s parliament that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country. The vote on Thursday came after a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine, including $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war-torn country’s recovery efforts. Kishida made the announcement late Wednesday in Tokyo while hosting his last Group of Seven summit as this year’s chairperson. The $1
Continue ReadingBy Emily Keinath Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — The state of Michigan is warning anyone who has purchased a skunk in the past six months from Rose’s Skunks in Attica, or a seller in Chesterfield Township/New Baltimore connected to Rose’s Skunks, they could be exposed to rabies. A skunk purchased
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios is setting up a free-to-access OnlyFans page. Kyrgios is a 28-year-old Australian who was the runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2022 but was sidelined by injuries for nearly all of this past season. He played in just one official singles match in 2023.
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By Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — English Football Association (FA) chair Debbie Hewitt accused Luis Rubiales of inappropriately touching England players at the FIFA World Cup final in Australia. The claims became public on Wednesday after FIFA published its reasons for banning the disgraced former Royal Spanish Football Federation president from “all football-related activities” for
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By Arya Jyothi and Yara Enany, CNN Business Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The construction industry is among the biggest contributors to global heating, and one of the toughest sectors to decarbonize. Constructing buildings and manufacturing and transporting materials accounts for about 11% of all global carbon emissions, according to the World Green Building Council. Now,
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting pharmaceutical companies on notice. Washington is warning them that if the price of certain drugs is too high, the government might cancel their patent protection and allow rivals to make their own versions. Under a plan announced Thursday, the
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 46-year-old Fair Grove woman suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on Lowell Williams Rd, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online crash report. According to Troopers, Melisa Bowles was driving northbound when her 1999 Pontiac Sunfire crossed the middle of the road and overcorrected. The vehicle
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By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron has urged US lawmakers to “lift the morale” of Ukraine by passing an aid package for Kyiv that has become entangled in Republican quarrelling. Cameron, a former British prime minister, told CNN during a trip to Washington, DC, on Thursday that the US is
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La presidenta de la Asociación Inglesa de Fútbol (FA), Debbie Hewitt, acusó a Luis Rubiales de tocar inapropiadamente a jugadores de Inglaterra en la final de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA en Australia. Las afirmaciones se hicieron públicas este miércoles después de que la FIFA publicara sus razones para vetar
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