By Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys in the Georgia election subversion case are set to defend their client in a Fulton County courtroom for the first time on Friday as they try to have the charges thrown out on First Amendment grounds. The historic indictment of Trump
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — The world’s first underwater sculpture park has just gotten a lot bigger. Created by British sculptor and ecologist Jason deCaires Taylor in 2006, the Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park in Grenada is now one of the Caribbean country’s most popular underwater attractions. The captivating installation recently expanded significantly, with
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court has ordered Venezuela not to take any action that would alter Guyana’s control over a disputed territory. But the International Court of Justice did not specifically ban Venezuela from holding a referendum Sunday on the territory’s future. After Guyana asked
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los astrónomos están cuestionando las teorías sobre la formación de los planetas tras descubrir un exoplaneta que, técnicamente, no debería existir. El planeta, de la masa de Neptuno y con más de 13 veces más masa que la Tierra, fue detectado orbitando una estrella enana M ultrafría llamada LHS 3154,
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese scored 19 points in her return from a mysterious four-game absence on Thursday. The No. 7 Tigers defeated No. 9 Virginia Tech 82-64 in a rematch of last year’s Final Four clash. The reigning national champions improved to 8-1 on the season. Reese,
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By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Friday to expel GOP Rep. George Santos, a historic vote that makes the New York congressman the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled from the chamber. The vote brings an end to a scandal-plagued and tumultuous tenure on Capitol Hill for the freshman New York
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TODAY: Rain will wind down as it exits to the northeast through the early morning hours. We’ll still have a damp day, as light and spotty showers will return in an off and on manner later in the day, along with persistent drizzle being possible at times. Temperatures will be stagnant today, expect a breeze
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Go to a major tennis tournament and it’s hard to miss the Carota Boys, a team of six men decked in full-body, bright-orange carrot costumes. But you might hear them before you see them. The group of 20-somethings are most likely to be found vociferously supporting world No. 4
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By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A blind golden mole that glides through sand has been rediscovered in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct. After a two-year search relying on DNA samples and a sniffer dog, a team of conservationists and geneticists from the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A US regulator has hit the China arm of prestigious “Big Four” firm PwC with a $7 million fine. The company failed to detect or prevent extensive cheating by its staff during internal training exams in mainland China and Hong Kong, the US Public Company Accounting Oversight
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — As a young boy growing up in the 1960s in Mthatha, South Africa, Luyanda Mpahlwa loved to draw houses. “I would draw this house on a slate, and I would show my mother when I got home,” said Mpahlwa, founder and director of the award-winning Cape Town-based architecture firm
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The minimum wage in Missouri will go up on Jan. 1.
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults. Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, “The Revivalist Manifesto,” gives credence to unfounded conspiracy
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El rey Carlos III dijo el viernes a los líderes mundiales que se están ignorando las señales de advertencia de la crisis climática y que el mundo se dirige hacia un “peligroso territorio desconocido”, con consecuencias devastadoras para la vida y los medios de subsistencia. En su discurso de apertura
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top government spokesperson expressed concern Friday that the U.S. military is continuing to fly Osprey aircraft in the country without providing adequate information about Wednesday’s fatal crash. One crew member was killed and seven others are missing following the crash off southern Japan, the Air Force
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los conservacionistas descubrieron dos polluelos de kiwi en Wellington, los primeros nacimientos salvajes registrados de esta ave en la capital de Nueva Zelandia en más de 150 años. Los dos nuevos polluelos llegan apenas un año después de que el Proyecto Capital Kiwi reintrodujera el ave nacional icónica del país
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the warning signs of the climate crisis are being ignored and that the world is heading for “dangerous uncharted territory,” with devastating consequences for lives and livelihoods. Delivering an opening address to delegates at the World Climate Action Summit, part of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Como trabajadora social médica en el Hospital Kaplan de Israel, la profesora Shir Daphna-Tekoah no es ajena a los traumas. Pero cuando fue llamada a trabajar el 7 de octubre, el día en que Hamas atacó granjas, pueblos y un festival de música en Israel, la magnitud del desastre se
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ, AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United States and Australia to counter China’s
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Security officials say 11 people have been killed in an attack by a group armed with explosives and guns in eastern Iraq. The attacks took place Thursday night in the area of Muqdadiyah in Diyala province. A roadside bomb exploded and gunmen then opened fire on rescuers
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