Paulina Nares (CNN Español) — La cifra de evacuados de la zona cercana a la mina de oro Bulla Loca en Venezuela aumentó a 864, informó este jueves el comandante estratégico operacional de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (FANB), Domingo Hernández Lares. “Hasta el día de hoy se han evacuado voluntariamente la cantidad de 864
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Stanley has a problem. Whenever one of its new tumblers hits the the market, online and in store, mayhem tends to ensue. It’s because the Stanley tumbler is arguably one of the most viral products of the moment. While the brand is enjoying unprecedented popularity of its
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dutch armed forces have been deployed to the Caribbean to help clean up oil affecting beaches in the island of Bonaire that originated from an offshore spill blamed on an overturned barge hundreds of miles away. The government of the Dutch Caribbean island said Thursday that the military cleaned
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Jon Stewart knew he was probably going to cry when he took a moment on “The Daily Show” this week to share that his beloved dog Dipper had died. Stewart choked up talking about how much he and his family loved the three-legged pitbull, tearfully saying, “He was
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By Tamara Qiblawi, Allegra Goodwin, Nima Elbagir, Caroline Faraj and Kareem Khadder | Video by Barbara Arvanitidis, Mark Baron, Alessia Tinti, Mary Rogers, Alex Platt and Abeer Salman | Visuals by Henrik Pettersson and Alberto Mier (Al-Zarqa, Jordan) — Humanitarian workers and government officials working to deliver urgently needed aid for Gaza say a clear
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An official says that a bomb scare has shut down Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls Airport that forced the country’s president to cancel a planned address at a conference on renewable energy. Zimbabwean President Edson Mnangagwa was due to address the conference Friday morning. But the president’s spokesman
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Cat Janice, a singer who reached hundreds of thousands through social media, has died at age 31. In a post on her Instagram page, Janice’s family said she died Wednesday after battling a rare form of cancer. “Cat saw her music
Continue ReadingBy Christl Dabu Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — For Canadians thinking about retirement, costs aren’t the only factors to consider when deciding where they want to spend their golden years. Compiled by a luxury real estate firm, the report did not get into affordability, but noticeably absent from the
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jeff Yang (CNN) — When Kirk Tanner, the CEO of Wendy’s — the fast food chain known for its sassy pig-tailed mascot and square beef patties — announced in its most recent earnings call that it was testing a new digital menu technology, it should have been a passing blip on Wall Street analysts’ radar. Instead, it sparked
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A panel charged with reviewing the Olympic structure in the U.S. is calling for Congress to consider wide-ranging changes. Those include government funding of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, severing grassroots from the elite sports system and even removing the word “amateur” in a potential rewrite of the 1978
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By Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says that his organization is trying to “remain politically neutral” where possible when handling the impact of global conflicts and geopolitics on the sport. Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been excluded from events staged by World Athletics, the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There has been some chatter about Joey Graziadei’s eyes appearing yellow on “The Bachelor” this season, and he’s now explained the cause. In a video posted on his verified Instagram account, Graziadel revealed that he has Gilbert syndrome, which was first diagnosed when he was in high school
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Missouri lawmaker has introduced legislation to clarify that the state’s judges can grant divorces even when one spouse is pregnant. The notion that they can’t already has sparked anger from people who see it as an antiquated policy that controls women unfairly, possibly trapping them in abusive marriages. But
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Missouri lawmaker has introduced legislation to clarify that the state’s judges can grant divorces even when one spouse is pregnant. The notion that they can’t already has sparked anger from people who see it as an antiquated policy that controls women unfairly, possibly trapping them in abusive marriages. But
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya and Haiti have signed agreements to try to salvage a plan for the African country to deploy 1,000 police officers to the troubled Caribbean nation to help combat gang violence that has surged to unprecedented levels. Kenya agreed in October to lead a U.N.-authorized international
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Eric Levenson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — One of the two paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old Black man detained by police and injected with ketamine, was sentenced Friday in a Colorado courtroom to five years in prison, the minimum. Peter Cichuniec
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Super Tuesday fast approaching, presidential campaigns are eyeing the California primary, which is the biggest prize of the day. Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican front-runner Donald Trump are hoping that California and 15 other Super Tuesday states can help them turn the corner toward the
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Austrian police say they are investigating 17 people on suspicion of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl over a period of several months. Most of the suspects are minors. Police said Friday that 12 of the suspects are minors between the ages of 14 and 18. One is 19 and two are below
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A private jet carrying Grammy-winning artist Karol G made an emergency landing at a Los Angeles area airport after a report of smoke in the cockpit Thursday night. Video captured by CNN affiliate KABC shows the plane landing without incident at Van Nuys Airport and appears
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — An officer and a civil process server have been killed and two other officers wounded after gunfire erupted as the process server was delivering an eviction notice in Missouri and police rushed in to help, officials said. A suspect is in custody, Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman said Thursday
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