By Stephane Giroux Click here for updates on this story MONTREAL (CTV Network) — A school teacher who took part in the Quebec version of the Survivor reality TV show took time off work to be a contestant is now out of a job. Survivor Québec isn’t that different from the original American series —
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland cat is in the running for a national contest for having one of the wackiest pet names in the country. Tony “Scarface” Baloney is one of 30 pets up for Nationwide’s “Wacky Pet Names” contest. His owners say he
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A potato chip commercial that features nuns receiving the crispy snacks for communion is “blasphemy” and should be taken off the air, according to an Italian Catholic organization. The spot by Amica Chips features doe-eyed young nuns inside a convent delighting that their communion wafer, known as
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By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of weeks, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air. It will be a confluence of creatures the likes of which hasn’t been seen in the United States since Thomas Jefferson was president — and won’t happen again until
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people. The shaman, Davi Kopenawa, says he asked for papal backing for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its indigenous peoples. The Yanomami leader
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities have extended the deadline for a preliminary probe into the still unexplained death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to his ally. Ivan Zhdanov, director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, said on the messaging app Telegram that the deadline has been extended until
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Green Bay Packers will play the Philadelphia Eagles when the NFL holds its first regular-season game in Brazil on Sept. 6. The matchup in Sao Paulo will mark the first time since 1970 that the NFL has played a Friday night game on the season’s opening weekend. NFL Commissioner Roger
Continue ReadingBy Quinn Pramberger and Marcy Jones Click here for updates on this story MERIDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 5-year-old died from a go-kart crash in Meriden on Tuesday night. According to Lt. Darrin McKay from Meriden police, officers were dispatched to the area of 88 Westview Dr. at approximately 7:45 p.m. The incident happened at
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ALPHARETTA, Georgia (WANF) — A man is facing several charges in an alleged rape and kidnapping of a rideshare driver, according to the Alpharetta Police Department. Demarcus Johnson, 32, was charged with rape, kidnapping, aggravated assault and theft by taking in connection to the March
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By Kara Scannell and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, who admitted to testifying falsely in Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail on perjury charges. Weisselberg was charged with five counts of perjury, but under a deal with prosecutors, he agreed to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Agentes de la Policía Nacional detuvieron este martes sobre las 4:30 p.m., hora local, a un ciudadano belga en la estación de autobuses de Méndez Álvaro de Madrid por portar numeroso armamento consigo, informaron a CNN desde la Jefatura Superior de Policía Nacional de Madrid. El detenido, de 25 años y
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Vick Hope says she waits for her husband Calvin Harris to leave before she cranks Taylor Swift’s music. “As soon as my husband goes away, I listen to Taylor Swift,” Hope recently said during an episode of BBC Radio 1 show “Going Home with Vick, Katie and Jamie.”
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks fell sharply Wednesday after inflation data for March came in higher than expected. The blue-chip Dow closed 422 points, or 1.1% lower. The S&P 500 lost 1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell by 0.8%. US consumer prices picked up again last month, vaulting to a 3.5%
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — For Laila El-Haddad, Eid-al-Fitr calls for sumagiyya. In Gaza, where El-Haddad spent summers growing up, the tangy lamb stew with sumac, chard and chickpeas is synonymous with joyous occasions, especially the three-day Muslim holiday that breaks the month-long fasting period of Ramadan. The dish was her aunt’s specialty, and El-Haddad —
Continue ReadingBy Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Tuesday, dozens of people were told to leave the Senate gallery after multiple outbursts over a bill to arm staff members with guns inside schools. The bill would require any school employee who wants to carry a concealed gun to get
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — The photos came one after another, from a man Kayla Lee didn’t know from Tennessee. “Every single day, I was getting the pictures, I was getting the pictures,” the Alabama woman recalls. The pictures came through Snapchat, featuring the man who
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland says it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. The lakeside Bürgenstock resort is expected to host
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The US government says that next month it can only pay about half of what low-income Americans are eligible for under a popular federal benefits program that is running out of money — a crisis that threatens to plunge millions of households into economic distress within weeks. The announcement by
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By Nathan Vickers Click here for updates on this story FERGUSON, Missouri (KMOV) — A family is searching for a new place to live and trying to get back on their feet after a school bus rammed into the front of their rental house. Laura Williams had been out playing with her daughter in the
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Conan O’Brien visited “The Tonight Show” on Tuesday night, and said it’s been a long time since his days hosting NBC’s “Late Night” in the same building. “It’s weird to come back,” O’Brien told host Jimmy Fallon. “I haven’t been in this building for such a long time, and
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