By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of passengers who boarded a Qatar Airways plane in Athens, Greece on Monday expected to be on their way to their destination – Doha, Qatar – relatively quickly. Instead, they found themselves trapped inside a grounded plane for more than three hours, according to passenger Garth Collins, who
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN and TATIANA POLLASTRI AP Business Writer MOGI GUACU, Brazil (AP) — Orange juice prices have always been volatile, falling when bumper harvests create an oversupply of oranges and rising when frost or a hurricane knocks out fruit trees. But the record-high prices the world is seeing for OJ right now may be
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Nashville police officer has been arrested for two counts of felony official misconduct after law enforcement officials say he allegedly participated in an adult video while on duty. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, 33-year-old Sean Herman was fired last month after detectives with the Specialized Investigations Divisions
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By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on an Israeli group for disrupting humanitarian convoys headed to Gaza. Both the US Treasury Department and the US State Department took action against the Tzav 9 movement for its repeated obstruction of the aid. The
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Midfielder Timmy Tillman was cut from the United States roster for the Copa America, getting the team down to the 26-player limit for the tournament. Tillman was in the U.S. training camp for the past two weeks but didn’t play in a pair of warmup games, a 5-1 loss to Colombia last
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian authorities have destroyed more than seven tons of illicit drugs and the ingredients for them, as a drug-fighting official said educating people about their danger is the best way of combating the illegal trade. The country’s National Authority for Combating Drug said the destroyed
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has appointed a former top U.S. cyberwarrior and intelligence official to its board of directors, saying he will help protect the ChatGPT maker from “increasingly sophisticated bad actors.” Retired Army Gen. Paul Nakasone was the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency before stepping
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A pioneer in the design of the microchips that make modern consumer electronics possible has died. Lynn Conway also became known for overcoming discrimination. She was fired by IBM in the 1960s when she disclosed plans for a gender transition. Conway’s death, at the age of 86, was announced by
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — After “Too many years lost in history,” as they memorably sing in “Six: The Musical,” the wives of Henry VIII continue to receive their belated due, with the latest example being “Firebrand,” devoted to his sixth and final spouse, Katherine Parr. Alicia Vikander and Jude Law anchor this
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Celebrities who have given their children unique names is nothing new, but actor Darren Criss may have raised the bar. The “Glee” star sparked conversation recently when he shared on social media news of the arrival of his second child. The picture showed what appeared to be a
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — As AI-generated images have begun creeping into art and photography contests over the past two years, sometimes fooling jurors and provoking anxiety and anger among artists, the photographer Miles Astray decided it was time to turn the tides. In an AI category at the 1839 Awards’ Color Photography Contest,
Continue ReadingBetiana Fernández Martino (CNN Español) — En Argentina, una mujer muere cada 35 horas víctima de un femicidio. En Argentina, además, el presupuesto designado para prevenir la violencia de género sufrió recortes, y este año el gobierno del presidente Javier Milei le dijo “afuera” al organismo encargado de las políticas públicas específicas para combatir esta
Continue ReadingBy Jim Dolan Click here for updates on this story PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) — You may have heard the song “The Roof Is on Fire,” but at one house in Paterson, ice went through the roof. A couple in New Jersey were sitting in their backyard when a large chunk of ice fell from
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NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY LLC, FAMILY HANDOUTS, RING VIDEO, CNN By Jim Dolan Click here for updates on this story PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) — You may have heard the song “The Roof Is on Fire,” but at one house in Paterson, ice went through the roof. A couple in New Jersey were sitting in
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday to Indigenous people for the mistreatment and trauma inflicted by the Catholic Church. The apology is part of a document approved by US Catholic bishops by a vote during its annual spring meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. The document titled “Keeping
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are officially headed to divorce, but they had been signaling the end to this part of their story for months. Many had read between the “Bennifer” lines in reports about the couple putting their house on the market or Lopez’s decision to cancel
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Es posible que la pandemia nos haya liberado de la tiranía del horario de oficina de cinco días a la semana. Pero el control de la cultura del trabajo en Estados Unidos no parece que se vaya a terminar tan facilmente. Wells Fargo reveló esta semana que había despedido a más
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The Boone County Office of Emergency Management is working to learn why outdoor warning sirens in Northern Boone County did not go off last night.
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By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Investors are worried France could be facing a financial crisis if the political center collapses in upcoming parliamentary elections, leaving far-right populists in charge of the European Union’s second-biggest economy. President Emmanuel Macron called the snap elections Sunday after his party lost to the far right in a vote
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms back into the nation’s political spotlight. The high court’s conservative majority found that the
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