By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” is enlisting some of the show’s biggest alums to host the last few shows of the year. On Monday, the long-running sketch show announced that comedian Chris Rock will return to Studio 8H to host the December 14 episode, marking his fourth time hosting. Rock was
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Cargill, the megasized Minnesota-based food production giant, is laying off about 5% of its global workforce as food commodity prices drop. Cargill is America’s largest privately held company, according to Forbes, and is also the world’s largest agricultural commodities trader. In a statement to CNN on Monday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Boonville-based propane supplier Gygr Gas was ordered on Wednesday to pay the state of Missouri $377,167.11 in a 2022 lawsuit. The Attorney General’s Office – then headed by Eric Schmitt – sued Gygr Gas in December 2022 after the company abruptly closed and failed to notify its customers that it would
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer TCU has grabbed its best ranking ever in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll on Monday after a convincing win over Notre Dame as the rankings got a shakeup following a holiday tournament week marked by key losses. The Horned Frogs climbed eight spots to No. 9, the first time
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Brown University has transferred ownership of a portion of its land in Bristol, Rhode Island to a preservation trust established by the Pokanoket Indian Tribe. The move ensures access to the land extends to tribes and native peoples of the region for whom the land has significance. The university finalized the transfer last
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By Pete Muntean, Saskya Vandoorne and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in the United States have reviewed airport security footage as they continue to investigate how a woman sneaked on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a ticket last Tuesday –– one of the busiest travel days of
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and frigid with lows in the teens. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and chilly with highs in the mid-30s. EXTENDED: Skies continue to clear out tonight as clouds gradually exit, leaving temperatures to plummet into the lower teens. Tomorrow will be cool and much brighter, allowing temperatures to increase a bit into the mid-30s.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rocky Balboa fans are ready to go the distance — by bus, by ice skates, by 72 steps — to honor Philly’s favorite fictional fighter almost 50 years after the first movie launched the enduring series of an underdog boxer persevering despite the odds. Yo, Adrian, Philly finally did
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story December 2, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — H-E-B, Texas’s beloved grocery chain, continues to redefine community support with its latest announcement: a groundbreaking $1 million donation to Austin Habitat for Humanity and a flurry of new store openings and renovations across the Austin area.
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story December 2, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Houston is once again on the hunt for its next Poet Laureate, a role that beautifully marries the city’s vibrant culture with the universal language of poetry. If words are your superpower, now’s the time to wield
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County couple have been charged after they allegedly performed a circumcision on a child at their home. Tyler Wade Gibson was charged with child abuse and performing an unauthorized surgery. An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Morgan County Courthouse. Bailey Alexus Gibson was charged with child
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story December 2, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — A Father’s Love, A President’s Dilemma: Biden’s Bold Move to Pardon Hunter Francis Page Jr. | 12/2/2024, 2:28 p.m. In a historic and emotionally charged decision, President Joe Biden chose to exercise his presidential pardon power, granting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The search for five people believed to be aboard a fishing vessel that capsized in rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska has been suspended, the Coast Guard said Monday. The search lasted nearly a day and covered more than 108 square nautical miles (370 square kilometers). “We stand
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story December 2, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Intimacy—it’s that magical connection that binds us together, a dance of trust, shared laughter, and heartfelt conversations. But in a world hyper-focused on sex as the ultimate expression of closeness, many forget that intimacy doesn’t need a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty at the Charleston County
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages. The stunning advance on Aleppo by rebel forces came as several key players in the conflict have been distracted or weakened, triggering the heaviest clashes since a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El telescopio espacial James Webb captó una nueva y sorprendente imagen de una galaxia vecina estudiada durante mucho tiempo, la galaxia del Sombrero, revelando una perspectiva que parece bastante diferente del sombrero mexicano de ala ancha que le da nombre. La imagen tomada con el instrumento MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) del observatorio
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Florida woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend into a suitcase and leaving him to die of suffocation amid a history of domestic and alcohol abuse. Circuit Judge Michael Kraynick imposed the sentence in Orlando on Sarah Boone, 47, for the 2020 killing of 42-year-old Jorge Torres.
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — General Motors has reached an agreement to sell its stake in a nearly completed electric vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan. The company said Monday that it has a nonbinding agreement for the sale to joint venture partner LG Energy Solution of South Korea. The companies expect to close the sale by
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