Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Kanye West ya no existirá. Después de presentar los papeles para cambiar su nombre, el rapero, nacido Kanye Omari West, finalmente consiguió lo que pedía, y será conocido legalmente como “Ye”. La jueza Michelle Williams concedió el cambio este lunes en un tribunal de California, después de que el rapero
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AUBURNDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a state trooper struck a motorcycle rider, sending the man onto the pavement, where a tractor trailer ran over him. The Florida Highway Patrol says the 52-year-old man died at the scene Monday night. A news release said the 30-year-old trooper pulled onto State Road 400 near
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By Jack Guy, CNN A scuba diver has found a 900-year-old Crusader sword with a three-foot blade off the coast of Israel. The amateur diver spotted the sword and other ancient artifacts on the seabed off northern Israel, according to a statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) published Monday. He was diving on October
Continue Reading LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal has paid official homage to a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution. Officials placed a tomb with the name of Aristides de Sousa Mendes in the country’s National Pantheon. Leading Portuguese politicians and public figures attended Tuesday’s formal televised ceremony as
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Las cinco víctimas del atentado de la semana pasada en Noruega murieron apuñaladas y no asesinadas por ataque con arco y flechas como se pensaba anteriormente, según informó la policía este lunes. Cuatro mujeres y un hombre, con edades comprendidas entre los 50 y los 70 años, murieron en el
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says a Utah laboratory will examine DNA evidence from a string of killings committed during the 1970s and 1980s. Bottoms tweeted that city investigators were traveling to Salt Lake City to provide the evidence to a private lab. At least 29 Black children and young adults were
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN The race is on to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania state Rep. Summer Lee, a leading progressive organizer and democratic socialist, formally entered the primary in the state’s 18th Congressional District on Tuesday with the support of Justice Democrats, the group that launched New York Rep. Alexandria
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN During the winter months in West Virginia, Felisha Chase pays more for her electricity than she does for her home. “It does feel wrong when your electric bill is more than your mortgage,” Chase told CNN. “Around here the old adage is ‘coal keeps the lights on.’ Anyone struggling to keep
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A 96-year-old former secretary for the Stutthof concentration camp’s SS commander appeared before a court in northern Germany on Tuesday to formally hear the charges against her. The indictment read out before the state court in Itzehoe, near Hamburg, charges Irmgard Furchner with more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder. Furchner
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Football’s world governing body FIFA says it’s “deeply concerned” at images that have recently emerged on social media of the Congolese Under-20 women’s national team. Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO posted video footage appearing to show team training in the street before an Under-20 World Cup qualifier. FIFPRO says the video,
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Football’s world governing body FIFA says it’s “deeply concerned” at images that have recently emerged on social media of the Congolese Under-20 women’s national team. Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO posted video footage appearing to show team training in the street before an Under-20 World Cup qualifier. FIFPRO says the video,
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says its navy detected and blocked an Indian submarine from entering the country’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea over the weekend. The military said the Indian submarine was detected by the navy’s long-range maritime patrol aircraft on Saturday. Its statement on Tuesday provided no further details and there was
Continue Reading By COREY WILLIAMS and AARON MORRISON Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Colin Powell was the first Black person to be national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and secretary of state. But some African Americans say that his voice on their behalf could have been louder. Powell died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He spent
Continue Reading By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet Black Friday takes place on Nov. 26 this year. A month ahead of the big discount day, we talked to retail experts to find out what shoppers should expect from retailers in 2021. This year’s promotions will happen largely online rather than in packed stores. Sales will start early and
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By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet Black Friday takes place on Nov. 26 this year. A month ahead of the big discount day, we talked to retail experts to find out what shoppers should expect from retailers in 2021. This year’s promotions will happen largely online rather than in packed stores. Sales will start early and
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is hosting a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in foreign investment for green projects in Britain. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday at the Global Investment Summit in London that private-sector investment and consumer pressure are key to slashing carbon emissions and controlling climate change. He told
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is hosting a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in foreign investment for green projects in Britain. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday at the Global Investment Summit in London that private sector investment and consumer pressure are key to
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By Sharon Braithwaite and Stephanie Halasz, CNN The five victims of last week’s attack in Norway were all stabbed to death, rather than killed by bow-and-arrow as previously thought, police said Monday. Four women and one man, between the ages of 50 and 70, died in the attack in the small town of Kongsberg last
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN By some counts, half of kids as young as 10 use social media. It seems scary, but there are ways parents can help them stay safe online. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN By some counts, half of kids as young as 10 use social media. It seems scary, but there are ways parents can help them stay safe online. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need
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