By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — One person has been found dead and another is missing after two cargo ships collided in the Baltic Sea off southern Sweden. The ships were identified as the Danish-flagged Karin Hoej and a British ship, the Scot Carrier. The Danish ship was floating upside down.
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business It seems like a good time for General Motors to pull the plug on the Bolt, the only electric vehicle currently in its North American vehicle lineup. GM, which is spending tens of billions of dollars to switch its lineup to electric vehicles in the coming decades, has essentially stopped
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A Nobel laureate in literature, Jewish students and other prominent figures in Austria want the country’s new interior minister removed from office because of allegedly antisemitic comments he made more than a decade ago. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said Monday that he regrets what he said during an election campaign back then,
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday in a sluggish start to the week following the market’s best weekly gain since February. The S&P 500 index fell 0.6%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gave up 0.9% A
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press A major winter storm hitting Northern California is expected to intensify and bring travel headaches and a threat of localized flooding after an abnormally warm fall in the U.S. West. Light rain and snow that started falling over the weekend was heavier early Monday. The state’s highest peaks could get
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Many of America’s leading discount chains have sat out the online shopping boom. Not anymore. Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar (owned by Dollar Tree), Five Below and Grocery Outlet have all started offering delivery from stores over the past year. They are tapping delivery companies, such as Instacart and
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on a group of private Russian military contractors it accuses of fomenting violence and committing human rights abuses in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. EU foreign ministers agreed to slap asset freezes and travel bans Monday on eight people involved with the Wagner Group, including
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on a group of private Russian military contractors it accuses of fomenting violence and committing human rights abuses in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. EU foreign ministers agreed to slap asset freezes and travel bans Monday on eight people involved with the Wagner Group, including
Continue Reading By BOB SMIETANA of Religion News Service and HOLLY MEYER of The Associated Press Women cannot serve as the senior pastor of a Southern Baptist church. But they have long been seen as leaders on the mission field, in women’s organizations or at denominational seminaries. Others have influence in more informal ways serving their local
Continue Reading NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will start vaccinating kids between the ages of 5 to 11 in fresh bid to head off another COVID-19 surge following the first confirmed cases of the omicron variant on the eastern Mediterranean island nation. Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela also said individuals can receive booster shots two weeks sooner than
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Communist Party lawmaker in Russia has been charged with illegal hunting for killing an elk. Kremlin critic Valery Rashkin after police said they found an elk carcass in the trunk of Rashkin’s vehicle when he didn’t have a hunting license. Rashkin at first denied shooting the elk
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a conservative think tank over Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to exclude the group’s writers from press briefings. The justices acted without comment Monday. They left in place lower court rulings that said the decision is legal. The John K. MacIver Institute for Public
Continue Reading By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press In Hinduism, there aren’t a lot of women among pandits, the priests who perform Hindu religious rituals. But those who study the religion and its traditions say that women in Hinduism globally have and continue to take on leadership roles in other ways. They’re creating community and passing on knowledge.
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By Marianne Garvey The official trailer for the third “Fantastic Beasts” movie is here. The movie, titled “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” comes after a video celebrating the 20th anniversary of the franchise had dropped in early December, teasing the new movie. The teaser gives us a look at Mads Mikkelsen as Gellert Grindelwald,
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Keanu Reeves has revealed why he turned down the 1997 movie “Speed 2: Cruise Control.” Reeves starred with Sandra Bullock in the 1994 film “Speed,” about a bus that will explode if it drops below 50 miles per hour. The actor appeared on “The Graham Norton Show,” where he said, “At
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg has read the nominations for the 79th Golden Globes. After nine months of widespread criticism forced the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to reform, the group tried its best Monday to keep its perch in awards season, spreading nominations around to the likes of
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a request by Johnson & Johnson to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products. The case the justices turned away Monday dates to 2014, when Mississippi sued the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company. Mississippi argues Johnson & Johnson violated state law by failing to
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away a request by Johnson & Johnson to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products. The case the justices turned away Monday dates to 2014, when Mississippi sued the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company. Mississippi argues Johnson & Johnson violated state law by failing to
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — El exsecretario general de la Casa Blanca Mark Meadows envió un correo electrónico diciendo que la Guardia Nacional estaría lista para “proteger a los simpatizantes de Trump” en los días previos a la insurrección del Capitolio de Estados Unidos, según un nuevo informe de desacato publicado del domingo por la noche
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Los nominados a los premios Golden Globes 2022 (los Globo de Oro) se dieron a conocer este lunes. Los premios Golden Globes, que celebrarán su 79 entrega el domingo 9 de enero, siempre generan gran expectativa, ya que “son una de las pocas galas de premios que incluyen reconocimientos tanto al
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