By Megan Marples, CNN Cotton candy is one of the last words most people would use to describe lobster, but one special crustacean fits the bill. Haddie, a rare cotton candy-colored lobster, was caught in Maine earlier this week. Unlike a regular blackish-brown lobster, Haddie features iridescent blue and pink hues on her body. Bill
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MOSCOW (AP) — New pandemic restrictions prepared by Russian authorities are set to go into effect next year. Bills outlining the measures were introduced in parliament on Friday. They would restrict access to many public places, as well as domestic and international trains and flights, to those who have been fully vaccinated, have recovered from
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are readying to issue a subpoena on Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration to hand over a document regarding her daughter’s attempt to win a state appraisal license. They want to know if there was an agreement in place to give Kassidy Peters another
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By Phil Gomez Click here for updates on this story SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, California (KSBW) — Away from the Veteran Day parades and celebrations on Thursday, renewed hope and housing for veterans who are living houseless on the Central Coast. The Santa Cruz County Veteran’s Memorial Building Trustees closed escrow on Jaye’s Timberlane Resort. The
Continue Reading LAURENS, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who killed a 2-year-old child found with bruises and bite marks all over his body and signs of sexual abuse has been sentenced to life in prison after agreeing to plead guilty. Prosecutors say 30-year-old William Looper told investigators he beat and abused the boy for two
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By Laura Studley, Mallika Kallingal and Alex Harring, CNN The mother of a missing 14-year-old who was found safe in New York City on Thursday has been charged with two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, authorities in New Jersey said Friday. The charges against Jamie Moore, 39, include allegations of physical
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Business) — AstraZeneca obtuvo su primer beneficio de las ventas de su vacuna contra el covid-19. La compañía vendió la inyección por valor de US$ 2.200 millones en los primeros nueve meses del año. En el trimestre que finalizó el 30 de septiembre, las ventas de la vacuna totalizaron US$ 1.050 millones,
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal court is allowing a team of environmental groups to continue with a lawsuit against the U.S. government. The suit seeks to create stronger rules to protect rare North Atlantic right whales from collisions with ships. The petitioners want to expand areas and times when
Continue Reading By FAY ABUELGASIM and NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The United States, Britain and the European Union have slammed the Sudan coup leader’s latest move to tighten the military’s grip on power by appointing himself the head of an army-run governing body. The Western nations say it’s a unilateral decision that undermines
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Chicago’s president is urging city officials and police to treat Chicago’s rising violence as a “public health crisis” following the fatal shooting of a Chinese student during an armed robbery near campus. Twenty-four-year-old Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng was shot in a residential area Tuesday. The Chicago Sun-Times reports witnesses said
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OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man found hiding in a closet has been charged in a deadly Iowa stabbing. The Wappello County prosecutor’s office said Friday that 42-year-old Douglas Raymond Spurgeon is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 55-year-old Gerald William Sapp. No attorney has been assigned to Spurgeon yet. Police
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON AND GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rep. Madison Cawthorn says he’ll run in a new congressional district under North Carolina’s newly approved map. His Thursday night announcement to run in a redder district was a strategic move to thwart the chances of GOP state House Speaker
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, but remain on track for weekly losses. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq rose 0.9%. Every major index is on track
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By Kara Fox, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN Russia and Belarus flexed their military might for a third time this week near the Poland-Belarus border, where thousands of people are stranded in deplorable conditions, trapped at the center of an intensifying humanitarian and geopolitical crisis. On Friday, Russia and Belarus held joint
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By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN With the Duchess of Sussex’s photograph plastered across many UK newspapers this week, you’d have been forgiven for thinking you’d somehow time-traveled back to 2019. Reminiscent of the peak media frenzy that engulfed Meghan, this week saw the latest bout in her two-year legal battle against the publisher
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN With the Duchess of Sussex’s photograph plastered across many UK newspapers this week, you’d have been forgiven for thinking you’d somehow time-traveled back to 2019. Reminiscent of the peak media frenzy that engulfed Meghan, this week saw the latest bout in her two-year legal battle against the publisher
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN With the Duchess of Sussex’s photograph plastered across many UK newspapers this week, you’d have been forgiven for thinking you’d somehow time-traveled back to 2019. Reminiscent of the peak media frenzy that engulfed Meghan, this week saw the latest bout in her two-year legal battle against the publisher
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN The upcoming Netflix comedy series “Uncoupled,” starring Neil Patrick Harris, will no longer feature a Latina housekeeper character after an actor publicly criticized the role for being stereotypical and flat. Ada Maris, known for her roles in TV series such as “Mayans MC” and “Nurses” and the 1986 film “About Last
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another chunk of his stock Thursday after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker. Musk sold about 640,000 shares for roughly $687.3 million, according to two filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales will help Musk pay
Continue Reading By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to again lead the powerful regulatory agency. Califf served as FDA commissioner for the last 11 months of President Barack Obama’s second term. Before that, Califf spent more than 35
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