By Nicole Chavez, CNN The New York City Police Department has arrested a woman accused of harassing and spitting on an 8-year-old Jewish boy outside a Brooklyn synagogue last week, authorities said. The woman, identified as 21-year-old Christina Darling, was charged with multiple counts including aggravated harassment as a hate crime, acting in a manner
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Louie Anderson, an Emmy winner whose career spanned from stand-up and game show host to starring roles in TV and film, died Friday in Las Vegas from complications related to cancer, his publicist Glenn Schwartz confirmed to CNN. He was 68. On Thursday his friend, fellow comedian Pauly Shore, tweeted
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By Matt Villano, CNN Birthdays are usually joyous occasions for Bonnie Wiener-Bambara, with daylong parties that involve pampering, dinner and friends. When she turned 47 on January 10, however, the festivities were practically nonexistent. There was good reason for the change in plans: The college professor in Patchogue, New York, has a 13-month-old daughter. Because
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A precious baby hits a milestone extremely early, a marine biologist captures video of a rare sight and a reporter has a shocking encounter on live TV. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Gift of gab A family shares their 2-month-old daughter’s loving first words. Watch Anderson Cooper Full
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A precious baby hits a milestone extremely early, a marine biologist captures video of a rare sight and a reporter has a shocking encounter on live TV. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Gift of gab A family shares their 2-month-old daughter’s loving first words. Watch Anderson Cooper Full
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN The Australian government on Friday pledged 1 billion Australian dollars ($700 million) to protect the Great Barrier Reef, months after it narrowly avoided being placed on the UN’s cultural agency’s “danger” list due to the threat of climate change. Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled the nearly decade-long conservation package days ahead
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A precious baby hits a milestone extremely early, a marine biologist captures video of a rare sight and a reporter has a shocking encounter on live TV. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Gift of gab A family shares their 2-month-old daughter’s loving first words. Watch Anderson Cooper Full
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Temperatures have dropped and clouds exited as Arctic high pressure begins to settle over the Midwest for the rest of the work week, giving us some of the coolest air of the season so far. THURSDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Wind chills are in the single digits, and this is still expected to be the worst of
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FRIDAY High pressure’s centered just to our north this morning. That will keep the sunshine around but as that pulls east, winds will swing out of the south this afternoon. It won’t be soon enough to help us get back to freezing today, with highs in the middle 20’s. TONIGHT Some clouds will move in
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A treacherous wintry mix including freezing rain and snow is set to hit parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina from Friday into Saturday, moving the governors of those states declare emergencies as forecasters anticipate poor travel conditions and power outages. A coastal swath of the Carolinas
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Forget about all the boardroom intrigue on “Succession” and “Billions.” Real-life companies are facing a lot more drama than anyone on those popular shows. Struggling companies have one more reason to watch their backs. Several of them now have to contend with pesky activist shareholders — the so-called
Continue ReadingBy Michael Warren and Melanie Zanona, CNN Kevin McCarthy was done being nice. The House Republican leader cast off his typically sunny demeanor during a December 8 meeting of the GOP conference to deliver a stern warning to his most raucous members: Quit trying to hold your vote for speaker over my head. “He said,
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The Jefferson City Board of Education is set to meet behind closed doors Friday morning, to discuss personnel.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of store and restaurant workers in America who catch Covid-19 are increasingly showing up to work while infected with the virus. Many of these employees don’t have paid sick leave and need to keep up with their bills, while others fear they’ll face repercussions if they call out sick. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of store and restaurant workers in America who catch Covid-19 are increasingly showing up to work while infected with the virus. Many of these employees don’t have paid sick leave and need to keep up with their bills, while others fear they’ll face repercussions if they call out sick. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of store and restaurant workers in America who catch Covid-19 are increasingly showing up to work while infected with the virus. Many of these employees don’t have paid sick leave and need to keep up with their bills, while others fear they’ll face repercussions if they call out sick. Here’s
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of store and restaurant workers in America who catch Covid-19 are increasingly showing up to work while infected with the virus. Many of these employees don’t have paid sick leave and need to keep up with their bills, while others fear they’ll face repercussions if they call out sick. Here’s
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN It’s not every day that you spot an 80-meter superyacht squeezing under a bridge with just a few inches of clearance. So it’s no wonder that the sight of this gigantic vessel from Heesen making its way through the narrow canals of the Netherlands drew a large crowd. The maiden voyage of
Continue ReadingStephanie Busari, CNN “Sis have you seen this wonderful cover … it’s amazing,” a friend wrote to me in an Instagram message. It was the British Vogue February 2022 cover, which features an all-star team of African supermodels. It is one of two cover photos released this month (a second cover image features one of the
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By Melissa Alonso, CNN Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life singer whose bombastic rock opera “Bat Out of Hell” is one of the best-selling albums of all time, has died at age 74, according to a statement on his verified Facebook page. “Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with
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