By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the Tony Awards, John Legend played live with cast members from the Broadway musical “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations.” Now he’s going further and joining the show’s producing team. Legend and his partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Nota del editor: Kent Sepkowitz es médico y experto en control de infecciones en el Centro Oncológico Memorial Sloan Kettering de Nueva York. Las opiniones expresadas en esta columna son suyas. Ver más opinión en CNNEE. (CNN) — Un nuevo enfoque para manejar la pandemia del covid-19 ahora podría estar sobre la
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley was shot to death in a dispute that involved a hatchet after showing up at a house occupied by his estranged wife and another man. A statement by police in Athens says the 31-year-old Townley had the weapon at some point
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 13, 1975 Birth place: Schenectady, New York Birth name: Andrew M. Yang Father: Kei-Hsiung Yang, researcher at IBM and GE Mother: Nancy L. Yang, systems administrator Marriage: Evelyn (Lu) Yang (2011-present)
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Stella McCartney’s virus-conscious show was shown to a fraction of the normal Paris audience. But that did not detract from its energy or celebrity pull. Paul McCartney surprised his designer daughter backstage amid a huddle of guests that included Demi Moore and Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris,
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By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer With Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper and the rest of baseball’s MVP front-runners left out of the postseason, there’s a chance for some budding stars to cement their place among the game’s top names. Nobody is likely to match the breakout had by Rays rookie Randy Arozarena last fall, when
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying it’s been selling her cervical cells without her knowledge or consent. The cells were taken by doctors at Johns Hopkins from the terminally ill Black woman in 1951, and grown in the lab
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying it’s been selling her cervical cells without her knowledge or consent. The cells were taken by doctors at Johns Hopkins from the terminally ill Black woman in 1951, and grown in the lab
Continue Reading By GLORIA CALVI, COLLEEN BARRY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SASSARI, Sardinia (AP) — Catalonia’s former separatist leader has walked out of a Sardinian courthouse victoriously after a judge delayed a decision on Spain’s extradition request and said he was free to travel. He walked out Monday with his lawyer, shook hands and embraced supporters,
Continue Reading CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police in Cedar Rapids are investigating what they say was an attempt to snatch a 2-year-old child from a sidewalk. Police say in a news release that the incident happened Sunday afternoon, when officers responded to a possible child abduction attempt near Huntington Park in north-central Cedar Rapids. Arriving officers
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The British government says all the country’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2035, a move that will help end the country’s reliance on imported fuel. Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said “the only way to strengthen Britain’s energy security is zero carbon power that is generated in this
Continue Reading MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The British government says all the country’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2035, a move that will help end the country’s reliance on imported fuel. Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said “the only way to strengthen Britain’s energy security is zero carbon power that is generated in this
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Investigators commissioned by the United Nations’ top human rights body said Monday they had evidence of possible crimes against humanity and war crimes in Libya. Many of the alleged crimes, they say, were committed against civilians and migrants detained in the country while trying
Continue ReadingBy Kay Jones and Alta Spells, CNN An 11-year-old girl was killed and a 5-year-old girl injured after being shot while riding in a vehicle Saturday evening in Milwaukee, according to the police department. The two girls were passengers in a vehicle with other family members, when another car pulled up and started firing, according
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By Swati Gupta, CNN India’s top court on Monday approved the government’s decision to pay about $670 for every coronavirus death in the country as compensation to the next of kin of the deceased. The payments tally to more than $300 million based on India’s current death toll, according to CNN’s calculation. It had officially
Continue ReadingBy Chris Dunker Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The number of on-campus sexual assaults reported to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police doubled in 2020 over the previous year, according to the annual campus crime report published this week. A total of 26 rapes were reported on campus
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Sunday marked the end of a key fundraising period for the 2021 AIDS Walk Los Angeles, an event that is being held virtually this year because of the pandemic. So far organizers have received nearly $1 million in total donations. While
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change”
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Business) — WhatsApp, Facebook e Instagram sufrieron fallas desde el lunes al mediodía, según declaraciones públicas de los tres servicios de Facebook. A las 6 P.M. hora de Miami se empezó a reportar el restablecimiento gradual para algunos usuarios. Aproximadamente seis horas duraron caídas. La interrupción fue causada por un “cambio de configuración
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Watson, the CEO of Ozy Media, says it was “premature” to shut down and that he wants to keep operating, despite a scandal-ridden week that exposed Ozy as a media company without much of an audience. The company emailed a statement Monday saying it
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