By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” returns for its 47th season this weekend with a bit of a surprise. All but one of the cast members are returning. Only Beck Bennett has said he will not be coming back for the show. There was some mystery about whether
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ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators have brought civil charges against a Georgia man they say defrauded investors who shared his Turkish cultural and religious background. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint Friday in federal court in Atlanta against Omer Casurluk and Star Chain Inc., a company he started. The SEC complaint says
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business A German hamster is beating investors at their own game. Since June, a hamster named Mr. Goxx has been running an independent portfolio that trades cryptocurrency from a high-tech cage called the Goxx Box. His portfolio has a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including TRON, Ethereum and Bitcoin. Mr. Goxx’s trading
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans are trying to shore up their slipping dominance in America’s biggest red state with redrawn voting maps. New Texas congressional districts offered Monday by GOP lawmakers would bolster Republicans’ chances of reclaiming control of the U.S. House in 2022. Booming Texas was the
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has received his COVID-19 booster shot. Monday’s booster shot came days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans 65 or older and approved them for others with preexisting medical conditions and high-risk work environments. Biden is 78. He
Continue Reading By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s top diplomat says Syria’s doors are open for the safe return of refugees to their country. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad also called for the withdrawal of U.S. and Turkish troops from his country, pledging to drive them out from
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about whether Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft used an unconstitutional set of laws last year to derail an effort to put the state’s new abortion restrictions on the ballot for a public vote. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who was placed on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19 says his recovery is going slowly. Cardinal Raymond Burke, a vaccine skeptic, posted a letter on his website Saturday saying he left the hospital Sept. 3 and moved into a house near
Continue Reading By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and PETER SMITH Associated Press Faith-based groups are scrambling to keep up with fast-paced developments in the Haitian migrant crisis. They’re trying to assist those in need while assailing the harsh enforcement tactics employed against them. Before thousands of Haitian migrants recently dispersed from a camp along the Texas border, a
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN “The Last of Us” first look is here. The forthcoming HBO series is based on a popular video game franchise and stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who play Joel and Ellie. (Like CNN, HBO is part of WarnerMedia.) The series takes place 20 years after civilization has been destroyed and
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is renewing efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy’s legality. An administration proposal on Monday attempts to satisfy concerns
Continue Reading MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Court records show a Tennessee state senator charged with stealing $600,000 in federal grant money from a health care school she operated has been acquitted on 15 of 20 charges. Memphis news outlets report that U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl Lipman filed the order Sunday. Sen. Katrina Robinson was charged in
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has convicted a man of instigating a murder in 2002 and participating in subsequent cannibalism and handed him a 25-year prison term. The body of the victim was never found and his identity isn’t known. But the court in northwest Poland gave credence to the testimony of
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Longtime University of Kansas political scientist Burdett Loomis has died. He was 76. Loomis was a frequently quoted commentator and the author, co-author or editor of more than a dozen books about politics. A local funeral home notice said Loomis died Saturday at his Lawrence home. Kansas Public Radio reports that
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Longtime University of Kansas political scientist Burdett Loomis has died. He was 76. Loomis was a frequently quoted commentator and the author, co-author or editor of more than a dozen books about politics. A local funeral home notice said Loomis died Saturday at his Lawrence home. Kansas Public Radio reports that
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Personal Birth date: May 29, 1955 Birth place: Ardmore, Oklahoma Birth name: John Warnock Hinckley Jr. Father: John W. Hinckley Sr., an oil executive
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are getting into the fast-growing market for plant-based chicken. Beyond Meat said Monday that its new tenders, made from fava beans, will go on sale in U.S. groceries in October. Impossible Foods began selling its new soy-based nuggets at U.S. groceries this month. Beyond
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R&B superstar R. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in federal court in New York City. A jury found him guilty Monday after a trial in which several accusers testified he subjected them
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — French President Macron was hit on the shoulder by an egg thrown at him by a young man during an international food trade fair in the French city of Lyon. A video of the incident shows Macron walking through the crowd when an egg bounced off him without breaking. Lyon prosecutors said
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The dispute between Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers and its former government over who should speak at the U.N.’s annual meeting of world leaders is over. Nobody is going to deliver an address. The Taliban challenged the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan’s former government, and
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