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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ghislaine Maxwell está acusada de seis cargos en su juicio federal en Nueva York relacionados con lo que los fiscales dicen son sus esfuerzos para preparar y traficar con niñas menores de edad para que sean abusadas sexualmente por su compañero cercano Jeffrey Epstein. La mujer se declaró inocente de
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By KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Associated Press WEDOWEE, Alabama (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic church faces a clergy shortage. The number of priests has declined by 60% over the last 50 years. For nuns, there has been a 75% drop. To ease the shortage, dioceses have been looking overseas to recruit in places such as
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN If you thought you spotted Tom Hanks in “1883,” you’re right. The Oscar winner appeared on the second episode of the Paramount+ show with Tim McGraw. As it turns out, McGraw is actually old buddies with Hanks. “You never want to botch a scene when you got Tom Hanks in there
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Cobra Kai” might not be the best show on TV, but few appear to have more fun playing with their formats, as this “Karate Kid” revival — having received a major commercial boost from its migration to Netflix — kicks off (literally) its fourth season. Each new round of episodes
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — French investigators say they have detained a man suspected of supplying authorities in Syria with materials that can be used in the production of chemical weapons. A French judicial official said Monday that the dual French-Syrian national was arrested in the south of France while
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The Associated Press Stocks are opening higher in muted trading on Wall Street Monday as traders return from the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in the early going, led by more gains in big technology companies like Apple and Nvidia. The benchmark index is coming off its latest record high. European markets
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are opening higher in muted trading on Wall Street Monday as traders return from the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in the early going, led by more gains in big technology companies like Apple and Nvidia. The benchmark index is coming off its latest record high. European markets
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN On Monday, cathedral bells tolled at midday in Cape Town as South Africa began a week of mourning for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday. As his country marks Tutu’s life and death, people around the world are doing the same, including many from groups
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Reuters Spirit Airlines flight attendants are receiving double pay on any work through January 4, their union said, as the budget carrier scrambles to keep its schedules intact after U.S. airlines were hammered by a week of mass cancellations. The holiday season has been marred by delayed or canceled flights, causing chaos
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has expressed his frustration at being allowed to make only three substitutions in a match at a busy time when many squads are being hit hard by coronavirus cases. England’s top division is one of the few leagues to decide against using five substitutions for
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberations in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell after a long holiday weekend. The jury began its work last Monday, but only deliberated two full days because of the holidays. The British socialite is charged with recruiting and grooming teenagers as young as 14 to be
Continue ReadingBy TREVOR SOCHOCKI, STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A local nurse is now a patient after a devastating diagnosis. The young mother and wife is now undergoing chemotherapy after discovering a lump that she thought came from breastfeeding but turned out to be breast cancer. After the
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s government minister for public security says he is now under round-the-clock protection after coming under threats from Jewish extremists. Omer Barlev sparked an uproar earlier this month when he criticized a wave of violence by West Bank settlers against Palestinian civilians in the Israeli occupied West Bank. On Monday, Barlev wrote
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A skateboarder died in a hit-and-run crash on Saturday afternoon in north Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. PPB said just after 2 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to an injury accident near North Interstate Avenue and North Mississippi Avenue. As
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters A senior United Nations official said he was horrified by the reported killing of at least 35 civilians in Myanmar and called on authorities to investigate the incident that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers. The ruling military has not commented on the incident near Mo So village in Kayah State on
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis, has died. He was 92. A tribute posted Monday on the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s website said Wilson died on Dec. 26. The professor won two Pulitzer prizes,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — E.O. Wilson, world renowned biologist and a native of Alabama, has died at age 92, according to his foundation. “The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is deeply saddened to share the passing of preeminent scientist, naturalist, author and teacher, Edward O. Wilson,
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has suspended the powers of the prime minister amid an ongoing tussle for power, triggering calls for calm from the US and UK, and raising concerns of political violence. Somalia’s presidential office said in a statement Monday that Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was accused “in
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The owners of an Asheville music venue damaged in a fire earlier this month say they are determined to rebuild. “It’s really hard still to put in words,” said Sly Grog Lounge co-owner Theodore Crouse-Mann. According to Crouse-Mann, the music
Continue ReadingBy TORRENCE BANKS Click here for updates on this story BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (WSMV) — Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKYPAC) will host a benefit concert on January 7 to help provide relief to tornado survivors. It’s all thanks to a local student. Greenwood High School student Cayden Bailey posted on Facebook that he wanted
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