Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Cada 31 de octubre las calles de los vecindarios se llenan de brujas, superhéroes y heroínas, payasos terroríficos, vampiros y vampiresas, fantasmas, monstruos o cualquier disfraz que la imaginación permita. El Halloween o “noche de brujas” es una popular celebración en Estados Unidos pero su impacto ha sido tal que
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee Click here for updates on this story Oct. 29, 2022 (CTV Network) — It’s a ritual Canadians perform every year as the end of fall approaches. Soon, drivers across the country will pull out their dusty winter tires to throw on their vehicles before the snow arrives. When it comes to safety,
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill Click here for updates on this story Oct. 29, 2022 (CTV Network) — Daylight time ends on Nov. 6 and Canadians are gearing up for less evening light through the winter. The bi-annual time change asks people in November to set their clocks back an hour at 2 a.m., gaining back the
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By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Workers who assemble Apple Inc.’s new iPhone have walked out of their factory to avoid COVID-19 curbs after some coworkers were quarantined following a virus outbreak. Many were traveling by foot days after an unknown number of workers at Foxconn’s huge factory in the northern Chinese
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Abortion access in several states could hinge on the outcome of November elections of lawmakers, governors, supreme court justices and attorneys general. In the first nationwide elections since the U.S. Supreme Court handed states control of abortion rights decisions, abortion rights advocates
Continue Reading HELSINKI (AP) — A venomous 2.2-meter (7 foot) king cobra that escaped from its home in a Swedish zoo has returned back home by itself, bringing a happy ending to over a week-long disappearance saga. The CEO of the Skansen Aquarium told Swedish media on Sunday that “Houdini, as we named him, has crawled back
Continue ReadingCNN By Janelle Davis, CNN Stanley Tucci transports viewers as he travels around Italy and indulges in the world’s most popular cuisine. In this season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” he invites you to a front-row seat as he and chefs, artisans and home cooks celebrate such specialties as the rich pesto Genovese in
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Davis, CNN Stanley Tucci transports viewers as he travels around Italy and indulges in the world’s most popular cuisine. In this season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” he invites you to a front-row seat as he and chefs, artisans and home cooks celebrate such specialties as the rich pesto Genovese in Liguria,
Continue ReadingCNN By Janelle Davis, CNN Stanley Tucci transports viewers as he travels around Italy and indulges in the world’s most popular cuisine. In this season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” he invites you to a front-row seat as he and chefs, artisans and home cooks celebrate such specialties as the rich pesto Genovese in
Continue ReadingCNN By Janelle Davis, CNN Stanley Tucci transports viewers as he travels around Italy and indulges in the world’s most popular cuisine. In this season of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” he invites you to a front-row seat as he and chefs, artisans and home cooks celebrate such specialties as the rich pesto Genovese in
Continue Reading By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November in Mexico, the living remember and honor their dearly departed, but with celebration — not sorrow. Marigolds decorate the streets as music blares from speakers. Adults and children alike
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN Pastor Luis Cabrera has spent weeks traveling across Texas to meet with other Latinos in the faith community. He is preaching a different kind of gospel: Vote. He hands out voter guides featuring “God-fearing” candidates to other pastors, leads them in prayer and talks about what they are allowed to do
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN Ever since she burst onto the scene as a teenager at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Katie Ledecky has dominated women’s long-distance swimming, leaving world records and gold medals in her wake. And on Saturday the American obliterated yet another world record — this time in the 1500m short-course freestyle as
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Camilo Rocha, Vasco Cotovio and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to become the next president of Brazil, after defeating his rightwing rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, by a razor-thin margin in a fiercely contested run-off election. The leftist former leader, widely known as “Lula,” received more than 60
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans mourned and searched for relatives lost in the “hell-like” chaos that killed more than 150 people, mostly young adults, when a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul. It remained unclear what
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The conservative Supreme Court will meet Monday to consider whether colleges and universities can continue to take race into consideration as a factor in admissions, a case that could diminish the number of Black and Hispanic students in higher education. Hanging in the balance is the future
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN The Brooklyn Nets have made a terrible start to the NBA season and on Saturday star forward Yuta Watanabe didn’t make matters any easier by comically scoring in the opposite team’s basket. At the Barclays Center, the Nets went down 125-116 to the Indiana Pacers to go 1-5 for the season.
Continue ReadingCNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” kicked off this week’s episode with Heidi Gardner leading a PBS NewsHour focused on three notable Republicans before the midterm elections in less than two weeks. First up was Herschel Walker, played by Kenan Thompson. “My name is Herschel Walker Texas Ranger,” Thompson as Walker said,
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has prepped the family home of a Palestinian gunman for demolition, a day after he killed an Israeli man near a settlement in the occupied West Bank. Several people were wounded in the shooting late Saturday. Dramatic security camera video showed the assailant firing an assault rifle
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Brewitt, CNN The Seattle Seahawks (4-3) and New York Giants (6-1) meet on Sunday for this week’s only matchup featuring two teams with winning records. Both teams have surpassed expectations, surprising both fans and experts alike with their early season success. The Seahawks have won three of their last four while the Giants
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