By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Shoppers in the United Kingdom are snapping up energy-saving air fryers, electric blankets and slow cookers this winter as their fuel bills soar. Sales of hot air fryers were up 286% in September compared to the same month last year, according to market research company GfK. The portable appliance typically
Continue ReadingBy T.J. Wilham Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Just days before a Roswell man was released from prison, he called his girlfriend, threatening her if she was with another man. Once released, authorities say, he went to her home and shot and killed her. Now, the case is
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson father who showed up to his child’s elementary school with zip ties and threatened to arrest the principal over COVID-19 quarantine measures has been convicted of several misdemeanor offenses. The Arizona Daily Star reports that Kelly Walker was found guilty Wednesday in Tucson City Court of two charges of
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Pro-Russian officials say they have removed the bones of famed 18th century Russian commander Grigory Potemkin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson. Potemkin’s bones were taken from St. Catherine’s Cathedral and moved across the Dnipro River and further into Russian-held territory, along with a statue of
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Ethan Cohen, CNN More than 17.5 million pre-election ballots have been cast across 46 states as of Friday, according to data from election officials, Edison Research and Catalist. Pre-election voting turnout has kept pace with the 2018 midterm elections, but it’s too early to tell if total election turnout will
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Employers continued hiking wages to attract workers and hold on to existing staff during the third quarter. But the raises did not keep up with inflation — and the continued increase is unwelcome news for the Federal Reserve, since higher wages can contribute to overall inflationary pressures, which the central bank
Continue ReadingCNN, WBBM By Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica, CNN Midterm elections were never Barack Obama‘s strong suit. During his time in the White House, the campaign seasons of 2010 and 2014 were among the lowest points of his presidency, as Democratic control of first the House and then the Senate washed away in some of
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty. The question now is what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do with the social media platform. The $44 billion takeover means Twitter is becoming a private company
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN The road to a Republican House runs through Rep. Tom Malinowski’s district in northern New Jersey. But with fewer than two weeks before Election Day, Democratic groups in Washington seem to be shifting strategies to limit their losses by pumping money into bluer areas, as it becomes increasingly
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt, CNN A body was found in the undercarriage of a Lutfhansa plane that arrived at Frankfurt airport from Tehran on Thursday, according to German police and Lufthansa. Employees at Frankfurt airport discovered a male body on Thursday morning on a plane that had arrived from the Iranian capital during a routine maintenance
Continue ReadingBy Andy Alcock Click here for updates on this story OLATHE, Kansas (KMBC) — A former Kansas Teacher of the Year made his first court appearance Thursday afternoon after being accused of having sex with students. Keil Hileman, 53, faces six counts of unlawful sexual relations. Hileman made his court appearance by video from the
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SofÃa Benavides (CNN Español) — El próximo 8 de noviembre se llevarán a cabo las elecciones intermedias en Estados Unidos, unos comicios que se celebran cada dos años (en la mitad del mandato presidencial) y que son cruciales para el rumbo que tomará el paÃs, por varios motivos. Por un lado, porque definirán el control
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.N. human rights office has condemned the killing of an anti-dam activist in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca. State prosecutors say the body of Filogonio MartÃnez was found Wednesday, and didn’t show signs of violence. But the office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights said MartÃnez had
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to help broker a settlement to a conflict between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. Putin’s talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev were scheduled to take place at the Russian leader’s
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING, MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The intruder who attacked Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home confronted him shouting,”Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” according to a person briefed on the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it. Paul Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING, MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The intruder who attacked Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home confronted him shouting,”Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” according to a person briefed on the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it. Paul Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Intruder in Speaker Pelosi’s home shouted ‘where is Nancy?’ before assaulting her husband.
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the 15 Khordad Foundation, which issued a multimillion-dollar
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive lottery jackpot got a little bigger Friday as the top Powerball prize climbed to an estimated $825 million ahead of Saturday night’s drawing. The Powerball jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in U.S. history, though it’s good to keep in mind that it has grown so large because no
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Cristina Moreno es profesora de Ciencia PolÃtica en la Universidad de Murcia. Tiene un doctorado en Gobierno y Administración Pública por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Es codirectora del Grupo de Estudios CÃvicos e Innovación Social (GECIS) de la Universidad de Murcia. Geovanny Vicente-Romero es abogado, politólogo y estratega polÃtico con
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