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CNN, HLN Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Accidentally leaving your smartphone behind at home is one thing, but leaving it at an airport shortly before you’re about to board a flight is quite another. A Southwest Airlines passenger found themselves in this unfortunate predicament after forgetting their phone in a gate area at Long Beach Airport in
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald and Hafsa Khalil, CNN Every metal detectorist dreams of unearthing something valuable. For one man the English countryside yielded an incredible find when he stumbled upon a medieval diamond wedding ring in “almost perfect condition” near Thorncombe, in the South West of the country. Now the item is expected to fetch between £30,000
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A Republican operative was convicted on Thursday of facilitating an illegal campaign contribution from a Russian national to the Trump campaign in 2016. The Justice Department touted the jury conviction of Jesse Benton, known for his work on campaigns for GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, in a press release
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By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s electricity grid chief warned of hours-long power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with heavy artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted supplies to as much as 40% of the country’s people at the onset of winter. Freezing temperatures are putting
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La muerte de cuatro estudiantes de la Universidad de Idaho este domingo en su casa fuera del campus ha traído poderes de investigación a la policía local de Moscow, la policía estatal y el FBI. Días después de las muertes, no hay ningún sospechoso ni arma homicida, y la policía
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN The hard work of journalism doesn’t always readily translate to the screen, a problem magnified as doors slammed in faces has been supplanted by cellphone hang-ups and ignored texts. “She Said” nevertheless joins a long tradition of movies about dogged reporters exposing injustice, and in this case helping spawn a
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The hard work of journalism doesn’t always readily translate to the screen, a problem magnified as doors slammed in faces has been supplanted by cellphone hang-ups and ignored texts. “She Said” nevertheless joins a long tradition of movies about dogged reporters exposing injustice, and in this case helping spawn
Continue ReadingSilvia Marchetti, CNN Towns across Italy have been racing to launch clever schemes aimed at luring new residents to revive their fortunes in recent years. From dilapidated homes selling for little more than a dollar, to ready-to-occupy houses at knockdown prices, there’s been a frenzy of competition. The picturesque town of Presicce in the sunny
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN A movie about dreams becomes the stuff of nightmares in Netflix’s utterly misguided “Slumberland,” an attempt to build a sprawling fantasy adventure from the bones of the early-20th-century newspaper comic strip. Most notable as a vehicle for Jason Momoa, this wannabe spectacle from “The Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence serves
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Bones and All” mashes up a lot of genres, coupled with the promise of a “Call Me By Your Name” mini-reunion of director Luca Guadagnino and Timothée Chalamet, until now the star less likely to appear in a story with the word “cannibal” in it. A road movie about youthful
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street headed higher before the opening bell Friday as earnings season winds down in a week weighed down yet again by anxiety over the Federal Reserve’s next potential interest rate increase Futures for the S&P rose 0.7% and the Dow inched 0.5% higher. Both indices
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the World Cup. That leaves fans with just one “beer” choice — albeit one that isn’t boozy. Soccer fans will still be able to purchase Bud Zero, an alcohol-free lager that
Continue ReadingBy Judy Trinh Click here for updates on this story Ottawa (CTV Network) — The daughter of a missing Chinese human rights defender is pleading with the Vietnamese and Chinese governments to reveal her father’s whereabouts and allow him to travel to Canada. Dong Guangping, an activist who has previously spoken out against China’s attempts
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business In a surprise reversal, Qatar announced a ban of alcoholic beer at the eight stadiums hosting the World Cup. That leaves fans with just one “beer” choice — albeit one that isn’t boozy. Soccer fans will still be able to purchase Bud Zero, an alcohol-free lager that Anheuser-Busch says tastes
Continue ReadingBy Emily Wilson Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — More than 800 players will represent their respective countries at the World Cup this year on soccer’s biggest stage. A select few, however, reign above the rest. CTVNews.ca takes a look at a few players to keep an eye on in
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By FATIMA SHBAIR Associated Press JABALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Twenty-one victims of a fire that tore through a top-floor apartment in the Gaza Strip during a birthday party were members of the same family, two of their relatives said Friday. Thousands later joined a funeral procession for the victims. Officials in Hamas-run
Continue Reading MENTONE, Texas (AP) — A strong earthquake that struck a remote area of the West Texas desert caused damage in San Antonio, hundreds of miles from the epicenter, officials said. University Health said Thursday that its Robert B. Green historical building was deemed unsafe because of damage sustained from the quake, which hit Wednesday in
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Bangkok appear likely to issue a statement condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine. Their foreign ministers agreed on a statement Friday deploring “in the strongest terms” the invasion by Moscow. But the foreign ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Bangkok appear likely to issue a statement condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine. Their foreign ministers agreed on a statement Friday deploring “in the strongest terms” the invasion by Moscow. But the foreign ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Michigan police have closed the case of a missing voting machine and believe the device was accidentally donated to a thrift store before it wound up for sale online — though questions remain about who donated the device in the first place. CNN first reported in September that
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