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By Hannah Jewell and Anna Kathman Click here for updates on this story FRANKENMUTH, Michigan (WNEM) — The Christmastown Fun Run and Walk has special meaning for a Michigan a man and his family. Michael Hotchkiss trained for the race after recovering from a double lung transplant last year. “I say thank you every day
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The GOP fight for House speaker intensified on Monday with a group of incoming chairmen demanding that their party fall in line behind House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy — and his conservative critics pushing back. McCarthy, who lacks the 218 votes to become speaker on January 3 amid
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By EDITH M. LEDERER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning that the world is failing to address the “existential threat” from global warning. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Monday that he will convene a “Climate Action Summit” in September to accelerate an urgent response to the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A Twitter poll created by Elon Musk asking whether he should “step down as head of Twitter” ended early Monday morning with most respondents voting in the affirmative. Musk had said he would abide by the results of the unscientific poll, which began Sunday evening and concluded with 57.5% voting yes,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist The coldest air of the season — by far — will dive down from Canada, bringing dangerously cold temperatures to millions this week. Temperatures will drop so low in some places that frostbite could begin in as little as five minutes on exposed skin. Temperatures are already cold to start
Continue Reading Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Kurdish-led group in Syria says its fighters with U.S. help have arrested a wanted militant with the Islamic State group that continues to stage attacks in the region. The Syrian Democratic Forces on Monday said its fighters led a raid on the home of an unnamed IS leader on
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson says he is “horrified to have caused so much hurt” with a scathing column about Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, that attracted a flood of complaints. The host of Amazon’s “The Grand Tour” wrote in tabloid newspaper The Sun that he hated the former Meghan Markle “on a
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By The Associated Press Video game company Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases, U.S. federal regulators said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission said that it has secured the record-breaking settlements for two cases from
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Video game company Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases, U.S. federal regulators said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission said that it has secured the record-breaking settlements for two cases from
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Casi dos años después del violento atentado contra el Capitolio de Estados Unidos, la comisión de la Cámara de Representantes encargada de averiguar qué ocurrió exactamente está a punto de mostrar sus cartas. El panel celebrará su última reunión pública este lunes, seguida de la publicación de su informe completo
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as gains for energy companies are offset by losses elsewhere in the market. Major indexes are coming off two weeks of losses. European markets are higher and Asian markets closed lower overnight. Shares of Facebook’s parent company were lower after the
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By MATT O’BRIEN, KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But by Monday afternoon there was no word on whether Musk would step aside or who the new
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN, KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But by Monday afternoon there was no word on whether Musk would step aside or who the new
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For all the worries about inflation and the economy, Americans aren’t scrimping on a centerpiece of many celebrations this holiday season: the Christmas tree. Retailers from Home Depot and Lowes to mom and pop operations raised their prices on trees — but people are still
Continue Reading BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — National League champion Philadelphia will play at Texas on April 2 in the first ESPN Sunday night telecast of the 2023 season. The Houston Astros will host the Phillies in a World Series rematch on April 30. ESPN announced its Sunday night schedule for the first month of the season on
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Ahuvia, CNN My family have never been big gift givers, so it might seem ironic that I’ve discovered two secrets to giving gifts that people will love. They both come from my research as a consumer psychologist at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. My first secret: The gifts people love most are rarely the
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have come across an exoplanet with a gloomy future, spiraling closer to its host star until eventually it will be obliterated. The exoplanet, called Kepler-1658b, was identified in 2019, a decade after the Kepler Space Telescope discovered it as a planet candidate. The planet is considered to be a “hot
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Three beachgoers were killed by a “freak” wave in South Africa‘s coastal city of Durban on Saturday, according to local emergency medical services (EMS). “EMS responded to reports of a freak wave that swept a group of beachgoers against the pier causing multiple injuries,” spokesman Njabulo Dlungele said in a statement
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN European Union governments have reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon border tax, as part of an overhaul of the bloc’s flagship carbon market that aims to make its economy carbon-neutral by 2050. EU ministers finalized details of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism early Sunday after reaching a provisional
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The European Union is investigating Facebook-parent Meta for possible antitrust violations stemming from the tight link between its core social media service and its online shopping platform, Facebook Marketplace. Because of Meta’s powerful position in social media, competition regulators in Europe worry that the company’s simultaneous offering of both services in
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