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By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JENNIFER McDERMOTT, MADDIE BURAKOFF and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they used to power the experiment. A so-called “net energy gain” is a major milestone in a decadeslong attempt to source clean, limitless
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared in relief Tuesday after a report showed inflation cooled more than expected last month, raising the chances that the economy can avoid a recession. The S&P 500 was 2.6% higher in early trading, adding to its strong last-hour rally from a day
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Federación Internacional de Futbolistas Profesionales (FIFPRO) dijo que está “conmocionada y asqueada” por los informes de que el futbolista iraní Amir Nasr-Azadani enfrenta una posibile ejecución “después de hacer campaña por los derechos de las mujeres y las libertades básicas en su país”. “Nos solidarizamos con Amir y pedimos la
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Emily Blunt is clearing up any misunderstanding about that advice she received from Tom Cruise. Blunt had told the SmartLess podcast that when she was filming 2014’s “Edge of Tomorrow,” she was having a tough time with her heavy costume when Cruise told her “‘Come on, stop being such a p***y,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Director Christopher Nolan created the look of a nuclear explosion for “Oppenheimer” without using CGI. Nolan explained in a new interview with Total Film how he recreated the devastation of the first atomic bomb. “I think recreating the Trinity test without the use of computer graphics was a huge challenge to
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A key figure in a massive German tax evasion case has been convicted of three counts of tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison. The state court in Bonn convicted German lawyer Hanno Berger on Tuesday in connection with alleged crimes between 2007 and 2011. The 72-year-old, a former German
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN It doesn’t appear that we will see Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in any new “Princess Diaries” sequels. The legendary actress sounded doubtful about appearing in “Princess Diaries 3” if it happens. “I think we know that it’s probably not going to be possible,” Andrews told “Access Hollywood.” “It
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Aviation startup Boom Aerospace has lined up contractors to help design an engine for its supersonic plane. The company said Tuesday that Florida Turbine Technologies will design the engines, and a division of General Electric will also provide expertise. Boom says it plans to carry passengers
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential for a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush. It isn’t clear how many schools were taking part. But universities in Shanghai and nearby cities said students would
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By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dusting off old musical instruments, appreciating the outdoors more meaningfully, dumping the hair dye and letting the gray fly forever. The pandemic disrupted our traditions, practices and pursuits, how we mark milestones, what we do with our time, what’s important in routines. It replaced old with
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A massive storm blowing across the country Tuesday spawned several tornadoes that wrecked buildings and injured a handful of people in Oklahoma and Texas, left two people missing in Louisiana and saw much of the central United States bracing for blizzard-like conditions. Sherriff’s deputies,
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report on the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades says Somalia has not yet fallen into famine but several parts of the country are in danger of it in the coming months. The report by United Nations and other experts says more than
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Mike Leach, the gruff, pioneering and unfiltered college football coach who helped revolutionize the game with the Air Raid offense, has died following complications from a heart condition, Mississippi State said Tuesday. He was 61. Leach, who was in his third season as head coach at Mississippi
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to clear a backlog of asylum-seeker applications. Sunak said on Tuesday he was adding hundreds of workers to process asylum claims and to clear the backlog of more than 143,000 pending applications by the end of 2023. He says the extra staff will also focus
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street futures jumped Tuesday after the government released its consumer prices report showing that inflation slowed more in November than analysts had expected. Futures for the Dow climbed 2.2% — or more than 700 points — and futures for the S&P 500 rose 2.7% before
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior minister has accused neighboring India of orchestrating last year’s car bombing near the Lahore residence of a militant leader suspected of being behind deadly attacks in Mumbai. Rana Sanaullah Khan said Tuesday that several Pakistanis had already been arrested in recent months, prosecuted and convicted by courts over their links
Continue Reading By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Forget Croatia’s forthcoming historic change of currency, or joining European Union’s travel-free zone. The World Cup semifinal against Argentina is all that most Croats are thinking about. With hours left before Tuesday’s decisive match in Qatar, workers removed Christmas and New Year decorations from a central
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Dusty Baker’s run to a World Series title win was one of the several memorable sports stories in 2022, on and off the field. One of the most respected people in baseball, the one thing missing from Baker’s resume: a World Series ring as a manager. Baker finally got
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Dusty Baker’s run to a World Series title win was one of the several memorable sports stories in 2022, on and off the field. One of the most respected people in baseball, the one thing missing from Baker’s resume: a World Series ring as a manager. Baker finally got
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