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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN After causing outrage by making over the Green M&M and launching a special bag featuring its new Purple character in honor of International Women’s Day, M&M’S says it is taking a step back from its candy reps — sort of. “In the last year, we’ve made some changes to our beloved
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Over the past year, M&M’s has been the subject of Fox News tirades and criticism from a small segment of fans — first for changing the Green M&M’s footwear and more recently featuring female M&M characters on its packaging for International Women’s Day. So this week it announced
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — El cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, no asistirá a la cumbre de la Celac que se realiza en Argentina, informó en un comunicado el gobierno de Venezuela este lunes. De acuerdo a la información del Ministerio de Comunicaciones de Venezuela, el motivo de que se suspenda el viaje
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope peered inside a wispy molecular cloud located 630 light-years away and spied ices made of different elements. Molecular clouds are interstellar groupings of gas and dust where hydrogen and carbon monoxide molecules can form. Dense clumps within these clouds can collapse to form young stars called
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Franciotti Click here for updates on this story WESTMINSTER, Maryland (WBAL) — The troop commander of the Maryland State Police Westminster barracks is taking on a new challenge at this year’s Polar Bear Plunge. Before the main plunge on Feb. 4, the Super Plungers will go into the icy water of the Chesapeake
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — A su regreso a Ecuador luego de cumplir una agenda oficial en Europa, el presidente Guillermo Lasso rechazó en la noche de este domingo, durante una entrevista difundida por medios estatales, la existencia de una trama de corrupción en su Gobierno y advirtió que quienes hayan incurrido en actos
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s PEN America Literary Gala will be notable for the presence of “Saturday Night Live.” PEN, the literary and free expression organization, is giving “SNL” creator-executive Lorne Michaels its PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, which in previous years has gone to Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim
Continue ReadingIssy Ronald, CNN They are among the most popular exhibits in museums worldwide, with a name so resonant, blockbuster films have been built on it. But some museums in Britain are now using words other than “mummy” to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains. Instead, they are starting to adopt terms such as
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring former lottery pick Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kendrick Nunn and a package of second-round draft picks, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday. The person, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No hay nada más feroz que usar un depredador como adorno. Este lunes, Kylie Jenner robó todas las miradas en la pasarela de alta costura de Schiaparelli en París cuando llegó con un vestido sin tirantes de terciopelo negro adornado con la cabeza de tamaño real de un león, un adelanto
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arkansas man who propped his feet up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the U.S. Capitol riot was convicted on Monday of joining a mob’s attack on the building two years ago. A jury deliberated for approximately two hours before unanimously convicting
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street kicked off the week with a broad stock market rally Monday, as investors look ahead to a busy week of company earnings reports and grow more confident that the Federal Reserve will turn the screws on the economy less aggressively. The S&P 500 rose
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Monday, as Wall Street grows more convinced the Federal Reserve is set to turn the screws on the economy less aggressively and as earnings reporting season ramps up. The S&P 500 was 1.3% higher, led by tech companies in a widespread rally.
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says on the second leg on her African tour it’s “critically important” to address Zambia’s debt crisis. Experts say a prolonged debt crisis could lead Zambia deeper into poverty and joblessness and exclude it from credit to rebuild in the future.
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran’s office says someone scammed the Kansas Republican’s reelection campaign out of $690,000 by getting his accounting firm to wire the money to fraudulent bank accounts. Moran’s campaign treasurer notified the Federal Election Commission last month of what it called “fraudulent activity
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The office of Oklahoma’s new attorney general confirmed is taking over two separate criminal investigations into alleged misuse of public funds at state agencies, including the tourism department’s contract with a barbecue restaurant. The investigations will be will be transferred from the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s
Continue ReadingBy Kirsten Mitchell Click here for updates on this story LAKE PEPIN, Minnesota (WCCO) — Every year, officials warn that ice is never 100% safe. That rang true Saturday morning when six vehicles fell through the ice on Lake Pepin. From experienced anglers like Brock Smith who fishes twice a week, to new anglers, the
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that the state is blocking a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies because it included the study of “queer theory” and political movements that advocated for “abolishing prisons.” “That’s a political agenda,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Jacksonville.
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An anonymous jury has gotten its first look at a rare U.S. trial of a former cabinet-level Mexican official charged with taking bribes to aid drug traffickers he was supposed to be neutralizing. Opening statements were delivered Monday for Genaro García Luna’s trial in a Brooklyn
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A wide receiver who recently transferred to Georgia from Mississippi State has been jailed in Athens on felony and misdemeanor charges. Clarke County jail records show that Rodarius “Rara” Thomas was booked early Monday on a felony charge of false imprisonment and a misdemeanor count of family violence battery. Thomas was
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