CNN by Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Michael B. Jordan is giving full insurance coverage a whole new meaning. The actor portrayed an interloping version of State Farm’s popular spokesperson, Jake, in a hilarious sketch during his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on January 28. In what began as an all too familiar State Farm commercial, the
Continue Readingby Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Michael B. Jordan is giving full insurance coverage a whole new meaning. The actor portrayed an interloping version of State Farm’s popular spokesperson, Jake, in a hilarious sketch during his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on January 28. In what began as an all too familiar State Farm commercial, the sketch
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Kevin Dotson, CNN University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was arrested early Sunday in Dallas for public intoxication, according to the Dallas Police. Just after 6 a.m. CT, police officers responded to “reports of a man banging on doors,” near the 1600 block of Tribeca Way, Dallas Police said in a
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tom Verlaine, miembro fundador de la influyente banda punk de Nueva York Television, murió este sábado a los 73 años “después de una breve enfermedad”, según un comunicado de prensa de Jesse Paris Smith, hija de la expareja de Verlaine, Patti Smith. Verlaine murió “en paz” en la ciudad de Nueva
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By Celina Tebor, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Zoe Sottile, CNN A man threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue in an arson attempt on Sunday morning, police and the synagogue said. The suspect lit and threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of Temple Ner Tamid around 3 a.m. and fled the scene,
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By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Voters in Tunisia massively shunned parliamentary elections seen as an important test for their president and their country’s troubled democracy, according to preliminary turnout figures Sunday. Independent observers reported scattered violations. Turnout was just 11.3% of Tunisia’s 8 million voters, according to preliminary estimates from
Continue Reading MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities found a newborn girl wrapped in a blanket and still attached to a placenta on a hill outside a trailer park early Saturday morning. Polk County deputies responding to a call about a baby crying outside near Mulberry, east of Tampa, found the girl about an hour after she
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell was inactive for Sunday’s NFC championship game because of a groin injury. Mitchell rushed for 279 yards and two touchdowns in only five games in the regular season. He added 51 yards in last week’s playoff win against Dallas. The 49ers promoted veteran running back
Continue ReadingBy Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Memphis Police Department announced Saturday it has deactivated its SCORPION (Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhood) Unit. The department has faced criticism of the unit following the death of Tyre Nichols. The five now former officers
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Danahey Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — One Asheville woman calls a new option helping women and children escape homelessness “a miracle.” ‘It’s a miracle:’ Woman shares story of survival and resilience thanks to local program Jennifer is a domestic violence survivor and she was homeless
Continue Reading By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has suggested his country might approve Finland’s application for NATO membership before taking any action on Sweden’s, while the Turkish government issued a travel warning for European countries due to anti-Turkish demonstrations and what it described as Islamophobia. The travel warning published late Saturday followed
Continue Reading By Yenny Sanchez, CNN The San Antonio Zoo is offering a special Valentine’s Day greeting for exes who just won’t bug off. For $10, the zoo will name a cockroach after your not-so-special someone and feed it to an animal — a cold, but direct message that you’re no longer interested. The annual “Cry Me
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los mundos del tenis y el K-pop chocaron, de todos los lugares posibles, en el Instagram de Roger Federer cuando publicó una foto de sí mismo con las estrellas del K-pop Blackpink en París. “Mis hijos dijeron que esta era una publicación definitiva de IG”, comentó el ganador de 20 Grand
Continue Reading By Kelly Murray and Michelle Watson, CNN Another wild mountain lion, this time in the Santa Monica Mountains, has been found dead following a possible “vehicle strike,” California officials said in a statement Friday. The lion, which wore a radio collar and was known to scientists as P-81, was found on the Pacific Coast Highway
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the No. 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. It was a quiet weekend overall, notable mostly for the Hindi language blockbuster “Pathaan” that
Continue Reading MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities were searching Sunday for a 27-year-old diver who disappeared in rough waters off the central coast of California, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The missing person was part of a group of four divers who got caught in a rip current at Fanshell Beach near Monterey on Saturday, the Coast
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ryan Reynolds went from joy to despair, and punch-the-air ecstasy to desolation. The unlikely new love of his life — Welsh soccer club Wrexham — put the movie star on an emotional roller coaster Sunday in a thrill-a-minute FA Cup match that had an ending not quite in the
Continue Readingurielblanco Nota del editor: Jessica J. González es co-CEO de Free Press, una organización de defensa de los medios de comunicación, y cofundadora de la coalición Change the Terms. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son suyas. (CNN) — El miércoles, Meta justificó su decisión de restaurar las cuentas de Facebook e Instagram de Donald
Continue Reading By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, LEAH WILLINGHAM and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Members of Mt. Olive Cathedral Church in Memphis gathered for worship on Sunday, two days after Tyre Nichols’ parents spoke from the sanctuary and called for peace following the release of video showing their son’s fatal beating at the hands of
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul LeBlanc and Daniella Diaz, CNN The trio of Democrats whom House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has targeted for removal from committee assignments offered a unified rebuke in a joint interview on CNN that aired Sunday. Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, who were stripped of their positions on the House Intelligence Committee,
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