By SAM METZ and ANNA FURMAN Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s live-streamed trial over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawned memes and sparked debate about the burden and power of celebrity. The first seven days in the courtroom touched on themes including wealth,
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Game on: Exceeding any reasonable expectations, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” turns out to be a whole lot of fun, serving up what amounts to a smart-alecky version of “The Lord of the Rings” that doesn’t require knowledge of the underlying game. Employing ample special-effects wizardry in the
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Game on: Exceeding any reasonable expectations, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” turns out to be a whole lot of fun, serving up what amounts to a smart-alecky version of “The Lord of the Rings” that doesn’t require knowledge of the underlying game. Employing ample special-effects wizardry in the service
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Legislature is taking final steps to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside Jackson. The capital city is majority-Black and governed by Democrats. Critics say the proposal would limit local self-governance and create unequal systems of justice. Supporters
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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The high-stakes gambler who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern America, killing 60 and injuring hundreds more in Las Vegas, was apparently angry over how the casinos were treating him despite his high-roller status, according to a fellow gambler whose interview with the FBI
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Ludwig van Beethoven, uno de los músicos más virtuosos en la historia, creó algunas de sus composiciones más reconocidas estando ya sordo. Recientemente, científicos dieron a conocer los hallazgos que arrojó el análisis de varios mechones de su cabello. ¿Lograron descifrar por qué el músico alemán se quedó sordo?
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN One of Michael Schumacher’s championship-winning Ferrari cars from the 2000 season is expected to fetch up to $9.5 million at auction in Hong Kong next month, according to Sotheby’s. The Ferrari F1-2000 was driven by Schumacher during his victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix, as well as when he earned pole
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government remains deeply concerned that Australian journalist Cheng Lei has not learned of a verdict a year after standing trial in China on national security charges. Wong marked the anniversary Friday of the closed trial in Beijing with a statement
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NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder Stephen Piscotty was released from his minor league contract by the San Francisco Giants at his request on Thursday. The 32-year-old hit .320 (8 for 25) with three doubles and seven RBIs in 10 spring training games. San Francisco also acquired outfielder Matt Beaty from Kansas City for cash and
Continue Reading By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow wasn’t to blame for a 2016 collision with a retired optometrist on a beginner run at a posh Utah ski resort during a family vacation, a jury decided Thursday following a live-streamed trial that became a pop culture fixation. A jury awarded Paltrow
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By SAM METZ and ANNA FURMAN Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When two skiers collided on a beginner run at an upscale Utah ski resort in 2016, no one could foresee that seven years later, the crash would become the subject of a closely watched celebrity trial. But Gwyneth Paltrow’s live-streamed trial over
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Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California will cut short the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday. Commercial fishing will end on April 15 from the Mendocino county line to the Mexican border, the agency said. It will
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Funeral arrangements were disclosed Thursday for the six people killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. Former President Donald Trump is expected to become one of them as early as next week. Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday, after
Continue ReadingCNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker told staff in a memo Thursday that she was “very concerned” for the safety of Russia-based reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested Wednesday by security forces in the city of Yekaterinburg. “I am very sorry to let you know you that one of our
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El gobierno de México informó este jueves que los familiares de las víctimas del mortal incendio en un centro migratorio de Ciudad Juárez recibirán una reparación del daño. La secretaria de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, dijo que “se iniciará un proceso para lograr la reparación del daño
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — La Policía Nacional de Venezuela informó este jueves que procedió con lo que denominó la segunda fase del operativo especial contra la corrupción en la Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), que agrupa a las llamadas empresas básicas de materiales como hierro, oro y aluminio, entre otros. El cuerpo de seguridad
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