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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Twice the Rachel Weisz is a pretty good sales pitch, but it’s about all that “Dead Ringers” — a gory gender-flip reimagining of David Cronenberg’s even gorier 1988 movie — has going for it. Turned into a limited series for Amazon’s Prime Video, the show never overcomes the “Why” factor,
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery. St. Vincent’s Hospital described the 89-year-old’s condition
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By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — While Ameen Taylor feels fortunate he has a cooling tree cover in the front and back yards of his Detroit home, he knows it’s a different story for many residents of his hometown where neighborhoods often have little to no shade. “To me, 70 degrees is
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — While Ameen Taylor feels fortunate he has a cooling tree cover in the front and back yards of his Detroit home, he knows it’s a different story for many residents of his hometown where neighborhoods often have little to no shade. “To me, 70 degrees is
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO and LARRY FENN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year. The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days. Each time, the killers
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With hot days here, and even hotter ones on the way health officials are warning you to start acclimating your body to the high temperatures. If you plan on being in the sun at all for any recreational activity or work health officials are urging people to start hydrating and getting used to the sunny
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Four million applications were received for an online lottery where winners get to buy tickets for next year’s Paris Olympics, the local organizing committee said Friday. They hope to sell 1.3 million tickets for the 2024 Games as a result of the latest draw. Applications ended
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Our diet can affect many aspects of our health, but according to a new study, eating the right foods may also help to reduce the risk of miscarriages. A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Fertility and
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — Canada’s families minister says the federal government is prepared to offer Americans access to a widely used abortion pill that could be restricted in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to restrict access to mifepristone
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KEYE By Rebekah Riess, Michelle Watson and Joe Sutton, CNN An American Airlines employee died Thursday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, was operating a ground service vehicle that struck a jet bridge, authorities said. Police and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services called to the airport found the employee with “obvious signs of trauma”
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BERLIN (AP) — A Swiss auction house that sold a composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton for over $5 million this week said Friday that the new owner, a Belgian art foundation, will exhibit the fearsome dinosaur at a new cultural center in Antwerp. The skeleton, made up of nearly 300 bones dug up from three sites
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN Oil and gas stocks have been on a two-year tear, ripping ahead as natural gas prices surged due to supply chain kinks, a strong economy, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Fears of a recession are now slamming on the brakes. What’s happening: Brutally high oil and gas prices were the talk
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — PHOENIX (AP) — Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) on Friday reported first-quarter profit of $663 million. On a per-share basis, the Phoenix-based company said it had net income of 46 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 52 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Michelle Watson and Joe Sutton, CNN An American Airlines employee died Thursday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, was operating a ground service vehicle that struck a jet bridge, authorities said. Police and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services called to the airport found the employee with “obvious signs of trauma” to
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ikea planea invertir 2.000 millones de euros (US$ 2.190 millones) para expandir su imperio de muebles en Estados Unidos, en lo que será la inversión más grande de la historia del minorista en un solo país. Ingka Group, el holding holandés de Ikea Retail, dijo en un comunicado este jueves
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN Tom Parker Bowles, the son of Britain’s Queen Camilla and her first husband, Andrew Parker Bowles, has said that his mother “married the person she loved.” Speaking two weeks before his mother is due to be crowned alongside King Charles III, food writer Parker Bowles told the News Agents podcast: “I
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN The suspect accused of killing CashApp founder Bob Lee was cited last year by police for misdemeanor battery, the San Francisco Chronicle reported exclusively Thursday. Police in Emeryville, California, cited and released Nima Momeni on a misdemeanor battery charge after a woman reported he attacked her, the newspaper reported, citing documents
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The guardians of Champagne will let no one take the name of the bubbly beverage in vain, not even a U.S. beer behemoth. For years, Miller High Life has used the “Champagne of Beers” slogan. This week, that appropriation became impossible to swallow. At the request of
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Another game, another Manchester United capitulation. Meltdowns have become a running theme in the club’s season after Erik ten Hag’s side was completely and utterly outplayed in Thursday’s 3-0 defeat by Sevilla, with the Spanish club earning passage through to the Europa League semifinals with a 5-2 aggregate win. In truth,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Sebastian, Livvy Doherty and Julia Horowitz, CNN The waters of the Bay of Lakonikos, on the south-eastern side of Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula, are a bright turquoise color. Its shores are an important nesting site for sea turtles. Yet it’s not just a place of natural beauty. The area has become a key hub
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