By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog will investigate how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of interest. The Inspector General for the General Services Administration is probing the decision to locate the facility in Greenbelt, Maryland,
Continue ReadingBy Brian Patrick Flynn for HGTV Rustic-style decorating, whether year-round or holiday-based, is achieved through a heavy use of texture, neutral hues and natural materials. Incorporate modern, rustic elements into your holiday decor with ideas from designer Casey Noble. Mason Jar Lights Blogger Hannah Slaughter brings understated elegance to this disparate grouping of Mason jars and discarded
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN There’s been homophobic and racist chanting in the stands, a team bus pelted with stones, a game called off because of crowd trouble, and precious few goals on the field. The French soccer league is making headlines for all the wrong reasons this season. And now even the French government is calling
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Christmas commercials have become a staple of the holiday season for many retail giants, from Disney to British department store John Lewis, with morals and miniature stories often contained within them. But one little bar in Northern Ireland, Charlie’s Bar, has eclipsed them all this year, producing a heart-warming
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates continued to drop this week. It’s the fifth straight week rates have moved lower. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to an average of 7.22% in the week ending November 30, down from 7.29% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An alternative healer who advocates a technique known as “slapping therapy” was charged Thursday over the death of a woman at one of his workshops in England seven years ago. Hongchi Xiao was charged with manslaughter by gross negligence in the October 2016 death of Danielle Carr-Gomm, Wiltshire Police said. British police
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An alternative healer who advocates a technique known as “slapping therapy” was charged Thursday over the death of a woman at one of his workshops in England seven years ago. Hongchi Xiao was charged with manslaughter by gross negligence in the October 2016 death of Danielle Carr-Gomm, Wiltshire Police said. British police
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and Sirius XM extended their broadcast agreement by five years through the 2028 season. The deal announced continues a relationship that started in 2005. Sirius carries broadcasts of all regular season and postseason games and produces the MLB Network Radio channel, which airs 24 hours daily.
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ruled that Greenpeace protesters staging a sit-in must leave a deep-sea mining exploration ship in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii but that they can continue to demonstrate around the vessel. Canada-based The Metals Company’s subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israeli leaders to respect international law as Israel wages its war against Hamas in Gaza. Blinken said Thursday the U.S. remains committed to supporting Israel’s right to self defense but he also said it is imperative
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British health secretary Matt Hancock has told the U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry that Britain’s government would have saved many lives if it acted sooner and imposed a national lockdown three weeks earlier than it did in March 2020. Hancock played a key role in the U.K.’s pandemic
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — Esta semana, la Lotería de Iowa pagó a sus afortunados ganadores de Powerball – junto con algunos afortunados perdedores – por un error de información que llevó a que se publicaran números ganadores incorrectos en el sitio web del Estado. La Lotería publicó por error en internet números ganadores incorrectos del
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fifth week in a row, more good news for prospective homebuyers grappling with an increasingly unaffordable housing market. The latest decline brought the average rate on a 30-year mortgage down to 7.22% from 7.29% last week,
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — In the midst of vacation planning, Natalie Williams was feeling overwhelmed. Life was hectic, and booking a trip was at the bottom of a to-do list already flooded with other various tasks and obligations. She wasn’t even sure if she still wanted to go. Still, her friends asked: When
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press North Carolina State quarterback MJ Morris said he plans to enter the transfer portal, an announcement coming less than a month after he opted out for the rest of the season to preserve his redshirt option despite being the starter. Morris issued a statement to On3Sports a nd posted the statement
Continue ReadingBy Scott Miller Click here for updates on this story LONDON, Ontario (CTV Network) — Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick were looking for invasive mussels when they found something nobody has laid on eyes for 128 years. “Sort of out of the mists of time this ship appears,” said Zach Melnick, who was operating the
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CNN By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A fire that ripped through a train as it travelled along a strategic rail tunnel in eastern Russia was the work of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), a Ukrainian defense source has claimed. “Four explosive devices were detonated while the freight train was
Continue Reading By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A fire that ripped through a train as it travelled along a strategic rail tunnel in eastern Russia was the work of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), a Ukrainian defense source has claimed. “Four explosive devices were detonated while the freight train was in
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha evaluado el estado de la cepa de coronavirus BA.2.86 y sus ramificaciones, nombrándola “variante de interés”, aunque la organización dice que el riesgo actual de esta familia de virus parece ser bajo. Anteriormente, la organización había estado siguiendo este linaje como una “variante bajo
Continue ReadingBy CHARLIE DE MAR Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Police were questioning a person of interest Wednesday after a 9-month-old girl was shot and critically wounded in the Washington Park neighborhood the night before. But as CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, there was a lot that remained unknown Wednesday
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