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Month: November 2023

One of Napoleon’s signature bicorne hats on auction in France could fetch upwards of $650,000

By HELENA ALVES and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press FONTAINEBLEAU, France (AP) — One of the signature broad, black bicorne hats that Napoleon Bonaparte wore when he ruled 19th-century France and waged war in Europe is expected to fetch upwards of 600,000 euros ($650,000) at an auction Sunday. Other history-laden items in the sale of industrialist

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Remember Shere Hite? A new documentary jogs our cultural memory of the pioneering sex researcher

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The 1976 book “The Hite Report” was a bestseller from the beginning. Its intimate anecdotes about love, sex, orgasms and masturbation, drawn from anonymous survey responses from about 3,000 women across the U.S., challenged male assumptions about heterosexual intercourse. And it made its author, Shere Hite, a deeply polarizing

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After more reports of illnesses from recalled applesauce pouches, FDA is screening cinnamon shipments for lead

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — After more reports of illnesses potentially linked to lead in recalled fruit and applesauce pouches, the US Food and Drug Administration says that it is screening shipments of cinnamon from multiple countries for possible lead contamination. So far, no illnesses or elevated blood lead levels have been reported for

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Elon Musk agrees with antisemitic X post that claims Jews ‘push hatred’ against White people

By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Agreeing with an antisemitic post on his social media platform X, Elon Musk endorsed the claim that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.” An X post Wednesday afternoon said: “Jewish communties (sic) have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to

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Dimitar Berbatov thinks Bulgarian soccer is in the grips of a ‘major crisis.’ He says he’s the man to fix it

By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Sam Krumov, CNN (CNN) — Dimitar Berbatov’s successful soccer career took him to top-flight leagues in Germany, England, France, Greece and India, scoring more than 250 goals and winning 10 trophies. But his latest endeavor could be his biggest challenge to date. Four years after calling time on his playing

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Dimitar Berbatov thinks Bulgarian soccer is in the grips of a ‘major crisis.’ He says he’s the man to fix it

CNN By George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Sam Krumov, CNN (CNN) — Dimitar Berbatov’s successful soccer career took him to top-flight leagues in Germany, England, France, Greece and India, scoring more than 250 goals and winning 10 trophies. But his latest endeavor could be his biggest challenge to date. Four years after calling time on his

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Columbia, Cornell and other colleges face US inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has opened civil rights investigations into seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The list includes three Ivy League institutions — Columbia, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania — along with Wellesley College

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