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By Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who had replaced price tags with anti-war messages in a St. Petersburg grocery store as an act of protest, was sentenced to seven years in jail by a court in the Russian city on Thursday. According to the court’s press service, Skochilenko was found guilty
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — Supporters of Africa’s cultural and natural heritage recently had cause to celebrate. At the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in September, UNESCO announced five new locations had joined the list of World Heritage Sites, taking sub-Saharan Africa’s total over 100 for the first time. Rwanda’s first two
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Paul George was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Thursday for saying the referees were “awful” and that the Clippers played against “the extra three” in their loss in Denver. George scored a season-high 35 points in the Nuggets’ 111-108 victory in the In-Season Tournament on Tuesday, then took aim at
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help get migrants on their feet in Chicago. This includes $65 million to help launch “winterized” temporary shelter to prevent people from sleeping outdoors as winter arrives. Nearly all of the 24,000 new
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The Louvre Museum in Paris has added a “national treasure” to its collection four years after it was discovered during a house clearance. “Christ Mocked” by the Florentine painter Cimabue was found in an elderly woman’s house in the town of Compiegne in 2019. She had kept the rare artwork
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook eastern Myanmar on Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.7 magnitude quake was centered about 47 miles southwest of the town of Keng Tung in Shan state. It was about 6 miles deep. The area is near the borders of China, Laos and Thailand. No details
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — El espacio está lleno de fenómenos extremos, pero el “demonio de Tasmania” puede ser uno de los eventos cósmicos más extraños y raros jamás observados. Meses después de que los astrónomos presenciaran la explosión de una estrella distante, detectaron algo que nunca antes habían visto: signos energéticos de vida liberándose del
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nonprofit online watchdog the Center for Countering Digital Hate on Thursday hit back at Elon Musk’s X in a motion to dismiss the social media company’s August lawsuit. X Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, accused the Center for Countering Digital Hate of deliberately trying to
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By Rhea Mogul, Sania Farooqui and Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indian authorities trying to rescue dozens of workers trapped for more than 90 hours deep inside a Himalayan mountain have reached out for international help, contacting the Thai team that rescued a boys’ soccer team from a flooded cave in 2018. The
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The National Park Service has delivered to Congress its long-awaited study on whether the Ocmulgee River corridor in central Georgia meets the criteria to be managed as a national park and preserve. The answer: Not quite, and not yet. The study says the historic homeland of the
Continue Reading By Dianne Gallagher, and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — An officer caught on video repeatedly striking a woman on the ground this week has been temporarily reassigned pending an internal investigation, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said Wednesday. “I’ll just say to everyone and to our community, I get it,” Jennings said of the video.
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jaylin Sellers scored 15 points and reserve Marchelus Avery was one of three players to score nine points and Central Florida beat Cal State Fullerton 72-44 on Thursday night. Avery’s fellow reserve Thierno Sylla also scored nine and Shemari Allen scored nine for UCF. Grayson Carper scored 13 points and Vincent
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook northeast Myanmar on Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.7 magnitude quake was centered about 47 miles southwest of the town of Keng Tung in Shan state. It was about 6 miles deep. The area is near the borders of China, Laos and Thailand. No details
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La búsqueda de Vitel’Homme Innocent, el presunto líder de la pandilla Kraze Barye, se intensifica con la recompensa de hasta US$ 2 millones que ofrece el FBI a cambio de información que conduzca a encontrar o condenar a este ciudadano haitiano por varios crímenes transnacionales. El fugitivo, presuntamente trabajó junto
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Guatemala solicitará que se le retire la inmunidad al presidente electo Bernardo Arévalo y a la vicepresidenta electa Karin Herrera por su presunta participación en una toma de sede y las protestas realizadas en la Universidad San Carlos durante 2022, informó el órgano. “En el transcurso
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving faster than expected and all lanes are scheduled to reopen by next Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. Earlier this week officials said it could take crews between three and
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving faster than expected and all lanes are scheduled to reopen by next Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. Earlier this week officials said it could take crews between three and
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel prosecutors are using a Los Angeles grand jury to seek documents and possible testimony from multiple witnesses as part of the ongoing federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, according to people familiar with the probe. James Biden, President
Continue ReadingJOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Santa Claus’ sleigh took on new responsibilities in rural Alaska this week when delivering gifts to an Alaska Native village. The Alaska National Guard’s Operation Santa is an annual program in which St. Nick and gifts are taken to a rural village off the road system. On Wednesday, an
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In a major schedule advancement, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that the fire-damaged Santa Monica (10) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles will reopen with five lanes in both directions by Tuesday of next week. The original estimate for the repair work was three to five weeks, with officials saying structural repairs were needed on not
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