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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, an R.E.M. album arrived that didn’t sound like a typical R.E.M. album. “Up,” the band’s 11th album which dropped in the fall of 1998, was a curious and challenging collection that split fans and critics alike but reveals more interesting things with
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — At the top of the world, northern Greenland’s huge glaciers — long thought to be relatively stable — are in trouble, a new study shows. As the ocean warms, Greenland’s last remaining ice shelves are rapidly weakening, destabilizing the nearby glaciers and threatening potentially “dramatic” consequences for sea level
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks ticked higher Tuesday as Wall Street continues to absorb the big swings that have shaken financial markets recently. The S&P 500 rose 12.40 points, or 0.3%, to 4,378.38, as gains for some Big Tech stocks helped offset losses for the majority of stocks
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — John Oliver is transforming from a comedian into a campaign manager for one of the biggest elections of the year: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll. On his show “Last Week Tonight” on Monday, he backed the pūteketeke bird as New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, a competition
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — When Michael Monaghan, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Sellers Realty in northern California, got an offer for a home in Bayside at the seller’s $650,000 list price in September, he told the buyer’s agent that the buyer needed to start looking for insurance immediately. “I
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A juvenile pair of suspected auto thieves were arrested after a pursuit ended in Indio Tuesday morning. Officers encircled the Trilogy community at Avenue 51 and Jackson Street when two suspects jumped from a car that had been reported stolen and ran into the gated complex at 6:00 a.m. A spokesman for Indio Police said
Continue Reading By Rachel Wilson, Rosa de Acosta, Alex Leeds Matthews and Alex Newman, CNN (CNN) — It is a month since Hamas launched its unexpected and brutal attack on Israel. More than 1,400 Israelis were killed in the assault, and more than 240 were taken hostage, according to a count by Israeli officials. The Ministry of Health in
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies. That’s because they are not required to be included in drug studies. And often, they’re explicitly excluded. “Clinical trials and dosing instructions don’t always ensure that drugs will be
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A minibus exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, killing at least seven civilians and wounding 20 others, authorities said. This is the second blast to have struck the area in as many weeks. Police spokesman, Khalid Zadran, said Tuesday the explosion took place in the western part
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Migration experts and activists are planning an agreement between Italy and Albania that would direct thousands of migrants to the Balkan nation while their asylum applications are under review. The exact workings of the arrangement announced Monday as Albania’s leader visited Rome were still
Continue ReadingBy Karli Olson Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — The families of the boys hit and killed by a MAX train over the weekend are asking for support as they process the heartbreaking loss, and work to plan funerals. Braydon Fear, 19, from Hillsboro, and 19-year-old Kaleb Banzer, from Boring,
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Béjar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic. In
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Béjar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic. In
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — It was only a year ago that the Supreme Court issued a landmark Second Amendment opinion that expanded gun rights nationwide and established that firearms rules must be consistent with the nation’s “historical tradition.” Majority opinion author Justice Clarence Thomas infuriated supporters of gun control and elated advocates of
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Nanette Mees is a registered Republican and a textbook example of Virginia’s shift from red to blue. Her last Republican vote for president was in 2004, which is also the last time a GOP presidential nominee – George W. Bush back then – carried suburban Loudoun County
Continue ReadingBy BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The mayor of Kidal says at least 14 people are dead after a series of drone strikes around the town in northern Mali. There was no immediate comment from the Malian military but a few days ago it announced that it had used drones to target
Continue ReadingBy HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa says he is offering his resignation as his government is involved in a widespread corruption probe. The announcement sends a shock wave through the normally tranquil politics of the European Union member. The 62-year-old Costa has been Portugal’s
Continue ReadingBy Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HAMDEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — The family of a 4-year-old girl in Hamden sought to thank firefighters for freeing the girl when she became trapped in her home. Hamden firefighters posted to social media that Maggie got her leg stuck between a radiator and a wall.
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Sung and Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Spanish Women’s World Cup star Jennifer Hermoso revealed on Monday that she has “received threats” in the aftermath of the unwanted kiss she received from former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales. In an exclusive interview with GQ Spain magazine, by whom she was named “Woman of the Year,”
Continue Reading By Ed Lavandera, Sarah Boxer and Rhea Mogul, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Mourning his 8-year-old daughter believed killed in Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel, Thomas Hand said he was at least partially consoled militants had not taken her hostage. Of all the terrible possibilities for her, death was the least painful, he said. But then
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