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By Robert Shackelford, Laura Paddison, Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Paris (CNN) — Storm Ciarán has brought hurricane-strength winds to France, the Channel Islands and southern England, leaving more than a million people without access to electricity and forcing hundreds of schools to close. The storm has claimed at least four lives, two in
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Shares on Wall Street were essentially flat early Friday as markets peruse more corporate earnings ahead of the government’s monthly jobs report. Futures for the Dow were down less than 0.1% before the bell and futures for the S&P 500 inched up less than 0.1%. Markets rallied
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Gabe Amo and Republican Gerry Leonard face off in a special congressional election in Rhode Island on Tuesday to complete the term of former Democratic congressman David Cicilline. Cicilline resigned in May after seven terms. There is also a special election on the ballot for state
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky and Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty Thursday following a monthlong trial that was almost as wild as the rapid rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX itself. He was found guilty of stealing billions of dollars from accounts belonging to customers of FTX. He was also found
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Valeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — Barrancas, el pueblo natal del futbolista Luis Díaz, ubicado en el norte de Colombia, nunca había estado tan custodiado. Desde el pasado sábado 28 de octubre, cuando se conoció la noticia del secuestro de los padres del ídolo del fútbol colombiano, los pobladores de este lugar, de unos 40.000 habitantes,
Continue ReadingBy MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN AGUSTÍN ETLA, México (AP) — Daniel Dávila knew he would become a devil at age 12. He prepares his costume weeks ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations in San Agustín Etla, in southwest Mexico, where families take to the streets on Nov. 1 to remember how death
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is working on a new experience for tourists in Washington starting next fall. The association plans to open The People’s House. It’s an educational center that will use technology to provide tourists with a deeper learning experience than what they get on
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Nothing about “The Holdovers” sounds particularly special, and yet it’s one of director Alexander Payne’s best films – very funny, occasionally touching and a sterling example of the bonds that can be forged by an unlikely family. Set in a stiff New England private school in 1970, it passes the
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By Abeer Salman, Mariya Knight, Tamar Michaelis and Helen Regan, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinian workers in Israel returned to besieged Gaza on Friday following an Israeli government decision to expel Gazan laborers from the country. The workers were among the Gazans who were in Israel early last month, when Hamas launched a
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in three months, the national debate over reproductive rights focuses on Ohio. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to amend the Ohio Constitution to protect access to abortion services. The measure has become one of the nation’s highest-profile elections this year and is the
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has met with religious leaders about promoting peace and security during the last day of his four-day trip to Kenya. It’s his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. On a rainy Friday morning, the king visited the East Africa region’s oldest mosque
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by storm winds in eastern Spain has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns, officials said Friday. Some 200 firefighters and army emergency unit soldiers were deployed to try to extinguish the day-old blaze near the eastern town
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear seeks a second term in the heavily Republican state on Tuesday in one of the most competitive and closely watched races on the ballot this year. The GOP nominee is Daniel Cameron, a Donald Trump endorsee who succeeded Beshear as state attorney
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Maayan Cohen was on a flight from Tel Aviv to Las Vegas when she learned through a text that a terror attack was unfolding in Israel. After delivering a speech at a tech conference in Vegas, the Israeli-American CEO of health company Hello Heart hopped on a
Continue ReadingLOCKHART, Texas A Texas man has been convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Moroccan immigrant who had pulled into his driveway. A Caldwell County jury on Thursday convicted 67-year-old Terry Duane Turner in the early morning October 2021 shooting death of 31-year-old Adil Dghoughi outside Turner’s home in Martindale. Family members of
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in a referendum election Tuesday. Question 2 would ban foreign governments and entities they own, control or influence from making campaign contributions in candidate elections or ballot measures. The move is in response to the $22
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk declared artificial intelligence “one of the most disruptive forces in history” in a sit down conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that dove into the dangers and opportunities of AI on Thursday, capping off the UK’s inaugural AI Safety Summit. “AI will be a force for
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ bid for a second term tops the list of contests voters will decide. Reeves was first elected in 2019 after serving two terms as lieutenant governor and now faces a challenge from Democrat Brandon Presley. Presley is
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Every seat in the New Jersey Legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election. With solid Democratic majorities in both chambers, party control of the body is not expected to change hands. Democrats have a 25-15 advantage in the state Senate and a 46-34 lead in
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday for his role in the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. After 15 days of testimony and about four and a half hours of deliberations, jurors returned a verdict that found him guilty on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. Bankman-Fried
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