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ROME (AP) — Activists have poured mud and chocolate milk on the façade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice in their latest climate protest. Police quickly detained the six activists after the Thursday protest. There was no immediate word of any permanent damage to the Byzantine basilica, which is an iconic symbol of Venice.The activists
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil business fraud trial as a spectator Thursday, after a month of assailing the proceedings from afar. With testimony winding down after more than two months, the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner showed up to watch
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John Oates and arguing in arbitration that he can’t sell his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership without Hall’s permission. Public court filings have revealed just how wide the rift has
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has rejected conflict of interest allegations between her and husband, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, after the FIA announced an investigation on Tuesday. This comes after the FIA, motorsport’s governing body, issued a statement saying: “The FIA is aware of media speculation centred
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from New York City’s Times Square on December 31, alongside his host Rita Ora. There will once again be satellite locations in Los Angeles — hosted by Jeannie Mai — and a
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from New York City’s Times Square on December 31, alongside his host Rita Ora. There will once again be satellite locations in Los Angeles — hosted by Jeannie Mai — and a
Continue ReadingBy EMILIE CHETTY Associated Press VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The president of Seychelles has declared a state of emergency after a huge blast at an explosives depot followed deadly flooding in other parts of the country’s main island. President Wavel Ramkalawan says three people have died in the flooding and more than 100 were injured
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Thursday following its first three-day losing streak since Halloween. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in midday trading and continuing to hang near its highest level since March 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 16 points, or less than
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s top court has rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors. The court based in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has ruled that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a
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Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Janucá es una fiesta judía que comienza en la víspera del día 25 del mes hebreo de Kislev y dura ocho días. La fecha de inicio en el calendario occidental varía de un año a otro, pero suele caer entre finales de noviembre y finales de diciembre. En 2023, Janucá
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — In news that won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been feeling the pinch, the global cost of living crisis is far from over. And big-city dwellers can really take a hit. According to the annual Worldwide Cost of Living Index that’s published by the Economist Intelligence Unit
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Employers are growing more cautious, pulling down some job postings and reining in hiring. Employees are sticking around more and not bouncing as readily for better opportunities. Welcome to the wait-and-see job market. Some of those holding patterns are being reflected in the federal jobs reports that have
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The start of the Milan opera house’s 2023-24 season Thursday will serve as an unofficial national celebration of the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO including Italian lyric
Continue ReadingBy Harry Samler Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The wife of a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Marietta is furious with the assisted living facility that allowed him to escape. Doctors diagnosed Lamar Jones, a U.S. military veteran, with the disease in 2016. The couple moved into their daughter’s basement
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A British hedge fund trader extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Denmark where he was wanted for allegedly orchestrating a more than 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud has been ordered to remain in custody until his Jan. 3 trial. Sanjay Shah was convicted in May in Dubai of
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new law has been passed in Denmark’s parliament that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country. The vote on Thursday came after a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine, including $1 billion in humanitarian aid to help support the war-torn country’s recovery efforts. Kishida made the announcement late Wednesday in Tokyo while hosting his last Group of Seven summit as this year’s chairperson. The $1
Continue ReadingBy Emily Keinath Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — The state of Michigan is warning anyone who has purchased a skunk in the past six months from Rose’s Skunks in Attica, or a seller in Chesterfield Township/New Baltimore connected to Rose’s Skunks, they could be exposed to rabies. A skunk purchased
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios is setting up a free-to-access OnlyFans page. Kyrgios is a 28-year-old Australian who was the runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2022 but was sidelined by injuries for nearly all of this past season. He played in just one official singles match in 2023.
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — English Football Association (FA) chair Debbie Hewitt accused Luis Rubiales of inappropriately touching England players at the FIFA World Cup final in Australia. The claims became public on Wednesday after FIFA published its reasons for banning the disgraced former Royal Spanish Football Federation president from “all football-related activities” for
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