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By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Christopher Nolan was just trying to exercise. The “Oppenheimer” director, who won just won best director from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday, told the crowd a story about an encounter with a critic while on his Peloton. “I was on my Peloton doing a high-interval workout,
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Christopher Nolan was just trying to exercise. The “Oppenheimer” director, who won just won best director from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday, told the crowd a story about an encounter with a critic while on his Peloton. “I was on my Peloton doing a high-interval
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in a Dominican court Friday to face allegations that he had a brief relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gave her mother a small car and thousands of dollars in exchange for her
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes with his mother on their living room sofa trying to guess the winners. It was a ritual that Koy cherished as a child. Since then, he’s grown as a comedian with various stand-up
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jo Koy remembers watching major award ceremonies like the Golden Globes with his mother on their living room sofa trying to guess the winners. It was a ritual that Koy cherished as a child. Since then, he’s grown as a comedian with various stand-up
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jonathan Majors has given his first interview since being found guilty of assault and harassment of a former girlfriend. The actor talked to ABC News anchor Linsey Davis for a conversation that will debut on “Good Morning America” Monday. Majors had pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of
Continue ReadingELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — An official says New Jersey firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire at the historic former Singer sewing machine factory building in Elizabeth. City spokesperson Ruby Contreras says a passerby reported the fire around 5:30 a.m. Friday. Video from the scene shows a building engulfed in flames with firefighters surrounding the structure.
Continue ReadingBy KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer More than 6 million people receive benefits through the nation’s food assistance program for women, infants and children, which is known as WIC. But it’s not always easy to get what you might need. Unlike food stamps, the fresh produce, baby formula and other nutritious items that are WIC-approved
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer convicted of killing Elijah McClain, a young Black man walking home from a store, is expected to learn Friday whether a judge will sentence him to prison or he will receive probation. McClain’s mother also may speak at the sentencing hearing. Among the
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister and Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Gypsy Rose Blanchard says the first time she tasted freedom was not last week, when she walked out of a Missouri prison after serving eight and a half years for helping to kill her abusive mother. The first time she tasted freedom, she says, was when
Continue ReadingCNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Gypsy Rose Blanchard says the first time she tasted freedom was not last week, when she walked out of a Missouri prison after serving eight and a half years for helping to kill her abusive mother. The first time she tasted freedom, she says, was
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By Emma Tucker and Omar Jimenez, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 300,000 lives could be saved from the nation’s wave of gun violence over the next decade if every US state enacted gun control laws like those held by states such as California and New York, according to a new study announced Friday by a gun violence prevention non-profit group.
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Parker Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The TSA manager arrested in Atlanta Wednesday allegedly falsified documents, according to a Florida court document. A court document revealed that Maxine McManaman was accused of falsifying a quitclaim deed, a document that transfers property from one person to another. The
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian officials say they have postponed for the second time the reintroduction of requirements to obtain tourist visas for citizens of the U.S., Australia and Canada. Former president Jair Bolsonaro scrapped the visa requirements in 2019 to support the tourism industry, but the three countries continued to demand visas from
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy commandos have boarded a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier that was the subject of a hijacking attempt in the Arabian Sea and have started the clearing operations. The navy says it’s a big ship and it will take time to clear it of the hijackers as
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — La economía estadounidense sumó 216.000 puestos de trabajo en diciembre, según datos de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales publicados este viernes, superando las expectativas y culminando un año de resiliencia en el mercado laboral. La tasa de desempleo se mantuvo en el 3,7%. Los economistas esperaban un aumento neto de 160.000
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom and Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — As if the glitz and glamor of award season isn’t chaotic enough, a bevy of factors are contributing to the 2024 cycle looking like a scheduling nightmare dressed up in high heels and shimmering gowns. The most glaring factor affecting change this year is the historic
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday that the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they established diplomatic relations 45 years ago this week. Wang also promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. —
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday that the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and transcend their differences like they did when they established diplomatic relations 45 years ago this week. Wang also promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. —
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stranded in a corner of southern Gaza, members of the Abu Jarad family are clinging to a strict survival routine. They fled their comfortable three-bedroom home in northern Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war broke out nearly three months ago. The 10-person family
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