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By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — For the Japanese artist Kensuke Koike, every photograph becomes a puzzle. In his work, Koike takes vintage portraits from thrift stores and flea markets — many bought in and around Venice, where he is based today — and meticulously cuts them with a small blade to rearrange their elements,
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has told her European Union partners that curbing migration flows from African countries has less to do with offers of charity than strong partnerships coupled with strategic investments in those nations. Meloni told reporters at a year-end news conference that
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A horse owner in Southwest Miami-Dade is asking for the community’s help in finding the person behind the slaughter of two of her animals. According to Miami-Dade Police, the horses were last seen at around 9 p.m. on Tuesday and were
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The new year on the PGA Tour feels a lot like the old one. There are questions about a fractured landscape and more money than ever. LIV Golf is gearing up for another season while fans wonder who will be the next player to get
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA HOLLY, JANIAH ADAMS Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — An investigation is underway at a county jail because of revelations an inmate got pregnant while behind bars. Now her family is demanding answers. 7’s Jessica Holly investigates. The inmate has been here at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic. “When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank, Before the Diary” is written
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — When the final jobs report for 2023 is released this Friday at 8:30 am ET, economists are projecting that the US economy added 160,000 positions in December, marking an average of 232,000 jobs per month through November, and around 2.78 million for the year. While that’s far
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Clarkson credits moving to New York City and listening to her doctor for her new, svelte look. In the latest cover story for People Magazine, the singer and daytime talk show host said she and her kids have been doing plenty of walking since she moved both
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Kelly Clarkson’s big move is working out well for her. The singer and talk show host, who is mom to daughter River Rose, 9, and son Remington Alexander, 7, recently relocated with her family from California to New York after her marriage to ex-husband Brandon Blackstock came to an
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — After pushback by some bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere, the Vatican on Thursday defended the recent move by Pope Francis to allow blessings for same-sex couples, insisting there is nothing “heretical” involved. In a five-page statement, the Holy See’s office to safeguard doctrinal orthodoxy expressed understanding
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Christians around the world will mark the Epiphany on Jan. 6 with a series of celebrations that go from parades and gift-giving for children to the blessing of water. The holiday is also called the Feast of Epiphany, Three Kings Day and Theophany. Why is it known with different names? Some Western Christian
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated interest rates. Jobless claims fell to 202,000 for the week ending Dec. 30, down by 18,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jessica Chastain first read the script for “Memory,” she was struck by the unanswered questions left swirling around her head about issues pertaining to love, sex and consent. That might be antithetical to what some audiences expect from a movie. But it was writer and
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By Niamh Kennedy, Olga Voitovych and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine and Russia have each exchanged over 200 prisoners of war in what Kyiv called the largest prisoner swap between the two countries since the war began in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the news in a social media post Wednesday, heralding the return of
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A hotel owner and 10 other people are standing trial accused of negligence over the deaths of 72 people, including players from a school volleyball team in breakaway northern Cyprus, who perished when their hotel crumbled during a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey last year. The trial is the first relating
Continue ReadingBy Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man, 72, was arrested Wednesday and charged with threatening to kill Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and his children in several voicemail messages allegedly left at the lawmaker’s office in Washington, DC. Michael Shapiro called Swalwell’s office the evening of December 19 from his home in Greenacres,
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic. “When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank, Before the Diary” is written
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — MIT President Sally Kornbluth, the only university president who testified before Congress last month and is still in power, said the school is looking for ways to address tensions from the Israel-Hamas war, even as pressure mounts on her to step down. “I’m working to use every
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German man who served prison time for a high-profile 1996 kidnapping has been convicted of robbery and attempted murder on Thursday for his alleged role in a string of armed robberies in Germany in 2018 and 2019. The Cologne state court on Thursday sentenced Thomas Drach to 15 years in prison.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Speaking to a group of Democratic donors at a Washington hotel last month, President Joe Biden wanted to underscore just how much of his time lately has been spent confronting a chaotic world. Seventy-five percent of his job, Biden guessed, is consumed dealing with foreign leaders and traveling the world. Whether
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