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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Turns out Taylor Swift was spot on naming her forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The company Ancestry, which helps people trace their genealogy, has found evidence that Swift is distantly related to the famed poet Emily Dickinson. “We need to calm down…but how can we when we
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story March 4, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — A monumental decision awaits the Houston City Council this Wednesday, March 6, as Mayor John Whitmire positions the United Airlines Terminal B expansion proposal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on the imminent council docket. Poised for
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA SURK and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament in at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump gained a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him — or any other federal candidates — from the ballot under a rarely-used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Taylor Swift’s boyfriend has taken shaking it off to another level. Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who began dating the pop music superstar during this past season, will be honored Tuesday night with a bobblehead giveaway when the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Boston
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Nashville has upheld a Tennessee law aimed at making sure primary voters are “bona fide” members of the party they are voting for. Former Ambassador to Poland and longtime Tennessee Republican politician Victor Ashe sued state election officials in November. He says
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It began with a bellowing horn. Then out came singer Sam Smith, trudging onto the catwalk wearing a tartan shawl shrugged over a v-neck jumper and a functional codpiece-turned-fanny-pack. On their head, another ream of tartan was twisted with black tulle that, from a distance, resembled a flowing mass
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to lying under oath during his testimony in the ex-president’s civil fraud case. His plea deal will send him back to jail but
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg admitted on Monday to testifying falsely to the New York attorney general about his knowledge of the size of Donald Trump’s apartment triplex and how the value of that apartment was inflated on Trump’s financial statements for
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Former Formula One driver Jos Verstappen, father of three-time F1 world champion Max Verstappen, criticized Red Bull’s decision to keep team principal Christian Horner saying “the team is in danger of being torn apart.” Following Max Verstappen’s victory in the season-opening race at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Verstappen’s
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira’s plea agreement with prosecutors calls for a prison sentence between 11 and nearly 17 years.
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. After decades of growth bolstered by low interest rates and
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the First Lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on three entities and eleven people, including the Mnangagwas, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga,
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence against notorious fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing later this year. The court said Monday it will hold a confirmation of charges hearing against Kony, nearly two decades after first seeking his arrest. The
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state senator says he will run for an open congressional seat representing northeastern Wisconsin. Andre Jacque of De Pere announced Monday that he will run for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by Mike Gallagher. Gallagher abruptly announced last month he won’t seek re-election after he angered his
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday accused Israel of detaining and torturing some of its staffers, coercing them into making false confessions about the agency’s ties to Hamas. “Some of our staff have conveyed to UNRWA teams that they were forced to (make) confessions
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave in the ex-president’s civil fraud case. Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury and will be sentenced to five
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina have released more information about the fatal police shooting of a double-murder suspect. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says deputies tried to get Gary Whitten to surrender in January after he beat his mother and girlfriend to death. This came months after
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Democrats will hold a presidential preference vote on Wednesday as President Joe Biden moves closer to securing the delegates needed to clinch nomination for a second term in the White House. Biden will appear on the ballot with U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota, self-help author
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Certain kinds of greaseproofing “forever” chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, will no longer be used in food packaging in the US, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The FDA’s food studies have shown that food packaging materials like fast-food wrappers, microwave popcorn bags and
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