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Month: September 2024

Writers Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner are among 6 Booker Prize finalists

LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Organizers made the announcement on Monday. Five of the six finalists are women, marking a record in the prize’s 55-year history. Everett, a 2022 finalist, is nominated for “James,” a reimagining of “Huckleberry Finn.” Kushner, a former finalist,

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Dave Navarro (left) and Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction performing in Dublin in June.

Jane’s Addiction cancels all remaining tour dates as Perry Farrell issues apology for on-stage altercation

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Following a recent on-stage altercation between Jane’s Addiction band members Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro, the rock band has announced the cancellation of their remaining tour dates. On Monday, the band announced in a statement posted to their Instagram page that they’ve “made the difficult decision to take some

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Workers with picket signs outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility.

Boeing freezes hiring and executives’ first-class travel as massive strike continues

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — With a massive ongoing strike, Boeing is making some temporary cutbacks that could hit non-union staff hard. Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West on Monday announced the company is instituting a freeze on hiring and non-essential travel, and it will consider furloughs for employees, managers, and executives. The company

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Investigators seek public’s help in identifying Asian victim found in Gilgo Beach area

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Investigators on New York’s Long Island are seeking the public’s help in identifying an Asian victim from a years-old killing, whose remains were discovered along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in 2011. The victim investigators are referring to as “Asian Doe” was a biological male of Asian descent, between

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El detenido en aparente intento de magnicidio contra Trump criticó al expresidente en redes sociales

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un hombre de 58 años detenido este domingo en relación con un aparente intento de magnicidio contra Donald Trump en Florida es un constructor de viviendas asequibles autónomo en Hawai que recurrió a las redes sociales para opinar sobre política y acontecimientos actuales, a veces criticando al expresidente. Ryan Wesley Routh,

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¿Quién es Ryan Wesley Routh, el hombre detenido en relación al aparente segundo intento de magnicidio contra Trump?

urielblanco (CNN) — Ryan Wesley Routh puso su enemistad hacia Donald Trump –el hombre que una vez apoyó pero luego desestimó como un “idiota”, un “bufón” y un “tonto”– en el centro de una visión del mundo divagante y fantasiosa que también se fijaba en Ucrania, Taiwán, Corea del Norte y lo que él llamaba

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