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AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The inspiration for Kate Hamill’s latest play came from across centuries and the planet. The actor-playwright was honeymooning in Italy in 2020 when she walked into the Uffizi museum in Florence and spotted a painting by pioneering Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi created around 1620. The art immediately stirred
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Looking to tweak some traditional cocktails to make them more festive for the holidays? Here are some suggestions from the pros. For a Christmas-y version of an Old-Fashioned, the London speakeasy Archive and Myth switches out the sugar for a chestnut liqueur. Instead of standard bitters they use walnut bitters
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CNN Español El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, celebró este jueves el aumento de la cotización del bitcoin, que alcanzó los US$ 100.000 este miércoles. “Las reservas de Bitcoin de nuestro país ahora valen un 127,30% más de lo que pagamos por ellas, lo que significa un incremento de más de US$ 344 millones”,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jeremy Bloom is taking over as the CEO of X Games. The ex-Olympic freestyle skier and Colorado football player will lead the annual summer and winter events as it transitions into a new, team-friendly format in addition to individual awards. In June, X Games unveiled a style change starting
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year under a ballot measure that narrowly won approval. State election officials on Thursday certified that the sports betting initiative passed with 50.05% support in the November election. Betting won’t begin immediately. The Missouri Gaming Commission said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club” women’s prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement, The Associated Press has learned. The agency informed employees and Congress on Thursday that it plans to shutter the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club” women’s prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement, The Associated Press has learned. The agency informed employees and Congress on Thursday that it plans to shutter the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Several federal prisons are being closed, including a women’s facility in California where AP exposed rampant sex abuse.
Continue ReadingCalMatters Federal immigration authorities are looking for a potential new detention center in Northern California, an effort that alarms advocates and some Democratic state lawmakers as President-elect Donald Trump gears up to unleash his mass deportation plan. In August, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a request for information to identify additional detention bed
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By Mostafa Salem and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime had held over more than a decade of civil war, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the nation. The Syrian military said on Thursday that it had to withdraw from
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games, outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has talked up his own role helping get the games for LA in 2017, though a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games, outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has talked up his own role helping get the games for LA in 2017, though a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump’sDOGE initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government. Meeting behind closed doors at the Capitol, Musk told the mostly Republican lawmakers they would be keeping a “naughty and nice” list
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after Nattie Powell’s daughter turned 1 year old, Powell bought her a toddler-sized Christmas tree toy just in time for the 2023 holiday season. The tree was bright green with different colored plastic ornaments, topped with a fluorescent yellow star. Powell, who often records herself DIYing various holiday
Continue Reading Por Uriel Blanco Una persona murió el miércoles al ser atacada mientras se encontraba en un restaurante dentro de la plaza Miyana, un centro comercial ubicado en Polanco, informó la Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana de la Ciudad de México (SSPC). Polanco, junto con otras colonias, es una zona concurrida por turistas y residentes
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials say their investigation into the bottle-throwing incident that disrupted the Texas-Georgia game in October could not identify anyone responsible and that no one has been caught or punished. The disruption drew a harsh rebuke and a fine from the Southeastern Conference, which also ordered the school
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey It is not only the biggest song of the year, but one of the longest-reigning No. 1s of all time, as far
Continue Reading Por Catherine Nicholls, CNN El mundo está al borde de una tercera era nuclear, advirtió el jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas del Reino Unido. “El mundo ha cambiado”, dijo el almirante Sir Tony Radakin en una conferencia el miércoles en el Royal United Services Institute del Reino Unido. “El poder global está cambiando, y una
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Live from New York, it’s revelations about paydays on “Saturday Night Live.” Some of the former and current cast members of “SNL” shared in a video shared by New York magazine about their financial splurges after joining the show. Pete Davidson, who was a cast member from 2014
Continue ReadingBy Emily Pofahl Click here for updates on this story MUKWONAGO, Wisconsin (WISN) — Mukwonago police will not be ticketing students for using cellphones in school. The Mukwonago village board voted Wednesday to table the proposal from the district “indefinitely” after backlash from parents. The Mukwonago School District implemented an all-out ban on the devices
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