By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The legendary Paris restaurant Le Tour d’Argent already boasts a wine cellar with 320,000 bottles, a world-famous duck recipe and a storied history stretching back 441 years. And it will have a front-row view of two of the biggest events of 2024: the renaissance of Notre Dame
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Emergency workers in South Florida rescued two people, one who later died, from a canal after their helicopter crashed. The helicopter, a Hughes 369 aircraft, was carrying two people from Fort Myers when it crashed into a canal about three miles west of Miami Executive Airport. Aerial video footage showed divers from
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, is a long way from the country’s National Palace, where a top level U.S. delegation met with Mexico’s president seeking more action to curb the surge of migrants reaching the U.S. border. But
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN Berlin, New Hampshire (CNN) — Nikki Haley on Thursday sought to clarify her comments about the Civil War one day after a voter in New Hampshire called her out for not mentioning slavery as a cause of the war. “I mean, of course the Civil War was about slavery,” Haley told
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Igor Tudoran spent just 12 hours inside the Gaza Strip before a missile slammed into his tank, leaving him with a life-altering injury. “Already within the tank, I understood from the condition of my leg that I would lose it. But the question was how
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, CNN Tapei, Taiwan (CNN) — China’s ongoing investigation into alleged lip-synching by a popular Taiwanese rock band may be linked to attempts by Beijing to influence the island’s upcoming election, Taiwan security officials have claimed. Mayday, one of the most prominent rock groups in the Chinese-speaking world, has been under an official
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, PAUL WISEMAN and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s been no shortage of tough news for China’s economy as some of the world’s biggest brands consider or take action to shift manufacturing to friendlier shores at a time of unease about security controls, protectionism and wobbly relations between Beijing and
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares powered higher on Thursday, with Chinese benchmarks up more than 1%, after Wall Street logged modest gains in this holiday-shortened week. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices were mixed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index was an outlier in the region, shedding 0.4% to 33,539.62.
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — A 14-year-old has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting his older sister on Christmas Eve during a family dispute over gifts, Tampa Bay area authorities say. His 15-year-old brother has also been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot the younger brother in retaliation
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is walking back an answer she gave to a voter about the reason for the Civil War that didn’t include a mention of slavery. Haley was asked Wednesday at a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she believed had caused
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — With Caleb Williams watching from the sideline, Miller Moss threw a Holiday Bowl-record six touchdown passes in his first college start and Southern California ended a frustrating season by beating No. 16 Louisville 42-28 Wednesday night. Moss took full advantage of the opportunity he was
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former US senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Herb Kohl has passed away after a brief illness, the Herb Kohl Foundation announced on Wednesday. He was 88. Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat and co-founder of the Kohl’s department store chain, served in the US Senate
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Ahead of New Year’s celebrations, the Indio Police Department is reminding residents to avoid any activity that is illegal and dangerous while ringing in 2024. “Don’t spend time with Indio Police Department on New Year’s eve or New Year’s day. Spend it with your family and friends instead,” according to Benjamin Guitron, Public Information Officer
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday that she will run in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in 2024 as Republicans look to keep their narrow House majority. Among the most conservative members of the chamber, Boebert had been expected to face a tough reelection bid in Colorado’s 3rd District in
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota woman has filed a malpractice lawsuit claiming she was left disfigured after her Eden Prairie dentist performed more than 30 procedures during a single appointment. In a civil lawsuit filed last week against Dr. Kevin Molldrem and Molldrem Family Dentistry in Hennepin County District Court, Kathleen Wilson
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So you got a Christmas gift that you don’t need, doesn’t fit, or isn’t you. Of course, you’re not going to tell the person who gave it to you that you don’t want it. Instead, you head to the store they bought it from and return it. It is peak return season, after all. You
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Police say that a bus caught fire after colliding head-on with a truck on a highway in central India, killing at least 13 people. Police officer Anoop Bhargava says 12 bus passengers died in the blaze and the truck driver was killed by the impact of the collision in Guna district
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — With a third straight trip to the College Football Playoff semifinals, Michigan can’t be considered a Cinderella. However, as coach Jim Harbaugh and some of his players took in a day at Disneyland before resuming preparations for Monday’s Rose Bowl against Alabama, many considered this
Continue ReadingEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Gabe Vincent will be out for at least two more months after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The Lakers announced that Vincent had the surgery Wednesday. He will be re-evaluated by team doctors in eight weeks. Vincent has appeared in only five games since
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Acting Foreign Minister Mark Dreyfus says two Australian citizens including an alleged Hezbollah fighter have been killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. Ibrahim Bazzi and his brother Ali Bazzi were killed in the airstrike on Tuesday night in the town of Bint Jbel in
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