By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fidelity Charitable, the nation’s largest grantmaker, is getting into NFTs or nonfungible tokens despite a torrent of bad news about cryptocurrency companies. NFTs are digital images that are registered on the blockchain. In a raffle that will end Tuesday, participants can claim one of the NFTs.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican officials in a rural Arizona county refused Monday to certify the 2022 election ahead of the deadline amid pressure from prominent Republicans to reject a vote count that had Democrats winning for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide races. State election officials have vowed to
Continue ReadingBy ERICA MOKAY Click here for updates on this story WILKINSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A woman reported missing out of Cleveland and found dead in the backyard of a Wilkinsburg home was shot in the head, according to an updated report released by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office Sunday. The report also listed Adrianna
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan and Selina Wang and CNN’s Beijing bureau For the first time in decades, thousands of people have defied Chinese authorities to protest at universities and on the streets of major cities, demanding to be freed not only from incessant Covid tests and lockdowns, but strict censorship and the Communist Party’s tightening
Continue ReadingBy CBSBOSTON.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story BOW, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Two Massachusetts men were arrested early Sunday morning on drunk driving charges after police say they were clocked at speeds over 100 miles per hour. New Hampshire State Police said 25-year-old Jacob Hulsoor of Dorchester was caught on radar driving
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says she doesn’t believe inflation has peaked after reaching the highest levels on record. She also says the bank isn’t through raising interest rates to combat those price spikes. ECB President Christine Lagarde told European lawmakers Monday that there’s too much uncertainty to know whether
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The Great Barrier Reef should be added to the list of world heritage sites that are “in danger”, a team of scientists concluded after conducting a mission to the world’s largest coral reef system. In a new UN-backed report released on Monday, the scientists said that the reef
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at NASA headquarters on Wednesday as part of Macron’s state visit this week, US and French officials told CNN. The NASA visit — which will include a working meeting and a briefing by US space officials — will highlight a
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll released Monday as the Gamecocks keep close watch on the foot injury of reigning Player of the Year Aliyah Boston. The Gamecocks received all 29 first-place votes in the poll released Monday, a day
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Business groups are increasing the pressure on lawmakers to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s deadline in the stalled contract talks. A coalition of more than 400 business groups sent a letter to Congressional leaders Monday urging them to step in because
Continue Reading COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Hall of Famers Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Jack Morris and Ryne Sandberg are among 16 members of the contemporary baseball era committee that will meet Sunday to consider the Cooperstown fate of an eight-man ballot that includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro. Hall of Famers Lee Smith, Frank Thomas
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the fallout from the collapse of FTX continues. BlockFi said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection to stabilize its business and give it the chance to perform a restructuring. FTX filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau’s chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the agency’s questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers and demographers. The researchers claim the tool jeopardizes the usability of numbers that are the foundation of the nation’s data
Continue ReadingKCAL, KCBS, RIVERSIDE PD, WINEK FAMILY, GOOGLE MAPS, CNN By Amanda Watts, Tina Burnside and Zoe Sottile, CNN A former Virginia police officer, believed to have murdered a teenager’s family in Riverside, California, after “catfishing” her online, was killed in a shootout while trying to flee authorities, the city’s police department said in a news
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Somalia, an impoverished, war-torn eastern African country that borders the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Ethiopia and Kenya. About Somalia (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 637,657 sq km (slightly smaller than Texas) Population: 12,386,248 (2022 est.) Median age: 18.5 years Capital: Mogadishu Ethnic groups: Somali 85%,
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Doha (CNN) — Qatar está irreconocible en comparación con el paÃs que era hace 12 años, cuando ganó su candidatura para ser la sede del Mundial de la FIFA 2022. Se han invertido unos US$ 220.000 millones en la construcción de una ciudad completamente nueva, un sistema de metro de última generación y
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TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police say a 61-year-old man has been charged in the killings of two women who were found dead in their Toronto homes other almost four decades ago. Police Chief James Ramer said Monday that Joseph George Sutherland from Moosonee, Ontario, was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in the killings
Continue ReadingBy ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WLS) — Charges have been filed against three people after a fight over a soccer game Saturday night in the Gold Coast. Police said 22-year-old Cristian Munoz, of Cicero, was charged with three felony counts. Patrick Lopez, of Grayslake, and Alejandro Dominguez,
Continue ReadingBy Joel Seymour Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — The town of Franklin officially rang in the holiday season Sunday, Nov. 27 with its annual Christmas parade. Hundreds gathered to watch various colorful and creative floats making their way down Main Street. Retiring Sheriff Holland serves as Grand Marshal
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