December 2021

Nicolas Cage doesn’t want to be called an ‘actor’

December 31, 2021 6:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nicolas Cage knows it may sound “pretentious,” but he would prefer you refer to him as a…

Stocks surged in 2021, as Wall Street rolled its eyes at Covid

December 31, 2021 6:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The year’s last day of trading was a relatively quiet one. Stocks ended the day slightly lower Friday. But…

Flores, Vrabel set for reunion when Dolphins visit Titans

December 31, 2021 6:31 AM Associated Press

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The year was 2008. Brian Flores was elevated from his scouting role and became a…

Putin wishes Russians happier new year, hails their strength

December 31, 2021 6:31 AM Associated Press

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is wishing Russians a happier new year, hailing their solidarity and…

Australian actress Nicole Kidman arrives for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 19

Nicole Kidman is not here for this Tom Cruise question

December 31, 2021 6:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Nicole Kidman may portray Lucille Ball in “Being the Ricardos,” but don’t try and draw comparisons…

ANÁLISIS | Otro año marcado por la pandemia de covid-19 termina en la oscuridad, pero hay esperanza en el horizonte

December 31, 2021 6:26 AM CNN Newsource

Germán Padinger (CNN) — Se suponía que 2021, el segundo año de la pandemia de covid-19, no iba a terminar así, pero hay esperanza en el…

Jim Wilkinson works in the kitchen at HoneyCreek Dining on Thursday.

Longtime restaurant closing doors due to lack of workers

December 31, 2021 6:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Zach Hammack Click here for updates on this story WAVERLY, NE (Lincoln Journal Star) — For the greater part of the…

Why we fail our New Year’s resolutions, and how to pick one that works

December 31, 2021 6:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In just a few days, it…

Tim Hortons hockey cards to feature women players for the first time

December 31, 2021 6:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — For the first time, hockey cards sold…

Shark fishing banned in Hawaii in 2022

December 31, 2021 6:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Shark fishing in Hawaii will be banned in…

Bolsonaro rechaza la ayuda de Argentina por las inundaciones en Brasil

December 31, 2021 6:15 AM CNN Newsource

Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, rechazó la ayuda propuesta de Argentina y dijo este jueves que Brasil no necesitaba…

Foregoing standard procedure the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office has released information regarding the false information leaked to press implying Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty had been involved in a March hit-and-run.

Third officer revealed in Hardesty fake hit-and-run leak

December 31, 2021 6:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Foregoing standard procedure the Multnomah…

Todd Nicely received a service dog nearly 12 years after suffering injuries that almost cost him his life in Afghanistan.

St. Louis veteran receives service dog 10 years after IED almost killed him

December 31, 2021 6:05 AM CNN Newsource

By CAROLINE HECKER Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis veteran is being…

Local track coach struggling with COVID for months urges vaccination

December 31, 2021 6:04 AM CNN Newsource

By BETSY WEBSTER Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — A local track coach has been…

Cómo cambiaron los viajes en avión en 2021

December 31, 2021 5:59 AM CNN Newsource

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Ha sido otro año turbulento para los viajes en avión. Al finalizar 2021, los miles de vuelos de vacaciones cancelados…

The Milwaukee Fire Department has closed Fire Station 30 after recently discovered structural issues

Milwaukee Fire Station 30 closed for ‘major structural issues’

December 31, 2021 5:57 AM CNN Newsource

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Milwaukee Fire Department has…

Victim’s husband speaks out after wife tragically killed in church

December 31, 2021 5:56 AM CNN Newsource

By ARIEL MALLORY Click here for updates on this story PRICHARD, Alabama (WALA) — Prichard Police have arrested the…

France urges green habits with new car ads, bans on plastic

December 31, 2021 5:49 AM Associated Press

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French customers will be encouraged to adopt more environmentally friendly habits under a series of…

Cove Church in Brevard has transformed half of its building space into a homeless shelter

Church transforms half of building into ‘Cove Shelter’ for homeless during winter months

December 31, 2021 5:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BREVARD, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Transylvania County church is…

2 killed when train hits car going around crossing gate

December 31, 2021 5:45 AM Associated Press

AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) — Police say two people died when a higher speed commuter train hit their car as the driver tried to make it around the…

Woman in Decatur shot in leg after being forced to withdraw money from multiple ATMs

December 31, 2021 5:45 AM CNN Newsource

By JOYCE LUPIANI Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — A woman was shot in the leg Thursday…

Sumidero de Musfur: el abismo en el desierto de Qatar

December 31, 2021 5:45 AM CNN Newsource

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Justo en el medio de la península de Qatar, un gran abismo se abre repentinamente desde el desierto rocoso, cayendo…

Police arrest two teens for carrying handgun on school property

December 31, 2021 5:38 AM CNN Newsource

By TORRENCE BANKS Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police arrested two teens…

Party-goers urged not to travel across UK as omicron surges

December 31, 2021 5:35 AM Associated Press

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Officials have warned revellers in Scotland and Wales to think twice before travelling to England to…

Party-goers urged not to travel across UK as omicron surges

December 31, 2021 5:35 AM Associated Press

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Officials have warned revellers in Scotland and Wales to think twice before travelling to England to…

Southampton-Newcastle postponed due to coronavirus cases

December 31, 2021 5:24 AM Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The Premier League says a continuing coronavirus outbreak at Newcastle has led to Sunday’s game at Southampton being postponed.…

Members of the DC National Guard are deployed outside of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6

In the year since the US Capitol attack, judges remind us what it means to be American

December 31, 2021 5:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Rabinowitz , CNN On January 6, rioters streamed past the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, and descended upon the US Capitol. For weeks…

Yemen officials: Saudi airstrike kills 12 troops by mistake

December 31, 2021 5:15 AM Associated Press

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni military officials say an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition has mistakenly hit a…

Ikea said prices at its stores will increase by an average of 9% around the world to help offset significant transportation and raw material costs.

Ikea is raising prices by 9% in 2022

December 31, 2021 5:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Ikea said its customers will pay more when they shop at its stores in 2022. Like many companies with tight profit…

Ikea is raising prices by 9% in 2022

December 31, 2021 5:04 AM CNN

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Ikea said its customers will pay more when they shop at its stores in 2022. Like many companies with tight profit…

Head coach Shane Beamer of the South Carolina Gamecocks is covered in Duke's Mayonnaise following his team's 38-21 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Move aside Gatorade: Food-sponsored bowl games are dumping more creative products on the winning team

December 31, 2021 4:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN For decades, college athletes have been dumping Gatorade on their coaches after a bowl win, but with more food-related…

Lille selling forward Ikone to Italian club Fiorentina

December 31, 2021 4:43 AM Associated Press

LILLE, France (AP) — French champion Lille is selling forward Jonathan Ikone to Italian club Fiorentina. Lille says in a statement that the…

A picture shows a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination drive at the al-Manahel School in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights.

It won’t be a pandemic forever. Here’s what could be next

December 31, 2021 4:23 AM CNN

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Even after Covid-19 cases fall from their current record-high levels, it’s unlikely the United States — let…

Hollister police find truck driver driving under the influence

December 31, 2021 4:19 AM Veronica Macias

HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION) A truck driver under the influence of meth, according to the Hollister Police Department, was pulled over in the city’s…

France urges green habits with new car ads, bans on plastic

December 31, 2021 4:16 AM Associated Press

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French customers will be encouraged to adopt more environmentally friendly habits under a series of…

US Postal Service recovers from poor holiday showing in 2020

December 31, 2021 4:12 AM Associated Press

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service pulled out all the stops to avoid a repeat of the 2020 holiday…

US Postal Service recovers from poor holiday showing in 2020

December 31, 2021 4:12 AM Associated Press

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service pulled out all the stops to avoid a repeat of the 2020 holiday…

Workers in 21 states will see a rise in the minimum wage in the new year. In this May 26

21 states will see minimum wage increases by January 1

December 31, 2021 4:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Workers in 21 states will see a rise in the minimum wage in the new year. As 2022 begins, some states will enact pay bumps…

New laws take effect across US on abortion, policing, taxes

December 31, 2021 4:08 AM Associated Press

By WILSON RING Associated Press From minimum wage increases to animal protection to police accountability to both cutting and increasing taxes a…

A home burns Thursday after flames swept through the Centennial Heights neighborhood of Louisville

No deaths have been reported in the ferocious Colorado wildfire. It may be a ‘New Year’s miracle,’ governor says

December 31, 2021 4:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone and Christina Maxouris, CNN No deaths have been reported as a result of a swift and vicious wildfire that consumed at least 500 homes…

Chelsea coach Tuchel plans talks with unhappy striker Lukaku

December 31, 2021 3:54 AM Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel plans talks with Romelo Lukaku after the striker spoke of his frustrations at the club and expressed a…

The economy is booming. 5 reasons that could change in 2022

December 31, 2021 3:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Egan, CNN Business The US economy is heading into 2022 with serious momentum. The recovery gained steam in the last few months, capping off…

Europe’s shared notes and coins turn 20 at New Year’s

December 31, 2021 3:24 AM Associated Press

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — This New Year’s the European Central Bank is celebrating the 20th anniversary of…

Europe’s shared notes and coins turn 20 at New Year’s

December 31, 2021 3:24 AM Associated Press

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — This New Year’s the European Central Bank is celebrating the 20th anniversary of…

Media reps say 45 reporters, staffers died at work in 2021

December 31, 2021 3:08 AM Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Federation of Journalists says that 45 reporters and media workers were killed doing their jobs over the last…

Ben Roethlisberger in action against the Seattle Seahawks in October.

Ben Roethlisberger: ‘This could be it,’ says quarterback as he prepares for likely last dance in Pittsburgh

December 31, 2021 2:55 AM CNN

By Jack Bantock, CNN Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has said that Monday Night Football’s crucial game against the…

Ben Roethlisberger: ‘This could be it,’ says quarterback as he prepares for likely last dance in Pittsburgh

December 31, 2021 2:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Bantock, CNN Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has said that Monday Night Football’s crucial game against the…

One design of the New Year's Ball was an aluminum cage outfitted with lightbulbs.

A brief history of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop

December 31, 2021 2:55 AM CNN Newsource

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On the last day of each year, it has become a ritual for large crowds to gather in the brightly lit chaos of New York’s…

Israel: Palestinian shot, killed in alleged stabbing attempt

December 31, 2021 2:49 AM Associated Press

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says troops shot and killed a Palestinian man as he ran toward a bus stop in the occupied West Bank…

Estados Unidos vuelve a batir su récord de promedio de casos diarios de covid-19. Expertos afirman que las cifras aumentarán

December 31, 2021 2:25 AM CNN Newsource

Germán Padinger (CNN) — Justo un día después de que Estados Unidos informara su mayor promedio de casos diarios de covid-19, el país…

Month: December 2021