For a brilliant gift-opening move, consider the wide range of creative chess sets
By KIM COOK Associated Press Part game, part sport — part home decor? Chess sets come in a range of designs from the museum-worthy to the…
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Passengers lodge in military barracks after Amsterdam to Detroit flight is forced to land in Canada
By BEATRICE DUPUY and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit spent the night in a…
Continue ReadingBloody diarrhea, jaundice, hepatitis: Thousands fall ill in war-ravaged Gaza amid spike in infectious diseases
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Bloody diarrhea, jaundice, acute hepatitis and respiratory infections. These are just some of the diseases…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s economy is deteriorating as its civil conflict intensifies, World Bank report says
BANGKOK (AP) — The World Bank says Myanmar’s economy is forecast to grow only 1% in the fiscal year that ends in March. Conditions have…
Continue Reading‘It’s stressful’: SLMPD now short over 300 officers as they continue to fight city crime
By Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — While St. Louis Metropolitan Police…
Continue ReadingColumn: Rahm goes back on his word. But circumstances changed
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm is the latest player to go back on his word by joining LIV Golf. He was among the early proponents of the…
Continue ReadingMan accused of holding Atlanta News First reporter and photojournalist hostage arrested
By Atlanta News First Staff Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A man accused of holding an…
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How Harvard President Claudine Gay made history
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Harvard University President Claudine Gay has drawn national attention over her contentious comments on…
Continue ReadingDisgruntled employee allegedly shoots into store after demanding more pay
By Lacey Beasley Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Some employees at a store on Broad…
Continue ReadingMultiple shooters, guns used in drive-by that killed 9-year-old girl, Mobile County DA says
By Brendan Kirby Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A drive-by shooting that claimed the…
Continue ReadingPakistani armed forces suffer deadliest attack this year
By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Twenty-three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday when a six-man suicide…
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80 years after his death at Pearl Harbor, a sailor’s remains are returned home
By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she…
Continue ReadingHarvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash
By STEVE LeBLANC and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious…
Continue ReadingSeasonable, Mild Tuesday
More dry weather expected in the short term as a ridge rebuilds on the West Coast. Seasonable temperatures early in the week will warm to 5ºF above…
Continue ReadingUkraine faces heavy attack from air and cyberspace while Zelenskyy in US presses for more funding
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say Ukraine has came under heavy attack from the air and from cyberspace.…
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Sununu endorses Haley, hoping to slow Trump’s march to nomination
By Jeff Zeleny, Alison Main, Ebony Davis and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu endorsed Republican presidential…
Continue ReadingSinger Zahara, South Africa’s Afro-soul sensation and beloved ‘Country Girl,’ dies aged 36
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no…
Continue ReadingAs more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden
By EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is appealing to the international community for…
Continue ReadingMI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its ‘help’ in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for…
Continue ReadingChinese leaders consider next steps for economy as debt and deflation cloud outlook for coming year
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic…
Continue Reading Inflation is slowly coming down and no longer outweighing Americans’ wages
By Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — Sometimes boring and predictable can be good things. The latest Consumer Price Index report wasn’t…
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores 50th goal of 2023 as potential Lionel Messi clash is announced
By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of the calendar year on Monday as Al Nassr advanced to the semifinals of…
Continue ReadingA Moldovan court annuls a ban on an alleged pro-Russia party that removed it from local elections
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — An appeals court in Moldova has annulled a decision that banned hundreds of candidates from an alleged pro-Russia…
Continue ReadingAt least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1…
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Biden promete apoyo a Israel en un evento de Janucá, pero lanza una advertencia a la opinión pública
CNNEE (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden habló este lunes de su apoyo “inquebrantable” a “la seguridad del pueblo judío y la seguridad de…
Continue ReadingIn Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workers
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NARANJA, Fla. (AP) — Martin Monjaraz takes special pride in helping to organize the Guadalupe festival…
Continue ReadingAs Navalny vanishes from view in Russia, an ally calls it a Kremlin ploy to deepen his isolation
MOSCOW (AP) — The loss of contact with Alexei Navalny at the prison colony where the opposition leader was being held likely signals a Kremlin…
Continue ReadingDeSantis attorneys ask federal judge to dismiss Disney’s free speech lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis are asking a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed by Disney…
Continue ReadingDeSantis attorneys ask federal judge to dismiss Disney’s free speech lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis are asking a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed by Disney…
Continue Reading Doritos thinks we want nacho cheese-flavored booze
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Doritos is betting on a new way to get people addicted to their tortilla chips: booze. The…
Continue ReadingRanked choice voting bill moves to hearing in front of Wisconsin Senate elections committee
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents choose…
Continue ReadingProsecutors want a former Albanian prime minister under house arrest on corruption charges
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors have asked lawmakers to strip former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of…
Continue Reading Comfort Inn’s owner doubles down on its hostile takeover bid for the company that owns Days Inn
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Choice Hotels, which owns a number of budget lodging brands, including Comfort Inn, is getting more…
Continue Reading La visita de Zelensky a Washington se produce en un momento crítico para Ucrania y el Capitolio de EE.UU.
CNNEE (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, llegó a Washington este martes en un momento crítico, en un contexto en el que la…
Continue ReadingFinding joy in the darkness in Sweden
By Nicole Mowbray, CNN (CNN) — Swedes know a thing or two about living with light, or, right about now, living with a lack of it. In December,…
Continue ReadingPolice and customs seize live animals, horns and ivory in global wildlife trafficking operation
PARIS (AP) — Interpol and the World Customs Organization say they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds in their sweeping…
Continue ReadingAn asylum-seeker in the UK has died onboard a moored barge housing migrants
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British officials say an asylum-seeker on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of…
Continue ReadingKenya marks 60 years of independence, and the president defends painful economic measures
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA AND BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is defending the high taxes the government recently…
Continue ReadingTop Senate Democrats demand airlines carry EpiPens on flights
By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A trio of top Senate Democrats is demanding the federal government require airlines to carry epinephrine…
Continue Reading Magnus Carlsen and Pep Guardiola: Two sporting kings meet to talk tactics as bromance blossoms
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It turns out Pep Guardiola and Magnus Carlsen, two of the biggest names from the worlds of soccer and chess, may…
Continue Reading Dolphins blow improbable lead in shock defeat to Titans while Tommy ‘Cutlets’ DeVito inspires Giants to win over Packers
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NFL rarely schedules two games to compete in the same prime time slot. But on Monday night, the double-booking…
Continue ReadingA Jordanian soldier is killed in a clash with drug smugglers along the border with Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Jordanian troops have clashed with dozens of drug smugglers along the country’s northern border with Syria, leaving several…
Continue ReadingEU remembers Iranian woman who died in custody at awarding of Sakharov human rights prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament is remembering a young woman who died in Iranian police custody during a ceremony at which she and a…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Would your documents survive a disaster? What to protect and how to do it
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise. If your home was hit by high water or a fire…
Continue ReadingChoice Hotels goes hostile in $8 billion takeover bid for Wyndham after being repeatedly rebuffed
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Choice Hotels is launching a hostile takeover offer for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts after repeated attempts…
Continue Reading ‘It’s almost as if it’s not real’: How Santos, Pelé’s club, suffered relegation for the first time in its 111-year history
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — As is the case with many football fans across Brazil, supporters of Santos FC view their club as something of a…
Continue ReadingTricia Tuttle appointed as the next director of the annual Berlin film festival
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s culture minister has announced that Tricia Tuttle, a former director of the London Film Festival, will become the new…
Continue Reading 5 Things to know for Dec 12: Hostages, Ukraine, Supreme Court, Abortion, Climate
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Every year, Google releases a list of users’ most-searched terms. The top trending term in the US and…
Continue ReadingAlexey Navalny fails to attend trial after his team loses contact with jailed Russian opposition leader
By Niamh Kennedy, Darya Tarasova and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — The trial of Alexey Navalny was postponed on Tuesday, one day after his team…
Continue Reading US women’s soccer team received most online abuse at Women’s World Cup
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s soccer team received more than twice the amount of abusive messages on social media than any other…
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