Netflix’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000” revival is gone. The streaming service has announced it will not be making another season of the show, and the timing is especially sad for some viewers. Thanksgiving is the unofficial holiday of “MST3K,” the cult series about a guy and two robots laughing at bad movies. The show originally
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An ABC-7 First Alert remains in effect as a storm system pushes moisture into the region. Clouds and rain showers will result in a chilly afternoon, temperatures will only reach the upper 40s. The rain will continue on and off for Thanksgiving. If you are traveling to the high country for the holiday it will
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One of Britain’s most highly acclaimed theater directors, Jonathan Miller, has died at the age of 85. Miller’s family said the director, comedian and TV personality died Wednesday morning “peacefully at home with his family around him following a long battle with Alzheimer’s,” according to Britain’s PA Media news agency. Miller gave up a career
Continue Reading Placing its own slightly unorthodox twist on the Agatha Christie whodunit — complete with an all-star cast, seemingly having a grand time doing it — “Knives Out” is a whole lot of fun, intended to keep the audience off-balance right up until the finish. It’s a razor-sharp throwback from writer-director Rian Johnson, which almost feels
Continue Reading What would it be like to listen in on a discussion between Pope Benedict XVI and his successor, Pope Francis? “The Two Pope” answers that tantalizing question — with Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce in the key roles — and somehow adds up to less than the sum of its parts. Hitting theaters in advance
Continue Reading “Queen & Slim” puts a timely spin on an old formula — a road movie and romance borne in the ashes of police violence. Concerned with deeper issues, it’s simultaneously a compelling story of an African-American couple getting to know each other in the wake of a crisis, as they undertake a seemingly hopeless quest
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En Colombia siguen las protestas tras la muerte del joven Dilan Cruz. Una tormenta amenaza las vacaciones de millones en Acción de Gracias. Trump firma ley que convierte la crueldad animal en delito federal. Fundador de Tesla explica por qué se rompieron las ventanas de la Cybertruck. Sacrifican el koala rescatado en Australia. Esto es lo
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Wall Street’s patience with Boeing might be running out. The aircraft maker’s stock is still up 15% since the start of the year. While shares fell sharply in the month after the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash that led to the grounding of the 737 Max, they have remained little changed in the seven months
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Senior doctors in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals have downed tools in protest against deteriorating working conditions and the firing of over 435 junior medical officers by the government following a three months-long impasse over poor salaries, the doctor’s association said. The Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA), a group of doctors, including specialists who had remained on
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Black Friday discounts aren’t just for people looking to buy holiday gifts. Shoppers rising at the crack of dawn need some sustenance as they search for the next doorbuster bargain. Enter The Cheesecake Factory. Sure, many other restaurant chains, including Starbucks, Jack in the Box and Dine Brands-owned Applebee’s all have various Black Friday specials.
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Camila Cabello had a dark secret — until yesterday. In an interview with BBC Radio 1 host Greg James, she finally spilled the beans: she stole a pencil from Kensington Palace. The singer posed for a picture with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last month, along with this year’s BBC Radio 1’s Teen Heroes
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A career budget official undercut one of the White House’s arguments for freezing $400 million in security aid to Ukraine, according to a newly released transcript. Mark Sandy, a career official in the Office of Management and Budget, said that the White House did not tell his office that the aid was being frozen over
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An explosion rocked a chemical plant early Wednesday in Texas, causing extensive damage across the small city of Port Neches and leaving at least three employees injured. A chemical fire continues to burn at the site, and a mandatory evacuation order has been issued within a half mile of the TPC Group plant, about 90
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US private equity giant Silver Lake is investing $500 million in the owner of Manchester City, a deal that values the soccer group at nearly $5 billion and signals a concerted move by the veteran tech investors into sports. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Silver Lake will buy just over 10% of City Football Group,
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The United States’ restrictive immigration policies are having an impact on the health of immigrant women, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers at the University of California looked at risk factors for cardiovascular disease among mostly Latina women in the United States who feared deportation either
Continue Reading Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore. The technology is changing industries that many people had never thought it would, such as, *checks notes*, dairy farming? And here you thought technology couldn’t get any weirder. A farm just outside of Moscow is testing VR glasses for its cows, it says, in an effort to
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Two newborn babies experienced illnesses rare for their age group after they were bitten by ticks, according to a case study published Wednesday in the medical journal Pediatrics. The infants, one girl and a boy, were taken to hospitals in New York because they were experiencing common signs of infection: rashes, fever and irritability. What
Continue Reading The number of births in the United States declined for a fourth year following an increase in 2014, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics. The report, which analyzed the 2018 birth rates and fertility rates in the United States, also confirmed that
Continue Reading Happy Wednesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. Amid signals of progress in trade talks, fixating on China’s economic data is so passé. At least, that’s what markets signaled Wednesday as investors brushed aside an indicator of ongoing
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Anne Sabol’s cul-de-sac in Port St. Lucie, Florida, is fairly quiet. Well, it was, until a dog hopped in its owner’s running car, kicked it in reverse, drove in circles for an hour and smashed a neighbor’s mailbox before safely exiting the vehicle without so much as a scratch. But Sabol didn’t know who was
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His side recovered from a two-goal deficit to win its Champions League tie, but new Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho saved his most effusive praise for a ball boy. The Portuguese boss, making his home debut after replacing Mauricio Pochettino last week, saw Spurs fall 2-0 behind early on before mounting a stunning comeback to beat
Continue Reading Last year, a dust storm encircled Mars for months, ending NASA’s Opportunity mission when sunlight couldn’t reach the solar-powered rover. But other NASA spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet, like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, were able to track valuable information about the storm that’s helping scientists understand the phenomenon. The data sent back by the orbiters
Continue Reading Chicago police officers have seized more than 10,000 guns this year, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. That’s about one gun every 47 minutes. “There’s nothing more dangerous for a police officer than confronting a suspect armed with a gun,” Johnson said in a news conference Tuesday. “Tensions are high in these scenarios and the
Continue Reading This story was originally published in the November 27 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. Donald Trump has one big blessing to count this Thanksgiving, despite the scandals ricocheting around his White House. The US economy’s almost
Continue Reading Her hero was Muhammad Ali, who once talked of the importance of not counting the days, but making the days count. It’s a maxim that British boxer Nicola Adams, who is quitting due to fears of going blind, very much lived. In 2012, a monumental year for British sport, Adams became the first woman to
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – La Justicia de Venecia, Italia, rechazó detener y extraditar al religioso Eliseo José Pirmati, acusado de los delitos de abuso sexual agravado, exhibiciones obscenas y corrupción de menores en el Instituto Provolo para niños sordos de la ciudad de La Plata, a 60 kilómetros de Buenos Aires. La investigación sobre abusos en
Continue Reading (CNN Español) – Una fuente de la Cancillería de México le dijo a CNN que no puede revelar la identidad de quiénes están en su embajada en La Paz por razones de seguridad. Esto incluiría la posibilidad de que allí se encuentre José Ramón Quintana, exministro de la presidencia de Bolivia, cuya captura ordenó este
Continue Reading It’s considered one of the best sushi restaurants in all of Japan, yet a famous restaurant bible won’t recommend it. What gives? Tokyo’s Sukiyabashi Jiro is legendary, not only for its top-quality sushi but for the 2011 documentary film “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” which made chef Jiro Ono an international name. But the newest edition
Continue Reading Seven men were sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Bangladesh after being found guilty of helping to organize the country’s deadliest ever terrorist atrocity. One of the eight suspects charged was found not guilty, while the seven who face capital punishment can appeal. More than 20 people, including two police officers and several
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