A Finnish politician is set to become the world’s youngest sitting prime minister. Sanna Marin, Finland’s 34-year-old transportation minister, will also become the country’s youngest ever prime minister when she is sworn in on Tuesday. On Sunday, Marin narrowly won a vote among Social Democrat lawmakers, according to Reuters, and replaces outgoing Prime Minister Antti
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The nominees for the 77th Golden Globe Awards were announced Monday. Netflix led in total nominations, thanks to a strong showing from the films “Marriage Story” and “The Irishman.” The dramas were nominated for six and five awards respectively. In the television categories, the Netflix series “The Crown” and “Unbelievable” got four nominations each, as
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Saturn’s moon Enceladus is an intriguing oddity. The tiny moon, only about 300 miles across, contains a rocky core and global subsurface ocean beneath an icy shell. Scientists believe the icy water world could be another potential spot for life in our solar system. And along the south pole, four “tiger stripes” can be seen.
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Chrissy Teigen will pull the John Legend card when making a restaurant reservation. She also pays extra to be driven directly to the plane when she flies. Ah, the life of a celebrity. The outspoken model and mom took to Twitter, possibly in a fit of insomnia, to answer questions about what it’s really like
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The team at Pinterest felt it had to go dark to do right by its users. At a time when social networks are plagued by toxic content, misinformation and partisan bickering, Pinterest has arguably been one of the few feel-good social sites around. According to the company, people often turn to the digital scrapbooking service
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EL PASO, Texas — Mental health expert and University of Texas at El Paso professor Carlton Brown speaks about how schools should prepare students against the threat of mass shootings.
Continue Reading The path to movie glory at the Golden Globes runs through your TV, with Netflix landing four out of 10 major film nominations. Will the Oscars be next? That’s clearly the hope at the streaming giant. Netflix overcame any misgivings about inviting a streaming service to the party with best drama bids for “The Irishman,”
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a Kentucky law requiring doctors to describe ultrasound images and play fetal heartbeat sound to abortion seekers. Kentucky argued the law is “simple and straightforward,” calling it part of an” informed-consent process.” The law, Kentucky said, “does nothing more than require that women who are considering
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s move to begin pulling out of the Paris Agreement last month signaled to world leaders that the US government is stepping away from the global push to stop the climate crisis. But as world leaders gather in Madrid this week to refine their pledges to cut heat-trapping gases, a large group of
Continue Reading A wildlife conservationist and founder of a California animal sanctuary was hospitalized on Saturday after tigers pinned her to the ground and injured her. Patty Perry, director of Wildlife and Environmental Conservation Inc. in Moorpark, was mauled by several of the park’s tigers at an event for the park’s donors, CNN affiliate KABC reported. Michael
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Just a few weeks ago Masayoshi Son was smarting from having to bail out one of his big investments. Now he’s reminding his critics of another time he threw billions of dollars at a “crazy” entrepreneur that turned out very differently. The SoftBank CEO appeared on a panel alongside Alibaba founder Jack Ma on Friday,
Continue Reading When turmoil erupted in the US overnight lending market in September, it came as a big surprise. The spike in overnight borrowing rates forced the Federal Reserve to come to the rescue, pumping in lots of cash and restarting bond purchases. This eased any panic, and appears to have helped juice the stock market as
Continue Reading Three soldiers killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash Thursday have been identified by the Minnesota National Guard. The soldiers, who had been assigned to a unit in St. Cloud, Minnesota, have been identified as: Chief Warrant Officer 2 James A. Rogers Jr., 28; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Charles P. Nord, 30; and Sgt. Kort
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(CNN) — El juicio por asesinato doble a Bampumim Teixeira, de 33 años, está llegando a su fin después de dos semanas de testimonios que detallan una escena del crimen horrible, las últimas súplicas de ayuda de las víctimas y los escalofriantes mensajes que dejó el sospechoso. Teixeira está acusada de apuñalar a Lina Bolaños,
Continue Reading (CNN) — El juicio por asesinato doble a Bampumim Teixeira, de 33 años, está llegando a su fin después de dos semanas de testimonios que detallan una escena del crimen horrible, las últimas súplicas de ayuda de las víctimas y los escalofriantes mensajes que dejó el sospechoso. Teixeira está acusada de apuñalar a Lina Bolaños,
Continue Reading “Bombshell” lands as the year’s second expose on Fox News under Roger Ailes, following the Showtime miniseries “The Loudest Voice.” The two work quite well viewed in tandem, with the latter focusing on the late Fox News mastermind, while this well-made, entertaining movie zeroes in on the women who finally toppled him at what was,
Continue Reading When checking out of a five-star hotel, thrifty travelers have been known to slip a few shower caps, mini-shampoos or even slippers into their suitcases. But more brazen guests are managing to steal bulkier items — including mattresses, coffee machines and even a stuffed animal, hotel and spa reviewer Wellness Heaven found in a survey
Continue Reading Former first lady Michelle Obama called the impeachment proceedings into President Donald Trump and Ukraine “surreal” as the House’s inquiry heads into the homestretch. “It’s surreal. I don’t think people know what to make of it. But do I think we can come back from it? Oh yeah,” she said in an excerpt of an
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As prepared for delivery: “No matter his party or his politics, if the President places his own interests above those of the country, he betrays his oath of office. “The President of the United States, the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the
Continue Reading South African tech investor Naspers has sweetened its hostile bid for Just Eat, valuing the UK online food delivery company at $6.7 billion and escalating a takeover battle with rival suitor Takeaway.com. But the revised offer may fail to win over shareholders. Prosus, the European-listed tech investor owned by Naspers, said Monday that it would
Continue Reading Lord & Taylor is reopening in New York less than a year after shuttering its flagship department store. But the new store will only be open for a limited time. Le Tote, which recently bought the struggling brand, is opening a pop-up store in the city’s prime shopping neighborhood, SoHo. The store will sell items
Continue Reading Democrats are heading into a momentous impeachment finale as they set the pace and scope of their charges against President Donald Trump — prompting Republicans to escalate their effort to swamp the historic process in disinformation and partisanship. Majority members of the House Judiciary Committee spent the weekend mapping out a critical hearing Monday at
Continue Reading That President Donald Trump should be impeached is self-evident to most of the Democratic Party, which has recoiled at his entire presidency and was ready to get rid of him long before he applied pressure to Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. But it’s not self-evident to the portion of the country that either supports Trump or
Continue Reading That it was Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and not his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who called President Trump speaks to how seriously the kingdom is treating Friday’s shooting at a US military base that involved a Saudi national. Compared to Saudi Arabia’s often glacial standards, the 83-year-old monarch moved with
Continue Reading US President Donald Trump was literally not allowed a seat at the table in the “Saturday Night Live” cold open. Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, was the nerd in SNL’s NATO high school cafeteria, playing on the actual drama taking place at the NATO summit this year. Jimmy Fallon, Paul Rudd and James Corden all
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday night released new details about her time doing corporate legal work, a period going back more than 30 years in which she made at least $1.9 million from private clients. The disclosure comes as she faces pressure from South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who has been pushing the Massachusetts
Continue Reading Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday denied an accusation made by Hillary Clinton last week that the Vermont senator’s delayed endorsement in 2016 hurt her Democratic presidential candidacy, saying that he did everything he could to get the former secretary of state elected president. “I’m sorry that Hillary Clinton is rerunning 2016,” Sanders said in an
Continue Reading Attorney General William Barr counseled President Donald Trump that his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has become a liability for his administration, The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the conversations. In one instance, the Post said, Barr warned Trump that Giuliani was not serving him well as his lawyer, according to one person
Continue Reading Rapper and singer Juice WRLD has died in Chicago, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday. Juice, who was born Jarad Anthony Higgins, turned 21 on December 2. The rapper suffered a medical emergency shortly after arriving at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, according to people who were traveling with him, Chicago police spokesman Anthony
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An ABC-7 First Alert is in effect for rainy and overcast conditions Monday. We will see a good chance of rain showers today and tonight. High temperatures today and tomorrow will be much cooler in the 50s but, we will start to dry out Tuesday afternoon. A warming trend will begin on Wednesday drier and
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