By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Selma Blair says she’s in remission from multiple sclerosis as a result of undergoing stem cell transplantation. The 49-year-old actor was diagnosed with the disease in 2018. Blair is best known for such movies as “Cruel Intentions,” “Legally Blonde” and “Hellboy.” She told a Television Critics
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN A New York man has pleaded guilty after posting online violent threats against Congress and newly elected Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the lead-up to and during the January 6 insurrection, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Eduard Florea posted several violent comments from his Parler account, under the name “LoneWolfWar,” on
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The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels.
Continue Reading By BRENDON DERR, RYLEE KIRK, ANNE MICKEY, ALLISON VAUGHN, MCKENNA LEAVENS and LEILANI FITZPATRICK Howard Center for Investigative Journalism .
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of such bestsellers as the “What to Expect” books for parents and the “Brain Quest” educational series has agreed to be acquired by Hachette Book Group. Workman Publishing has been an independent company for decades. It also includes the literary imprint Algonquin and the nature publisher Timber Press. Hachette
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of such bestsellers as the “What to Expect” books for parents and the “Brain Quest” educational series has agreed to be acquired by Hachette Book Group. Workman Publishing has been an independent company for decades. It also includes the literary imprint Algonquin and the nature publisher Timber Press. Hachette
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Paul Mitchell, the former US congressman from Michigan who died this month following a battle with cancer, delivered an emotional call for unity in a July interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper from hospice before his death. “There’s value in people you don’t agree with. It’s easy to find people you agree
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst has testified that he lied for years about sending police a note directing them to the dead body of his best friend because he feared it implicated him in the killing. Durst told jurors Monday in Los Angeles County
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst has testified that he lied for years about sending police a note directing them to the dead body of his best friend because he feared it implicated him in the killing. Durst told jurors Monday in Los Angeles County
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By Gregory Lemos and Alta Spells, CNN As students return for the first day of school in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the district’s leadership has confirmed that a 16-year-old student has died of complications from Covid-19. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of a 16-year-old Andrew Jackson High student from Covid complications,” Lancaster
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Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — Vaccine mandates are expanding in New York. The state ordered hospital and nursing home workers Monday to get COVID-19 inoculations. And New York City is poised to start requiring them Tuesday for anyone in restaurant dining rooms, gyms, museums and many other
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials say the bodies of all eight victims of a tourism helicopter crash in Russia’s far-east region of Kamchatka have been found. The Mi-8 helicopter with 16 people on board crashed into Kurile Lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday. Eight people managed to escape the sinking aircraft and were rescued
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Wolfsburg has been thrown out of the German Cup for fielding too many substitutes in its first-round win over Preussen Münster. The German soccer federation says its sports court had decided to overturn Wolfsburg’s 3-1 win and award a 2-0 victory to the fourth-division side. Wolfsburg used six substitutions rather than
Continue Reading By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Planned Parenthood is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider the question of whether the state of Louisiana must grant a long-sought license for an abortion clinic in New Orleans. Planned Parenthood has been seeking the license through the administrations of Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Associated Press preseason college football poll has been released and Alabama is No. 1. Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia round out the top five. A brief look at every team in the Top 25 from the Crimson Tide to the Sun Devils.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Associated Press preseason college football poll has been released and Alabama is No. 1. Oklahoma, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia round out the top five. A brief look at every team in the Top 25 from the Crimson Tide to the Sun Devils.
Continue Reading EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have waived-injured third-string quarterback Clayton Thorson and signed former Michigan State star Brian Lewerke. The team announced the moves Monday, just two days after Thorson sustained a concussion while being sacked for a safety late in a 12-7 loss to the Jets. Thorson spent most of
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Juan Pablo Elverdin Hong Kong (CNN Business) — La recuperación económica de China se está desacelerando, y no es solo la propagación de la variante delta del coronavirus lo que tiene a economistas y funcionarios gubernamentales en alerta. Los funcionarios chinos publicaron este lunes nuevos datos sobre la producción industrial, la inversión y las ventas
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CNN’s Clarissa Ward describes life inside Afghanistan’s capital Kabul as Taliban fighters swarm the streets after entering the city’s presidential palace after former President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
Continue Reading By Ian Berry and Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Falls. Collapses. Chaos. Those are some of the words splashed across the front pages of newspapers in the US and around the world after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul. Reflecting on Monday’s front page, USA Today Editor-in-Chief Nicole Carroll told CNN Business, “There
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The closing laps of this weekend’s Brickyard 200 looked like a demolition derby. One by one, cars veered off course — 16 in all. Many of those that remained on the track also suffered damage, much of it caused by a deteriorating curb in the midsection
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have placed outfielder Adam Engel on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. The White Sox also promoted right-handers Ryan Burr and Mike Wright from Triple-A Charlotte. Reliever Matt Foster was sent down, and right-hander Zack Burdi was designated for assignment. The move for Engel was made
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Earlier this summer, Nadav Mille found himself on an emergency pita run. Mille and his wife own a small catering company in Craftsbury, Vermont called Chef Nadav LLC, which sells Mediterranean cuisine among other food. Typically, he orders items like pitas weeks ahead of time from food distributor Sysco. But
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Hong Kong (CNN) — Mientras China observa cómo se desarrollan las caóticas escenas en la capital afgana, Kabul, es probable que vea un riesgo más inminente que una oportunidad. Desde que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, anunció en abril la retirada total de las tropas estadounidenses de Afganistán, se ha
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Former Afghanistan women’s national team captain Khalida Popal can hear the distress and tearful pleas for help in the frantic phone calls and voice messages she is receiving. They are from the players in the team Popal helped establish, who now fear for their lives
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Former Afghanistan women’s national team captain Khalida Popal can hear the distress and tearful pleas for help in the frantic phone calls and voice messages she is receiving. They are from the players in the team Popal helped establish, who now fear for their lives
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — ¿Se están desbaratando los fundamentos de la oferta y la demanda que han regido los mercados del petróleo durante décadas? En tiempos normales, un aumento de la demanda y de los precios desencadenaría un incremento de la oferta. Pero, como ha demostrado la semana pasada, estos no son tiempos
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The New York State Department of Health issued an order Monday requiring all health care workers be vaccinated against Covid-19 by September 27, according to a statement released by outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. “We must now act again to stop the spread. Our healthcare heroes led the battle against the
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — In Leos Carax’s “Annette,” an enchantingly demented rock opera, Adam Driver sings in some very strange places. On a motorcycle. At sea. Since its premiere last month at the Cannes Film Festival, “Annette” has predictably caused a stir. As you might suspect, opinions tend to
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