DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is testing the water in electric boating by buying a 25% stake in a Seattle company that makes battery-powered outboard motors. The Detroit automaker said Monday that it bought the stake in Pure Watercraft for a venture that it says will develop and commercialize battery electric watercraft. Privately held Pure
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Dubái ha hecho que batir récords mundiales sea una forma de arte a lo largo de los años, y ahora el emirato tiene un récord más que añadir a su lista con la nueva piscina Aura Skypool. La primera piscina infinita de 360 grados más alta del mundo acaba de inaugurarse
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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Wrier BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have exercised Alex Cora’s option for two more seasons. The club is rewarding its manager for taking it to the AL Championship Series in his first year back after serving his one-year sign-stealing suspension. Cora is now under contract through 2024. A
Continue Reading ZURICH (AP) — Chelsea won the Champions League and England reached the European Championship final but no Englishmen are on the shortlists for FIFA’s annual awards. Jorginho was a double European champion with Chelsea and Italy and is joined by club teammate N’Golo Kanté among 11 candidates to be voted FIFA’s best player in the
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By Betsy Klein, CNN It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the nation’s capital. First lady Jill Biden kicked off the evergreen annual process of decking the White House halls on Monday afternoon when she received the official 2021 White House Christmas tree. The 18-and-a-half-foot Fraser fir hails from Peak Farms of Jefferson,
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, one of the country’s largest newspaper owners with a reputation for intense cost cuts and layoffs, has offered to buy the local newspaper chain Lee Enterprises for about $141 million. Alden said in a Monday press release that it sent Lee’s board a letter
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee is keeping the pressure on the FBI and the Justice Department Inspector General to take additional actions to address the mishandling of the FBI’s probe of Larry Nassar. On Monday, the committee made public a letter a bipartisan group of senators sent to FBI Director Chris Wray,
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, CNN Laurie Snell — the estranged wife of Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell — was awarded primary physical custody and sole legal custody of the couple’s three children, according to a judge’s order that was made public Monday. Parnell will still have partial physical custody of the children various weekends each
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Tim Patrick and Courtland Sutton ran extra routes after practice, making general manager George Paton and the assembled media sweat in the unseasonable 70-degree weather Monday. “We’re going to make you give the money back if you don’t hurry up,” Paton cracked. Patrick, who
Continue Reading By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Tim Patrick and Courtland Sutton ran extra routes after practice, making general manager George Paton and the assembled media sweat in the unseasonable 70-degree weather Monday. “We’re going to make you give the money back if you don’t hurry up,” Paton cracked. Patrick, who
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Trendy soaps brand Lush Cosmetics is quitting Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat on Friday in a radical move to draw attention to how those platforms are damaging people’s mental health. The company said Monday that its accounts will be deactivated on Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving, when most other
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By Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Women will be barred from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under the Taliban’s new media restrictions, in the latest rollback of women’s freedoms since the militant group seized power three months ago. All dramas, soap operas and entertainment shows featuring women are prohibited, according to the government guidelines issued to
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN An Australian TV journalist has apologized for failing to listen to Adele‘s new album ahead of an interview with her. Matt Doran, who co-hosts “Weekend Sunrise” on the country’s Channel 7, traveled to London with a camera crew for an exclusive interview with the British singer songwriter. The interview took place
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Forget Club Brugge, Anderlecht and Standard Liege. It’s all about Union Saint-Gilloise in the Belgian soccer league this season. The Brussels club is back in the elite after 48 years and has a seven-point lead over Antwerp and defending champion Club Brugge at the top of
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Jerome Powell’s tenure leading the Federal Reserve has been among the most tumultuous in the central bank’s history. And Powell’s second term won’t necessarily be much easier. He and his policies have been the spotlight largely because of a once-in-a-century pandemic that caused the deepest economic downturn since the Great
Continue Reading The British pop star broke down in tears during her ITV concert special, “An Audience with Adele,” after a surprise reunion with her former English teacher.
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press BIELSK PODLASKI, Poland (AP) — A Kurdish doctor working at a Polish hospital has been treating Iraqi and Syrian migrants who have entered Poland from Belarus and gotten trapped in a dank forest. He has treated them for hypothermia, pneumonia, broken bones and severe dehydration. Hoping to stop what has
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By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee was in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he killed five people and injured 48. Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Monday there’s no evidence the man knew
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Charlotte will plays its first Major League Soccer match on Feb. 26 at D.C. United and will host the LA Galaxy in the home opener on March 5. Nashville’s new 30,000-seat stadium will open May 1 with a game against Philadelphia. Other matches on Feb. 26 include Vancouver at Columbus, Colorado
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The French military has denied injuring civilians in Burkina Faso when firing warning shots to disperse protesters who had blocked its military convoy. Many people in Burkina Faso are angry that the former colonial power is not doing more to protect them in the West
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record that still stands by scoring 100 points as he helped the Philadelphia Warriors beat the New York Knicks 169-147 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain had 23 points at the end of the first quarter, 41 at halftime and 69 at the end of the third. He
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Former President Barack Obama’s foundation says it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date. Separately, New York University Langone Health said it has received a $166 million gift from Bezos and his
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Former President Barack Obama’s foundation says it has received a $100 million donation from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that it says is the largest individual contribution it has received to date. Separately, New York University Langone Health said it has received a $166 million gift from Bezos and his
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Boston Celtics’ dynasty with Bill Russell finally comes to an end but in championship fashion with their 11th title in 13 seasons. Russell served as player-coach. Sam Jones planned to retire after the season to coach in college. The Celtics pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to seven games and stopped
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s Brit Awards are scrapping separate male and female artist categories in a shakeup designed to make the music prizes more inclusive. Next year’s awards will feature trophies for U.K. and international artist of the year, replacing male and female awards in each category. Organizers say the change will celebrate artists
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Nota del editor: Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat), colaboradora habitual de CNN Opinion, es profesora de historia y estudios italianos en la Universidad de Nueva York y autora de “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present”. Publica el boletín Lucid sobre las amenazas a la democracia. Las opiniones expresadas aquí son suyas. (CNN) — Al reunirnos
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Thanksgiving this year will be much different than last year, but far from risk-free, as Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the country and millions of Americans remain unvaccinated. The daily case rate in the United States is about half of what it was at this time last year, according to
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Thanksgiving this year will be much different than last year, but far from risk-free, as Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the country and millions of Americans remain unvaccinated. The daily case rate in the United States is about half of what it was at this time last year, according to
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Romelu Lukaku is set to return from a month out with an ankle injury in Chelsea’s Champions League match against Juventus. Lukaku has been in full training since Sunday and Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel says the Belgium striker could be selected in the squad if he is deemed fit after meeting with
Continue Reading By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Eddie Redmayne has addressed the controversy surrounding his Oscar-nominated role in “The Danish Girl,” calling his decision to play transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in the 2015 drama a “mistake.” The “Fantastic Beasts” star, who is preparing for a new West End production of “Cabaret,” was speaking to UK publication the Sunday
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