By David Williams, CNN This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree got a well-earned police escort into New York City Saturday morning to cap off a lengthy road trip from Maryland. The 79-foot-tall Norway Spruce arrived Saturday morning on a flatbed semi-trailer and the NYPD Highway Unit helped it negotiate the city streets from the highway
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Rams receiver Robert Woods is out for the season after tearing his knee ligament in practice. Coach Sean McVay confirms the noncontact injury occurred Friday. Earlier that day, Odell Beckham Jr. reported to the Rams’ training complex and signed his contract after
Continue Reading LECH-ZÜRS, Austria (AP) — Slovenian skier Andreja Slokar has won the only women’s World Cup parallel race of the season. She edged Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway in the final of the floodlit event. Slokar lost the first run of the final in dense snowfall but beat Stjernesund in the decisive heat to win by
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tommy Paul has won the first ATP Tour title of his career by beating Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to capture the Stockholm Open. The American player concluded the week of his life as a professional by closing into the net on the back of a big serve and hitting a winner
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (Reuters) — Los comisarios de la Fórmula Uno enviaron al contendiente al título Lewis Hamilton del primero al último en la largada para la clasificación al sprint de Sao Paulo este sábado, después de que el alerón trasero de su auto Mercedes no pasara una inspección técnica. El sprint de 100
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Taylor Swift released a ten-minute short film version of her hit “All Too Well” as part of the release of her rerecorded 2012 album “Red.”
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Taylor Swift officially broke the internet Friday. Not only did she release her re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” — this time it’s called “Red (Taylor’s Version)” — but she dropped a short film that has her fans’ jaws on the floor. It’s called “All Too Well,” named after a track
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on soon. The United Auto Workers said in a statement Friday night that the proposed contract with the agricultural machinery giant “includes modest modifications” to the latest
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking four weeks ago will vote on soon. The United Auto Workers said in a statement Friday night that the proposed contract with the agricultural machinery giant “includes modest modifications” to the latest
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says an Islamic State-linked extremist group has killed four of its personnel, including a general. An army spokesperson said Saturday that the insurgents killed the security personnel during an attack in the Askira Uba area of Borno state. The development is another sign that
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Another day, another billion dollars. Or in Elon Musk’s case, $1.2 billion. A filing late Friday shows that Musk sold another 1.2 million shares of Tesla stock on Friday, at an average price of $1,030 a share. It brings his sales for the week to a total of 6.4 million
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two boys have been killed and two men have been seriously injured in a shooting in Richmond. Police who responded to a report of shots fired at the OMG Convenience Store on Friday about 7:30 p.m. found four people with life-threatening gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to a local hospital,
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal have won a prestigious children’s prize for a project they launched that aims to reduce waste and pollution and plant trees in New Delhi. Vihaan, 17, and his 14-year-old brother Nav were handed the International Children’s Peace Prize by
Continue Reading By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A prolonged gunbattle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison has killed at least 68 inmates and wounded 25, and authorities say it took most of the day to regain control. Saturday’s bloody fighting is the latest violence to hit the Litoral Penitentiary, which was the
Continue Reading FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Italy has lost three more players ahead of its final World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland. Alessandro Bastoni and Davide Calabria are both injured. Fellow defender Cristiano Biraghi has returned home because of personal reasons. Italy coach Roberto Mancini has called up Atalanta defender Davide Zappacosta. Four other Italy players withdrew
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN As we eye exploring other planets in our solar system, we can’t forget about our own. A number of missions in the works aim to seek out the potential for life on moons around Jupiter and Saturn. Perseverance continues to check out Mars years before humans plan to arrive, and Heinz
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a woman charged two years ago with trespassing near the lion exhibit and taunting the animals at the Bronx Zoo is wanted again for doing the same thing. Police asked for the public’s help Friday night in locating Myah Autry. She is accused of trespassing in
Continue Reading ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills running back Zack Moss has been cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol a day before their game at the New York Jets. Moss practiced on a limited basis on Thursday and Friday after getting hurt in a 9-6 loss at Jacksonville last weekend. The second-year player shares the
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Carnival Cruise Lines is restarting operations in Mobile. Al.com reports Carnival said Thursday that all 22 of its U.S.-based ships will be back in operation by March 2022, with the Carnival Sensation sailing out of Mobile on March 5, the first
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Carnival Cruise Lines is restarting operations in Mobile. Al.com reports Carnival said Thursday that all 22 of its U.S.-based ships will be back in operation by March 2022, with the Carnival Sensation sailing out of Mobile on March 5, the first
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That has turned out to be easier said that done. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That has turned out to be easier said that done. Government negotiators in Glasgow wrote and rewrote a paragraph that
Continue Reading ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mizuki Hashimoto is the winner of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific. She’s the second straight Japanese player to win the tournament. Hashimoto had to rally from a three-shot deficit. She holed out from the fairway for eagle early in her round and closed with a 68 to win by
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EUNICE, N.M. (AP) — One southeastern New Mexico city is taking another step as it looks for an “unlimited” source of water. The Eunice City Council has tasked an engineering firm to continue studying the benefits of building a desalination plant for the community. As depletion of fresh water from the Ogallala Aquifer continues, the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Waylon Smithers Jr., el leal asistente del multimillonario gruñón Montgomery Burns, encontrará por fin el amor en un histórico episodio de “Los Simpson”. El personaje, que reveló su orientación sexual en un episodio de 2016 de la serie animada de Fox, será el centro de una historia de romance gay en
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a gasoline storage at the largest oil refinery on Indonesia’s Java island near Jakarta has prompted the evacuation of at least 80 residents living nearby. The national oil company Pertamina says the fire at the Cilacap refinery started at one of the 228 gasoline tanks used to accommodate
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Top chef Daniel Humm will leave his post at London’s prestigious Claridge’s after the Mayfair hotel turned down his decision to serve an entirely plant-based menu. Humm opened the hotel’s Davies and Brook restaurant in 2019, and has since earned a Michelin star for the eclectic global-inspired menu. “We wish
Continue Reading JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a gasoline storage at the largest oil refinery on Indonesia’s Java island near Jakarta has prompted the evacuation of at least 80 residents living nearby. The national oil company Pertamina says the fire at the Cilacap refinery started at one of the 228 gasoline tanks used to accommodate
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A federal appeals court on Friday reaffirmed its earlier decision to freeze the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate, calling the requirement for large employers to make sure its employees are vaccinated against Covid-19 “staggeringly overbroad.” In a blistering 22-page opinion, the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals said
Continue Reading By ALEX SANZ Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida on Saturday. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:19 a.m. EST and deployed the satellites about 16 minutes after launch. The rocket’s reusable first stage, which has been used
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