By Sherry Liang, CNN While you’re rummaging through cabinets and crevices trying to find your cat’s new favorite hiding spot, cats may be keeping mental tabs on you, too. A new study out of Japan found that a stationary cat can track its owner’s location using audio cues — specifically, the owner’s voice. Saho Takagi,
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates in the U.S. fell this week, as the key 30-year rate again retreated below 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average rate on the benchmark home loan declined to 2.98% from 3.09% last week. The rate for a 15-year loan fell to 2.27% from 2.35%. Rates
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The median price of single-family existing homes rose in nearly all — 99% — of the 183 markets tracked by the National Association of Realtors in the third quarter, with double-digit price increases seen in 78% of the markets. But the stratospheric surges in prices have slowed a bit from
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By Marianne Garvey The Country Music Association Awards will be presented on Wednesday night . The CMA Awards honor the best country music, performances and music videos of the year, selected by more than 7,300 members of the Country Music Association. The event is taking place in Nashville with pandemic protocols in place. Those in
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By Jeremy Diamond and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday they look forward to closer US-French cooperation as they sat down for a bilateral meeting at the Elysée Palace aimed at revitalizing US-French ties. Both countries are looking to rebuild trust after the US struck a surprise
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by President Joe Biden’s administration requiring millions of health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The suit filed Wednesday in a Missouri federal court follows similar ones filed by Republican-led
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The day after making final roster cuts, the Tennessee Titans put three players on injured reserve. They haven’t stopped. Derrick Henry is just the biggest name in a revolving door with the Titans making 19 moves putting players on injured reserve and play
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By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The day after making final roster cuts, the Tennessee Titans put three players on injured reserve. They haven’t stopped. Derrick Henry is just the biggest name in a revolving door with the Titans making 19 moves putting players on injured reserve and play
Continue Reading By Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN The US and China surprised the COP26 climate summit on Wednesday when representatives of the countries announced an agreement to ramp up their climate ambitions, just days before the end of the conference in Glasgow. “There is more agreement between the US and China than divergence, making it
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El famoso río de Londres es más emocionante de lo que pensábamos. Caballitos de mar, anguilas, focas y tiburones venenosos han sido descubiertos en el Támesis, según los resultados de una “revisión de salud”. Un estudio realizado por la Sociedad Zoológica de Londres (ZSL, por sus siglas en inglés) reveló “noticias
Continue Reading By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says a decision to ban an opposition demonstration won’t hurt its image and is accusing the United States and anti-Castro groups in Florida of instigating next week’s planned march. “Reality is what determines image,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez told The Associated Press on Wednesday
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EL PASO, Texas — A 51-year-old central El Paso man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his wife and then lying to police by claiming that she was injured in a drive-by shooting, police announced Wednesday. The El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit took Jesus Jacobo Torres into custody on a warrant charging him with
Continue Reading LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The charge against a 61-year-old man accused of holding a 16-year-old girl captive until a driver on a Kentucky interstate noticed her using a distress signal made popular on TikTok has been increased to kidnapping. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Laurel District Judge John Paul Chappell approved a prosecutor’s request Tuesday
Continue Reading By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Universities that adopted COVID-19 vaccine mandates this fall have seen widespread compliance. That’s true even though many schools made it easy to get out of the shots by granting exemptions to nearly any student who requested one. Colleges have tread carefully because forcing students to get the vaccine when they
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico economic development officials are ready to put into action a 20-year strategy for diversifying the state’s economy. They announced Wednesday that the federal government has awarded the state another $1 million for the effort. The latest grant will be used to implement the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El canciller de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, criticó este miércoles al gobierno de Estados Unidos por lo que dijo que era una campaña para “provocar situaciones de sufrimiento en nuestro pueblo, con la esperanza de crear las condiciones para un colapso social”. Rodríguez Parrilla culpó al gobierno de Biden por los
Continue Reading By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Madrid are defending their record of handling gas generated by decomposing organic waste after scientists aided by satellite imagery said they had found major leaks of methane from two landfill sites serving the Spanish capital. The leaks were revealed only a week
Continue Reading BELLE CHASSE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana oil refinery that was flooded during Hurricane Ida is being shut down and turned into a storage terminal, prompting local leaders to assess the potential economic impacts that could come with losing one of the area’s biggest employers. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that Phillips 66 announced
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have named Tim Hyers their new hitting coach. He spent the past four seasons in that role for the Boston Red Sox. Hyers and Rangers manager Chris Woodward previously worked together on manager Dave Roberts’ staff with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 and 2017. The Rangers are
Continue Reading ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have named Tim Hyers their new hitting coach. He spent the past four seasons in that role for the Boston Red Sox. Hyers and Rangers manager Chris Woodward previously worked together on manager Dave Roberts’ staff with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 and 2017. The Rangers are
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens visit the Miami Dolphins for Thursday night football this week. Baltimore has won eight of the last nine meetings between the teams. The last three have had a combined score of Ravens 137, Dolphins 16. The last meeting between the teams was Brian Flores’ first
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Con el choque estelar entre México y Estados Unidos, líder y escolta respectivamente, las eliminatorias de la Concacaf para el Mundial de Qatar 2022 tendrá entre el viernes y el martes una nueva doble fecha, la última del año. Con 6 jornadas disputadas, el “Tri” que dirige Gerardo Martino
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an assassination attempt in the Iraqi capital. It was his first public appearance outside his residence since the attack. The prime minister’s office said some residents of the eastern neighborhood of Sadr City
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin has rocketed to an all-time high of nearly $70,000. But investors are even more excited about ethereum, which is now the world’s second most valuable cryptocurency. Ethereum, or ether for short, is also trading at record levels. It’s now hovering around $4,850, having soared more than 560%
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Scott Fairlamb’s sentencing on Wednesday to 41 months in prison is likely to become a benchmark for dozens
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Como profesional de la nutrición, siempre he creído que podemos comer de forma intuitiva. Eso significa que podemos escuchar las señales internas de hambre y saciedad y, al mismo tiempo, intentar perder peso. Las dos ideas no son mutuamente excluyentes en mi mente, y con frecuencia he visto que se cumple
Continue Reading By Devon M. Sayers and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The prosecution in the trial of three White men charged in Ahmaud Arbery‘s killing played a series of 911 calls made by Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, including calls made weeks before the shooting. In early January 2020, Travis McMichael called to report that a
Continue Reading By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — North Carolina visits No. 25 Pittsburgh with a chance to create some chaos in the ACC’s Coastal Division race. The Panthers have the inside track for the division title and a spot in the ACC title game, but that would change if the Tar Heels can
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN The global threat of measles has become worse after 22 million babies missed their vaccinations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Wednesday. Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known and still kills more than 60,000 people a year, mostly young children.
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Getting family health insurance on the job now costs workers and their employers more than $22,000 a year, on average. And companies have not been able to do much to make coverage more affordable, even though the coronavirus pandemic has reinforced the importance of health benefits. Employees foot about $6,000 of
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