Must-watch videos of the week
Fire marshals in New York have arrested a man who allegedly threw a molotov cocktail in a Brooklyn deli.
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Must-watch videos of the week
A police chopper captured this Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to to evade police.
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An aide woke up President Biden after he dozed off at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.
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A “customer disturbance” aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles resulted in the flight being diverted to Dallas, according to Delta. CNN’s Pete Muntean has more.
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN A police chase takes a dramatic turn, a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family, and a deli is targeted with a Molotov cocktail. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Don’t try this at home A police chopper captured Hollywood-worthy footage of an alleged car thief attempting to evade
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LA utility worker is electrocuted in underground vault
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles officials say a city utility worker was electrocuted while working in an underground electrical vault. The electrocution happened Thursday morning on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. The Department of Water and Power says the worker was with a cable splicing crew and came in contact with an energized
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John Deere considers using overseas plants and US strikebreakers
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business John Deere says it is looking at all options to provide products to its customers, including possibly using strikebreakers or importing equipment from overseas factories it operates. More than 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union remain on strike at 12 Midwest factories and facilities of the farm and
Continue Reading Who will pay for testing under Biden’s new vaccine mandate for businesses?
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Companies are running the numbers this week as they comb through recently released guidance on how to implement President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate. According to the guidance released Thursday from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), employers with at least 100 employees must offer workers up to four hours
Continue Reading Who will pay for testing under Biden’s new vaccine mandate for businesses?
CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Companies are running the numbers this week as they comb through recently released guidance on how to implement President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate. According to the guidance released Thursday from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), employers with at least 100 employees must offer workers up to four
Continue Reading South African gay chef cancels Zimbabwe visit amid protests
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A trendy Zimbabwean restaurant has reopened but without an appearance by a South African gay celebrity following complaints to the govenment by some churches and ruling party members. A rights group said Friday that the cancellation of a visit by TV celebrity Somizi Mhlongo highlights the
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Disconnect: Browns cut ties with OBJ, end drama-filled stay
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. is being released by the Cleveland Browns, who are cutting ties with the polarizing star wide receiver and have officially ended his drama-filled stay with the team. Beckham’s unceremonious exit came on his 29th birthday and days after his father shared a video
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Trump Justice official Jeffrey Clark, who pushed election fraud claims, stonewalls House January 6 committee
By Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark stonewalled the House Select Committee investigating January 6, responding to a subpoena demanding he appear for an interview with the panel, but not answering questions posed to him, sources familiar with his appearance told CNN. Instead, Clark provided a letter from his
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ABBA are back with their first album in 40 years, but is it a Super Trouper or an SOS?
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Four decades since their last album, Swedish pop legends ABBA are finally back, in one of the most anticipated musical returns in recent years. Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog reunited this year after going their separate ways in 1982. “ABBA: Voyage,” their new album released Friday,
Continue Reading Jay-Z left Instagram after a day
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Grand opening, grand closing. One day after Jay-Z launched his verified Instagram account, it appears he deleted it. The rapper/entrepreneur/producer is well known for not being active on social media, so there was some excitement when he showed up on the Gram this week. Jay-Z stayed true to his minimalist
Continue Reading State Dept. names new coordinator on ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases
By MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has named a new coordinator for its investigation into cases of so-called Havana Syndrome. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday announced Jonathan Moore will oversee the task force investigating brain injuries that have been reported by hundreds of diplomats and
Continue Reading 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton in Utah could be the first of its kind
By Sherry Liang, CNN An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah could be the first of its kind, researchers say. The exact species and classification have yet to be determined, but the fossil is a tetrapod — meaning animal with four legs — and could be an early ancestor
Continue Reading Chris Pratt has some Anna Faris supporters upset
By Lisa Respers France, CNN In a post meant to praise his current wife, some people think Chris Pratt took a swipe at his former one. Pratt posted a tribute to his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger earlier this week, about six weeks before her birthday, on his verified Instagram account. In a heartfelt caption, the “Guardians
Continue Reading Ansu Fati returns for Spain’s decisive World Cup qualifiers
MADRID (AP) — Spain coach Luis Enrique has called up Barcelona teenager Ansu Fati for the national team’s decisive World Cup qualifiers against Greece and Sweden. Spain is two points behind Sweden at the top of their qualifying group with two matches remaining. The group winners qualify for the next year’s tournament in Qatar. The
Continue Reading Want a better paying job? First you need to figure out how much you really make
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business So many factors go into deciding whether to quit your job, but pay is a big one. Even if money isn’t your top priority, it’s important to figure out how much you’re actually getting from your current employer because what you make is more than just your salary or wage.
Continue Reading Gio Reyna hit by injury setbacks at Borussia Dortmund
DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose says attacking midfielder Gio Reyna faces a longer-than-expected time on the sidelines after complications with his thigh injury. Reyna hasn’t played since hurting his hamstring while representing the United States against El Salvador on Sept. 2. Rose says a tendon and nerves were also affected. He
Continue Reading In Peru, rumors feed vaccine reluctance among Indigenous
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press Fears and unfounded rumors about COVID-19 vaccines have spread among Peru’s Indigenous people, who are about a quarter of the country’s 33 million people. That’s complicated vaccination efforts in a country hit harder than nearly any other by the pandemic. Only about 25% of people in Indigenous areas have been
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As the Dead Sea shrinks, Jordan fights to win back tourists
Richard Quest and Leroy Ah Ben, CNN On the shoreline of the Dead Sea, Jordanian comedian and national treasure Nabil Sawalha strides chest-deep into the water, with all the confidence of a swan to a lake. “It loves you, the water here, it hugs you,” he says as he allows the sea to collect his
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg slams COP26 as a ‘failure’ at youth protest in Glasgow
By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Greta Thunberg criticized world leaders and called the COP26 summit a “failure” on Friday, as she led a huge youth protest outside the venue of the climate summit in Glasgow. Young activists poured into the Scottish city to demand action from leaders, as the focus of the official
Continue Reading An Indigenous tribe in Texas is getting its sacred burial ground back
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the middle of a small border town in West Texas sits an unassuming dirt mound dotted with piles of rocks, with just some wire strung between posts separating it from the road. To the outside observer, the patch of land might easily be overlooked as part of the desert landscape.
Continue Reading Portugal’s parliament backs revised bill allowing euthanasia
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has approved a reworded bill to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and seriously injured people. A court blocked the initial version because of what it said was unclear terminology. The legislation still requires the signature of Portugal’s president to become law, and he is known to
Continue Reading Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot go for the green in ‘Red Notice’
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “Red Notice” has the polished feel of something concocted in a lab for maximum social-media attention (Dwayne Johnson! Ryan Reynolds! Gal Gadot!), then pieced together Frankenstein-style from parts of other movies. Yet the net effect is mildly enjoyable, creating a throwback caper film that showcases its stars doing what they
Continue Reading As the Dead Sea shrinks, Jordan fights to win back tourists
Professor Sami Alhasanat, a proud Petraen, is our guide through this red-rose Jordanian city “half as old as time”.
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HRH Prince Ali takes Richard Quest to Jordan’s other-worldly Wadi Rum desert, a place Hollywood films both past and present have immortalized on screen.
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Eating falafel on the streets of Amman is almost cliché — unless you’re with Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein.
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Jordan’s king of comedy, Nabil Sawalha, takes Richard Quest for a float in the Dead Sea to feel the warm embrace of its waters.
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