CNN Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Ah, Christmas movies: the snow, the decorations, the families reuniting, the elves, Santa, the reindeer, the couples from the covers of romance novels falling in love against all odds. Wait. What? If you haven’t noticed how the 10 most common tropes of Christmas movies have changed
Continue Reading Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Ah, Christmas movies: the snow, the decorations, the families reuniting, the elves, Santa, the reindeer, the couples from the covers of romance novels falling in love against all odds. Wait. What? If you haven’t noticed how the 10 most common tropes of Christmas movies have changed in
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a crash in Minneapolis that followed a police pursuit of an SUV that was reportedly stolen has left two juveniles dead and three others hospitalized. Police say officers in suburban Robbinsdale spotted a Mercedes SUV about 2 a.m. Thursday that was reported stolen in Minneapolis and attempted to stop the
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The average interest rate on a long-term mortgage in the U.S. held firm again this week. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed rate home loan ticked down this week to 3.10% from 3.11% last week.
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The average interest rate on a long-term mortgage in the U.S. held firm again this week. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed rate home loan ticked down this week to 3.10% from 3.11% last week.
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Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Las restricciones impuestas en el contexto de la pandemia de covid-19 en 2020 y parte de 2021 golpearon con fuerza a la economía global, aumentando el número de pobres. Y América Latina, una región particularmente afectada por la desigualdad, no fue la excepción. Los países latinoamericanos registraron aumentos de sus índices
Continue Reading By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anuel AA finally felt free to express himself uncensored on his new album, “Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren” (Legends Never Die). It came out on the the trap and reggaeton star’s 29th birthday, and landed soon after he finished his three-year probation in a case of illegal
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Banana Split has been revealed. Katharine McPhee and her producer husband David Foster were unmasked as Banana Split on the latest episode of “The Masked Singer.” There are now two finalists left, Bull and Queen of Hearts, who will now compete next week in the season finale. In the latest round, contestants
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LONDON (AP) — Irish jockey Robbie Dunne has been given an 18-month ban after being found guilty of bullying and harassing female rider Bryony Frost in a disciplinary case that highlighted a weighing-room culture described as “not conducive to the development of modern-day race-riding.” Dunne was found in breach on all four counts of conduct
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amazon Music and Prime Video will live stream Kanye West’s first headlining concert in five years. West will be joined by special guest Drake for the The Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, set to take place Thursday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event will be free to stream
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The Recording Academy removes Drake from the Grammy ballot at his request, Billie Eilish unveils a new music video, and Stephanie Beatriz on working with Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s health minister says the country plans to impose fines of up to 3,600 euros (around $4,000) on people who flout a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all residents ages 14 and over that it aims to introduce in February. The government announced last month that it would
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s health minister says the country plans to impose fines of up to 3,600 euros (around $4,000) on people who flout a coronavirus vaccine mandate for all residents ages 14 and over that it aims to introduce in February. The government announced last month that it would
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild, Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz, CNN The Longworth House Office Building of the US Capitol complex was put on a shelter-in-place order after a Capitol staffer brought a gun into the building, multiple sources told CNN. United States Capitol Police said in a statement this morning that officers “spotted the image of
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin Nueva York (CNN Business) — Las solicitudes semanales de subsidio de desempleo en Estados Unidos cayeron la semana pasada a un nuevo mínimo en varias décadas, según informó este jueves el Departamento de Trabajo. Con 184.000 solicitudes, ajustadas por los cambios estacionales, fue el nivel más bajo de solicitudes iniciales desde septiembre
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer It’s never easy to define a year in pop culture, especially in a rollercoaster year like 2021, when we were up and down again, and again, and again. People looked for happiness where they could find it and were cheered by Britney Spears’ new freedom, the renewed love that
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UPDATE: Investigators on Thursday afternoon said a wrong-way driver was to blame for a deadly crash earlier in the day along Interstate 10 near Clint. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies identified the wrong-way driver as Stephanie Montoya and said she died at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle – which was struck head-on
Continue Reading By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police arrested a congressional staffer on Thursday after he walked into a legislative building with a gun in his bag. The incident led to a brief lockdown in a Capitol Hill complex that’s still on edge nearly a year after a deadly insurrection. Police say
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Cuando los científicos sudafricanos anunciaron que detectaron una nueva variante del nuevo coronavirus con un número preocupantemente alto de mutaciones, fueron aplaudidos por la rapidez con que pudieron detectarlo, gracias a la secuenciación genómica. El país fue elogiado por tener un programa robusto de secuenciación genómica, que le permitió identificar
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Six unmanned Saildrones are heading out on a six-month voyage to face some of Earth’s most hostile ocean conditions, in hopes of improving climate change and weather forecast computer models. They will be collecting data within the Gulf Stream through the winter months in hopes of learning more about carbon
Continue Reading DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s energy ministry says Damascus will host an Arab energy conference in 2024. The announcement is the latest sign that Arab countries are moving to re-engage with the government of Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad. The statement followed a unanimous vote from members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
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By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford High School. Attorney Geoffrey Fieger says the lawsuits were filed in Detroit federal court
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Joe Biden dio inicio a la Cumbre por la Democracia este jueves, calificando a la democracia como “el desafío definitorio de nuestro tiempo”, anunció nuevos compromisos y pidió la “autocorrección” y la “superación personal” a través de la cooperación internacional de más de 100 naciones representadas en el
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — “Estoy cabreado”, dijo un furioso Xavi a los periodistas tras la derrota del Barcelona por 3-0 ante el Bayern Múnich en la Champions League. “Esta es nuestra realidad y estoy cabreado”. Esa nueva realidad es que el Barcelona se encuentra ahora en la Europa League, la segunda competición europea de
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey John Lennon died 41 years ago on Dec. 8 after being shot outside of his apartment building in New York City, Fans paid tribute to the late artist on social media. Lennon was 40 years old at the time of his death. Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono, wrote, “Over 1.5 million people have
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession. Unemployment claims dropped by 43,000 to 184,000 last week, the lowest since September 1968,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Travis Scott told radio and talk show host Charlamagne tha God that he’s been on an “emotional rollercoaster” since 10 people died and many more were injured at his Astroworld Festival. The rapper, who has denied legal liability, sat down with Charlamagne for an almost hour-long interview that was posted
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say a shooting in a residential area early Thursday left one person dead and two others wounded. The Police Department said officers responding to a report of gunfire and a fight in progress found people with gunshot wounds and that one of the victims died at a hospital. According
Continue Reading By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister is in Cairo on a diplomatic visit aimed at strengthening ties and shoring up a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Egypt’s president, foreign minister and intelligence chief on Thursday. The talks reflect budding ties
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — En el Capitolio de EE.UU., más específicamente en el edificio Longworth, se emitió una orden de tomar refugio después de que una persona introdujera un arma en el edificio, dijeron varias fuentes a CNN. ¿Cómo justifica Trump sus amenazas contra Mike Pence en el ataque al Capitolio? El bloqueo se levantó posteriormente
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