By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Liverpool has delivered another masterful attacking display to overwhelm Southampton in a 4-0 win that moves the team to within a point of English Premier League leader Chelsea. The Reds have scored at least two goals in their last 17 games in all competitions. Diogo Jota had two of
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos publicó este sábado un comunicado en el que condena a Cuba por silenciar las manifestaciones de sus artistas y movimientos que buscan más libertad. Al contrario, aplaude y apoya las manifestaciones del pueblo cubano y los intentos por obtener mayor libertad dentro de
Continue Reading KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A women’s World Cup giant slalom has been canceled and the poor weather perhaps spared Mikaela Shiffrin’s blushes. The race in Killington, Vermont, marked the return of World Cup skiing to North America for the first time in two years. The race was suspended amid strong winds and snow after just
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Skirmishes have erupted in Serbia between police and anti-government demonstrators who briefly blocked roads and bridges in the Balkan country in protest against new laws they say favor interests of foreign investors who are devastating the environment. Hundreds of people on Saturday appeared simultaneously in the capital Belgrade, the northern city
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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths. Authorities reported 51 deaths after a methane explosion rocked the Listvyazhnaya mine in
Continue Reading By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending an investigation into a devastating blast in a coal mine in Siberia that resulted in dozens of deaths. Authorities reported 51 deaths after a methane explosion rocked the Listvyazhnaya mine in
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By Hannah Ryan, CNN When people think of artificial intelligence, the images that often come to mind are of the sinister robots that populate the worlds of “The Terminator,” “i, Robot,” “Westworld,” and “Blade Runner.” For many years, fiction has told us that AI is often used for evil rather than for good. But what
Continue Reading Rain, snow, or wind could hamper travel plans across the country this weekend. Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin details the trouble spots.
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By John Sinnott, CNN LeBron James’ celebration of Thursday’s overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers has landed the Los Angeles Lakers forward with a fine from the NBA. The $15,000 punishment was handed to James “for making an obscene gesture on the playing court,” said the NBA in a statement on Friday. ‘The incident occurred
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Focusing on gratitude has helped me through this year. And in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to say that I’m so thankful for all of you in this feel-good edition of Wonder Theory. Thank you for joining us on our exploratory adventures through the wonders of space and science. Thank
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin has been fined $5,000 for throwing one of his gloves at Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand. The fine is the maximum allowed under the league’s collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union. Panarin and Marchand were standing in front of their respective benches when the
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he hopes that the sight of air force planes transferring patients across the country will act as a “wake-up call” to millions who are still holding out on getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Health Minister Jens Spahn said Saturday that there has been a welcome increase over the past
Continue Reading PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Miloš Zeman has been discharged from the capital’s military hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. The 77-year-old Zeman had already been discharged following more than a month’s treatment for an unspecified illness on Thursday. But he was readmitted only hours later after testing positive for the coronavirus. The president
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez and Alex Medeiros, CNN At least 30 people entered a Best Buy store in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Black Friday and stole electronics, according to a Burnsville Police statement obtained by CNN affiliate WCCO. No one was injured and no weapons were drawn during the incident that occurred shortly after 8 p.m. in
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland’s offense is again complete. The Browns have activated running back Kareem Hunt and Pro Bowl right tackle Jack Conklin from injured reserve. They’ll return for Sunday night’s critical game against AFC North-leading Baltimore. Hunt missed the past five games with a calf injury while Conklin
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — Migrant smuggling networks organizing English Channel crossings have reaped tens of millions of euros this year. 2021 has been the busiest and deadliest ever recorded. Police and aid workers say the price per person varies depending on the network between 3,000 and 7,000
Continue Reading By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Worried scientists in South Africa are scrambling to combat the lightning spread across the country of the new and highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 variant as the world grapples with its emergence. The omicron variant has sent South Africa from a period of low transmission to rapid growth
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — A partir del 11 de diciembre, México solicitará a los brasileños una visa para ingresar al país como turistas debido al aumento de nacionales de ese país que viajan por México para llegar a la frontera con Estados Unidos, anunció este viernes la Cancillería de México. “Como parte de los
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Stanley Tucci and John Krasinski had a Thanksgiving Day filled with brotherly love. The author of “The Tucci Cookbook” and host of CNN’s “Searching for Italy” is married to literary agent Felicity Blunt, while Krasinski’s wife is actress Emily Blunt. They’re brothers-in-law married to the British siblings. “Happy Thanksgiving from my
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Al menos 30 personas entraron a una tienda Best Buy en Burnsville, Minnesota, este Black Friday y robaron productos electrónicos, según un comunicado de la policía de Burnsville obtenido por WCCO, afiliada de CNN. Nadie resultó herido y no se sacaron armas durante el incidente que ocurrió poco después de las
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Christina Applegate is marking a milestone birthday after revealing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in August. Applegate celebrated her 50th birthday on Thanksgiving Day with a message for her fans on Twitter. “Yup. I turned 50 today. And I have MS. It’s been a hard one,” she wrote. “Sending so much love
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Bob Dylan has been telling stories through songs for 60 years. But recently America’s master lyricist has also captured moments in a new series of paintings that, just like his songs, are intimate and a bit of a mystery. The most comprehensive exhibition of the Nobel
Continue Reading By ALICIA LEON and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spanish police officers and their supporters have marched in Madrid to protest against government plans to reform a controversial security law known by critics as the “gag law.” Critics of the Citizens Security Law passed by the previous conservative government
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The emergence of the newly identified Omicron coronavirus variant feels like a pandemic gut check. Scientists have long known that the world would see emerging coronavirus variants. Viruses mutate constantly. But when South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of the B.1.1.529 variant, which appears to be spreading rapidly in
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations. Its emergence has already led to travel
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Good Saturday morning to you. Many of us are waking up to rain and soggy front and back yards. Expect a few more drizzles through the morning but the rain will slowly be moving out of the area and weakening rapidly as it does. Reports from the International Airport show that we received .23″ of
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El papa Francisco nombró al ministro de Economía de Argentina, Martín Maximiliano Guzmán, como uno de los nuevos miembros de Pontificia Academia de Ciencias Sociales. Así lo anunció la Santa Sede a través de un comunicado este sábado. Guzmán es originario de la región de La Plata, Argentina y se
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities say they have arrested 15 people suspected of smuggling Syrian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants into the country and seized 14 vehicles that were used to transport them. Police in Lower Austria province said Saturday they opened an investigation last month into the group that smuggled migrants from the Serbian-Hungarian border
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has publicly apologized for a now discredited and scrapped law that required transgender people to undergo surgery and sterilization if they wanted to change their gender on their birth certificate. Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven said at a ceremony Saturday that “nobody
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Skirmishes have erupted in Serbia between police and anti-government demonstrators who briefly blocked roads and bridges in the Balkan country in protest against new laws they say favor interests of foreign investors who are devastating the environment. Hundreds of people on Saturday appeared simultaneously in the capital Belgrade, the northern city
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