By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Puneeth Rajkumar, a leading star of southern Indian regional cinema, has died after a massive heart attack. He was 46. Rajkumar was a lead actor in 29 movies and also appeared on television, where he was the host of India’s version of “Who Wants to be
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By Ben Church, CNN The NAACP sent an open letter to five players’ unions on Thursday, urging their athletes not to sign with teams in Texas. “Over the past few months, legislators in Texas have passed archaic policies, disguised as laws, that directly violate privacy rights and a woman’s freedom to choose, restrict access to
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and SARA BURNETT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois says he will not seek reelection next year. Kinzinger is a critic of Donald Trump’s who is on the panel investigating the deadly Capitol attack. The military veteran was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Gutierrez Reed was the armorer on the
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions. Gutierrez Reed was the armorer on the
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary. The list includes a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become ubiquitous on social media. Among them are dad bod, amirite, TBH and FTW. The coronavirus pandemic also contributed new terms to the lexicon, such as super-spreader, long COVID
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Walé Azeez, CNN Business The United Kingdom is pushing ahead with legislation that will force more than 1,300 of its largest companies to disclose climate risks. Announcing the move ahead of the COP26 climate talks that start in Glasgow on Sunday, the UK government said it plans to be the first major economy to require
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s annual investment forum has drawn over a thousand participants, with big-name U.S. financiers and business leaders back on the stage three years after many stayed away following international outcry over the killing of a government critic in a Saudi consulate. In the years
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden arrived at the Vatican on Friday to meet Pope Francis, he brought with him 10 of his closest advisers — including his doctor. A spot in the official presidential delegation to visit the Vatican is always a highly sought position. Presidents typically bring along both policy aides
Continue Reading By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Four weeks after an oil spill off Southern California’s coast, surfers have been allowed to return to the waves and people can play in the surf. But fishermen still can’t put lines in the water along the coast. California has prohibited fishing in an area
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By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Four weeks after an oil spill off Southern California’s coast, surfers have been allowed to return to the waves and people can play in the surf. But fishermen still can’t put lines in the water along the coast. California has prohibited fishing in an area
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices are unlikely to stay elevated for long, Chevron’s chief financial officer told CNN. “This feels more cyclical than structural,” Pierre Breber, the CFO of Chevron, the No. 2 US oil company, said in a phone interview. “We view these prices as above mid-cycle and above what
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices are unlikely to stay elevated for long, Chevron’s chief financial officer told CNN. “This feels more cyclical than structural,” Pierre Breber, the CFO of Chevron, the No. 2 US oil company, said in a phone interview. “We view these prices as above mid-cycle and above what our price
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith wants to be clear that she and her husband Will Smith have no problems when it comes to their intimacy. Apparently, some things were taken out of context after the latest episode of Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk,” where she and guest Gwyneth Paltrow got real about
Continue Reading Gwyneth Paltrow joined Jada Pinkett Smith on “Red Table Talk” for a nuanced conversation about intimacy and empowering female sexuality.
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A growing number of state prison systems are outfitting guards with body-worn cameras even in environments already covered by thousands of stationary cameras. The George Bureau of Prisons piloted the concept last year and plans to outfit guards in two prisons this year and another two
Continue Reading By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has condemned gangs and kidnappings in a prerecorded address in which he also assured that the country isn’t running out of fuel despite severe shortages that sparked recent strikes. The message posted Friday is the first time Henry
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president is pleading with citizens to get vaccinated as daily infections have soared to another all-time high. The Health Ministry on Friday reported 26,870 new confirmed infections in 24 hours. That’s the highest level since the start of the pandemic. It recorded 648 daily deaths
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After a prolonged drought, heavy rains in Northern California brought water back to the iconic waterfall in Yosemite National Park.
Continue Reading Two Georgia ER nurses who met and fell in love during the Covid-19 pandemic got engaged in an epic surprise atop their hospital’s helipad.
Continue Reading New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern literally bumps a sign language interpreter out of the picture. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.
Continue Reading CNN’s Paul Vercammen reports heavy rain is triggering landslides in California, with one that shut down a highway — likely for days.
Continue Reading By Jodi Upchurch, CNN An interpreter’s body language goes viral, Yosemite Falls gets its flow back, and Adam Levine responds to backlash. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Lost in translation Internet critics pounced when New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bumped a sign language interpreter out of the picture in what appeared
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The rapper Fetty Wap has been arrested in New York City on federal drug charges. The rapper, whose real name is Willie Maxwell, pleaded not guilty on Friday. Authorities said Maxwell was arrested at Citi Field in an alleged conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN The family of Alex Murdaugh’s former housekeeper said on NBC’s “Today” on Friday they considered the Murdaughs to be extended family and hadn’t learned about the settlement awarded to them until after Murdaugh’s shooting incident made headlines. Gloria Satterfield, who spent more than two decades as the Murdaugh family housekeeper, died
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden gave Pope Francis a deeply personal challenge coin during his trip to the Vatican on Friday, marking the gift with a moment of light-heartedness that nods to a long tradition in the US military. In video footage provided by Vatican Television, the two men were
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN For those who are ending this pre-Halloween week feeling dead from exhaustion or just dead inside, here’s this week’s TV OT. Grading the Halloween programming on every streaming service. Fight me. My husband was away on a business trip last weekend and as much as I make fun of him for
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Dieter the safe cracker from ‘Army of the Dead’ stars in and directs his origin story movie. Rick Damigella reports
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Before getting to “Army of Thieves,” it’s fair to ask why Netflix and producer Zack Snyder felt compelled to make a prequel to the zombie/heist mashup “Army of the Dead,” which doesn’t really demand its own cinematic universe. This more conventional heist yarn somewhat stands alone, but hardly feels like
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has found a close colleague of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of treason and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. A member of their political party confirmed local media’s reports of the court’s decision. The sentence given 79-year-old Win Htein
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