Jay Leno recovering from burn injuries
Former late night host Jay Leno issued a statement to Variety magazine saying he is recovering from serious burns he received when a car he was working on burst into flames.
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Healthy, united Golden Knights off to fast start
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights are 13-3, the best record in the Western Conference. The Knights recently had a nine-game winning streak. They have managed to stay healthy so far this season. New coach Bruce Cassidy brought a zone defense with him from Boston. That has
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US studying how to modify powerful armed drone as Ukrainian demand grows
By Alex Marquardt, CNN As Russian forces have retreated in Ukraine’s south, the Biden administration has announced a slew of new military aid packages for Ukraine, but all were missing a piece of weaponry that Ukraine’s military has long sought: the multi-use Gray Eagle drone, armed with Hellfire missiles. According to two officials, the US
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MacKenzie Scott acknowledges another $2B in donations
By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations in a short blog post Monday that emphasized her interest in supporting people from underserved communities. Scott made the announcement on her blog. The announcement Monday brought the amount she’s said she’s
Continue Reading 1970s sandals worn by Steve Jobs auctioned for $218K
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California house where Steve Jobs co-founded Apple is a historical site, and now the sandals he wore while pacing its floors have been sold for nearly $220,000, according to an auction house. The “well used” brown suede Birkenstocks dating to the mid-1970s set a record for the highest price ever
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Study: Half of New Mexico job training grants fall short
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Taxpayer-funded incentives aimed at expanding private employment and investments in New Mexico sometimes create fewer high-quality jobs than projected, and money is not consistently clawed back for unfulfilled promises, state program analysts announced Monday. The report from the budget and accountability office of the Legislature gauges the effectiveness of state
Continue Reading Estrenos musicales de la semana: Pablo Alborán le canta a los “Amigos” junto a María Becerra, Juanes habla de los “Amores prohibidos” en su nuevo sencillo
Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Esta semana, nuestra lista de estrenos musicales está encabezada por Pablo Alborán y Juanes. Alborán presentó “Amigos” junto a María Becerra mientras Juanes deleita a su público con “Amores prohibidos”. En nuestra lista también incluimos a Nathy Peluso, quien lanzó “Estás buenísimo”, Karol G con “Cairo”, además de los
Continue Reading Not just Neymar: Tite plans Brazil’s attack at World Cup
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s nine forwards in its World Cup squad offer so many variables and options. That gives coach Tite a nice selection headache up front. Brazil has almost a week of training in Italy to fine-tune the bid to win the World Cup for the first
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Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session
Texas lawmakers won’t gavel in for the new legislative session until January, but they got their first chance to file bills Monday. By 1 p.m., Texas legislators filed more than 800 bills pertaining to an array of matters. Thousands of pieces of legislation are filed each session, but most never make it into law. The
Continue Reading Jay Leno se recupera de quemaduras graves tras una explosión de gasolina
macamilarincon (CNN) –– El presentador Jay Leno se encuentra recuperándose de las quemaduras que sufrió tras una explosión de gasolina, según dijo el exconductor de “The Tonight Show” a la revista Variety. “Sufrí algunas quemaduras graves por una explosión de gasolina. Estoy bien. Solo necesito una o dos semanas para recuperarme”, informó Leno en un
Continue Reading Slovenian president eager to work, gets Melania’s congrats
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Natasa Pirc Musar has been a human rights lawyer, a TV presenter and ran Slovenia’s top data protection agency and its Red Cross. Now she is the small European Union country’s first female president. She tells The Associated Press that “not a single day of my
Continue Reading UVA cancels basketball game after fatal campus shooting
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A basketball game scheduled between Northern Iowa and No. 16 Virginia has been canceled after three football players for the Cavaliers were killed in a shooting. The university says Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry were fatally shot Sunday night after they returned from a class trip. Two other
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Slower pace of rate increases could be coming ‘soon,’ says Fed vice chair
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business It could soon be time for the Federal Reserve to ease up on its super-sized rate interest hikes, according to the central bank’s number-two policymaker, Vice Chair Lael Brainard. “I think it will probably be appropriate soon to maintain a slower pace of increases,” Brainard said Monday at an event
Continue Reading Jay Leno recovering from burn injuries
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jay Leno is recovering from burn injuries following a gasoline fire, according to a statement from the hospital where he is getting treatment. Aimee Bennett, a spokesperson at the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles, told CNN that Leno was in stable condition, being treated for “burns that he received to
Continue Reading Coach: Slain Virginia football players ‘were all good kids’
By HANK KURZ Jr. and BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting are being remembered by head football coach Tony Elliott as “incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures.” Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were returning from
Continue Reading Tough stretch awaits as Patriots chase playoffs after bye
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots returned from their bye week very much in the AFC playoff picture. But so is everyone else in an AFC East that suddenly has the most parity in the NFL. Entering Week 11 it’s the only division in the league featuring all four
Continue Reading Buffett’s firm cuts stakes U.S. Bank, BYD; adds chip maker
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company slashed its stake in U.S. Bank’s parent company in the third quarter and also sold shares in Chinese electric car maker BYD. The moves were among several others, including a more than $4.1 billion investment in Taiwan Semiconductor, that Berkshire Hathaway disclosed
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New York Times: Amazon plans to lay off thousands of employees
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon is planning to lay off some 10,000 employees in corporate and technology jobs, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter. The job cuts could start as early as this week, and will likely include staff working on Amazon devices (such as
Continue Reading Amazon CEO explains thinking behind layoffs as unionized warehouse workers protest outside
CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Wednesday said an “uncertain” economy pushed the e-commerce giant to move forward with rare and wide-ranging layoffs after having gone on a significant hiring spree for much of the pandemic. “We had the lens of a very uncertain economic environment, as well as our
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UVA: Here are the victims of the college shooting
By Christina Zdanowicz, Eric Levenson and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Three football players from the University of Virginia were killed in a shooting late Sunday as a bus returned to the school’s main campus in Charlottesville from a field trip, school officials said. University of Virginia President Jim Ryan identified the three football players killed as
Continue Reading River Plate hires Demichelis as coach to replace Gallardo
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former Argentina defender Martín Demichelis says he will replace Marcelo Gallardo as coach of River Plate. The 41-year-old Demichelis has been running Bayern Munich reserves. Gallardo has won 14 titles including two Copa Libertadores. He’s stepping down after eight years in charge. Demichelis started his professional career at River in
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Jay Leno recovering from burn injuries; Leno says he’s okay, will need time to recover
(CNN) — Jay Leno is recovering from burn injuries following a gasoline fire, the former “The Tonight Show” host told Variety. “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet,” Leno said in a statement to the publication. CNN has reached
Continue Reading Experimental therapy gantenerumab fails to slow or improve Alzheimer’s memory loss in clinical trials
By Brenda Goodman, CNN An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer’s or those who were in the early phases of the disease, the manufacturer said Monday. Gantenerumab is part of a class of injected drugs that are designed to remove sticky protein pieces called beta amyloid
Continue Reading Customers who trusted crypto giant FTX may be left with nothing
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business As the dust settles from one of the most shocking financial implosions in history, one of the key unknowns is how much customers who can’t access their money expect to get back from FTX, the crypto exchange that filed for bankruptcy last week. The answer, according to legal experts, may
Continue Reading Customers who trusted crypto giant FTX may be left with nothing
CNN By Allison Morrow, CNN Business As the dust settles from one of the most shocking financial implosions in history, one of the key unknowns is how much customers who can’t access their money expect to get back from FTX, the crypto exchange that filed for bankruptcy last week. The answer, according to legal experts,
Continue Reading Una persona pagó cientos de miles de dólares por unas sandalias usadas por Steve Jobs
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Cuánto pagarías por un par de zapatos de segunda mano? Pues bien, alguien acaba de gastar más de US$ 200.000 por un par de viejas sandalias Birkenstock que pertenecieron y fueron usadas por el difunto cofundador de Apple, Steve Jobs, estableciendo un récord por el precio más alto jamás pagado por
Continue Reading Estos son los nominados a mejores videojuegos del año en The Game Awards 2022: lista completa por categorías
Sergio Gomez (CNN Español) — The Game Awards son los premios que galardonan a los mejores videojuegos del año y la organización anunció anunció este 14 de noviembre todos los videojuegos nominados a las distintas categorías de la edición 2022. God of War Ragnarok, Elden Ring y Horizon Forbidden West son los dos títulos que
Continue Reading Clues at ancient lake site reveal earliest known cooked meal
By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have found the earliest known evidence of cooking at an archaeological site in Israel. The shift from eating raw to cooked food was a dramatic turning point in human evolution, and the discovery has suggested prehistoric humans were able to deliberately make fires to cook food at least 780,000 years
Continue Reading Google agrees to $392 million settlement with 40 states over location tracking practices
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement with 40 states for allegedly misleading consumers over its location tracking practices, a coalition of attorneys general announced Monday. The attorneys general described it as the largest multi-state privacy settlement in US history. The coalition, which included attorneys general from New
Continue Reading Google agrees to $392 million settlement with 40 states over location tracking practices
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement with 40 states for allegedly misleading consumers over its location tracking practices, a coalition of attorneys general announced Monday. The attorneys general described it as the largest multi-state privacy settlement in US history. The coalition, which included attorneys general from
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