PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympic organizers have appointed prize-winning French stage director Thomas Jolly to direct the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2024 Games and the Paralympics. The 40-year-old Jolly will be tasked with bringing to life Paris’ ambitious plan to hold the opening ceremony in the French capital’s city center. Organizers hope to
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By Omar Jimenez and Rebekah Riess, CNN Almost eight weeks after the drawing in one of the largest-ever Mega Millions jackpots, two people — who agreed to split the prize, if won — have come forward to claim the $1.34 billion prize, the Illinois Lottery said. The winning ticket was bought in late July at
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By Eric Levenson, Brad Parks and Omar Jimenez, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who held down George Floyd’s legs in May 2020 was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday on a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Thomas Lane, who is currently in federal prison for violating Floyd’s
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Koke Resurrección and his Atlético Madrid teammates are feeling right at home in Spain’s setup. Koke, Marcos Llorente and Álvaro Morata are used to not thinking too far ahead as Atlético coach Diego Simeone is an avid proponent of the match-by-match attitude. Spain coach Luis Enrique
Continue Reading BENEVENTO, Italy (AP) — Former Ballon d’Or winner Fabio Cannavaro has been named coach of Serie B team Benevento. It marks his first managerial job in Italy after previously working in the Middle East and China. Fabio Caserta was fired on Tuesday after Benevento won only two of its opening six matches in the second
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By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has called on its courts to begin enforcing the judgements of British courts, in a move that could affect the city of Dubai’s status as a haven for the world’s wealthy. The decision affects all noncriminal civil, financial and marital
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales declined for the seventh month in a row in August as higher mortgage rates and stubbornly high prices pushed prospective buyers out of the market. Sales of existing homes — which include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops — were down 19.9% from a year ago and down
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers A 99-day run of falling gasoline prices — a streak that gave consumers a glimmer of hope that red-hot inflation might be cooling — has ended, with pump prices still much higher than a year ago. The nationwide average price for a gallon ticked up less
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CNN — The FDA has a warning for people and one the agency probably didn’t expect a need to make. The warning: don’t cook your chicken in Nyquil. A new social media challenge is encouraging young people to cook their chicken in Nyquil and other over the counter cough medications. This challenge is a dangerous
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Leah Asmelash, CNN As soon as “The Woman King” begins, audiences will know the film is unlike any they’ve seen before. Sharpened nails are pressed into eyes, necks are slit and bodies crumble to the ground as the mighty Agojie warriors, also known as the Dahomey Amazons, impose their will on their enemies. And the
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A Russian capsule took an American astronaut to space today, marking a notable continuation of the Russian-US partnership in space in an era of great geopolitical tension. The spacecraft took off from the famed Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying NASA astronaut Dr. Frank Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts — Dmitri
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in August for the seventh month in a row, as sharply higher mortgage rates and rising home prices made homebuying less affordable. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that existing home sales fell 0.4% last month from July to a seasonally
Continue Reading Opinion by Mohamed A. El-Erian for CNN Business Perspectives This week, it will become more apparent to economists and policymakers across the globe that the Federal Reserve is in a Catch-22 situation of its own making. Forced by worries about high and persistent inflation, the Fed will likely go down in history as having raised
Continue Reading CNN — Late night binge sessions and working into the wee hours of the morning could seriously be affecting your physical health. A new study published on Monday found that night owls are prone to type-two diabetes and heart disease. Researchers found that people who stay up late are often more sedentary, less fit, and
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Haden will finish where he started. A three-time Pro Bowl cornerback for seven seasons with Cleveland, Haden will sign a one-day contract with the Browns so he can retire as a member of the team that drafted him in the first round in 2007. The
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Over 7 million people are under flash flood watches across the Desert Southwest and the Rocky Mountains as a plume of moisture moves in from the Pacific. “Tropical moisture will surge northward over the Southwest into parts of the Great Basin/Central Rockies through Thursday,” the Weather Prediction Center said Wednesday.
Continue Reading By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is taking a cautious approach to the holiday shopping season, announcing it will hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, a majority of them seasonal workers. Walmart said Wednesday it is now focusing on hiring seasonal workers only, rather than permanent workers. Just like
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 63-year-old worker died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina department store, but her body was not discovered for four days, authorities said. Bessie Durham, who worked for an outside company that cleans the Belk store at Columbiana Centre, was found dead Monday, investigators said. Her cleaning cart was
Continue Reading WORCESTER, England (AP) — A beleaguered top-flight English rugby club has resorted to desperate measures to fulfil a domestic cup fixture while burdened by debts totaling around $30 million. Included in Worcester Warriors’ squad for a Premiership Rugby Cup match with Gloucester was Mat Gilbert, who retired from playing at the end of last season
Continue Reading By Inke Kappeler, Allegra Goodwin and Mark Thompson, CNN Business Germany is nationalizing Uniper, its biggest importer of natural gas, as part of an €8 billion ($7.9 billion) plan to prevent an energy shortage this winter. Europe has been hit by soaring natural gas and electricity prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Time-traveling romance has a spotty history (just ask HBO), but like “Groundhog Day,” that doesn’t stop variations on the theme from happening again and again. Enter “Meet Cute,” an unhelpfully-generic title for a movie most notable for pairing Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson, in a concept with barely enough meat
Continue Reading By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Large numbers of Russians have rushed to book one-way tickets out of the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists for the war in Ukraine. Flights filled up quickly and the prices of airline tickets skyrocketed on Wednesday, apparently driven
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Parliament members investigating the use of surveillance spyware by European Union governments have sharply criticized Israel. They accuse Israel of a lack of transparency in allowing the sale of powerful Israeli spyware to European governments that have used it against critics. The European lawmakers also
Continue Reading Francesca Street, CNN Kemmons Wilson was ferrying his family from New York to Washington by car when the idea first came to him. The Wilsons needed to stop for the night, but it was the summer of 1951, and American roadside facilities weren’t what they are today. Motels were luck of the draw, and often
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Chrissy Teigen can’t be blamed for feeling nervous. After suffering a devastating pregnancy loss two years ago, Teigen, now pregnant again, tweeted about how she’s feeling. “I finally feel the baby so I don’t need to text my doc for a daily drive by ultrasound anymore,” she wrote. The cookbook
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By Geneva Sands, CNN A humanitarian program aimed at helping Central American children reunite with family members in the United States has gotten off to a slow start under the Biden administration despite an attempt to revive the program from its Trump-era cancellation, according to a new report from the International Refugee Assistance Project. Bottlenecks,
Continue Reading OREGON, Ohio (AP) — Officials say a fire at an oil refinery in Ohio killed two people and the facility has been shut down. The fire started Tuesday night at BP’s Husky Toledo Refinery. There is no word on how it started or the extent of the damage. A BP spokesperson said Wednesday the two
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It is being called the largest Covid-19-related fraud scheme uncovered to date. Tuesday the Justice Department announced charges against 47-people who are accused of stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the pandemic. According to officials, those charged in the scheme set up a network of shell
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EL PASO, Texas — An 8,000 sq. ft. portable that used to be a VA mobile clinic, now it belongs to the county’s Animal Welfare Department. Soon staff will be able offer services at little or no cost for pet owners across the county. Thanks to county commissioners as well as a $1.3 million federal
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands have gathered in Belgium to protest against skyrocketing electricity, natural gas and food prices. Trade unions and city police say that around 10,000 people took part in Wednesday’s demonstration. People from across the country marched behind banners reading “Life is much too expensive” or carrying placards marked “Freeze prices.” A Belgian
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