Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has ordered a CIA analyst charged with leaking top secret details ahead of a planned Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year to remain jailed pending trial. The ruling Wednesday by federal Judge Patricia Giles overrules a magistrate who said last week that 34-year-old Asif Rahman could
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Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics says it was far less polluting than recent Games but is not claiming to have been “carbon neutral” despite funding projects to compensate for its emissions. Organizers said Wednesday that this summer’s Olympics and Paralympics generated 1.59 million tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide. That’s including everything from
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Por Ramishah Maruf, CNN La persona más rica del mundo acaba de alcanzar un hito aún mayor. El patrimonio neto de Elon Musk alcanzó los US$ 400.000 millones, según Bloomberg, lo que le convierte en la primera persona en cruzar esa marca. Detrás de su salto de casi US$ 20.000 millones en riqueza está un
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AP Baseball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Garrett Crochet was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the White Sox on Wednesday for four prospects, giving Chicago a better deal for the All-Star left-hander than available at the trade deadline in July. For the Red Sox, who are still seeking more pitching, it was a quick
Continue Reading Associated Press A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. in the 2022 killing of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, a gay man who was prominent in the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Mississippi. Jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict after over nine and a half hours
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Gerry Turner, star of the inaugural season of ABC’s senior dating show “The Golden Bachelor,” says he has been diagnosed with cancer. Turner told People magazine in an interview published on Wednesday that he has a type of bone marrow cancer called Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia in March. Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia is
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — David Letterman is no longer a late night talk show host, but he’s definitely not ready to stop working. In a recently published interview with GQ, Letterman talked about his career, including the fact that he plans to continue it. “Retirement is a myth,” he said when asked
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Meta said Wednesday that it is close to resolving a technical issue that is causing a widespread outage of its apps, including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lopez’s highly anticipated “Kiss of the Spider Woman” remake is set to premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute on Wednesday announced their full lineup for the upcoming fest, with projects from Lopez, Benedict Cumberbatch, A$AP Rocky and Olivia Colman, among many others, set to
Continue Reading An Ohio politician has seen enough flag planting by visiting sports teams. Republican state Rep. Josh Williams said Wednesday on social media he’s introducing a bill to make flag planting in sports a felony in the state. His proposal comes after the Nov. 30 fight at the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry football game when the Wolverines
Continue Reading Por Erick E. Beltrán, CNN en Español Este miércoles 11 de diciembre llega “Cien años de soledad” a la plataforma de Netflix. La serie es una de las más esperadas en Latinoamérica y está basada en la magistral obra del mismo nombre del escritor colombiano y premio Nobel Gabriel García Márquez. “Cien años de soledad”
Continue Reading AP Golf Writer Two of the best players each from LIV Golf versus the PGA Tour in a televised match might remind golf fans what they’re missing outside of the four majors. Rory McIlroy believes it shows they’re at least trying to repair a divided sport. McIlroy will have Scottie Scheffler as his partner on
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says having healthy women is as important for the U.S. economy as it is for the women themselves. Biden said it’s a “fact” that hasn’t “gotten through to the other team yet.” Biden was referring to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration. When Trump was president
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By Samantha Waldenberg and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — One of President Joe Biden’s former top communications advisers ravaged the president’s messaging rollout strategy around his decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, lambasting the situation as “exceptionally poor timing” in a major public rebuke of her former boss. “In the middle of a
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are urging President Joe Biden to extend temporary protections for migrants in the U.S. before he leaves office. They warn that millions of people could be forced to return to unsafe countries once President-elect Donald Trump retakes the White House. The senators have been quietly urging the White
Continue Reading CNN By Evan Perez and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Chris Wray will resign at the end of the Biden administration, the agency said Wednesday, as it became clear he would be forced out by President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who originally nominated Wray after firing the previous FBI director, previously announced he will
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — You can count Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes among those who are not exactly thrilled about the NFL forcing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions to play three times over an 11-day span in the coming weeks. The Chiefs are among four teams — the Texans,
Continue Reading Associated Press Is he a hero? A killer? Both? About the same time the #FreeLuigi memes featuring the mustachioed plumber from “Super Mario Brothers” mushroomed online this week, commenters shared memes showing Tony Soprano pronouncing Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murdering the UnitedHealthcare CEO in Manhattan, a hero. There were the posts lionizing Mangione’s
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump once publicly speculated that Time would never name him the news magazine’s “Person of the Year.” Now, the honor has been bestowed on him twice. Time on Thursday named Trump as this year’s choice, recognizing the president-elect as the individual or group deemed to
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place: Melbourne, Australia Birth name: Keith Rupert Murdoch Father: Keith Murdoch, journalist and newspaper publisher Mother: Elisabeth (Greene) Murdoch, philanthropist Marriages: Elena Zhukova (2024-present); Jerry Hall (2016-2022, divorced); Wendi (Deng) Murdoch (1999-2013,
Continue Reading CNN en Español En medio de la incertidumbre que suponen los planes de deportación masiva de Donald Trump una vez llegue a la Casa Blanca, las familias de inmigrantes que viven en Estados Unidos estarían buscando acelerar sus trámites inmigratorios antes del 20 de enero de 2025, cuando el republicano asuma la presidencia. La tarjeta
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother have been charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking. The indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan alleges that brokers Oren and Tal Alexander and their brother Alon Alexander worked together to lure, drug and rape dozens of women over more than
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of students in Georgia will be eligible for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses. That number is far more than many legislators expected. New rules say any student in a low-performing school’s attendance zone is eligible, even if they don’t attend that
Continue Reading Por Evan Perez y Holmes Lybrand, de CNN El director del FBI, Chris Wray, renunciará para el final de la administración Biden, según un comunicado del FBI publicado este miércoles. El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha anunciado que nominará a Kash Patel para el cargo, aunque a Wray le quedaban tres de
Continue Reading Jennifer Agiesta, CNN La mayoría de los estadounidenses espera que el presidente electo Donald Trump haga un buen trabajo al regresar a la Casa Blanca el próximo mes (54%) y una mayoría aprueba cómo está manejando la transición presidencial hasta ahora (55%), según una nueva encuesta de CNN realizada por SSRS. Trump ganó la presidencia
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate has died and five others were injured after fights erupted at a privately run state prison. CoreCivic spokesperson Brian Todd says the fights broke out early Saturday at Hardeman County Correctional Facility in Whiteville. He said the altercations were separate but likely related. Todd says six inmates were
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024.PersonalBirth date: September 11, 1965Birth place: Damascus, SyriaFather: Hafez Assad, late Syrian PresidentMother: Anisa Makhlouf al-AssadMarriage: Asma (Akhras) al-Assad (2000-present)Children: Karim, Zein and HafezEducation: University of Damascus, Medicine, 1988; Ophthalmology residency, London,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at WikiLeaks and the trial of Chelsea Manning. Facts WikiLeaks is purportedly an organization that facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information through its website. It was founded in 2006 by Julian Assange, activist, computer programmer and hacker. Chelsea Manning (born Bradley Manning), a former Army
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Speaking publicly for the first time since his acquittal, Daniel Penny said he restrained Jordan Neely on a subway car last May for more than five minutes because Neely was “extraordinarily strong” and Penny was worried he would get up and attack him or someone else. “Part of
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Personal Birth date: December 18, 1946 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Birth name: Steven Allan Spielberg Father: Arnold Spielberg, electrical engineer and computer pioneer Mother: Leah (Posner) Spielberg, restaurateur and concert pianist Marriages: Kate Capshaw (1991-present); Amy Irving (1985-1989, divorced) Children:
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