By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Leah Rae Russell lost more than 200 pounds over a decade, but she says she wasn’t able to fully appreciate her accomplishment until she took a final step: tightening and removing about 3 pounds of skin hanging from her chest and stomach. The change has been so dramatic, she
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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the promise to create more American jobs and protect existing ones. But many of his proposals and expected policy changes threaten to have the opposite effect for some working Americans. It remains unclear as to which of Trump’s initiatives will be implemented.
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Irish actor Barry Keoghan has retaliated against what he describes as “inhumane” online trolling and accused people of intimidating his family. In a lengthy statement published on X on Saturday after deactivating his Instagram account, the “Saltburn” star said he could “only sit and take so much.” “My name
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — It was a memorable Sunday of NFL action in Week 14 with multiple players across the league hitting record-breaking marks. There were also losses for some of those returning to familiar places and a last-second victory for the reigning Super Bowl champions. Sunday also saw arguably the game of
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Russian-born American photographer Anastasia Samoylova loves “Barbie.” Not only did she wear a hot pink suit to the opening of her own photography exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October, she also insisted on taking her teenage son to see Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film — considering it
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By Evan Perez, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Years before he was Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel was a midlevel Justice Department lawyer who once drew the ire of a Texas judge who described Patel as being precisely the kind of federal bureaucrat he has vowed to weed
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By Lauren del Valle, Gloria Pazmino, Eric Levenson and Celina Tebor, CNN New York (CNN) — A Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide Monday in the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year. Penny also previously faced a more serious second-degree manslaughter charge, but Judge
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Trump Organization says it has leased its brand to two new real estate projects in Saudi Arabia just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. It said Monday it will partner with Dar Global, a London-based luxury real estate developer that will lease the Trump
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Por Paradise Afshar y Hanna Park, CNN Un pasajero fue detenido el domingo tras intentar presuntamente desviar un vuelo nacional de México a Estados Unidos, según informaron la aerolínea Volaris y las autoridades mexicanas. Actualmente se está llevando a cabo una investigación. Tras despegar de El Bajío con destino a Tijuana, el pasajero intentó desviar
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AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top leaders have pledged to loosen monetary policy and provide more support for the slowing economy. Shares in Hong Kong jumped Monday after state media released a report on the meeting by the ruling Communist Party’s Politburo. That gathering sets the tone for an annual economic planning meeting
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A black cloud hovering ominously over the US economy has finally parted — at least in the eyes of nearly half of the nation. For the other half, the black cloud is just arriving. That’s the starkly partisan picture painted by the first consumer confidence reading since
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer It’s not just soccer anymore. Brazil is finding World Cup success in skiing now, too. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen became the first Brazilian skier to finish on a World Cup podium when he placed second in a giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado, on Sunday. Pinheiro Braathen celebrated the achievement in truly Brazilian
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Chelsea star Cole Palmer broke an English Premier League record on Sunday as he scored two penalties in his side’s 4-3 comeback win against Tottenham. The forward remained ice cold while converting two second-half spot kicks, bringing his tally up to 12 penalties in the league without missing. In
Continue Reading Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India have met in Dhaka to discuss their strained relations, including the growing tensions after former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina fled into exile in India in August. This is the first high-level visit by an Indian official since massive protests ended Hasina’s 15-year
Continue Reading Edward Szekeres y Hilary Whiteman Un ataque incendiario a una sinagoga en Melbourne la semana pasada está siendo investigado como incidente terrorista, dijeron este lunes funcionarios australianos, mientras el gobierno anunció que estaba estableciendo un nuevo grupo de trabajo para combatir el antisemitismo. La sinagoga Adass Israel, en el sur de la ciudad (uno de
Continue Reading ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials says two Turkish military helicopters have collided in midair, causing one of them to crash. Monday’s crash in the southwestern province of Isparta left six military personnel dead, including one who died of injuries in a hospital. The second helicopter landed safely. The crash occurred during regular training flights. The
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler capped one of the most dominant seasons in golf history by retaining the Hero World Challenge, cruising to a six-shot victory at Tiger Woods’ invitational event in the Bahamas. His win at the Albany Golf Club marked Scheffler’s ninth title of 2024, giving him a win rate
Continue Reading Por Helen Regan Los sirios, que llevan mucho tiempo sufriendo, mostraron su júbilo en las calles después de que una de las dictaduras más brutales del mundo se derrumbó repentinamente en pocas semanas. Durante medio siglo, la familia Assad gobernó Siria con puño de hierro, con informes largamente documentados de encarcelamientos masivos, torturas, ejecuciones extrajudiciales
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Southern California is bracing for another round of strong, potentially dangerous Santa Ana winds just over a month after a similar wind event helped fuel the Mountain Fire, which scorched nearly 20,000 acres in Ventura County and sent residents scrambling for safety. The powerful wind event is set to
Continue Reading Por Kara Scannell y Elizabeth Wagmeister Una mujer que afirma haber sido agredida sexualmente por Sean “Diddy” Combs modificó su demanda para incluir acusaciones de que también fue agredida por Jay-Z en la misma fiesta. La demanda fue presentada inicialmente contra Combs en octubre, pero este domingo la mujer agregó a Shawn Carter, el rapero
Continue Reading AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A slide for market superstar Nvidia on Monday knocked Wall Street off its big rally and helped drag U.S. stock indexes down from their records. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, coming off its 57th all-time high of the year so far. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 240
Continue Reading Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were back at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad, but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country’s public sector had come “to a complete and abrupt halt.” Meanwhile, streams
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s military appears to be preparing for widely anticipated drills in response to a recent visit by Taiwan’s president to Hawaii and Guam. Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday that it has detected Chinese naval and coast guard ships entering the Taiwan Strait and the western Pacific and that China had restricted airspace
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain new era for the country. For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” Defined as a “division into two sharply distinct opposites,” “polarization” grew dramatically in search volume over the past year due to
Continue Reading Associated Press More than three-quarters of the land on Earth is permanently drying, primarily due to climate change, according to a report released Monday at a United Nations summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nations at the conference on combating desertification — the process of once-fertile lands turning arid because of hotter temperatures, lack of water
Continue Reading Stephen Collinson Incluso el normalmente impetuoso Donald Trump parece desconcertado por la volátil situación internacional que heredará como nuevo presidente el mes próximo y a la que seguramente inyectará nueva imprevisibilidad. “Ciertamente parece que el mundo se está volviendo un poco loco en este momento”, dijo el presidente electo el sábado cuando se reunió con
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– On December 31st, fans from across the country will gather at the Sun Bowl stadium to watch Louisville take on Washington in the 91st annual Tony the Tiger Sun bowl. Both teams have a strong fan base, they’re known to travel with the teams to watch them play. Washington played in
Continue Reading Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced a multimillion-dollar agreement with Nauru that gives Australia a veto right over a range of pacts the tiny Pacific atoll might want to enter with third countries including China. Australia on Monday offered $89 million over five years to the remote nation’s population of 12,000 under
Continue Reading Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out proceedings that comes as he wages war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for war crimes charges. Netanyahu
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