By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — First Rihanna’s bathrobe, now Gigi Hadid’s DHL tape dress — it seems that luxury fashion is looking right under our noses (or at least inside our houses) for inspiration. On Friday, Hadid walked in the Vetements show during Paris Fashion Week wrapped tightly in a roll of yellow and
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — If Manchester United fans thought that this season would be a chance to start fresh, any early-season optimism seems to have been misplaced. United fell to a third league defeat in six games on Sunday, losing 3-0 at home against Tottenham amid captain Bruno Fernandes’ red card. There were
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Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One more person has died from mass shootings at two houses in a South African village over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 18. Police are still searching for the assailants who opened fire Saturday on people who had reportedly gathered for a family event in Lusikisiki village in
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — One caller was trying to find her brother. Another was asking about evacuation routes. A third was wondering if another tropical storm was on the way. And many callers expressed the same sentiment: “I’m just so proud of my neighbors.” All of the calls were broadcast live Sunday across western
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Update (October 4, 2024): El Paso Police arrested 32-year-old Rene Martinez and charged him with aggravated assault. They booked him into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $350,000 bond. “Police were informed that a fight had occurred just before the collision and that the vehicle had fled,” police officials explained Friday. “The investigation
Continue Reading Associated Press Known as “The Days of Awe,” Judaism’s High Holy Days — which begin on Wednesday — annually provide an emotional mix of celebration, introspection and atonement for Jews around the world. This year, for many, the emotions will be extraordinarily powerful, given that the midpoint of the 10 days spanning Rosh Hashana and
Continue Reading Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, starts at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and continues through the evening of Friday, Oct. 4. It marks the start of the Jewish High Holidays, a 10-day season that ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This year, Yom Kippur will be observed from around sunset on Friday,
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CNN By Nic Robertson, CNN Above the Red Sea (CNN) — Aboard an aging Boeing 707, thousands of feet above the Red Sea, I don a set of high-tech 3D goggles and stare at the small TV monitor recessed in a bank of retro dials and switches. Saudi Arabia’s amber desert slides by to my
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, CNN Above the Red Sea (CNN) — Aboard an aging Boeing 707, thousands of feet above the Red Sea, I don a set of high-tech 3D goggles and stare at the small TV monitor recessed in a bank of retro dials and switches. Saudi Arabia’s amber desert slides by to my right,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Kicking off the workweek we will still see temperatures leaning above average. We remain unseasonably warm and dry as we approach the first week of October. Expect mild breezes at most today with slim rain chances. El Paso is expected to reach 94, Las Cruces 93. Tomorrow a week cold
Continue Reading By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Chicago Cubs fans know a thing or two about patience. You don’t suffer the longest championship drought in North American sports history – 108 seasons from 1908 to 2016 – without learning how to deal with disappointment. Despite another underwhelming season in which the Cubs finished with a record
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, Ramishah Maruf and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the streaming era. As platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon’s Prime Video have gained traction,
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people. It was the first conviction of officials over the failure by authorities to prevent or adequately respond to
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a man convicted over a car bombing that seriously wounded nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin to life in prison. Prosecutors said the May 2023 bombing in the Nizhny Novogorod region was conducted at the direction of Ukraine’s security services. Prilepin was seriously injured and his driver died in
Continue Reading Associated Press A weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky has led to complaints about a strong chemical smell and haze several miles away across metro Atlanta. Authorities on Monday night ended a shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 people. The plant is about 25 miles
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — EL PASO, Texas — From west to east El Paso, to Southern New Mexico there’s a construction project in almost every part of the Borderland. Here’s a complete list of TxDOT’s and Las Cruces road closures September 30 to October 4. For updates in El Paso, click here. (https://twitter.com/txdotelp) For a
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NEW YORK (AP) — DirecTV will buy rival Dish to create massive pay-TV company after yearslong pursuit.
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By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris will end her West Coast campaign swing early and travel from Las Vegas to Washington, DC, on Monday morning to be briefed on the ongoing impacts of Hurricane Helene at the FEMA Headquarters, according to a White House official. The vice president is expected to
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By Jack Guy and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — K-pop megastar Suga has been fined after being caught riding an electric scooter while under the influence of alcohol. Suga, who is a member of South Korean boyband BTS, was fined 15 million won (about $11,400) for DUI charges under the Road Traffic Act, the Seoul Western District Court
Continue Reading AP Business Writer DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes
Continue Reading AP Business Writer DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes
Continue Reading Associated Press Kigali, RWANDA (AP) — Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus. The announcement comes just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads
Continue Reading CNN By Dianne Gallagher and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. So, on Saturday morning, he got in his vehicle and started driving toward their home, nestled on
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian air force says Russia fired missiles and drones at 11 regions of Ukraine. It was the 33rd consecutive night of aerial attacks behind the front line and set a new monthly record of drone barrages. In Kyiv, multiple explosions and machine gun fire could be heard throughout
Continue Reading AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday, picketing near ports all along the East Coast. Workers outside the Port of Philadelphia walked in
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 21 points as she helped the New York Liberty to an 87-77 win against the Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of their WNBA playoff semifinal series, much to the enjoyment of basketball superfan Spike Lee. The acclaimed film director is no stranger to courtside seats,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T exits entertainment industry with a $7.6 billion sale of its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Port workers from Maine to Texas are threatening a major strike this week that could disrupt the flow of popular products into the US. Consumers wouldn’t necessarily feel the impacts immediately, but experts say a long port strike would eventually cause shortages of chocolate, booze and fruit, including bananas
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Durante gran parte del año pasado, desde que China reabrió sus puertas al mundo tras la pandemia de covid-19, un halo de tristeza se cernió sobre grandes franjas del país mientras su economía luchaba por recuperar impulso. Las mentes jóvenes y brillantes del país tienen dificultades para conseguir trabajo; sus profesionales
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Shares in Chrysler parent Stellantis plunged almost 14% in Milan Monday after the Italian-American carmaker slashed its forecasts for full-year profitability and cash flow, citing weaker global sales and increased competition from Chinese rivals. Stellantis (STLA), which also makes Ram Trucks and Jeep, Citroen and Peugeot cars, said
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