By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Guillermo del Toro is an acclaimed master of horror and has built a huge memorabilia collection throughout his decades-long career. A close brush with California’s devastating wildfires has led him to do what was once unthinkable — auction some of the 5,000 items in his
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By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration proposed a new rule Wednesday that would limit how long foreign students are allowed to study in the United States. The rule targets visas for foreign students, cultural exchange programs and foreign media, and comes as the administration has taken aggressive actions related to student visas
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By The Associated Press Jim O’Neill, a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official who requested anonymity to discuss a personnel change that has not been formally announced. The director of the nation’s top public
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — In the new Yorgos Lanthimos film “Bugonia,” a disturbed, conspiracy obsessed man kidnaps the head of a pharmaceutical company and tortures her in an attempt to save humanity. The kidnapper, played by Jesse Plemons, believes his hostage, played by Emma Stone, is an alien. While
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BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in Lebanon earlier this week. Tom Barrack, who is the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria and has also been on a temporary assignment in Lebanon,
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press People from all over the world lined up to pay tribute to Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge who found online fame as an empathetic jurist and host of “ Caught in Providence,” at memorial services beginning Thursday in his home state of Rhode Island. Caprio, who won hearts with
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been suspended for the first six weeks of the upcoming season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the league announced on Wednesday. Rice will be able to play again on October 13, meaning he misses the Chiefs’ first six games
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By Ryan Hogg, CNN London (CNN) — Tesla sales plunged again in Europe in July as car buyers continued their migration to Chinese rival BYD. Elon Musk’s carmaker sold 6,600 models in the EU in July, a 42.4% fall from the same month last year, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
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By Sebastian Shukla, Sophie Tanno, and Claudia Otto, CNN Unterluss, central Germany (CNN) — For three years European nations have funneled huge amounts of arms to Ukraine to help Kyiv battle Russia’s full-blown invasion. Now, with reserves dwindling from a grinding, ammunition-guzzling conflict that shows no sign of ending, a factory that opened in Germany
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By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — An internet site which showed photos of thousands of Italian women without their consent and attracted obscene and explicit comments was forced to shut down on Thursday after a backlash. The site, which featured prominent women, including Premier Giorgia Meloni and European Parliament member Alessandra Moretti, also
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By Matias Grez, Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — No moment better captures the agony and ecstasy that sport provides than the contrasting emotions of two teams that have just contested a major final. As one group of players rushes wildly to celebrate with its fans, the other slumps to the floor with their heads buried
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By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — As she sips on coffee at a cafe in southern France, Chiara Adorno’s ears prick up at the sound of the native accents around her and a smile spreads across her face. Despite living in the region for nearly a year, she sometimes feels like she’s “walking into a
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (BBW) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $12.4 million. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 94 cents. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was
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BY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A paramilitary group fighting against Sudan’s military shelled a besieged city in the western region of Darfur, killing at least 24 people, a medical group said Thursday. The Rapid Support Forces shelled the densely populated areas of the central market and Awlad al-Reef neighborhood in el-Fasher, the
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Just when Manchester United fans thought it couldn’t get any worse, up steps fourth-division side Grimsby Town to plunge the once-great club even further in the mire. The League Two minnow – sitting three divisions below Manchester United – was well worthy of its League Cup win on Wednesday,
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SYDNEY (AP) — Iran’s ambassador to Australia was seen preparing to leave the country on Thursday, days after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ordered him to leave over accusations that Tehran masterminded at least two antisemitic arson attacks in the country. Local television stations Network Seven and Network Nine spoke to Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi as he
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward was granted bail Thursday after appearing at a central London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault. The 27-year-old, who has starred in the Netflix crime drama “Top Boy,” faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The offenses reportedly took place in
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even 13. To proponents, they’re a tool to keep children away from adult websites and other material that might be harmful
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By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous eastern Punjab province Thursday, after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from overflowing dams in neighboring India. The floods displaced nearly 250,000 people
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Houston 4 Colorado 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 3 Baltimore 2 Final N.Y. Yankees 10 Chicago White Sox 4 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 1 Final Arizona 6 Milwaukee 4 Final San Francisco 4 Chicago Cubs 3 Final Philadelphia 19 Atlanta 4 Final Miami 7
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By Hanna Park, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis community gathered at multiple vigils Wednesday evening to mourn the young lives lost in the latest act of gun violence in the US to target school children, showing support for each other as they navigate a path forward and press for change. “You don’t think
Continue Reading CNN, WCCO By Hanna Park, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis community gathered at multiple vigils Wednesday evening to mourn the young lives lost in the latest act of gun violence in the US to target school children, showing support for each other as they navigate a path forward and press for change. “You
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 28. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 28. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 28. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI, JON GAMBRELL and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — France, Germany and the United Kingdom moved Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its atomic sites were repeatedly bombed during a 12-day war with Israel. The process, termed a “snapback” by
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 1200 block of North 13th Street early Thursday morning. The initial call for the fire came in at about 1:53 a.m. Thursday, according to Fire Inspector Casey Crockett with Fire Prevention. Crockett confirmed to News-Press NOW that
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — In “Jay Kelly,” George Clooney plays a very George Clooney-esque movie star on a self-reflective journey through Europe. The film, which is premiering Thursday night at the Venice Film Festival, explores heady questions about finding oneself while also poking fun at the business of being
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By HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a major air attack on Kyiv early on Thursday that included a rare strike on the center of Ukraine’s capital, killing at least 21 people, wounding 48 and damaging European Union diplomatic offices, authorities said. The bombardment of drones and missiles
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