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☆ Randy Moss: NFL legend to take extended leave from ESPN role amid health issue
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —NFL legend Randy Moss is set to take some time away from his punditry work on ESPN, the network announced on Friday, due to an unknown health issue. He then addressed the issue at the top of ESPN’s coverage of “Sunday NFL Countdown.”“I just wanted to share something with you all,” the 47-year-old said. Moss has not revealed any details about what he is battling and has not commented publicly since ESPN released its statement on Friday. The NFL legend played 14 seasons in the league, most notably with the Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots. On Friday, the Vikings responded to ESPN’s statement with a message on social media that read: “Praying for our guy @RandyMoss.”

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☆ Elliot Eastman: American vlogger abducted in Philippines presumed dead, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —An American man abducted in the Philippines is presumed dead after a witness claimed he was shot during a struggle with his captors, the Philippines News Agency reported, citing police. Regional police spokesman Lt. Col. Ramoncelio Sawan told media Thursday that the witness told them that Eastman was shot twice by his captors on the night of his abduction as they ferried him away from the scene. All of the information that we have points to that,” Sawan said, according to the Associated Press. Police have said the present case is unlikely linked to Muslim rebels, according to the Associated Press. The US State Department advises citizens to reconsider travel to Mindanao due to the risk of “crime, terrorism, civil unrest and kidnapping.”

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☆ Gout Gout: 16-year-old sensation runs fourth-fastest under-18 100m of all time
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Australian teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout recorded the fourth-fastest under-18 100m time in history on Friday, clocking in at 10.04 seconds at the All-Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland. The run, which came in the heats but was wind-assisted and therefore does not count in official records, was also the fourth-fastest ever by an Australian sprinter of any age. The fastest ever under-18 time was set by US sprinter Erriyon Knighton in 2021, a wind-assisted 9.99 seconds. Later on Friday, once the tailwind had dropped, Gout ran a legal 10.17 in the final – the sixth-fastest legal under-18 time – to beat his personal best of 10.29 and the previous Australian under-18 record of 10.27 held by Sebastian Sultana. Gout Gout has drawn comparisons to a young Usain Bolt.

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The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning after a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday. Nearly 5 million people are under that warning from Davenport, California, up to Douglas/Lane Line, Oregon, the agency said. Long said the reason for that delay — between the earthquake and potential tsunami impacts — is because earthquake waves travel faster. A tsunami wave “in the open ocean tends to travel about as fast as a jet plane flies, whereas earthquake waves travel much faster,” she said. That delay means it is easier for experts to issue tsunami warnings, Long said.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to meet with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan next week to discuss the next administration’s immigration plans, Adams told MSNBC Thursday. Adams, who has fiercely criticized the Biden administration over his city’s migrant crisis, previously said he planned to meet with Homan and had reached out to set up a meeting. I want to hear the actual plan, how we’re going to actually operationalize this plan,” Adams said on MSNBC. Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents communities along the Texas-Mexico border, told CNN Wednesday that he spoke with Homan this week. I live on the border,” Cuellar said, citing his history with Homan, who also served in the Obama administration.

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☆ Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Amy Gunia | Hazel Pfeifer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

He hopes to create an army of insect-machine search and rescue workers. Researchers in Australia are fusing control backpacks onto beetles and cockroaches to direct their movements. Fitzgerald says cyborg search and rescue beetles or cockroaches might be able to help in disaster situations by finding and reporting the location of survivors and delivering lifesaving drugs to them before human rescuers can get there. Fitzgerald says that although the work might seem futuristic now, in a few decades, cyborg insects could be saving lives. University of Queensland student Lachlan Fitzgerald hopes to one day use the insect-machine hybrids as search and rescue workers.

Persons: Lachlan Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, ”, Dan Soekov, “, He’s, bioethicists Organizations: CNN, University of Queensland, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, Cornell University Locations: Australia

☆ Under-the-radar destinations worth visiting in Thailand
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Victoria Barauna | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —When it comes to holiday destinations, Thailand is one of the most popular countries in the world. Chiang Dao district, Chiang MaiA Buddhist shrine next to the entrance of the Chiang Dao caves complex, which stretches more than 10km and contains shrines, statues and Buddha images. The town of Chiang Dao itself is small but offers travelers an authentic, local Thai experience. The area’s most famous attraction is the Chiang Dao Cave complex (Tham Chiang Dao), which is made up of dozens of caverns, some of which are illuminated and decorated with Buddha statues. When it comes to temples, Wat Phumin is Nan’s most famous and has been around for more than 400 years.

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CNN —Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and detained an alleged Palestinian militant who had days earlier been injured in an Israeli airstrike that killed two Hamas members. “Around 20 undercover Israeli special forces – wearing doctors’, nurses’, and even female Palestinians’ outfits – stormed the hospital,” a hospital official, who asked to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak with the media, told CNN. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that following an “elimination attempt” of the alleged militant, “security forces precisely operated and apprehended him today” at a hospital in Nablus. The military said the alleged militant, Ayman Ghanam, took part in an August shooting attack near an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, which killed one Israeli civilian and injured another. Obtained by CNNIn January, Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian men.

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☆ Mexico plans to impose new $42 fee on each passenger of cruise ships that dock there
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Gustavo Valdes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Mexican government plans to impose a $42 immigration fee for each passenger on a cruise ship that docks in the country. Passengers would “apparently be charged the $42 fee” whether they disembark or stay on the ship, the Associated Press has previously reported. When added to a $5 per passenger fee imposed by local states, it would make Mexican destinations among the most expensive in the world, according to the Mexican Association of Naval Agents (AMANAC). It warns the Mexican cruise industry would be less competitive with other Caribbean destinations that would be less expensive to visit. He says that some cruise lines might skip Mexican ports in protest, but he thinks most will include the fee in the price of future trips.

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☆ Caitlin Clark debuts in Sportico’s highest-paid female athletes list while Coco Gauff is at No. 1 for second year in a row
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Basketball sensation Caitlin Clark has featured on the list of the highest-paid female athletes for the first time while Coco Gauff tops the standings for the second year in a row, according to Sportico’s 2024 rankings. Away from tennis, Gauff made history by becoming the youngest Team USA flag bearer at the Olympics and the first tennis player to carry the flag for the US. Coco Gauff has topped Sportico's list of the highest-paid female athletes for the second year in a row. The Fever superstar also set rookie season records for both points and three-pointers made and became the first rookie to get a triple-double. Tennis’ dominanceAlongside Gauff, tennis dominated Sportico’s top 15.

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☆ Hegseth is still standing, but hasn’t yet saved his Pentagon bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

And Hegseth threw himself into his task, meeting Republican senators, offering to quit alcohol if he’s confirmed, and mounting fiery rearguards on the Megyn Kelly radio show and in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Hegseth told Kelly on Sirius XM that he spoke to Trump Wednesday morning and that the president-elect had told him, “’Hey Pete, I got your back. But Sen. Markwayne Mullin said he’d spoken to both Trump and Hegseth and that the president-elect was still committed to his pick. A number of Republican senators have told reporters they hold Ernst in high regard. I don’t - no one’s ever approached me and said, ‘Oh, you should really look at getting help,’” Hegseth told Kelly.

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☆ Trump’s victory has some liberal judges reversing their retirement plans
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Other judges have reversed retirement plans after electionsA handful of judges in recent years have also reversed retirement plans when they have not been able to secure a preferred successor, including US District Judge Karen Caldwell, a judge who sits in McConnell’s home state. Cogburn and Marbley are also not the first judges to back off retirement plans after an election. As McConnell himself highlighted, a district judge did the same about-face after President George W. Bush’s reelection in 2004, and another changed his retirement plans when Obama won in 2008. CNN’s messages seeking comment from the two judges submitted with the judges’ courts were not returned. But, Wheeler said that McConnell “may be having the effect he wants” if the two appellate judges are “wavering” about whether to keep to their retirement plans.

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☆ Melbourne, Australia: Fire at Adass Israel Synagogue appears deliberate, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Angus Watson | Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Firefighters are putting out a blaze at a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia on Friday which authorities believe was deliberate. No one was injured in the fire that started at about 4am local and caused significant damage to the Adass Israel Synagogue, according to Victoria police, who are investigating the incident. We believe it was targeted,” Arson and Explosives Squad Detective Inspector, Chris Murray told reporters. “We don’t know the motive yet.”Police say a witness told them two masked men were spreading accelerant inside the building. In an interview with ABC Radio Melbourne, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that police are reviewing CCTV footage and there are two persons of interest.

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☆ French President Emmanuel Macron resists calls to resign and vows to name a new prime minister in days
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Embattled French President Emmanuel Macron said he hoped to appoint a new prime minister in the coming days, in a combative televised address that will do little to ease a deepening political crisis. Macron was speaking one day after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted by lawmakers in a no-confidence vote. He had harsh words for the far-right National Rally, whose leader, Marine Le Pen, has orchestrated opposition against Macron and has vowed to frustrate his agenda. “Let’s be honest, they think about one thing: the presidential election,” Macron said of Le Pen’s party, claiming their “cynical” approach had brought “a sense of chaos” to the country. Whoever he picks as prime minister must be approved by a sharply divided parliament, where he faces an avowed opposition from both wings.

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☆ UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing shows why companies spend millions to protect their top executives
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It’s common for top executives of major corporations to have personal security provided by their companies. Alphabet paid $6.8 million for personal security of CEO Sundar Pichai. While six-figure costs are common, major companies typically report less costly security than those tech companies report, according to filings. Discovery, owner of CNN, spent $705,000 on security for CEO David Zaslav at his residences and during personal travel. It also spent $768,000 for his use of corporate aircraft for personal travel.

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“I asked them, ‘Aren’t you ashamed?’” An, a spokesperson for the main opposition Democratic Party, told CNN while standing outside the National Assembly building Thursday. “Even if they were following orders, armed soldiers pointing guns at citizens in the National Assembly and interfering with lawmakers’ proceedings is undeniably illegal.”An Gwi-ryeong stands for a portrait outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on December 5, 2024. Lawmakers had gathered in the middle of the night, preparing to vote down Yoon’s martial law order in the main assembly hall. “If the troops had entered and disrupted the vote, we wouldn’t have been able to lift martial law, and we wouldn’t be here today,” An said. JTBCInside, 190 lawmakers succeeded in voting against the decree and Yoon was forced to lift martial law just six hours after announcing it, amid widespread condemnation.

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☆ Sam Altman, AI’s biggest star, sure hopes someone figures out how not to destroy humanity
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Altman, the 39-year-old venture capitalist and CEO of OpenAI, was speaking with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday. “I have faith that researchers will figure out to avoid that,” Altman replied. “I think there’s a set of technical problems that the smartest people in the world are going to work on. We have this incredible piece of science called deep learning that can help us solve these very hard problems.”Ah, yes. And ExxonMobil will solve the climate crisis…Look, it’s hard not to be charmed by Altman, who did not respond to a request for comment.

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☆ The leader of South Korea's opposition first thought the president's martial law declaration was a deepfake
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementSouth Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law in a televised address on Tuesday. Lee Jae-myung, South Korea's main opposition leader, initially thought the president's martial law declaration was a deepfake. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the world on Tuesday when he announced he was imposing martial law during a late-night address. Yoon came to power in 2022, narrowly defeating Lee in the most closely contested presidential election in South Korean history. In the immediate aftermath, the South Korean won plunged as much as 3% relative to the US dollar.

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Though industry sources say they aren’t overly concerned about DOGE’s ability to claw back federal loan guarantees, Ramaswamy’s decision to single out the Rivian loan struck some as concerning. But they may face resistance, particularly when it comes to clean energy money included in the IRA. Even though no Republicans voted for the bill, close to 80% of announced clean energy investments are in Republican districts. “It’s a much more targeted and much more urgent effort,” said one clean energy industry insider. We read the papers, we know that the next four years will bring a lot more uncertainty to federal clean energy policy,” said Podesta.

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☆ This watch was carved from a meteorite that hit Earth a million years ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Oscar Holland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But while rival European horologists vaunt the traditions of their centuries-old workshops, design duo Toledano & Chan’s new creation has a longer history altogether: It was carved from a meteorite that slammed into Earth around 1 million years ago. The Brutalist-inspired watch, dubbed the B/1M, was made from part of the Muonionalusta meteorite, the remains of which were first discovered in the Swedish village of Kitkiöjärvi in 1906. Since then, dozens more fragments — scattered around by the force of its collision with Earth — have been found across northern Scandinavia. “You often see meteorite dials; they are not uncommon on watches,” Toledano told CNN via Zoom from New York, where he is based. A slice of the Muonionalusta meteorite (not the fragment used in the watch) shows the material's distinctive structure, known as Widmanstätten patterns.

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☆ Macaulay Culkin says his son ‘thinks he’s Kevin’ from ‘Home Alone’ and yes, it’s adorable
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Macaulay Culkin’s three-year-old son is having what sounds like an utterly adorable identity crisis. Culkin’s son Dakota, whom he shares with fiancée Brenda Song, has not only seen his dad’s beloved ‘90s holiday classic “Home Alone,” but he thinks he in fact is Culkin’s signature character Kevin McCallister. “He thinks he’s Kevin,” Macaulay told E! At that point, Culkin had no choice but to playfully call out his son, he said, jokingly telling the little one that he’s “a lying liar who lies. “Home Alone” has become synonymous with Christmastime, which Culkin said he resisted at first but is only recently starting to embrace.

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☆ Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Little is being done to curb the risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Sharon Lerner | Al Shaw | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +28 min

The result is that even the EPA’s alarming estimates of cancer risk vastly underestimate — by as much as fourfold — the chances of formaldehyde causing cancer. But four former government scientists with experience doing statistical analyses of health harms told ProPublica that the myeloid leukemia risk calculation was sound. The agency’s sprawling assessment shows that, among scores of individual air pollutants, formaldehyde poses the greatest cancer risk — by far. As the EPA admits, its cancer risk calculation fails to reflect the chances of developing myeloid leukemia. Nationwide, that’s the average lifetime cancer risk from air pollution; formaldehyde accounts for most of it.

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☆ CNN is first Western media outlet in Aleppo after rebels captured the city
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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New York CNN —Police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what police described as a bold and deliberate attack in the heart of New York City. The gunman calmly walked toward the CEO and continued to shoot –– appearing to clear a jam with the firearm momentarily before shooting again, video shows. Thompson was pronounced dead less than half an hour after the incident, and the search for the gunman, who fled into Central Park, continues Thursday. Here’s what we know about the killing, reports of threats against company executives and the ongoing investigation:NYPD on Wednesday released this image they say is of the suspect sought in connection to the shooting. “We are deeply saddened and shocked at the passing of our dear friend and colleague Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare,” a public statement from the company said.

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☆ Catholic nun among 25 arrested in mob bust in northern Italy
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Rome CNN —A Catholic nun with the Sisters of Charity Institute in Milan was among 25 people arrested early Thursday morning for a litany of mafia-related crimes, including aiding and abetting extortion, drug trafficking, receiving stolen goods, usury, tax crimes and money laundering. “She carried orders, directives, moral and material aid to associates, receiving in turn from the prisoners useful information to better plan criminal strategies,” according to prosecutor Francesco Prete during a press conference announcing the arrests Thursday. Weapons and drugs were also recovered from locations in Bergamo, Verona and Treviso. CNN has contacted the Sisters of Charity Institute in Milan, but has not received a response. Prete said that Donelli, who is currently under house arrest, was “at the disposal of the criminal association to guarantee the connection with the associates detained in prison and those outside.”

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