By Reuters staff A last-gasp addition to his team, Mark Cavendish rolled back the years as he claimed his 31st Tour de France stage victory on Tuesday — five years after his last success on the world’s greatest cycling race. The Briton, who finished outside the time limit in his previous participation in 2018, crashed
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By Madeline Holcombe and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN More than 80 teens and adult staffers from a Central Illinois summer camp tested positive for Covid-19 in an outbreak that has impacted people across three states, officials said. The Crossing Camp in Schuyler County held in mid-June did not check vaccination status for campers or staffers, and
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Si eres una de las más de 20 millones de personas que experimentan la ola de calor del noroeste, es posible que te preguntes cómo mantenerte fresco, especialmente si no tienes aire acondicionado o no quieres usarlo constantemente. Ciudades de EE.UU. y Canadá han informado de sus temperaturas más altas, algunas
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the “Black Widow,” for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of a fourth. Chisako Kakehi, reportedly received large insurance payouts after poisoning her victims with cyanide,
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN Español) — Varios miembros del Escuadrón Móvil Antidisturbios (Esmad) de la Policía Nacional de Colombia fueron separados de sus cargos y funciones por «cometer un procedimiento irregular» durante los disturbios que se presentaron en Suba, al noroeste de Bogotá, en donde resultaron agredidos dos periodistas y un joven. Así lo informó este
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Forrest Brown and Brekke Fletcher, CNN US passport holders have more international travel options now than at any point during the Covid-19 pandemic. Total US cases are nearing the 33.6 million mark since the pandemic started, but the rate of new cases has been slowing down recently. The United States is one of the world
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and
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By Rachel Trent, CNN The Lego Group is one step closer to reaching its goal of making all its products from sustainable material by 2030. The Danish toymaker unveiled a prototype brick made from recycled plastic. In a news release, Lego said the PET plastic from discarded bottles makes up the first brick to meet
Continue Reading In dispatch audio obtained by CNN from Broadcastify, a first responder describes the scene after a condo building collapsed in Surfside, Florida.
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, Bethlehem Feleke and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Rebel forces in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government, raising fears of further violence a day after the fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle. The recapture of the city by Tigrayan fighters and the retreat of Ethiopian
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, Bethlehem Feleke and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Rebel forces in the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray have rejected a ceasefire offer from the central government, raising fears of further violence a day after the fighters retook the regional capital Mekelle. The recapture of the city by Tigrayan fighters and the retreat of Ethiopian
Continue Reading olivertapia Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Kim Jong Un despidió a varios altos funcionarios que no hicieron cumplir las rigurosas medidas de prevención por el covid-19 en Corea del Norte, un incumplimiento del deber que, según el joven dictador, tendrá «graves consecuencias» para la nación empobrecida y aislada, informaron medios estatales el miércoles. No
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Dos años y medio antes de que su edificio terminara en un montón de escombros, Mara Chouela, residente de Champlain Towers South, lanzó la última de una serie de quejas airadas sobre el proyecto de construcción vecino. «Nos preocupa que la construcción junto a Surfside esté demasiado cerca», escribió Chouela, miembro
Continue Reading James Briggs and Zamira Rahim, CNN A car given to Princess Diana by Prince Charles as an engagement present has sold for more than £52,000 ($72,000) at auction. The 1981 Ford Escort Ghia sold for about $30,000 more than the lower range of the expected price. The auctioneer’s estimate had suggested that the car would
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Dave Alsup and Raja Razek, CNN An Idaho woman who is accused of killing her two children has been charged in the death of her former husband. Lori Vallow was charged by an Arizona grand jury with one felony count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal fire at a residential assisted living center in Spring Valley, New York, that killed a firefighter and a resident in March, the Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh announced Tuesday. Arrest warrants were also issued for
Continue Reading By Ben Westcott, CNN Editor’s note: CNN has launched the Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. One hundred years ago this July, in a small brick house in Shanghai’s former French Concession, Mao Zedong and
Continue Reading By Yoonjung Seo, Jake Kwon and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Kim Jong Un fired several senior officials who failed to enforce North Korea’s stringent Covid-19 prevention, a dereliction of duty which the young dictator said will have “grave consequences” for the impoverished and isolated nation, state media reported Wednesday. It is unclear who or exactly how
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Un ratón que se creía extinto hace más de 150 años ha sido encontrado vivo en una isla de la costa de Australia Occidental, según descubrieron investigadores. Científicos compararon muestras de ADN de ocho roedores australianos extintos y 42 de sus parientes vivos, y descubrieron que el extinto ratón de Gould era
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN)– Un automóvil que el príncipe Carlos le regaló a la princesa Diana como obsequio de compromiso fue subastado por más de £ 52.000 (US$ 72.000).El Ford Escort Ghia de 1981 se vendió por unos US$ 30.000 más que el rango inferior del precio esperado. Según la estimación del subastador, el coche podría
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business China is in the middle of a huge power crunch as extreme weather, surging demand for energy and strict limits on coal usage deliver a triple blow to the nation’s electricity grid. It’s a problem that could last for months, straining the country’s economic recovery and weighing on global trade.
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EL PASO, Texas – Rain or Shine, Ernie Bautista was always on the run. And come Wednesday, Bautista will run into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2020. Due to Covid-19, the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame was unable to host an induction ceremony last year.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La variante delta es la «más prevalente entre los nuevos casos positivos de covid-19 en Estados Unidos», dijo William Lee, vicepresidente científico de Helix, una empresa cuyas pruebas han identificado una gran parte de los casos de variantes en todo el país. Lee dijo que la modelización actualizada de Helix estima
Continue Reading By Jill Martin and Alexandra Meeks, CNN The Pasadena Police Department is looking into an allegation of assault involving Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, a spokesman with the department told CNN on Tuesday. “It is an active investigation,” said Lt. Bill Grisafe. The attorney for the accuser, Marc Garelick, said in a statement that
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By Rob Picheta, CNN When the United Kingdom emerged from one of the world’s longest and most stringent coronavirus lockdowns in April, it did so believing that the worst of the pandemic was over. Prime Minister Boris Johnson touted the successes of the country’s vaccination rollout, and promised a “cautious but also irreversible” roadmap that
Continue Reading Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan outlasted the first three commanders in chief of this century. But this week, Joe Biden is set to become the president who imposes closure on the US’ role in the bloody, intractable conflict. Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks — plotted by al-Qaeda from Afghan
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Megan Fox is a movie star, yes, but also a mom and like many a parent during a pandemic she’s been trying to juggle work with having children in the house. On Monday viewers of “Today” got to see that in action. The actress was on the morning show to
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN In the week since Britney Spears’ bombshell court hearing in which she asked to terminate her nearly 13-year court-ordered conservatorship, CNN has learned from a source close to the singer’s family that she has “begged” her attorney, Samuel Ingham, III to file a petition to end the arrangement once and for
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Two House committees have launched an investigation into the approval and pricing of the Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab, made by the company Biogen and sold under the brand name Aduhelm. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the drug earlier this month under its “accelerated approval” program, although an FDA advisory
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By Katelyn Polantz and Christina Carrega, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that the Justice Department has informed news industry leaders it will change its regulations around seeking records from journalists, in what appears to be a win for media outlets. News organizations have pushed for lasting change from the department to shut down
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