By Kate Bennett, CNN On Monday the White House will become something it has yet to become while Joe and Jill Biden have been in residence: A party house. At 6:45 a.m. ET, the first of what will ultimately be an anticipated 30,000 guests, who won tickets via a public lottery, will pour through the
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El papa Francisco dijo el domingo que el mundo está celebrando una “Pascua de guerra” y pidió la paz en Ucrania, que dijo que ha sido arrastrada a una “guerra cruel y sin sentido”. “Hemos visto demasiada sangre, demasiada violencia. Nuestros corazones también se han llenado de miedo y angustia”, dijo
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Nearly 400 million people across 45 cities in China are under full or partial lockdown as part of China’s strict zero-Covid policy. Together they represent 40%, or $7.2 trillion, of annual gross domestic product for the world’s second-largest economy, according to data from Nomura Holdings. Analysts are ringing warning bells,
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By Maya Brown, CNN Mckayla Wilkes remembers repeatedly complaining of shortness of breath to her doctors during her entire pregnancy seven years ago. But she says no one listened. Her concerns were consistently dismissed or minimized while she was pregnant with her daughter, Madison, who is now 6. After being initially told it was asthma,
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes, and this year is no exception. Monday is Tax Day — the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments. The IRS will receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms.
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Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Tim Lister, Darya Tarasova, Julia Kesaieva, Manveena Suri and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukrainian forces besieged in Mariupol have rejected Russia’s demands to surrender and are still resisting an unrelenting assault on the southeastern port city, top Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the city, which has been
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Some Barcelona fans are expected to gather near the Camp Nou Stadium before the team’s Spanish league match on Monday to protest against the influx of Eintracht Frankfurt supporters for the Europa League game last week. Only about 5,000 tickets were sold to the visiting fans but nearly 30,000 made it
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A 9-year-old boy’s love of cats inspired him to raise almost $2,000 for the Idaho Humane Society. Ben Miller has operated a lemonade stand for three years in a row, raising $1,950 for his favorite cause. For this year’s donation, he brought a plastic bag filled with a whopping $1,150 in
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office have criticized a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Islamic State-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago, piling pressure on the government already embroiled in
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Two people were killed after their car crashed into an Amtrak train Saturday night in Houston as the vehicle was trying to beat the train at a crossing, officials said. The car, possibly a Chrysler 300, went around another vehicle stopped at the Van Hut Lane crossing and “tried to cut
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN An 11-foot hammerhead shark washed up on a beach in southern Florida, much to beachgoers’ surprise. Visitors at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, encountered the shark’s corpse on April 6, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. A team of scientists from the American Shark Conservancy took samples and identified the shark
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A Florida man has won back a world record after watching “Spider-Man: No Way Home” 292 times. Ramiro Alanis previously broke the record for “most cinema productions attended of the same film” in 2019, after watching “Avengers: Endgame” 191 times. But in 2021, Arnaud Klein beat him out by watching “Kaamelott:
Continue Reading By John Blake, CNN The Rev. Fred Robinson was about to start Sunday morning worship with his church staff when he heard a stunning public confession. It came around the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in January of last year. His church had canceled in-person worship, but staffers had gathered inside the sanctuary to record
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN The images of the wrecked Antonov AN-225 are now an indelible memory for aviation enthusiasts worldwide. Built in the 1980s to ferry the Soviet space shuttle, the plane got a second life after the Cold War as the world’s largest cargo transporter, achieving records of all kinds, before being destroyed at
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Tina Burnside, Ramishah Maruf and Keith Allen, CNN A massive search effort for several suspects is underway in Pittsburgh after an early morning shooting on Sunday killed two young people and injured several others, officials said at a news conference. The shootings happened around 12:30 a.m. in the East Allegheny neighborhood and
Continue Reading CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz reports on multiple weekend shootings that took place in the US, including mass shootings at a Pittsburgh house party and a lounge in Hampton County, South Carolina.
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Arthur Rupe, a record producer and 2011 inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, died Friday at his home in Santa Barbara, California, according to a statement from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation. He was 104. His death was also announced by his daughter, Beverly Rupe Schwarz, according to
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Fatou, a western lowland gorilla believed to be the oldest in the world, just celebrated her 65th birthday at the Berlin Zoo. “Our Gorilla lady is celebrating her 65th birthday today, making her the oldest Gorilla in the world,” the zoo wrote on Instagram. “The traditional birthday cake could not be
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN Eggs have been laid on land by birds, reptiles, dinosaurs and a few oddball mammals for more than 200 million years. And humans have been using some of these eggs as a nutritious source of food, and their shells as bowls, bottles and jewelry for most of our history on the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Padres’ hopes of shaking off a disappointing 2021 aren’t off to a great start — San Diego has lost four of five heading into its series finale against the World Series champion Braves. After pitching six no-hit innings on opening day, Yu Darvish was hammered by the Giants last time
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Fatou, a western lowland gorilla believed to be the oldest in the world, just celebrated her 65th birthday at the Berlin Zoo. “Our Gorilla lady is celebrating her 65th birthday today, making her the oldest Gorilla in the world,” the zoo wrote on Instagram. “The traditional birthday cake could not be
Continue Reading By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner launched a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers finally caught up to some record-setting heat from Cincinnati rookie Hunter Greene, beating the skidding Reds 5-2 for their fifth consecutive victory. In his highly anticipated homecoming, Greene threw an astounding 39 pitches 100 mph
Continue Reading By MARK MOSCHETTI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Ryan Donato scored in the shootout for Seattle and New Jersey missed all three of its attempts with two saved by Phillip Grubauer as the Kraken beat the Devils 4-3. Rookie Matty Beniers scored his first NHL goal, which gave Seattle a 3-2 lead at 16:57 of
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” opened up its episode this holiday weekend with the Easter Bunny, who had some special guests to pass on some special holiday messages. “Hello, everyone! It’s really me, the Easter Bunny,” cast member Bowen Yang in a bunny outfit said during the episode’s cold open. “Either that,
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CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Saturday Night Live” opened up its episode this holiday weekend with the Easter Bunny, who had some special guests to pass on some special holiday messages. “Hello, everyone! It’s really me, the Easter Bunny,” cast member Bowen Yang in a bunny outfit said during the episode’s cold open. “Either
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings took a big step toward a playoff berth with a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Phillip Danault scored his career-high 24th goal, and Dustin Brown also scored in the first period. Los Angeles is in a three-year playoff drought,
Continue Reading VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Rugby sevens world series leader South Africa again signaled it is the team to beat, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Vancouver Sevens after winning its three pool games. New Zealand and Fiji were also perfect at BC Place in Vancouver, with Argentina and France also having unbeaten records through
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk each had two goals and two assists and the Calgary Flames routed the Arizona Coyotes 9-1 on Saturday night after they clinched a playoff spot before the game started. Edmonton locked Pacific Division-leading Calgary into the postseason by beating Vegas 4-0 earlier in the day. Dillon
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Robbie Robinson scored an all-important goal while Nick Marsman stopped the four shots he faced as Inter Miami earned a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders. Miami is now 2-4-1 with the victory and the Sounders dropped to 2-3-1.
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