By Emma Tucker, CNN US Customs and Border Protection officers have seized $60,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden in child booster seats at a checkpoint in California, the agency said. Agents assigned to the Newton Azrak Border Patrol Station in Murrieta stopped a driver on an interstate north of the checkpoint on Wednesday. There were two
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City. The meal with the Berkshire Hathaway CEO was offered on an eBay auction to benefit the San-Francisco-based charity GLIDE, which helps homeless people and those in
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By The Associated Press This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Title IX law that requires equitable treatment of men and women in educational programs that receive federal assisstance. The ripple effects of the 1972 law have been acute in college athletics. An Associated Press series of stories from 1974 looked into the unfair
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two bodies were recovered and 10 people rescued after two boats collided in Florida’s Biscayne Bay Friday night, the US Coast Guard said. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach crews and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescued 10 people and recovered one body from the water, according to a Coast Guard statement
Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Denim, fringe and chunky rubber sliders. These are the elements of next year’s summer wardrobe emerging from the second day of Milan Fashion Week menswear previews on Saturday. Milan designers Fendi, Armani and Dolce&Gabbana sought to invoke joy with collections that beckoned a return to leisure
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macamilarincon (CNN) — El feriado del 19 de junio, el Día de la Emancipación o Juneteenth, conmemora el fin de la esclavitud en Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, el país todavía enfrenta problemas sistémicos de racismo e injusticia. Esas dificultades recobraron visibilidad el debate nacional de 2020 y durante las protestas masivas de Black Lives Matter
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Matteo Berrettini was unfazed by a rain delay in beating Botic van de Zandschulp to reach the Queen’s Club final for a second straight year and deftly handled a marriage proposal. The defending champion beat Van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-3 to extend his winning streak to eight games. During his on-court interview,
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN español) — En las últimas horas usuarios en Twitter señalaron que unos resultados no reales de la Registraduría sobre las elecciones en Colombia se habían hecho visibles. En la noche del viernes 17 de junio el candidato presidencial Gustavo Petro publicó un video en sus redes sociales con el texto “Que explique la Registraduría” en
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior European Union official says breakaway Turkish Cypriots on ethnically divided Cyprus must assume their share of the burden in stemming the arrival of asylum-seekers whose numbers have shot up significantly so far this year. European Commission Vice President Margharitis Schinas said Saturday that Turkish
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CNN By Jasmine Wright President Joe Biden is “fine,” after falling off his bike Saturday during a ride in a state park near his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a White House official said. No medical attention is needed, the official added in a statement released to reporters traveling with the President. “As the President
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright President Joe Biden is “fine,” after falling off his bike Saturday during a ride in a state park near his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a White House official said. No medical attention is needed, the official added in a statement released to reporters traveling with the President. “As the President said,
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One of the owners of a nuclear power plant being expanded in Georgia says it’s shifting costs to Georgia Power Co. in exchange for giving up a sliver of its ownership. Oglethorpe Power Corp said Saturday that it had exercised a contractual option to freeze its costs
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The price of bitcoin breached $19,000 and ethereum fell below $1,000 Saturday morning, extending the brutal crypto bear market to new lows. Bitcoin plunged nearly 10% in less than 24 hours, adding to a series of sustained losses over the last several months. It now sits below $20,000 for the
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people have marched through central London in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain. Huge crowds flooded into the British capital for the rally on Saturday to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses that are rising more quickly
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Title IX compliance is such an omnipresent part of running a college sports program that its significance can often be overlooked. That wasn’t the case during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic it impacted which sports might be cut to save money. It was an example
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Wimbledon for the second consecutive year. Osaka says she is still having trouble with her left Achilles tendon. She withdrew from the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in 2021 as part of a mental health break she took after pulling out of the French
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN As we know from our experience with Covid-19, tracking down the source of a pandemic is incredibly difficult. More than two years since the virus emerged in China, we still don’t know how it spilled over into the human population or which animal or animals hosted the virus before that pivotal
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EL PASO, Texas- The temperatures will be in the 100s today but will drop down into the high to mid 90s. The real story is the rain that will be hitting the Borderland area. A 20% chance for Saturday afternoon but the percentages will jump up as the week progresses. There will be a 50%
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he plans to talk to Chinese leader Xi Jinping soon as he considers whether to lift some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods. Biden isn’t saying when they might speak, but Biden is suggesting he’s getting closer to making a decision about
Continue Reading HALLE, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev has beaten Oscar Otte 7-6 (3), 6-3 to advance to the final of the Halle Open. Otte had set point at 5-3 in the first set but Medvedev broke back before forcing the tiebreaker. Medvedev’s opponent in the final on Sunday will be Hubert Hurkacz after the Pole
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — People flocked to parks and pools across Western Europe on Saturday for a bit of respite from an early heat wave that saw the mercury rise above 40 C (104 F) in France and Spain. In Germany, where highs of 38 C (100.4 F) were expected, the health minister urged vulnerable groups
Continue Reading Sol Amaya Vernal, Utah (CNN) — Entre aquellos a los que les encanta perseguir truchas con moscas hechas de plumas, la sola mención de cierto tramo de 11 km del Green River de Utah puede volver a un hombre endurecido rapsódico. “He guiado en Nueva Zelanda, Chile, Argentina, Alaska”, dijo Gordon Tharrett, describiendo su carrera
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A New Jersey family plans to distribute free books along the East Coast this summer from a custom-renovated “bookmobile” in an effort to promote childhood literacy. Kaila Boulware Sykes and her husband, Raymond, met while they were students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. “Throughout our entire relationship we
Continue Reading KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A city councilman in Georgia has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop that sells images with racial slurs and dolls and statues that caricature Black people, news outlets reported. Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton said he wanted no part of the city’s decision to issue a business
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Puede que necesites un trago incluso antes de llegar a este bar. A principios de esta semana se inauguró un puente de cristal de 240 metros de largo con una barra “en forma de diamante” suspendida en el cañón de Dashbashi, situado a unas dos horas en auto de la capital,
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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Jacqueline Howard, CNN Leading mental health and suicide prevention groups are expressing concern that the new, shorter number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 988 — will not be ready to handle an anticipated influx of calls when it’s available nationwide next month. Starting July 16, people seeking mental health
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Antoine Griezmann’s alarming drop in form means his starting place for France at the World Cup is under threat from Christopher Nkunku. If Griezmann’s struggles continue in two international matches in September, coach Didier Deschamps could select Leipzig’s Nkunku when France begins its title defense in
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. financial markets will observe the Juneteenth holiday for the first time Monday. Last year, Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday to mark the effective end of slavery in the U.S. Since June 19 falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed on Monday. On June 19, 1865, Union
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En los días de pleno calor veraniego, la gata Willow es quien manda. El viernes, la caja de Willow fue vista siendo llevada por un miembro del personal de la residencia de la Casa Blanca al Marine One, el helicóptero presidencial que transportará al felino, junto con el presidente Joe Biden
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Labradors, poodles and terriers — oh, my. Those dog breeds and more will be on showcase starting Saturday as part of the 146th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Here’s everything you need to know about it. What is the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show? The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is
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