By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy says it is joining a new industry initiative aiming to reduce nearly all methane emissions from their operations by 2030. It comes as part of a broader global push to tackle emissions from methane, or natural
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EL PASO, Texas — The sentencing of Ricardo Marquez, the man found guilty of murdering Erika Gaytan, resumed at the County Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. Monday. A decision is expected later today. A jury found Marquez guilty of murder Thursday. Marquez was accused of killing Gaytan in July of 2019 after a concert. Her body
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls remain hopeful All-Star guard Zach LaVine will choose to re-sign with them rather than join another team as an unrestricted free agent. Bulls top basketball executive Arturas Karnisovas says they “hope Zach is here for a long time, and nothing changed.” Karnisovas has
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By Chuck Johnston and Ramishah Maruf, CNN At least 800 flights were canceled across the United States on Monday afternoon, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. This follows another chaotic travel weekend with more than 1,500 domestic flights canceled Saturday and Sunday. Delta alone canceled at least 224 flights Monday, or 7% of its operations,
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Wimbledon Queue is back in all of its pre-pandemic glory. It’s the first time in three years that people are being allowed to wait in line in a nearby park to get the right to purchase tickets for the grass-court Grand Slam tennis tournament
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, died Monday. He was 76. His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California. He had been hospitalized with circulation
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday. The 348-foot-long (106-meter-long) Amadea flew an American flag as it sailed past the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway and under the Coronado Bridge. The Department of Justice said the Amadea
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Social media video shows the aftermath of airstrike on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine. CNN’s Phil Black reports.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Gracie McGraw has clearly inherited her parents’ talent. The 25-year-old daughter of country superstars and “1883” costars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill posted a video on Instagram in which she sings “I’m Not That Girl” from the hit Broadway musical, “Wicked.” “Hit me in the feels. Been there. Relate,” the
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A Russian airstrike struck a bustling shopping mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine on Monday, setting the building ablaze and prompting a search and rescue operation that continued overnight. At least 18 people were killed, Dmytro Lunin, the head of the Poltava region military administration, said on Tuesday. He
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Plans to make former president Donald Trump’s media company public appear to have hit another roadblock. Digital World Acquisition Corp. — the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has agreed to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group — said in a regulatory filing Monday that its board
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By Annie Grayer, CNN The committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection on January 6, 2021, has added a previously unexpected public hearing for Tuesday afternoon, the committee announced Monday. The panel has not revealed the hearing’s topic. The announcement came as a surprise to many as the committee had said it was not going to
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Es un escenario de pesadilla: el piloto de tu vuelo está incapacitado y alguien tiene que tomar su lugar y aterrizar el avión. ¿Podrías hacerlo tú? Si te llamas Darren Harrison, la respuesta es sí. El piloto de su vuelo de Bahamas a Fort Pierce, en Florida, a principios de mayo,
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Injury-plagued Atlanta United has lost another player. Defender Brooks Lennon will miss six to eight weeks after a freak incident. Lennon injured his left knee before a 2-1 loss at Toronto on Saturday. During pregame warmups, he slipped on a hard rubber surface that surrounds both touchlines at BMO Field and sprained
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Riders and staff from the Bahrain Victorious team had their homes searched by police before they left for the Tour de France. The cycling outfit says it felt the timing of the searches is “aimed at intentionally damaging the team’s reputation.” The team was raided by French police during last year’s Tour
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business MSNBC announced on Monday that Alex Wagner will take over the network’s all-important 9pm time slot four days a week. The elevation of Wagner, made by MSNBC president Rashida Jones, is arguably the most important programming decision the network boss has made since taking over as head of the cable
Continue Reading PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Former Rutgers basketball star Tasha Pointer is returning to the team as an assistant coach. Coach Coquese Washington announced the hiring of the Scarlet Knights’ all-time assists leader. This will be Pointer’s second stint as an assistant at Rutgers. She served for eight seasons (2007-15) under Naismith Hall of Fame Coach
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CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Top Gun: Maverick” has flown to new heights. The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, in which Tom Cruise reprises the famed role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, according to Paramount. “Maverick” is the first film in Cruise’s more than
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Top Gun: Maverick” has flown to new heights. The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, in which Tom Cruise reprises the famed role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, has crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, according to Paramount. “Maverick” is the first film in Cruise’s more than 40-year
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WNBA player Brittney Griner’s trial date in Russia has been set over alleged drug-smuggling charges, extending her detention for another six months pending the trial’s outcome. CNN’s Clare Sebastian and Christine Brennan have more.
Continue Reading TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenseman Timothy Liljegren to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $1.4 million. The 23-year-old Swede had 23 points (five goals, 18 assists) in 61 regular-season games with the Maple Leafs in 2021-22. He also appeared in two playoff games. Liljegren was selected
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Mississippi baseball team’s national championship validated Tim Elko’s decision to return for a fifth season. His presence as a leader has loomed so large over the program that coach Mike Bianco suggested, maybe only half-jokingly, that a statue of Elko should be built. Elko
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CNN By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court said Monday that a Washington state school district violated the First Amendment rights of a high school football coach when he lost his job after praying at the 50-yard line after games. The opinion was 6-3 along conservative-liberal ideological lines. “The
Continue Reading CNN By Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court said Monday that a Washington state school district violated the First Amendment rights of a high school football coach when he lost his job after praying at the 50-yard line after games. The opinion was 6-3 along conservative-liberal ideological lines. “The
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Luke Richardson is the new coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, stepping into a tricky rebuilding process for one of the NHL’s marquee franchises. General manager Kyle Davidson announced the move. Richardson replaces Derek King, who finished the season as the interim coach after Jeremy Colliton was
Continue Reading By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s play was not particularly perfect at Wimbledon. Even he acknowledged as much. He got broken early as he began his bid for a fourth consecutive championship and seventh overall at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. He recovered to take that set, then dropped
Continue Reading By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users’ ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is. Meta-owned Instagram said in a blog post on Thursday that AI is one of three new methods it’s testing to verify users’ ages
Continue Reading CNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users’ ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is. Meta-owned Instagram said in a blog post on Thursday that AI is one of three new methods it’s testing to verify users’
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Buscaban oro en el permafrost del Klondike canadiense. En lugar de ello, descubrieron lo que, según los expertos canadienses, es el mamut lanudo momificado más completo jamás encontrado en Norteamérica. Los mineros que trabajan en los yacimientos de oro de Klondike descubrieron el martes 21 de junio la cría de mamut
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN The moon has a new double crater after a rocket body collided with its surface on March 4. New images shared by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling the moon since 2009, have revealed the location of the unusual crater. The impact created two craters that
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