By Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Angry residents of the emotionally shattered Texas town of Uvalde confronted the school board Monday night with speakers calling for district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo to be fired and asking what safety measures will be put in place when schools reopen. The grief from the May 24
Continue Reading By Claudia Dominguez, CNN A man in Indiana is being hailed as a hero by local officials after entering a home engulfed in flames last week and saving the lives of several children trapped inside the burning structure. Nicholas Bostic, 25, was driving in Lafayette, Indiana, just after midnight on July 11 when he saw
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The East Asia Super League has started production on a reality TV series covering the inaugural season of the pan-regional basketball competition. Korean film director John H. Lee will lead the project and work with executive producers Ezra Holland, a director of CTRL Media owned by NBA great Steve Nash, and
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN It’s another good year for Copenhagen as, for the second year in a row, a restaurant in the Danish capital has been named the best on the planet at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Geranium serves a meat-free, seasonally based Scandi menu in the unusual environs of the eighth floor
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Noah Lyles celebrated his 25th birthday by running the fastest time in 200-meter qualifying at world championships, a 19.98-second romp that he punctuated by playfully wagging his finger at the six other sprinters straggling behind. Lyles was part of a cavalcade of the world’s best
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Muchos aún no creen en el cambio climático, a pesar de haber amplia comprobación factual y consenso científico al respecto. Los datos no mienten: los récords de calor global están superando con creces a los de frío: se han batido 188 registros de calor a nivel global en lo que
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Trout will not play in the All-Star Game, but the Los Angeles Angels slugger is hoping to be healthy enough not only for the second half of the season but next year’s World Baseball Classic. Trout said Monday that he will play in the
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Soto bet heavily on his own talent and health by turning down a massive, long-term contract extension from the Washington Nationals. Soto then went to the Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium and showed why he almost certainly can’t lose. Soto won the Derby
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ALPINE, Texas – Theater of the Big Bend’s production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” is presenting the final three performances this Friday, Saturday and Sunday night at 8 p.m. at the Kokernot Outdoor Theater in Alpine. It’s a chance for El Pasoans to make a quick weekend getaway and enjoy a great musical
Continue Reading Story by Reuters Malaysian authorities have seized a massive haul of trafficked animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and tiger bones worth around 80 million ringgit ($17.9 million). Authorities discovered around six tonnes of ivory tusks and other animal parts at the western port in Selangor state on Sunday. The animal parts
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors revealed a new electric mid-sized SUV, the Chevrolet Blazer EV, that will go on sale in about a year. Part of GM’s push to go all-electric in a little over a decade, the Blazer EV will join an increasingly competitive market for electric SUVs. But its real appeal
Continue Reading By Peter Nickeas, CNN The much-anticipated report released Sunday by the Texas legislative committee probing the massacre at Robb Elementary School leaves significant gaps in the public understanding of what took place that day. The report by the Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting was written to present “factual findings” into the May 24
Continue Reading New bodycam footage released by the city of Uvalde shows the critical moments during the Robb Elementary shooting from one officer’s perspective. CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz has more.
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s the end of “Desus & Mero.” Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, the duo behind the Showtime late-night series, announced on Twitter that they will be “pursuing separate creative endeavors moving forward” and ending their series. A Showtime spokesperson confirmed the news that “Desus & Mero” would not be returning
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EL PASO, Texas – Extremely hot weather has returned to the Borderland Monday, and people are feeling the heat. “[The heat], it’s brutal” said Daniel Everheart. ABC-7 spoke with him at the splash pad at Westside Community Park in El Paso, where he had taken his daughter to cool down and enjoy some cold water.
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Alex Morgan converted on a penalty in the 78th minute and the U.S. national team won the CONCACAF W Championship 1-0 over Canada on Monday night to secure one of the region’s spots in the 2024 Olympics. As FIFA President Gianni Infantino watched from
Continue Reading By KOJI UEDA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu says he is stepping away from competitive figure skating. He left it unclear whether he would ever return to the sport. Hanyu won back-to-back gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. But he finished fourth in Beijing
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — A diferencia de muchas otras plataformas sociales, Snapchat ha estado disponible solo en móvil desde su lanzamiento hace más de una década. Pero el lunes, la compañía lanzó una versión basada en la web de su popular aplicación de mensajería. El objetivo es dar a los usuarios la
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia will not prosecute members of a production team for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” after they were arrested last month by US Capitol Police as the team filmed a comedy segment at the US Capitol. “The United States Capitol Police was just
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off leading the Golden State Warriors to an NBA championship, Stephen Curry is hosting The ESPYS. The finals MVP hints that his fellow athletes attending the show in Hollywood might want to be a little worried at what he’ll say during the opening monologue.
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By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the capital, clutching a file of documents that he hopes will get his passport renewed so he can leave, too. With the nation in the throes of
Continue Reading Marysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) — Para Leonel García el reiniciar y comenzar de cero es un ejercicio que ve con buenos ojos. El cantautor, conocido por ser parte de la exitosa agrupación Sin Bandera, también lleva desde hace unos años una carrera como solista. En su natal México, cuenta, le tomó una década para
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — =Washington’s Juan Soto defeated Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez 19-18 in the final to capture the Home Run Derby title at Dodger Stadium. Soto, who was competing in the Derby for the second time, had nine homers in the final minute of regulation in the two-minute final. He added four more in bonus
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al menos 13 reclusos murieron y dos resultaron heridos luego de que estalló una pelea carcelaria entre presos dentro de un centro de detención en Santo Domingo de los Tlachiles, Ecuador, tuiteó el Sistema Nacional de Administración Penitenciaria (SNAI) este lunes. Gobierno de Ecuador moviliza a la fuerza pública tras nuevas
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN Miriam has seen her share of high-risk operations and procedures in her years as a veteran doctor in the Philippines — but none quite as “complicated or as dangerous” as abortions, she said. “We take on huge risks if we agree to perform an abortion,” said Miriam, who is using an
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The McGwire family is set to see the other side of things in one of baseball’s best rivalries. Mason McGwire, son of 12-time All-Star slugger Mark, was selected in the eighth round of baseball’s amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs on Monday. Mark spent five of his 16 major league seasons
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Más de 40 millones de personas están bajo alertas de calor en las Grandes Llanuras y el centro de California hoy y el martes, a medida que se espera un aumento de temperaturas entre 5,5 °C y 8 °C por encima de lo habitual. “El calor peligroso continuará afectando a gran
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Temps will soar to 103-108 tomorrow across our area after hitting 103 Monday at the El Paso airport. Any outdoor activity should be done with precaution – wear light-colored clothing; take rest breaks, drink plenty of water and wear sunscreen. The hottest part of the day will occur between 3-5 pm. Temps will gradually cool
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN As the Biden administration approaches the one-year anniversary of its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021, it is struggling with how to mark the milestone and try to make progress in understanding America’s longest war through several study efforts. Because of the nature of the withdrawal
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Republican Sen. Rand Paul chided Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday after President Joe Biden decided not to nominate a conservative to a federal district courtship in their home state of Kentucky, intensifying a blame game over what McConnell believed could have been a rare Republican victory
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