LEICESTER, England (AP) — Sam Northeast has entered an exclusive group of cricketers to pass 400 runs in a single innings after hitting 410 not out for Glamorgan in an English County Championship match. He didn’t get a chance to challenge Brian Lara’s world-record individual score of 501 that was set in 1994 while playing
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By Celeste Noraian and Alta Spells, CNN The board of Florida’s largest school district has rejected new sexual education textbooks that it approved three months ago. The 5-4 vote by the Miami-Dade County School Board on Wednesday leaves students without a sex ed curriculum. The decision comes four months after the state passed a law
Continue Reading HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — American player Bernarda Pera has stunned top-seeded Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-4 to win the Hamburg European Open for her second title in seven days. The 81st-ranked Pera won her first WTA title in Budapest last week. It’s Pera’s 12th straight victory going back to the Budapest qualifiers after losing her previous
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By JAKE BLEIBERG and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo. Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting:
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By Kevin Dotson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN American runner Sydney McLaughlin broke her own 400-meter hurdles world record to take gold on Friday night at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She blazed to a time of 50.68 seconds, beating her previous record time of 51.41, which she set at the US Championships
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Tennessee officials are investigating an officer’s violent arrest of a Black man accused of fleeing from police trying to stop him after allegedly running a stop sign, officials said. Brandon Calloway, 25, was tased and eventually subdued with a police baton during an arrest captured on cellphone and body-worn camera video,
Continue Reading A Tennessee police officer is on administrative leave after the violent arrest of Brandon Calloway in his own home was recorded by his girlfriend, Tamia Caldwell. Authorities followed Calloway into his home after he allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign and fled the scene. The state’s Bureau of Investigation is looking into the matter. CNN’s Nadia Romero reports.
Continue Reading LE CASTELLET, France (AP) — Charles Leclerc used help from Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. to beat Formula One leader Max Verstappen and take pole position for the French Grand Prix. Sainz had nothing at stake since he was starting from the back of the grid after multiple engine-part changes. Ferrari used him to give
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El dilema de la cena del lunes por la noche: estás sumando todo el dinero que has gastado en comida durante el fin de semana y piensas: “En verdad debería cocinar esta noche”. Pero eso requiere hacer la compra y limpiar. Y ahora tienes hambre. Así que tomas el teléfono y,
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Ataques de misiles rusos alcanzaron el puerto de Odesa, en el sur de Ucrania, solo un día después de que Ucrania y Rusia lograran un acuerdo que permitiría la reanudación de las exportaciones de granos vitales de la región. Serhii Bratchuk, portavoz de la administración militar de Odesa, dijo que dos
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Martin Goillandeau, CNN Brexit has contributed to travelers being stuck in gridlock at the start of the summer holidays at the port of Dover, French and UK officials have said, as a war of words escalates between the two countries over hours-long delays at the border. Holidaymakers and heavy goods vehicles
Continue Reading LYON, France (AP) — Left-back Nicolas Tagliafico has joined ambitious French club Lyon from Ajax on a three-year deal. Lyon says it paid 4.2 million euros ($4.3 million) to sign the 29-year-old Tagliafico. He has made 40 international appearances for Argentina and showed an eye for goal with Ajax with 16 goals in 169 games
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — El calor implacable y opresivo se apoderará de gran parte de EE.UU. este fin de semana, y se espera que la región del noreste sea la más afectada en medio de pronósticos de temperaturas casi récord en toda la región. Más de 85 millones de estadounidenses desde el centro de EE.UU.
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UPDATE: Police say they are looking for anyone at the party who left the scene after the shooting to talk to police if you have any information that can help them in their investigation. A police spokesman said that two of the people who were injured in the shooting, a 17-year-old female and a 20-year-old
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Radina Gigova, Gul Tuysuz, Alex Stambaugh and Jake Kwon, CNN Russian missile strikes have hit the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, just one day after Ukraine and Russia agreed on a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from the region. Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odessa military
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Customs officers in Laredo, Texas, confiscated methamphetamine — with a street value of a whopping $4.3 million — that was hidden in a tractor-trailer. US Customs and Border Protection field officers made the seizure Monday at the World Trade Bridge, a news release from the agency states. The bridge connects the
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Tan pronto como los médicos determinaron el jueves que el presidente Biden tenía covid-19, el médico de la Casa Blanca le recetó el antiviral Paxlovid. Considerado un gran cambio cuando se autorizó en diciembre debido a su sólido desempeño en la reducción del riesgo de covid-19 grave, se cree que Paxlovid
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By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business For years, the most popular internet browsers have included options to search for and visit websites in “private” modes. Those options may now be viewed as vital tools for some in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, as abortion-seekers look to avoid having their personal data used against them
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Sweden beat Belgium 1-0 at the Leigh Sports Village stadium near Manchester on Friday night, after veteran Linda Sembrant mustered a late winner in injury time to secure her side’s spot in the Women’s Euro 2022 semifinals. Although the Swedes are the highest-ranked team left in the competition, they dragged
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside and Claire Colbert, CNN At least one person was killed and six others injured in a shooting in the Seattle suburb of Renton early Saturday morning, Renton Police said in a news release. Police received several 911 calls about shots fired in downtown Renton just before 1 a.m., police said. Residents told
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — Ni siquiera ha comenzado la temporada 2022/2023 de La Liga y ya tendremos el primer Barcelona vs. Real Madrid del nuevo año futbolístico en tan solo unos días. Del 22 al 30 de julio, se llevará a cabo una gira de fútbol en Estados Unidos llamada Soccer Champions Tour 22, en
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Illustration by Leah Abucayan, CNN It really is a cruel summer. This is not the summer of kissing strangers or gallivanting all day until the sun goes down. No; this summer we are once again drowning in oceans of our own perspiration, thanks to dangerously high temperatures, and anxiously hiding out
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble, CNN A man was arrested and charged with the murder of 20-year-old University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee, whose remains have not been found since going missing July 8, officials said Friday. Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., 22, was arrested by the Oxford Police Department and the University of Mississippi Police Department.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN The House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection concluded its series of eight hearings this week with a presentation intended to be the final piece of its narrative puzzle that painted former President Donald Trump as responsible for the violent attack on the US Capitol — and more broadly, American
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Stacker looked at the decline of Eastern and Western monarch butterfly populations and contextualized the species’ challenges, citing data from the World Wildlife Fund and the Xerces Society.
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Firmspace ranked the 10 most popular TED Talks with lessons in leadership using data from the official TED website.
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Giggster combed historical archives to compile a collection of 20 photographs that exemplify life in Chicago during the 1920s.
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How far do Americans travel in counties across the country? RateGenius takes a look at data from the U.S. Census to find out.
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Stacker looks at the top earning female golfers of all time, listing the 25 women who have changed the game since the LPGA Tour started in 1950.
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By Emma Tucker Disney’s “Fairy Godmothers in Training” who dress up children as princesses and knights in boutiques at its US theme parks are now called “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices” as part of its efforts to be more inclusive, a Disney spokesperson told CNN on Saturday. The new title applies to cast members working at its
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