By Lisa Respers France, CNN Lil Durk is sporting a bandage over his eye and taking some time out after a pyrotechnic device went off in front of him during Lollapalooza. Video circulating on social media shows the rapper on stage at the Chicago music festival when the special effect explodes in front of him,
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Iraq is in the midst of its worst and longest political crisis in years. At the center of this overheating conflict stands Iraqi political kingmaker Moqtada al-Sadr and a rival bloc of parties with strong ties to neighboring Iran. In a show of strength, supporters of Shiite cleric Sadr last week
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El primer barco de granos que salió del puerto ucraniano de Odesa en virtud de un acuerdo negociado por la ONU para ayudar a aliviar la crisis mundial del hambre partió el lunes por la mañana, según funcionarios ucranianos y turcos. El magnate de los cereales ucraniano Oleksiy Vadaturskyy y su esposa,
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN A previously unknown species of giant panda that roamed Europe’s wetlands 6 million years ago has been identified after the discovery of two teeth stored in a Bulgarian museum. The fossilized upper molar and canine were originally found in the late 1970s in coal deposits and held in the collection of
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CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A glimmer of relief is emerging at the checkout aisle: the return of discounts. Walmart, Best Buy, Gap, Target, Bath & Body Works and others are increasing promotions and lowering prices on merchandise to entice inflation-weary shoppers to buy extra goods sitting on their shelves. Months ago these chains
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A glimmer of relief is emerging at the checkout aisle: the return of discounts. Walmart, Best Buy, Gap, Target, Bath & Body Works and others are increasing promotions and lowering prices on merchandise to entice inflation-weary shoppers to buy extra goods sitting on their shelves. Months ago these chains stocked
Continue Reading Amy Woodyatt, CNN Three women who believe their images were used in a Spanish “body positivity” campaign have said their likenesses were used and edited without permission — including a woman whose prosthetic leg was edited out of the image, and a woman who believes her face was edited onto the body of a woman
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Eating ultraprocessed foods for more than 20% of your daily calorie intake every day could set you on the road to cognitive decline, a new study revealed. We all know eating ultraprocessed foods that make our lives easier — such as prepackaged soups, sauces, frozen pizza and ready-to-eat meals — isn’t
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Football coach Mario Cristobal says Miami is back. Back to work, that is. The first training camp for the Hurricanes under their new coach and former offensive lineman starts this week. Miami has been installed as the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast
Continue Reading COMO, Italy (AP) — Former world and European champion Cesc Fàbregas has joined Italian second-division club Como. Fàbregas has signed a two-year contract. He won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 as well as two European Championships. Como finished 13th in its first season back in Serie B last campaign and last played in
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN An attorney for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday he is “confident” the proposed prisoner swap of his client for Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan is going to happen. “I do have some information about the progress of how things are going … But that information comes from
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell never had to find his voice as an activist. He didn’t know any other way but to speak his mind. It’s what made the winningest athlete in team sports one of the greatest champions of activism. His belief in equality and the stances he
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By JOHN FLESHER, CHRISTINA LARSON and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wings and hooted, a merlin guarding its nest in a nearby pine sounded distress calls. The small falcon
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Luke Donald is Europe’s new captain for the Ryder Cup in Italy next year. The job had belonged to Henrik Stenson. But then the Swede went back on his pledge to support Europe by signing on with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. The European tour stripped Stenson of the job. It
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) — El incendio forestal McKinney, en el norte de California, se extendió rápidamente durante este fin de semana, al punto que pasó a ser más grande del estado en lo que va del año y obligó a múltiples evacuaciones, según Cal Fire. ¿Qué causa los incendios forestales, por qué son cada vez más
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AITKIN, Minn. (AP) — A trial in Minnesota is expected to decide whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request in 2019 to fill a prescription for emergency contraception. Andrea Anderson, a mother of five from McGregor, sued under the Minnesota Human Rights Act after the pharmacist refused to accommodate
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CNN By Natasha Bertrand and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be included in the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business So far this year, the real estate market has not been going the way many prospective homebuyers had hoped. Home prices — already at all-time highs — have continued to climb and mortgage rates have risen much faster than expected. While some buyers have forged ahead, others have put their
Continue Reading By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Australian cycling officials finally got around to making a significant adjustment to the team’s racing bikes at the Commonwealth Games following a review of a crash at the Tokyo Olympics. That meant on the last day of Commonwealth racing the Australian cyclists in the men’s 1,000-meter
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By Ben Morse, CNN England legend and now TV presenter Alex Scott summed up the mood of the nation perfectly: “Hashtag who cares? Millions care. Millions. And like our England captain said, this tournament may be over, but this is just the start of a magical journey.” Despite negativity from small factions online, England’s Euro
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN A “Star Wars” hero once said that rebellions are built on hope. The newest Disney+ series set in a galaxy far, far away explores the origins of that hero, whose sacrifices would eventually help the Rebel Alliance take down the evil Galactic Empire. Diego Luna returns to the “Star Wars” universe
Continue Reading By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials and a U.S. envoy say Lebanon and Israel are getting closer to reaching a deal in a maritime border dispute between the two neighbors. A U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel said after talks in Beirut on Monday that he looks forward to coming
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The bulletproof vehicles that Colombia’s government assigns to hundreds of high-risk individuals are supposed to make them safer. But when an investigative reporter discovered they all had GPS trackers, she only felt more vulnerable — and outraged. No one had informed Claudia Julieta Duque — or apparently any of
Continue Reading By Livia Borghese, Sarah Dean and Jorge Engels, CNN The killing of a Nigerian man in broad daylight on the streets of an Italian seaside town while onlookers watched has sparked outcry and renewed a conversation about racism and crimes against migrants in the country ahead of elections next month. Alika Ogorchukwu, 39, was chased,
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Nichelle Nichols, the actress revered by “Star Trek” fans everywhere for her role as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer on the starship U.S.S. Enterprise, died on Saturday in Silver City, N.M. She was 89. Nichols helped break ground by sharing one of the first interracial kisses on American Primetime TV with co-star William Shatner. As
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El asesinato de un nigeriano a plena luz del día en la calle de una ciudad costera italiana, en la región de Marche, mientras los espectadores observaban, desató la indignación y renovó el debate sobre el racismo y los crímenes contra los inmigrantes en el país antes de las elecciones
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have reached a deal on a bill that would legalize betting on professional and collegiate sports, joining more than 30 other states including several neighbors. Monday’s compromise does not allow betting on in-state colleges and universities unless they are playing in a national tournament, including the NCAA basketball tournaments. The
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have reached a deal on a bill that would legalize betting on professional and collegiate sports, joining more than 30 other states including several neighbors. Monday’s compromise does not allow betting on in-state colleges and universities unless they are playing in a national tournament, including the NCAA basketball tournaments. The
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EL PASO, Texas – Eight different school districts return to the classroom on Monday, August 1st and the Socorro Independent School District has big changes for the 2022 – 2023 school year. The district is implementing extra security guidelines in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting, with one licensed, armed officer on every campus.
Continue Reading By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A veteran of Kuwait’s national oil company has taken over as secretary general of the OPEC oil cartel. Monday’s development comes just three weeks after his Nigerian predecessor died, only hours after giving a speech in defense of the energy industry. Haitham al-Ghais was
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