By Ashley Strickland, CNN Renowned explorer Robert Ballard has scoured the deep sea for decades in search of its mysteries. Fascinated by Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” as a child, the oceanographer is most associated with discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985 — a find that was actually part
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By Abby Phillip and Joanna Suarez, CNN Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is petite, soft-spoken and rarely heard from on the national stage. But on August 2, when Kansans shocked the nation by voting to preserve a right to abortion in the state’s constitution, Kelly’s statement on the vote read like a new blueprint for Democrats
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A man drowned and there are reports of missing people as storms batter Crete, causing rivers to overflow and flooding locations across Greece’s biggest island on Saturday. The worst damage seems to have been done in the seaside town of Agia Pelagia, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) northwest of Iraklio, Crete’s
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Raja Razek, CNN The bodies of four males were found Friday in a river outside an Oklahoma city where authorities have been searching for four missing men — though it wasn’t clear if the remains are those of the missing, police said. Friday’s discovery outside the city of Okmulgee came as
Continue Reading The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of months, according to the federal labor board. The vote on Friday signaled another win for the labor movement, which has been gaining momentum since
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CNN, KTSM By Boris Sanchez, CNN What first appeared as statistical noise is now becoming clearer: Historically left-leaning Latino voters are shifting toward the GOP, with the potential to swing major races come November’s midterm elections. And with razor-thin margins determining control of Congress, Hispanic communities where Donald Trump unexpectedly made gains in 2020 are
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The deadline to complete negotiations for the Buffalo Bills to build a new $1.4 billion stadium has been pushed back to at least December to await the completion of the state’s environmental impact study. The new deadline is now be 30 days after the study
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN This Sunday, a spacecraft called Lucy will be in the sky — just without diamonds. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will skirt Earth, coming within just a few hundred miles of us on its journey to the far-off Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The spacecraft will pass 220 miles above Earth’s surface on Sunday morning,
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater have completed all of the return-to-play steps required by the NFL and are no longer in the league’s recently revised concussion protocols, a person with knowledge of the decisions said Saturday. The person spoke to The Associated
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama will travel to Atlanta and Detroit for campaign events in the final weeks of the midterm elections, an Obama spokesperson told CNN. The Wisconsin Democratic Party announced on Friday that Obama would campaign with Democratic nominees in Milwaukee on October 29. The Obama spokesperson did not detail
Continue Reading LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester missed the chance to climb out of the Premier League’s bottom three with a 0-0 draw at home against Crystal Palace. But a point was enough to move it off the bottom on goal difference ahead of Nottingham Forest — even if only temporarily. In the day’s early kick-off at
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN This week in travel: some of the destinations in Asia with the most strict Covid policies are finally reopening, an annual ranking of the world’s coolest neighborhoods provides inspiration for your upcoming vacation plans, and Fat Bear Week weathers a cheating scandal in order to crown a new winner. Hippest hoods
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three climate activists appeared in a London court on Saturday on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting in the National Gallery. Two women, age 20 and 21, were charged in relation to the soup-throwing protest on Friday, while
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN Betsy Johnson casts herself as the candidate for Oregon governor who will speak for voters who are “fed up” with homeless encampments and trash-strewn streets and tired of watching Republicans and Democrats “fight like two cats in a sack.” The former Democratic state senator, now running as an independent, likes to
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Estados Unidos redactó una resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas para apoyar el despliegue de una fuerza de acción rápida en Haití, donde hay una crisis generalizada, confirmó un funcionario estadounidense. La decisión parece ser un cambio radical para para el gobierno Biden tras las declaraciones esta misma
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — “La noticia me golpeó como un balde de agua fría”, dijo Alejaidys Morey, una venezolana de 30 años, quien hasta esta semana planeaba comenzar a viajar hacia Estados Unidos. El miércoles, EE.UU. anunció que está ampliando el Título 42 —una política fronteriza de la era de la pandemia que permite a los
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The news that 70 million people will see an 8.7% boost in their Social Security checks next year came just weeks before Election Day, but it is unlikely to give Democrats the edge they are desperately seeking at the polls. In fact, the promise of bigger payments
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Good Saturday morning! Last week was rainy, then we had a few nice, warm and dry days. Now, our weather is going to change once again with an increase in rain chances, winds, and much colder temperatures! Let’s begin with today’s impacts. This evening, most forecast models are predicting a line of thunderstorms to move
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Face-to-face for the promotional photoshoot, and the fight between Britain’s Savannah Marshall and the USA’s Claressa Shields has already begun. “I’ve got plenty of confidence,” Shields taunted Marshall as the camera flashed, “I came over here, come to America.” “No power though,” Marshall retorted. The two women, whose bitter rivalry stretches
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ZOLFO SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds are only the start of the disaster for citrus growers. Citrus is a $6 billion business in Florida, with more than 375,000 acres in the state devoted to oranges, grapefruit, tangerines. Hurricane
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States has drafted a United Nations Security Council resolution that would support the deployment of a rapid action force to Haiti immediately as the country faces widespread crises, a US official has confirmed. The effort appears to be an about-face for the Biden administration after a US official said
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Susan G. Komen is one of the largest, most recognized breast cancer organizations in the world. Since its founding in 1982, the nonprofit has invested more than $1 billion in cancer research, and more than $2 billion in patient outreach, according to financial documents. The foundation’s Race for the Cure is
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for reforms of the European Union to make it fit for the admission of new countries as well as more military autonomy of the 27-country pact. Scholz was speaking at the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin on Saturday. He advocated for gradually
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — La devastadora guerra del presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, contra Ucrania se tambalea. Ahora, hay un nuevo general a cargo con reputación de brutalidad. Después de que Ucrania recuperó recientemente más territorio del que tomó el ejército de Rusia en los últimos seis meses, el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia nombró el
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN After Baltimore prosecutors decided this week to drop all charges against Adnan Syed, the man who spent more than two decades behind bars for the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a key question remains: Who will be held accountable for Lee’s death? Syed, who was 17 at the
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Darnella Frazier never would have recorded the video of George Floyd’s death, which helped convict Derek Chauvin, had she said no to her cousin’s request to walk to the store. Her cousin, 9-year-old Judeah Reynolds, wanted to buy candy but was too young to walk alone. Reynolds was persistent, and Frazier
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Brentford striker Ivan Toney has revealed a racist message that was sent to him after he scored twice in the Premier League club’s 2-0 win over Brighton. Toney, who is Black, shared screenshots Saturday of an Instagram direct message containing racist language. He posted them on his Twitter account. Brentford condemned the
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By Allison Chinchar, Brandon Miller and Dave Alsup, CNN Tower Rock — a massive island in the middle of the Mississippi River south of St. Louis — is typically surrounded by water and only accessible by boat. But as severe drought spreads across the Midwest and pushes river levels to record lows, people can now
Continue Reading As the weather changes in Ukraine and the battle for Kherson continues, soldiers show CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh how they plan to use bunkers and Elon Musk’s satellite internet to help map out Russian forces.
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Treasury chief on Saturday acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor and suggested that he may reverse much of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ tax-cutting plans in order to bring stability to the country after weeks of economic and political turbulence. Jeremy Hunt, who was brought
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