By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Robert Downey Jr. is making his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – but it’s not what you think. Instead of stepping back into his legendary Iron Man suit, the comic book character that he portrayed in over nine MCU movies, he will be playing Doctor Doom in a
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AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and even burned. Her publisher and literary agency says O’Brien died Saturday after a long
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Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Gene Puskar has been with The Associated Press for 45 years. Based in Pittsburgh, his career has spanned a wide range of events including the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the Sept. 11 attack that downed Flight 93, Stanley Cups and World Series, many presidential and campaign events
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AP Sports Writer VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Megan Gustafson has been The Associated Press women’s college basketball player of the year, a WNBA draft pick and played basketball around the world. The native of Port Wing, Wisconsin, and now backup on the Las Vegas Aces is an Olympian. With a victory to boot. Not for
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has revived his four-year-old false claim about how he and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz handled the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. Walz is among the Democrats whom sources say Vice President Kamala Harris is considering as a
Continue Reading AP Film Writer Marvel is back on top with “ Deadpool & Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a spot in
Continue Reading AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team walked onto the floor at Bercy Arena on Sunday in leotards adorned with thousands of crystals, the kind designed to attract as much attention as possible. Don’t mistake all that glamour — both on the floor and in
Continue Reading Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A court in Libya has sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city. Thousands of people
Continue Reading Associated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The Palace of Versailles offers equestrian sports one of the most attractive venues of the Paris Olympics. On Sunday, riders and horses got a memorable gallop around the sumptuous-looking gardens where the team and individual eventing competition have taken place. Under a bright sun, about 40,000 fans enjoyed the
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Experimentation is the basis of the scientific process — and it’s at the heart of what it means to be human and question the world around us. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors produced the first maps of the stars and practiced alchemy, the precursor to chemistry. Even Sir Isaac Newton,
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Stephanie Becker, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — After California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a directive ordering state officials to take down homeless encampments, John Janosko returned to a dead-end street in Oakland where he once lived for years in one of the state’s largest camps. Longtime residents of the makeshift shelters
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Inflation looks vastly different between these two beachside metropolises. The pace of home construction has been a deciding factor for both regions. The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater region in Florida recently saw the lowest inflation rate among 23 metropolitan areas across the country — 1.8% in the 12 months that
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee says tennis player Anhelina Kalinina withdrew from the Games because she caught a cold following rainy weather in Paris. She says they waited for competition to start on the courts, where it was raining Saturday, and she woke up Sunday with a sore throat. During the opening ceremony
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say one person was killed in a shooting inside a shopping mall in a suburb of Baltimore and Washington. Authorities received a call after gunfire in the food court area of the Columbia mall at about 6:10 p.m. Saturday. Howard County police say officers found 17-year-old Angelo Little,
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El diplomático Edmundo González Urrutia, de 74 años, es el candidato presidencial de la Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), la alianza que concentra a los principales partidos y dirigentes de la oposición de Venezuela. Después de semanas de incertidumbre y de aspiraciones descartadas o inhabilitadas, González pasó de ser el nombre
Continue Reading Associated Press CLARK, Philippines (AP) — France has renewed a commitment to help defend freedom of navigation and overflight in the Asia-Pacific. It says that its supersonic fighter jets, a pair of which landed for the first time in the Philippines, and advance military power would enable it to respond rapidly to any humanitarian or
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — First-time homebuyers in the US are in for a shock: The number of cities where the price tag of an average entry-level home is $1 million or more has nearly tripled in the past five years. Click here to learn what’s driving home prices through the
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By Julia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — First there was the three-year cruise that never took off. Now, another company aiming to be the first to produce a round-the-world residential cruise at a reasonable price has delayed departure by two months. Villa Vie Residences was due to depart from Belfast on May 30. But after a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — How closely do you scrutinize your utility bills? One fee caught the attention of one ABC-7 viewer, who wrote to the newsroom with a question about our grey trash bins. Robert said, “Why does the city charge you $19 a month … for the use of the grey trash bin. Can’t
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Mayfield High School Baseball community is reviving the Bob Ogas Field in Las Cruces. Saturday, around 100 volunteers from the city, the Dona Ana Fire Department, and Mayfield alumni and parents worked on the field Saturday to restore the field. ABC-7 viewer Jill Chavez, who is involved in
Continue Reading By Darya Tarasova and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States’ and Germany’s decision to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 is “reminiscent of the events of the Cold War” and could see Russia station similar missiles in response. “If the United States of America
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua, Mexico (KVIA) — Borderland residents can enjoy the iconic ‘X,’ in a unique way this weekend. Crowds already gathered at the X — also known as La Equis, which symbolizes the crossing of cultures — Saturday. But there is still another day to enjoy dancing, music, and food, while simultaneously learning about
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow has claimed further gains, have left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded. Earlier Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said seven Ukrainian drones were
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno of Ohio likes to portray himself as a political outsider in his race against Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. But while Moreno’s personal backstory may only be emerging in his home state, his close-knit family’s wealth and influence are well-documented elsewhere. Moreno’s father was a
Continue Reading Associated Press An election year that was already bitterly partisan has been completely upended by President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 White House race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. But it’s not just Harris’s late entry that has electrified things. It’s also the history to be made if the likely
Continue Reading AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Limping on her left ankle after saying she had an issue with her calf, Simone Biles dominated during qualifying with the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. U.S. coach Cecile Landi said only that Biles’ injury was minor, has been bothering her for a few
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept behind it Sunday. Da Vinci’s painting depicts the moment when Jesus Christ declared that an apostle would betray him. The
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bernie Moreno was ready with a quip when a radio host in his native Colombia asked why he would want to trade his successful professional and personal life in Ohio for the toils of the U.S. Senate. “Remember that my brother, Luis Alberto, just got out of politics —
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive all-around score and display the qualities which have made one of the greatest gymnasts of all time on her return to the Olympics. After she produced a flawless balance beam
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — La autoridad electoral de Venezuela dijo que el cuestionado presidente Nicolás Maduro ganó las elecciones del domingo 28 de julio, un resultado que la oposición desconoce, con lo que tendrá un tercer mandato y gobernará hasta 2031. Aquí, un repaso por su vida y carrera. Elecciones presidenciales en Venezuela de 2024,
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