By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A witty pun about a sailing trip has been crowned the funniest joke told at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Thousands of performers flock to Scotland’s capital each year to entertain and delight crowds at the Fringe. British entertainment channel U&Dave, owned by British broadcaster UKTV, has handed out
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An archaeology student unearthed seven “spectacular” Viking-era curled silver arm rings earlier this year north of Denmark’s second-largest city, a Danish museum said, adding the finding has ties to Russia, Ukraine and the British Isles. The Moesgaard Museum, located south of Aarhus where the relics were found, said in a statement
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of lawyers with deep ties to the Republican Party scrambled over the weekend to rescue an effort to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the Arizona ballot, offering one of the clearest examples yet of the GOP’s extensive involvement in furthering the left-wing academic’s long-shot bid. As
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It was business as usual for Manchester City in its first match of the English Premier League season, as the defending champion beat Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday. Somewhat unsurprisingly, it was superstar Erling Haaland who scored the team’s opener – the striker has now scored 91 goals in 100
Continue Reading Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains have flooded streets in a district in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north. The total death toll from rain-related incidents rose to more than 200. A senior official at Pakistan Meteorological Department on Monday
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Aryna Sabalenka needed 10 match points to seal a 6-3 6-3 win over Iga Świątek and book her place in the Cincinnati Open final, where she will face the USA’s Jessica Pegula on Monday. It is the first time in her career that Sabalenka has beaten Świątek in straight
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By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Marshall Cohen and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The trio of Republican-led committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Monday released a report arguing that the president has “engaged in impeachable conduct” without making a formal recommendation for the House of Representatives to move forward with
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Jack Forrest and Devan Cole, CNN Central Islip, New York (CNN) — Former Republican Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty on Monday to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud charges stemming from fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign. The guilty plea comes just weeks before the ex-congressman was set to stand trial
Continue Reading Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Local authorities said Russian forces were advancing so quickly that families were under
Continue Reading BALTIMORE (AP) — Police say a shooting at a gathering in Baltimore has left one person dead and seven others wounded. Police Commissioner Richard Worley says it appears that multiple people opened fire just after 8 p.m. Sunday on a block near a park in east Baltimore and that multiple firearms were found at the
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By Sandra Song, CNN (CNN) — When celebrity nail artist Juan Alvear first started doing nails in 2016, his deliberately “messy” and outlandish manicures would often extend through his clients’ hands and knuckles. There were large swatches of Barbie pink paint, abstract doodles rendered in glow-in-the-dark neons, and wiggly line work in deep blue polish
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — El Paso City Council is set to conduct final interviews today with the four finalists for the City Manager position, with a decision potentially being announced by the end of the day. The interviews will take place during the council’s executive session. This is the last step in a selection
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The combination of a supermoon and blue moon will peak at 2:26 p.m. ET today, treating sky-gazers worldwide to a rare celestial sight. The last time this lunar event occurred was August 2023, and the next super blue moons are projected for January and March of 2037. Here’s what
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation is slowly moving back to what’s considered a more sustainable pace, but for many Americans, it’s hard to take solace: The post-pandemic spike in price hikes drastically increased the cost of living. Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have pledged to bring those costs
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EL PASO, Texas — From west to east El Paso, to Southern New Mexico there’s a construction project in almost every part of the Borderland. Here’s a complete list of TxDOT’s and Las Cruces road closures August 19 to August 23. For updates in El Paso, click here. (https://twitter.com/txdotelp) For a look at more information
Continue Reading Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jill Biden once said that she knew marrying Joe Biden – then a senator from Delaware — would mean “a life in the spotlight that I had never wanted.” On Monday night, now very accustomed to that spotlight, the first lady will stand before the Democratic National Convention to do
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The recent announcement of charges against five people in connection with actor Matthew Perry’s 2023 ketamine-related death marks the latest example of authorities holding drug dealers and enablers accountable in high-profile, celebrity deaths. Investigators said those charged include two doctors, Perry’s live-in personal assistant and Jasveen Sangha, whom
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Jordan Spieth has announced that he will miss the remainder of the golf season to have surgery on a wrist injury first sustained last year. Spieth finished tied for 68th at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, failing to advance in the FedExCup Playoffs. It
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — When Dana McMahan sold her home this spring, she decided to try to maximize her take-home profit by skipping out on the help of a full-service Realtor. Traditionally, home sellers in the US have been responsible for paying real estate commissions. The standard 5% or 6% commission was usually
Continue Reading By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The women who supported Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign all have stories about the disappointment of the night she lost. Bishop Leah Daughtry, fresh off serving as the chief executive of the convention where Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination, attended the former secretary of state’s Election Night party armed
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) –La Policía israelí y el Shin Bet, la agencia de seguridad interior de Israel, declararon como “ataque terrorista” a una explosión ocurrida este domingo por la noche en Tel Aviv. “Este fue un ataque terrorista que implicó la explosión de un poderoso explosivo”, dijeron este lunes la Unidad del Portavoz de la
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AP Baseball Writer It was an exciting weekend for the Detroit Tigers, who took a couple games from the New York Yankees — the latter in walk-off fashion in the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.. More importantly, the first of those victories included the return of Spencer Torkelson, whose next few weeks could say
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Defending Spanish champion Real Madrid had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Mallorca in its La Liga season opener. In Kylian Mbappé’s league debut, Real survived a sluggish start to take the lead through Rodrygo’s wonderful, curled effort after 13 minutes, latching onto Vinícius Jr.’s backheel. But Vedat
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Rescatistas buscan desde este lunes a seis personas –entre ellas el magnate británico de la tecnología Mike Lynch– que desaparecieron después de que un yate de lujo fuera alcanzado por un tornado y se hundiera frente a la costa de Sicilia, Italia, lo que causó la muerte de una de las 22
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers were on Monday searching for six people – including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who went missing after a luxury yacht was hit by a tornado and sank off the coast of Sicily, killing one of the 22 people on board. The vessel was hit by
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates. The nearly yearlong investigation by Republicans stops short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing by the president.
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese dominated in college basketball, and now the pair keep making history in the WNBA. On Sunday, Clark led the Indiana Fever to a 92-75 win over the Seattle Storm and broke another league record in the process. In addition to scoring 23 points, the 22-year-old also recorded
Continue Reading Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and Vietnam pledged to further their economic ties and gave a nod to their shared communist ideology during the first visit by Vietnam’s new president to Beijing on Monday. To Lam, who took office in May, made China the destination of his first state visit, signaling
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain has taken emergency action to prevent prisons from becoming overcrowded as hundreds of people are sentenced for their roles in the civil unrest that gripped the country earlier this month. Under the measures, defendants in northern England will be held in police cells while awaiting early court appearances, and they will
Continue Reading By Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden has prepared for major speeches throughout his presidency the same way: huddling with his closest advisers at Camp David, with few outside distractions to cloud the group’s brainstorming and editing sessions. The routine for Biden’s opening night speech at the
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