Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and has obesity-related health problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes. The National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that North Korean officials are looking for new medications abroad to treat Kim’s health problems. The 40-year-old
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Several athletes have delivered standout performances at the 2024 Olympics, but the US in particular brought the star power to the Paris Games on Sunday. LeBron James led Team USA to an emphatic win over Serbia and Simone Biles fought through a calf injury in a triumphant return to Olympic
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By Maya Davis, CNN (CNN) — California’s wildfires have been increasing in size and frequency, producing vast amounts of smoke that contribute to what state boards call a “growing public health problem.” New research links the long-term exposure of this wildfire smoke to brain health, suggesting that it greatly increases risk of dementia compared with other sources
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The dream of homeownership feels out of reach for many American families. The vast majority (86%) of current renters in the United States say they would like to buy a home — but can’t afford one, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS released Monday. Among
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CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ plan as a running mate was to brush past JD Vance as nothing but a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. But now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, her campaign is seizing on the Ohio senator as a major liability, looking to her own vice presidential
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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 July 29 to August 2. For updates in El Paso, click here. (https://twitter.com/txdotelp) For a look at more information
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By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Close your eyes and imagine a stand-up comedian. Perhaps they’re standing in a basement in front of an exposed brick wall. Or sitting on a wooden stool in the middle of a black curtained stage. What are they wearing? A shirt tucked into belted pants? A Rat-Pack-style suit and
Continue Reading By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Four years ago, the unexpected discovery in the clouds of Venus of a gas that on Earth signifies life — phosphine — faced controversy, earning rebukes in subsequent observations that failed to match its findings. Now, the same team behind that discovery has come back with more observations, presented
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — As if people with anxiety don’t have enough to worry about, a new study is adding to that list — suggesting the disorder may nearly triple the risk of developing dementia years later. The research, to the authors’ knowledge, is the first to look into the association between different severities
Continue Reading VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person has died and some 200,000 households have been left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the two Baltic nations overnight. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by a falling tree on Monday, authorities said. Fire and
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The first time Alexis Hammond rented out her Baltimore home on Peerspace, a marketplace for renting homes and other spaces by the hour, a film crew and a celebrity arrived to shoot a Wawa commercial. “There was a Baltimore Ravens football player here, so that was very exciting,” Hammond
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By Thomas Schlachter and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Many athletes have to deal with an increased weight of expectation when coming into an Olympic Games – none perhaps more so than the members of the USA women’s basketball team. And while there’s no such concept of a sure thing or a guaranteed gold medal
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ plan as a running mate was to brush past JD Vance as nothing but a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. But now that she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, her campaign is seizing on the Ohio senator as a major liability, looking to her own vice presidential selection
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government was investigating after multiple telecommunications lines were hit by acts of vandalism Monday, affecting fiber lines and fixed and mobile phone lines as cities around France host events for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Organizers for the Paris Games say their operations were not affected. France’s second largest
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — One woman sleeps with a knife under her pillow, in the hope she can protect herself against armed men who might storm her house at night. Another was raped “repeatedly for days” along with her four daughters, while her husband and sons were forced to watch. Another was thrown
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses there. Separately, attacks in Russia’s Kursk region by the Security Service of Ukraine, also known as
Continue Reading Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “extremism” on the U.S. Supreme Court is undermining public confidence in the institution and called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also called on lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting
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Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that “extremism” on the U.S. Supreme Court is undermining public confidence in the institution and called on Congress to quickly establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court’s nine justices. He also called on lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting
Continue Reading By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “I see money on holidays like Monopoly money,” says Lisa Fraser. The currently unemployed 30-year-old has been to Taipei, Budapest and New York in the past year, with no plans of giving up vacations while she looks for a job. “I don’t have a budget. I’ll have a rough
Continue Reading By Aileen Graef, Julia Benbrook, John Fritze and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called for major Supreme Court reforms Monday, a long-shot move that would make him the first sitting president in generations to back seismic changes to the way the nation’s highest court operates. “I have great respect for our institutions and
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon training session for a second straight day Monday. Organizers overseeing the event at the Paris Games are optimistic that triathletes will be able to swim in the city’s famed
Continue Reading By Laura Paddison, Jen Christensen, Mary Gilbert, Henry Zeris, Yukari Schrickel, Lou Robinson and Way Mullery (CNN) — Philip Kreycik should have survived his run. In the summer of 2021, the 37-year-old ultra-marathon runner used an app to plot a roughly 8-mile loop through Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park in California, a huge stretch of parkland
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las sorprendentes detenciones de dos figuras centrales del cartel de Sinaloa incluyeron dramáticas acusaciones de una lucha de poder a alto nivel, la traición de un cofundador por el hijo del otro cofundador y una huida secreta que terminó bajo custodia de las fuerzas de seguridad estadounidenses. Ahora llegan las
Continue Reading Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch is accusing the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan’s civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls. The international rights group also accuses the military of sexual violence. The group is calling for the United Nations and
Continue Reading By Matias Grez and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized for what some critics described as a parody of “The Last Supper” during the lavish opening ceremony on Friday. The scene featured drag artists and dancers and was widely criticized by the Catholic church and Christian groups. The French
Continue Reading AP Health Writer Federal officials are moving to set new limits on salmonella in raw poultry products in the U.S. The Agriculture Department’s proposal is aimed at reducing the number of people who get sick. The testing requirements would block the sale of any products that don’t meet the new standard and allow for recalls.
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti 🔄 Esta cobertura en vivo finalizo Las delegaciones llegan al Trocadero en París, mientras los espectadores observan al cantante francés Philippe Katerine actuando en una pantalla gigante durante la ceremonia de apertura de los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024 el 26 de julio. (Crédito: Ludovic Marin/Pool/Reuters) La gente asiste a un partido de
Continue Reading By Curt Devine, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — Police officers in Texas, senior citizens at a nursing home in Pennsylvania and people who had registered to vote at a Marine base in California. They are among the thousands of voters whose right to cast a ballot has been needlessly challenged ahead of
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Six British lawmakers have entered the race to lead the defeated Conservative Party. The contest will decide whether the party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center. Contenders include former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and lawmaker Tom Tugendhat from the party’s centrist grouping. Former Home Secretary Priti
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Associated Press PARIS (AP) — South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya. Now, the 21-year-old is among many of the 37 athletes on the refugee team who are pushing to see more refugees like her able to compete at the Olympics. They’re getting
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