Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Al menos cuatro personas han muerto, miles de hogares han sido dañados y cientos han sido evacuados después de que algunas de las lluvias más intensas en años golpearan Europa central y oriental. Un sistema de baja presión de movimiento lento, denominado Tormenta Boris, descargó el promedio de un mes de
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Since joining Manchester City, Erling Haaland has broken record after record, setting expectations for himself that are seemingly impossible to reach. Yet, somehow, he has continued breaking records this season, scoring nine goals in just four Premier League games – the most prolific start to a season ever, surpassing
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By Alexandra Peers, CNN (CNN) — Some people really do leave money to their pets. And it’s legal. In June 2019, designer Karl Lagerfeld passed away. A chunk of his fortune, amassed after decades of helming the fashion house Chanel, was left to his cat, Choupette. “There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and
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BOSTON (AP) — A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction came amid “tension and animosity” during their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell’s wife said Saturday. The band is known for edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught Stealing” and “Mountain Song” in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the alternative
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Una contraofensiva rusa está en marcha para recuperar partes de Kursk perdidas ante las fuerzas ucranianas tras un ataque sorpresa transfronterizo, pero aún no ha ganado impulso. Ucrania lanzó su asalto el mes pasado, capturando decenas de asentamientos, un movimiento que sorprendió incluso a los aliados de Kyiv. Pero desde el
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By Emmanuel Miculita, Sophie Tanno, Radina Gigova and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — At least eight people have died after some of the heaviest rain in years hit central and eastern Europe, causing flooding and widespread disruption. A slow-moving low pressure system dubbed Storm Boris dumped months’ worth of rain onto several of Europe’s historic capitals, including Vienna,
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Samantha Greene, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said she quickly noticed a difference in the student body when she stepped on campus in August. As president of the Black Student Movement at the state’s flagship university, Greene said this year’s Black Student Convocation,
Continue Reading Associated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — A retired Catholic bishop who apologized for reinstating a priest who later admitted to sexually abusing an Oklahoma boy has died. The Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma said Saturday that Bishop Emeritus Edward Slattery died Friday night at age 84 following a series of strokes. Slattery served as
Continue Reading NEW BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts State Police recruit died a day after he became unresponsive and suffered a “medical crisis” during a defensive tactics training exercise. Twenty-five-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia died at a hospital on Friday, a day after the exercise at the Massachusetts State Police Academy in New Braintree. His mother
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for a road rage shooting. A judge on Friday sentenced Dion Kimbrough after a jury convicted him in August. He was found guilty of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in the 2022 fatal shooting of 30-year-old Eli Hickerson’. Prosecutors
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was hosting a celebration of Black excellence at the White House with lawmakers, advocates and celebrities this past week, Kamala Harris was instead headed off to campaign in Pennsylvania. The nation’s first Black vice president spoke with voters there about supporting small businesses, building more housing
Continue Reading AP Business Writer DirecTV announced Saturday it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch
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AP Business Writer DirecTV announced Saturday it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch
Continue Reading (KVIA) — 33,000 Boeing employees walked off the job, rejecting the company’s latest offer of a 25% pay raise. JAMES MANN — BOEING WORKER “The first thing off the bat was the 25 percent increase over a four-year period, and that’s not going to catch up with my rent and my bills,” James Mann, a
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La mañana del tiroteo en una escuela secundaria en Winder, Georgia, que dejó cuatro muertos, las autoridades estaban “buscando activamente” al sospechoso adolescente después de que la escuela recibiera una llamada de advertencia de su madre, pero hubo una confusión y no pudieron llegar a él lo suficientemente rápido, según el
Continue Reading Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died. She was 29. Her family said in a statement posted Friday that DePrince “touched so many lives across the
Continue Reading FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons hosted the football team from Apalachee High School a week after a shooting left two students and two teachers dead. The high school players watched practice Friday from the sideline at the Falcons’ training complex in Flowery Branch. “I think it’s incredible that you get a chance
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of people have attended an anti-government rally organized by Poland’s nationalist conservative opposition party to boost support before next year’s presidential election. Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called on supporters to be active at social and political levels and to back the party’s candidate in next year’s presidential election.
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Some chapters of human history are more poignant to revisit than others. The Battle of Waterloo ended a 23-year war, but thousands were killed on June 18, 1815, when allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher defeated Napoleon Bonaparte and his forces south
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — A social media account run by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been repeatedly deceptive. The @KamalaHQ account, which has more than 1.3 million followers on the X social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has made a habit of misleadingly clipping and inaccurately captioning video clips to attack former President Donald
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian counteroffensive to recover parts of Kursk lost to Ukrainian forces following a surprise, cross-border attack is underway but is yet to gain momentum. Ukraine launched its assault last month, capturing scores of settlements, a move that stunned even Kyiv’s allies. But from the beginning observers have
Continue Reading CNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. Then came something inexplicable: a mysterious vibration that shook the planet for nine days. Over the past year, dozens of scientists across the world have been trying to
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Nasdaq over a routine trading halt in shares of his social media company and even threatened to move the listing to the New York Stock Exchange. “Why is NASDAQ halting the sale of DJT?” Trump said Friday on Truth Social, referring to
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — State media in Syria say President Bashar Assad has issued a decree naming former Communications Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali as the head of the new government following July’s parliamentary election. The decree was issued on Saturday. The 55-year-old Jalali has been under European Union sanctions since October 2014 over the government crackdown
Continue Reading By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The Miami-Dade Police officer placed on administrative duties after the controversial traffic stop of Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill has been suspended multiple times, police records show. Officer Danny Torres was placed on suspension at least six times during his 27-year career, according to his employee
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Una breve pero tensa disputa de distribución entre Disney y DirecTV llegó a su fin este sábado después de que las dos partes acordaran un nuevo acuerdo que restaurará los canales propiedad de Disney, incluidos ABC, ESPN y FX, al proveedor de televisión por satélite. DirecTV dejó de transmitir los canales
Continue Reading ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s constitutional court has certified President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s landslide victory in last weekend’s election after re-tabulating vote counts that he and his two opponents had called into question. The North African nation’s constitutional court said Saturday that it had reviewed local voting data to settle questions about irregularities that Tebboune’s opponents
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer The NCAA has given full approval for Gallaudet’s football team to use a helmet designed for players who are deaf or hard of hearing this season. The helmet developed by Gallaudet University and AT&T debuted last year with the team getting the chance to play one game with it. The technology involved
Continue Reading By Robert Ilich, CNN (CNN) — A short but tense distribution dispute between Disney and DirecTV came to an end Saturday after the two sides agreed to a new deal that will restore Disney-owned channels, including ABC, ESPN and FX, to the satellite TV provider. DirecTV stopped airing Disney-owned channels on September 1, denying sports
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Earlier in this turbulent week for the Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel joked that enough people had seen him cry. The Dolphins coach was referring to a news conference in which he choked back tears while reflecting on a controversial traffic stop involving Tyreek Hill hours before Miami’s
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