By CNN Sports Staff Maria Sharapova, who won all four tennis grand slam titles during her career, celebrated her 35th birthday on Tuesday but will remember the day for more than one reason after she announced she was expecting her first child with fiancée Alexander Gilkes. The former tennis star posted a picture on Instagram
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants have fired several rockets into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip and Israeli aircraft have hit militant targets in the territory. It’s part of an escalation that has been eerily similar to the run-up to last year’s 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in Poland say two underground methane explosions at a coal mine killed five people and injured more than 20. Poland’s prime minister said the first blast took place early Wednesday at the Pniowek mine in Pawlowice. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says a rescue operation was launched immediately but a second
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Hostomel, Ucrania (CNN) — Dmitry Nekazakov estaba paseando a su perro antes de ir a trabajar cuando comenzó el bombardeo ruso en Hostomel, una ciudad en las afueras de la capital, Kyiv. El cielo zumbaba con helicópteros que volaban a baja altura de los que saltaban las tropas rusas, mientras caían cohetes.
Continue ReadingAimee Lewis, CNN Rivalries were put aside at Anfield Tuesday as Liverpool and Manchester United’s fans came together for a minute’s applause in support of Cristiano Ronaldo and his family following the death of the player’s newborn boy. In an emotional seventh minute, which Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described as the “moment of the game,”
Continue ReadingDILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor’s former independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta is set to win the presidential runoff election. According to over 60% of the votes counted Wednesday, he’s leading over incumbent Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres for the second time in Asia’s youngest democracy. Official results are not expected
Continue Readingolivertapia Washington (CNN) — Estados Unidos está preparando otro paquete de asistencia militar de 800 millones de dólares para Ucrania, según tres altos funcionarios de la administración y dos fuentes familiarizadas con la planificación. Los detalles del último paquete aún se están discutiendo en privado y podrían cambiar, pero el martes temprano, el presidente Joe
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Yoshinoya beef bowl chain has fired an executive who talked about a marketing strategy to get young women “hooked” on its food as though turning “virgins into drug addicts.” Masaaki Ito was a managing director at the popular Japanese chain known for its “gyudon” beef-over-rice dish.
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Yoshinoya beef bowl chain has fired an executive who talked about a marketing strategy to get young women “hooked” on its food as though turning “virgins into drug addicts.” Masaaki Ito was a managing director at the popular Japanese chain known for its “gyudon” beef-over-rice dish.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Monica Garrett and Amy Simonson, CNN An April nor’easter brought heavy snow and gusty winds to the region Tuesday, keeping crews working to restore power busy in New York, Pennsylvania and New England. The late-season storm left hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast without power Tuesday, with the Empire State
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Levenson, Monica Garrett and Amy Simonson, CNN An April nor’easter brought heavy snow and gusty winds to the region Tuesday, keeping crews working to restore power busy in New York, Pennsylvania and New England. The late-season storm left hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast without power Tuesday, with the Empire
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India have used bulldozers to raze a number of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi before the Supreme Court halted the demolitions. The actions came days after communal violence shook the capital and saw dozens arrested. For nearly an hour after the Supreme Court order,
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged an impartial and transparent inquiry into a police shooting that left one person dead and 13 others injured during protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. The president said in a tweet on
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged an impartial and transparent inquiry into a police shooting that left one person dead and 13 others injured during protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. The president said in a tweet on
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to pitch Wednesday night for the Los Angeles Angels in Houston, and the two-way superstar is off to a much better start at the plate than on the mound this season. Ohtani is 0-2 with a 7.56 ERA after two outings. He has 14 strikeouts, but he’s
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says assailants have detonated a remote-controlled explosive device as a bus carrying prison guards was passing by, killing one of the guards. The attack occurred Wednesday in the district of Osmangazi, in Turkey’s northwestern Bursa province, Gov. Yakup Canbolat said. One of the injured was in serious condition. There
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty announced that they would be the first team in WNBA history to drop non-fungible tokens in the form of digital art. The release of the NFT will be on May 7 to coincide with the Liberty’s season opener against the Connecticut
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Venardos Circus (veh-NARR-dos), a Broadway-style animal-free circus, is thrilled to return to Redmond at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds, May 26-June 5. There will be 15 shows over two weeks in the intimate red-and-white striped tent. Venardos Circus last visited Redmond in October for Halloween in 2021. “We are America’s circus! Our team is thrilled to
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has torn into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he seeks the votes he
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has torn into his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a television debate for her ties to Russia and for wanting to strip Muslim women of their right to cover their heads in public, as he seeks the votes he
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