By Pooja Salhotra, CNN College campuses have for years been at the center of climate change activism. But now, frustrated and anxious by what they see as slow action alongside growing climate damages, students are engaging a new tactic: legal action. A coalition of students from Yale, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and Vanderbilt working with the
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Eleven people were injured after car crash pushed a vehicle into a group standing near a food truck in Austin, Texas, on Friday night, according to authorities. Two victims suffered potentially life-threatening injuries while two others sustained “potentially serious” injuries, according to Capt. Christa Stedman, a spokesperson for the Austin-Travis County
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Marc Marquez is back to racing after his latest bout with injuries and vision problems with shaken confidence and lowered expectations for the Grand Prix of the Americas. Marquez has dominated the Texas race for nearly a decade. But these are trying times for Spain’s
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer Figure skating icon Scott Hamilton will sit atop a bike and cycle 444 miles in the Erase the Trace, a five-day ride along the Natchez Trace Parkway. The fundraiser that goes through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee is designed to raise $1.25 million in funding for a breakthrough glioblastoma multiforme
Continue ReadingBy TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The weekend couldn’t come soon enough for players at the Masters. They really had only two choices as the sun began to set on Augusta National and the reality of their situation became clear. They could watch Scottie Scheffler roll in birdie putts and hope
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the Philippines have agreed to start talks toward a possible defense agreement that would allow closer cooperation between their militaries amid regional tensions with China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and their Philippine counterparts, Teodoro
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Someone walking on the beach at Lincoln City found what authorities learned was a man’s body partially buried in the send near the base of a cliff embankment, police said.
Continue ReadingBy ADAM SCHRECK and CARA ANNA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilian evacuations are moving forward in patches of battle-scarred eastern Ukraine a day after a missile strike killed at least 52 people at a train station where thousands were waiting to leave before an expected Russian onslaught. In the wake of the attack
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Having children is expensive, no matter where in the world you live. But, while America finds itself in the middle of the cost scale, China has become one of the priciest places to raise kids. South Korea tops the list of most expensive places to raise a child from birth
Continue ReadingCNN By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business America’s inflation problem didn’t abate in March. Prices kept creeping up, hitting a fresh 40-year high, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% for the year ended in March, not adjusted for seasonal swings. That outpaced February’s elevated reading of 7.9%
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jeremy Peña hit his first major league home run while his parents were being interviewed on the broadcast, Kyle Tucker went deep twice and the Houston Astros pounded the Los Angeles Angels 13-6. Houston homered six times in total, with Jose Altuve, Aledmys Díaz and
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s political opposition has toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote in Parliament after several political allies and a key party in his ruling coalition deserted him. The vote took place early Sunday. The opposition which spans the political spectrum from leftists
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A gunman accused of shooting and seriously wounding Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stealing her two French bulldogs was mistakenly released from jail and is being sought. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Friday that James Jackson was freed on Wednesday due to a “clerical error” after being arraigned on
Continue ReadingBy Camille Knight and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A lucky Frenchman has decided to dedicate most of his record-breaking $217 million lottery jackpot to a nature foundation he created, he told Le Parisien in an exclusive interview published Wednesday. The winner, nicknamed “Guy” by French lottery group Françaises des Jeux (FDJ), won the sum in December
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stanley Johnson scored a season-high 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 120-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers wrapped up the home portion of their dismal season with their first win since March 21 despite
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Guard Lorne Bowman is leaving Wisconsin’s program to play somewhere closer to his Detroit home. Bowman played 22 games this season and averaged 3 points, 1.1 rebound and 10.4 minutes. He had taken a leave of absence for the entire 2020-21 season and returned home to deal with a family matter.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — San Diego newcomer Sean Manaea was brilliant on the mound through seven no-hit innings, Jurickson Profar hit a two-run homer and the Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0 on Friday night. The Padres took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before reliever Tim Hill gave up
Continue ReadingBy COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc claimed his second pole position of the year with a blistering final lap in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Leclerc won the season-opening race in Bahrain in March. He posted a time of 1 minute, 17.868 to edge Red Bull driver
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities say two European divers have been rescued by fishermen but a third, a 14-year-old Dutch, had died, four days after they disappeared off a southern Malaysian island and drifted some 70 nautical miles. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency says Alexia Alexandra Molina, 18, of France and Adrian Peter
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