By Catherine E. Shoichet, Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN The sudden chirping of a cell phone sent Joel bolting out of his seat. He rushed to a purple backpack sitting behind him and opened the front pocket. An alarm was sounding on the phone US immigration authorities had given him, and he knew he
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Holly Yan, Samantha Beech and Emma Tucker, CNN A bustling entertainment district turned into a scene of carnage when multiple shooters opened fire in the South Street area of Philadelphia, killing at least three people and wounding 11 others, police said. Officers patrolling the South Street area heard gunfire and observed “several
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Non-alcoholic alternatives to booze have been around for a while. But recently, the sector has been booming. For a long time “you had ‘near beer,’ which was kind of a joke,” said Duane Stanford, editor of Beverage Digest. “People would be discreet about drinking them. And now that’s completely changed.”
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is headed toward Bermuda after killing three people in Cuba and flooding roads in Florida. Alex reached tropical storm force after strengthening off Florida’s east coast early Sunday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Alex has strengthened a bit, with maximum
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Jeong, Teele Rebane and Sana Noor Haq, CNN At least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured, after a fire tore through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh over the weekend. The fire started on Saturday night at the BM Container Depot in Sitakunda, in Chittagong District, according to state-run
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Haley Brink and Judson Jones, CNN Tropical Storm Alex formed early Sunday after bringing heavy rain and flooding to South Florida a day prior, becoming the first named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Alex was moving away from the Bahamas and toward Bermuda Sunday morning with sustained winds of 50
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night. The
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Jacklyn Cazares’ father used to tell the 9-year-old who loved making TikTok videos with her friends not to be loud in the house. Now, he wishes he could hear her voice filling their home again after she was killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last month.
Continue ReadingCNN, KABB, WOAI, KSAT By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia would have turned 10 over the weekend, but instead of getting ready to sing her “Happy Birthday,” her family was preparing for her funeral. Eliahna was among the 19 students and two teachers who were killed by a gunman in their adjoining elementary school
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Brock Townsend allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, Garret Forrester and Travis Bazzana each hit a home run and Oregon State beat San Diego 12-3 on Saturday night at the Corvallis Regional. Oregon State (46-15) plays the winner of Sunday morning’s loser-out game between San Diego (37-17)
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Brock Townsend allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, Garret Forrester and Travis Bazzana each hit a home run and Oregon State beat San Diego 12-3 on Saturday night at the Corvallis Regional. Oregon State (46-15) plays the winner of Sunday morning’s loser-out game between San Diego (37-17)
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Photographs by Ryan Christopher Jones for CNN Gary Biggs’ family hasn’t had water coming out of their private well for over a decade, after a multi-year drought and overpumping by agriculture and industry. Now, the eight-acre farm in West Goshen, California, which Biggs passed down to his son, Ryan, in the
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean — and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet. Horie returned home as he crossed
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Australia says a Chinese fighter jet carried out dangerous maneuvers threatening the safety of one of its maritime surveillance planes over the South China Sea. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government expressed concern to China over the May 26 incident. Australia’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese J-16 intercepted a P-8 Poseidon
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Levi Wells scattered eight hits and just two runs over eight innings, Jose Gonzalez hit two home runs and Texas State beat national No. 2 seed Stanford 5-2 to advance to the finals of the Stanford Regional. Texas State (47-12) plays the winner a loser-out game between Stanford (42-15) and UC
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN The idea of waiving college tuition falls in and out of vogue. Last year, President Joe Biden’s plan to make tuition free at community colleges was cut from the Build Back Better plan, once again placing the concept of a nationwide tuition-free college program just out of reach. Before that effort,
Continue ReadingCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Peyton Chatagnier went 3-for-4 with four RBI — including the tying home run in the seventh and a bases-loaded double in the eighth — and Mississippi beat Arizona 7-4 at the Coral Gables Regional. Ole Miss (33-22) plays Miami with the winner advancing to the regional final and Arizona plays
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.” The
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck.” The
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Draymond Green believes that he’s the NBA’s best at playing defense. Except on Twitter. There, he plays offense. This explains why, on Friday night between Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals, the Golden State forward opened up his Twitter page and let the
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