By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Diplomatic tensions have soared between Balkan rivals Serbia and Croatia after Croatia refused to allow a private visit by Serbia’s populist president to the site of a World War II concentration camp where tens of thousands of Serbs were killed by pro-Nazi authorities in Croatia. Croatia’n
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN After losing their mother to brain cancer in April, a Tennessee woman wanted to make her younger sister’s birthday special. But after only one person responded to their party invitations, strangers stepped in to show their support. Chloe Sexton, 28, and Charlotte Sexton, 8, lost their mother, Jennifer, on April 12
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is National Ice Cream Day! OK, I know what you’re thinking … isn’t this just some phony celebration dreamed up by the powerful ice cream lobby to get us to buy more delicious frozen treats? Turns out that it’s completely legit, thanks to a proclamation signed by President Ronald Reagan
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday asked for prayers to accompany him on what he called his “penitential” pilgrimage to Canada to apologize to Indigenous groups for abuses inflicted by the Catholic church. Greeting the public in St. Peter’s Square, Francis noted that on July 24, “God willing,”
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On restoring access to abortion, President Joe Biden says his hands are tied without more Democratic senators. Declaring a public health emergency on the matter has downsides, his aides say. And as for gun violence, Biden has been clear about the limits of what he can
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — To promote the recently signed Virginia budget and its array of tax cuts, Gov. Glenn Youngkin hosted two high-energy campaign-style celebrations, complete with bright lighting, throngs of supporters and a booming playlist that harkened back to his winning run last year. Other bill signings and news
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta and Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Netflix, once a darling of Wall Street, is suddenly on the ropes. The streaming giant will report its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most consequential moments in the 25-year history of the company. Netflix is having a terrible year.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Fifteen minutes into a recent Sunday service, a man in a trim pinstriped suit with coiffed white hair and a blue disposable mask strolled to the front row of The Fountain church and began nodding along to a live and loud contemporary gospel band. “Is that Charlie Crist?” Virginia McNair, a
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The candidates to become the next British prime minister are appealing to their right-wing base as they seek to replace Boris Johnson. Many of the five remaining hopefuls are highlighting Brexit and immigration as they attempt to woo fellow Conservative lawmakers and party members ahead of a third round of voting on
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The U.N. and an aid group say flash floods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan’s western Darfur region have killed at least 12 people, including children. The rains, which started late Friday, inundated more than 100 houses in the Kass locality in South Darfur province. The General Coordination for Refugees and
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi — the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018 — to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. The lawyer, U.S.
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Pressure is mounting on a French government minister to quit over comments stigmatizing homosexuality and LGBTQ people, in the latest challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership. Caroline Cayeux’ remarks have hurt and angered many – including her colleagues — and prompted broader discussion around persistent discriminatory attitudes
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France, including one whose flames reached two popular Atlantic beaches on Sunday, as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave. So far, there have been no fire-related deaths in France or Spain, but
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and CARA ANNA Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian troops pressed their offensive in Ukraine’s east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his state security chief and prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments and other law enforcement agencies. “In
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Missing “Breaking Bad’s” iconic characters? Not to worry — the drug dealer protagonists of the famous TV show will soon be immortalized with larger-than-life bronze statues in New Mexico. Sony Pictures Television announced the unveiling of the statues in a Monday press release. The bronze statues of Walter White and Jesse
Continue ReadingBy Talia Kayali, Chris Liakos and Teele Rebane, CNN A cargo plane crashed in northern Greece on Saturday, killing all eight people on board and raising concerns about the Serbian military equipment it was carrying. The plane had been transporting equipment including illuminating mortar shells and training shells to Bangladesh when it crashed near Eleftheroupoli
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron decried his Nazi-collaborator predecessors and rising antisemitism, vigorously vowing to stamp out Holocaust denial as he paid homage Sunday to thousands of French children sent to death camps 80 years ago for one reason alone: because they were Jewish. Family by
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Flash floods in southwest and northwest China have left at least a dozen dead and put thousands of others in harm’s way. State media report in the southwestern province of Sichuan, at least six people have died and another 12 are missing after torrential rain triggered flash floods. Some 1,300 people had
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Sheletta Brundidge has a keen eye for little miracles. Whether it’s faith or gratitude, she knows not to look away when life shows you something special. That’s how an innocent misunderstanding by her son became a viral children’s book, which led to a meaningful friendship with one of NASCAR’s top drivers.
Continue Reading