CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Chicago say former NBA player Ben Gordon has been arrested after a McDonald’s security guard was punched in the face. The Chicago Tribune reports that the 39-year-old Gordon was charged with misdemeanor battery causing bodily harm and battery making physical contact. Gordon, who played for four teams during his NBA
Continue ReadingBy Kate Bennett, CNN Dr. Jill Biden had a feeling the final two weeks before midterm elections would be intense. But rather than balk at the multitasking often asked of a first lady — spouse, hostess, adviser, parent, party planner, initiative-builder, messenger, surrogate — she has leaned into it, and is now using her packed
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has released a selfie video on social media platforms asking the public to send him questions about what France should do about climate change and biodiversity. Thousands of responses quickly poured in. Several were hostile or questioned his sincerity. But they also included rigorous questions about fossil fuel
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Con la votación ya en marcha de las elecciones intermedias de este año, las mentiras electorales y las teorías conspirativas de QAnon están circulando entre las comunidades de habla hispana, lo que hace sonar las alarmas porque podría desalentar a los latinos a votar y dividir aún más a las comunidades.
Continue ReadingBy Homero De La Fuente and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James says former teammate Kyrie Irving “caused some harm to a lot of people.” Irving missed the first of several Brooklyn Nets games Friday after he was suspended for comments regarding his tweet linking to an antisemitic documentary. Speaking to reporters
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean may be our best hope in fighting the climate crisis — but it needs our help. Due to its vast expanse, the ocean is able to capture at least 25% of the carbon dioxide released by humans into the atmosphere. The underwater world beneath the waves can trap
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean may be our best hope in fighting the climate crisis — but it needs our help. Due to its vast expanse, the ocean is able to capture at least 25% of the carbon dioxide released by humans into the atmosphere. The underwater world beneath the waves can trap carbon
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz has received a two-year contract extension that runs through the 2027 season for a level of stability that has been missing from the program in recent years. The school did not announce the terms of the extension, though a university spokesman said Drinkwitz would receive
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney endorsed Virginia Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger on Saturday, weighing in on another highly competitive House race in the final days of the midterm election campaign. Spanberger, a former CIA officer who was among the class of national security Democrats first elected in 2018,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Questions of propriety about the fifth season of “The Crown” premiering two months after Queen Elizabeth II’s death are largely eclipsed by other issues, as the Netflix series reloads with new prestige talent in key roles and old troubles, while feeling more disjointed than usual. The result is an uneven
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic has beaten Stefanos Tsitsipas for the eighth straight time, edging an entertaining semifinal 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 to stay on track for a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title. The 21-time Grand Slam champion next faces unseeded Holger Rune, who has never been in a Masters final. The 19-year-old Dane earlier beat
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Un experto fotógrafo capturó una participación inesperada y de último minuto en un concurso de surf: un gran tiburón blanco, terriblemente cerca de un surfista. El tiburón blanco protagonizó un auténtico “photombomb”: la necesidad de “colarse” en una fotografía. Jordan Anast, un fotógrafo de California, estaba tomando fotografías del Concurso del
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American left back Sam Vines injured a leg and needed surgery, eliminating him from consideration for the U.S. World Cup roster. Forward Josh Sargent and defender Cameron Carter-Vickers returned to their club starting lineups on the last weekend of matches before U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announces his roster. A 23-year-old from
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock’s first popularly elected Black mayor is in the middle of a tough reelection bid four years after he promised to unite Arkansas’ capital. Mayor Frank Scott faces three challengers in what’s become one of the few competitive races in solidly Republican Arkansas. Scott
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, firmó una ley para reclutar a ciudadanos con condenas pendientes o no eximidas por asesinato, robo, hurto, tráfico de drogas y otros delitos graves en virtud del Código Penal de la Federación Rusa para que sean llamados al servicio militar para movilizarse. Esto hace posible
Continue ReadingCNN By Katia Hetter, CNN It’s almost time for clocks to “fall back” one hour. On the first Sunday of November, at 2 a.m., clocks in most of the United States and many other countries turn back an hour and stay there for nearly four months on what is called standard time. On the second
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter and Stephen Mays, CNN It’s almost time for clocks to “spring forward” one hour. On the second Sunday of March, at 2 a.m., clocks in most of the United States and many other countries move forward one hour and stay there for nearly eight months in what is called Daylight Saving Time.
Continue ReadingCNN By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN In a tense, head-to-head exchange with Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, prosecutors used Rhodes’ own words from texts, speeches and interviews to suggest to the jury that the militia leader misled them when he testified he was unaware of other members’ activities on January 6, 2021, and
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press He may be good with rockets and electric cars, but don’t turn to Elon Musk for public health predictions. “Probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April,” the world’s richest man tweeted about COVID-19 in March 2020, just as the pandemic was ramping up. It’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press He may be good with rockets and electric cars, but don’t turn to Elon Musk for public health predictions. “Probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April,” the world’s richest man tweeted about COVID-19 in March 2020, just as the pandemic was ramping up. It’s
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