By CHRIS WARDE-JONES Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have remained and tourists who pass through. For nearly two years, restorers have been
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Florida teen Ashley Adirika has always dreamed of attending an Ivy League school. So in late fall, she applied to not just one — but all eight of them. On Ivy Day, the fateful spring day when the prestigious schools all announce their first-year admission decisions, Ashley opened eight tabs on
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A small group of protesters gathered in central Tokyo and in the northern city of Sapporo to oppose Japan’s overtures to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics. About 50 people gathered in each locale holding “No Olympics” banners and trying to make their case to a passing public.
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization is predicting a “bumpy and rocky” road as the international trade body opens its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years. Top issues incude pandemic preparedness, food insecurity during high inflation and the war in Ukraine, and overfishing of the world’s seas.
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization is predicting a “bumpy and rocky” road as the international trade body opens its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years. Top issues incude pandemic preparedness, food insecurity during high inflation and the war in Ukraine, and overfishing of the world’s seas.
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists More than 65 million people from California to Tennessee are under some type of heat alert Sunday, as dangerously high temperatures persist across the Southwest and the southern and central Plains. Among the heat alerts in places Sunday are heat advisories, excessive heat watches and excessive heat
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN Conservative Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg will be among the witnesses testifying Monday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, as the panel seeks to scrutinize how former President Donald Trump’s election lies led to the
Continue ReadingBy Yenny Sanchez, CNN The Little Mermaid famously sang “flipping your fins, you don’t get too far.” Apparently, she’s never seen Merle Liivand swim. Liivand, also known as “Eco Mermaid,” broke a Guinness World Record in May by completing a 26.22-mile swim using a silicone monofin. The champion ice swimmer and marine conservationist accomplished the
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Ahead of a potential presidential bid, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem handily won the Republican nomination last week for a second term. Many of the candidates she hoped to elect to the Statehouse, however, did not have such a good night. She had hoped to
Continue ReadingBy Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large The most memorable quote of the first public hearing of the January 6 committee came from the panel’s vice chair, Liz Cheney. “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone,” the Wyoming Republican said. “But your dishonor will remain.” But, while Cheney’s quote is the one that is
Continue ReadingJANUARY 6 SELECT COMMITTEE, CNN, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, FOX NEWS By Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large The most memorable quote of the first public hearing of the January 6 committee came from the panel’s vice chair, Liz Cheney. “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone,” the Wyoming Republican said. “But your dishonor will
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press An Ohio couple climbed through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol and livestreamed a video of themselves inside. A Texas mortgage broker posed for a selfie in front of rioters breaching the building. An Indiana hair salon owner celebrated on Facebook a day after she
Continue ReadingHALLE, Germany (AP) — Former East Germany soccer player Bernd Bransch has died at the age of 77. He captained East Germany at its only World Cup appearance and a symbolic Cold War win over West Germany. Bransch’s former club Hallescher FC says in a statement that he died on Saturday following “a long, severe
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates by a half of a percentage point for the second consecutive time at the end of its next meeting on June 15. After that, all bets are off. Bigger rate hikes could be in the cards as consumer
Continue ReadingBy Zahra Ullah, Fred Pleitgen and Josh Pennington, CNN The golden arches and Big Mac may have gone, but Russians saw 15 McDonald’s restaurants reopen on Sunday under new branding and ownership, according to its owner Alexander Nikolaevich Govor. The American fast-food giant has been renamed “Vkusno & Tochka,” which translates to “Tasty and that’s
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Three months after McDonald’s suspended operations in Russia, hundreds of people streamed into its famous former outlet on Moscow’s Pushkin Square as the restaurant reopened Sunday under a Russian owner and a new name. In March, McDonald’s halted operations of its company-run restaurants in Russia. Although some
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Three months after McDonald’s suspended operations in Russia, hundreds of people streamed into its famous former outlet on Moscow’s Pushkin Square as the restaurant reopened Sunday under a Russian owner and a new name. In March, McDonald’s halted operations of its company-run restaurants in Russia. Although some
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spain´s weather service says a mass of hot air from North Africa has brought the country’s first major heat wave of the year. Temperatures are expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the southern cities of Seville, Cordoba and Badajoz on Sunday. Meteorologists said the temperature in Madrid could
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN The stereotypes of dominant male and docile female creatures have shaped zoology since the time of Charles Darwin. This interpretation all too often still goes unchallenged today in textbooks and nature documentaries. A new book takes down this sexist, ahem, fallacy and tells a more complete story about the role of
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday reversed Roe v. Wade, the 50-year-old court precedent enshrining a right to abortion. Doing so now gives state lawmakers the green light to aggressively limit or ban abortion. Since a draft for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked last month, CNN readers have asked
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