CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the solstice. The next summer solstice will take place on June 21, 2022. The next winter solstice will take place on December 21, 2022. Winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on December 21 or 22, when the sun appears at its most southerly position,directly overhead at
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Georgia sheriff’s office was illegally discriminating when it denied gender reassignment surgery to a deputy. U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell says Houston County cannot exclude surgery for the transgender woman from its health insurance plan. The case involves Sgt. Anna
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In the outdoor gym on Venice Beach, the name given to an inviting stretch of sand on the majestic Dnieper River that courses through the capital of Ukraine, Serhiy Chornyi is working on his summer body, up-down-up-downing a chunky hunk of iron. The aim of his
Continue ReadingBy MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson has canceled next week’s three-day, mandatory minicamp — at least for most of the team. Pederson essentially gave veterans an extra week of vacation before training camp next month. He also nixed the last of 10 organized team activities.
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — The federal government has announced that it will be suspending mandatory random COVID-19 testing at all Canadian airports for vaccinated travellers starting June 11. Between June 11 and June 30, randomized testing at Canadian airports will be “temporarily
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN A New York judge Friday rejected an attempt by the National Rifle Association to end an investigation of the organization by the state’s top attorney. State Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen dismissed the NRA’s counterclaims against New York Attorney General Letitia James as not viable. The NRA had argued that James’
Continue ReadingBy Solarina Ho, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — A new lab-designed molecule that exploits a weakness in cells can kill a wide range of cancers that are difficult to treat, according to a new U.S. study conducted on human cancer tissue and in human cancers grown
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Las fuerzas rusas ahora controlan la mayor parte de Severodonetsk, el epicentro de la sangrienta batalla por la región oriental de Donbás en Ucrania. Los enfrentamientos en las calles continuaron este sábado en la ciudad oriental, donde los soldados rusos y las tropas ucranianas aún están enzarzadas en la batalla. “La
Continue ReadingUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Alexandria Aniyah Rubio was opinionated like her mother, and she played basketball and softball like her father. When she got older, she wanted to go to college on a softball scholarship and to become an attorney. Lexi, as she was known to family and friends, was among the 19 children and
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British newspaper says Prince Charles has criticized the government’s plan to start deporting some asylum-seekers to Rwanda, calling it “appalling.” Citing unnamed sources, the Times newspaper reported late Friday that the heir to the British throne is privately opposed to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s policy to send people to the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1954 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Sonia Maria Sotomayor Father: Juan Sotomayor, factory worker Mother: Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, nurse Marriage: Kevin Edward Noonan (August 1976-October 1983, divorced) Education:
Continue ReadingBy JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease, a foundation in New York covered funeral expenses for the deceased. The payments were vital to survivors of
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is signing another young, highly rated French midfielder after reaching agreement with Monaco for the transfer of Aurélien Tchouaméni. Madrid says the 22-year-old Tchouaméni will join for six seasons and will be presented on Tuesday once he passes his medical examination. Madrid did not disclose the fee for the France
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel left out of the U.S. head count. Among LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn’t live with his
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Jorge Engels and Chris Liakos, CNN Clarence House said it would not comment on what it calls “supposed anonymous private conversations with The Prince of Wales” after British newspaper The Times reported that Prince Charles privately described the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda “appalling.” “He said he was
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two years after accusing her former therapist of sexual abuse, she idly plugged his address into an online directory and came across an unfamiliar alias. A search of that name turned up decades-old newspaper articles about the death of a 10-year-old girl. “What’s that got to
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian rescuers on Saturday located the bodies of seven people, including four Turkish and two Lebanese businessmen, who died when their helicopter crashed in a heavily forested, mountainous area in north-central Italy during a storm, authorities said. Col. Alfonso Cipriano, who heads an air force rescue coordination
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian rescuers on Saturday located the bodies of seven people, including four Turkish and two Lebanese businessmen, who died when their helicopter crashed in a heavily forested, mountainous area in north-central Italy during a storm, authorities said. Col. Alfonso Cipriano, who heads an air force rescue coordination
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Muchos viajeros en Estados Unidos y en el extranjero lo han estado esperando. La industria de viajes ha estado presionando por ello. Y este domingo llega el fin del requisito de que los viajeros den negativo en la prueba de covid-19 antes de ingresar a EE.UU. Los Centros para el Control
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN The wildest congressional contest of 2022 is unfolding in Alaska, where the state’s former governor and onetime Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is attempting a political comeback in a crowded field for a House seat that is open for the first time in nearly 50 years. Palin was a late
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