By Ben Church, CNN Rich Strike stunned the horse racing world when he won the Kentucky Derby last month and he’s back in action again at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. The horse entered the Derby at 80-1 odds — the biggest long-shot in the 20-horse field — after only being added to the race
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — En un extraño giro de la programación, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, se reunía aquí el jueves con un líder que ha amplificado las teorías de conspiración a la misma hora en que surgieron nuevos detalles sorprendentes sobre la conspiración para negarle la presidencia. Durante meses, Biden se había
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Steph Curry produced a 43-point masterpiece Friday to will the Golden State Warriors to a 107-97 Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics and level the series at 2-2. At 34, Curry may be in the twilight of his career, but he looked like a man still playing at the absolute
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington, Irene Nasser and Jorge Engels, CNN Russian forces are now in control of most of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the bloody battle for Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Street fighting continued to rage on Saturday in the eastern city, where Russian soldiers and Ukrainian troops are still locked in battle. “The situation remains
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A fund created for the victims of the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school has garnered more than $11 million from donations worldwide, city officials said Friday. The Robb School Memorial Fund was established to help those affected by last month’s mass shooting that killed 19 students and two
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN Many travelers in the United States and abroad have been waiting for it. The travel industry has been pushing for it. And on Sunday an end arrives to the requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before entering the US. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited a
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s prime minister has urged military-ruled Myanmar to reconsider the death sentences against four political opponents, suggesting that executing them will draw strong international condemnation and complicate efforts to restore peace. Hun Sen’s letter to Myanmar’s military ruler adds to worldwide concern
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Pam’s. Kenny’s. Molly’s. Lori’s. Melinda’s… Dave Thomas, a successful Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise owner in Columbus, Ohio, and a protege of founder Colonel Harlan Sanders, was struggling in 1969 to find a name for a new hamburger concept he hoped to open. The fast-food burger market was becoming saturated, but
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Jorge Engels, Jake Kwon, Jeevan Ravindran and Reuters France’s defense minister said Saturday that the country aimed to rebuild its relationship with Australia, following a failed submarine deal that led to a breakdown of relations between the two countries. The comments by Sebastien Lecornu come after Australia said they will pay French defense
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Por primera vez en la historia, un galón de gasolina regular ahora cuesta US$ 5 en promedio en todo el país, según la Asociación Estadounidense del Automóvil (AAA, por sus siglas en inglés). El récord no es una sorpresa. Los precios de la gasolina han estado aumentando constantemente durante las últimas
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Leer la mente del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, rara vez es una tarea sencilla, pero en ocasiones el líder del Kremlin lo hace fácil. Tal fue el caso el jueves, cuando Putin se reunió con un grupo de jóvenes empresarios rusos. Cualquiera que busque pistas sobre cuál podría ser el
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany says it will temporarily introduce some border controls as the country gets ready to host the Group of Seven summit later this month in the Bavarian Alps. The summit of wealthy nations with the leaders of Germany, the United States, France, Japan and other top industrial countries will take place from
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Pop music pumping, a marching band and a human statue scaring those walking nearby. There’s even a robotic, automated drinks transportation machine. This is not your typical golf event. But it never promised to be so. The inaugural LIV Golf event began in earnest at the Centurion Club just north of
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business For the first time ever, a gallon of regular gas now costs $5 on average nationwide, according to AAA’s Saturday reading. The record is hardly a surprise. Gas prices have been rising steadily for the last eight weeks, and this latest milestone marks the 15th straight day that the AAA
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Inflation is hitting everyone hard — even Snoop Dogg. On Tuesday, the rapper tweeted that even his professional blunt roller got a raise. “Inflation,” Snoop Dogg tweeted in response to a post by UberFacts, which said his full-time blunt roller makes between $40,000 to $50,000 a year. “Their salary went
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power. Elections are being held nationwide to select the 577 members
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(Update: Saturday night performance results) SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The rain couldn’t keep many people from showing up to watch or take part in the Sisters Rodeo parade through town on Saturday morning. Fortunately, the afternoon rodeo performance ended with sunshine, and the majority of loyal rodeo fans were still there to see it —
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and JULIE WALKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. has topped $5 for the first time ever. Auto club AAA said the average price on Saturday was $5. Motorists in some parts of the country, especially California, are paying far
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and JULIE WALKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. has topped $5 for the first time ever. Auto club AAA said the average price on Saturday was $5. Motorists in some parts of the country, especially California, are paying far
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN March for Our Lives, the student-led movement focused on gun violence prevention, returned to Washington Saturday with a mass demonstration in the wake of recent shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. The DC march on Saturday afternoon at the Washington Monument featured a slate of speakers
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