By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is about to hold its annual developer conference this week where it’s expected to show off new software coming to its most popular devices and possibly offer the biggest hint yet about a new product long rumored to be in development. At its Worldwide Developers Conference, which kicks
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If Donovan Atterberry thought about abortion at all as a young man, it was perhaps with some vague discomfort, or a memory of the anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic that he would pass on his way to the park as a child. It became real to
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Non-alcoholic alternatives to booze have been around for a while. But recently, the sector has been booming. For a long time “you had ‘near beer,’ which was kind of a joke,” said Duane Stanford, editor of Beverage Digest. “People would be discreet about drinking them. And now
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business For many average investors, the price of just one Amazon share has been prohibitively expensive. There are a lot of things a person can spend about $2,500 on instead of one tiny piece of “Prime” stock market real estate. A nice vacation? That home entertainment system? Season tickets
Continue ReadingUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Mourners on Sunday were remembering a girl who was an aspiring artist, whose joy at reaching the double-digit age of 10 charmed broken hearts around the world. Alithia Ramirez was among the 19 children who, along with their two teachers, died on May 24 when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire with
Continue ReadingPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Early indications show Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party headed for victory in local elections as people voted in large numbers for the first time since a 2018 vote that was widely criticized as unfair. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party was virtually certain to capture the lion’s share of
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan, CNN If you’re sipping a cup of coffee as you read today’s 5 Things, we have some good news for you: Drinking either sweetened or unsweetened coffee is associated with a lower death risk compared with not drinking the beverage, according to a new study published recently in the journal Annals
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan, CNN If you’re sipping a cup of coffee as you read today’s 5 Things, we have some good news for you: Drinking either sweetened or unsweetened coffee is associated with a lower death risk compared with not drinking the beverage, according to a new study published recently in the journal Annals of
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA Associated Press After the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, schools around the country pledged to boost security measures and increased the presence of law enforcement on campus — partly to reassure parents and students. But police inside schools can make some students more uneasy, not less. Especially for Black students
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the
Continue ReadingBy Liam Reilly, CNN A 30-year-old Queens man was indicted Friday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl he connected with on Snapchat, according to a news release from the Suffolk County, New York, District Attorney’s Office. Andrew Ramsaroop has been charged with two counts of second-degree rape, one count of promoting a sexual performance by
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Former skipper Joe Root has given his successor Ben Stokes the perfect start to his captaincy of the England team at Lord’s. Root carried England to victory with a century to seal the first test against New Zealand. Root stepped down as skipper in April after five years but remains the team’s
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump was impeached in late 2019 after pressuring Ukraine’s leader for “a favor,” all while withholding $400 million in military aid to help confront Russian-backed separatists, even the staunchest defense hawks in the Republican Party stood virtually united by Trump’s side. But as
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein. It’s not a cure. But this latest gain for targeted cancer therapy could open new treatment possibilities to thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr and Gloria Borger, CNN Allies of Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republicans in Georgia have recently approached Donald Trump advisers to see if the former President can be persuaded to go easy on the incumbent GOP governor as he fights for reelection, sources told CNN. The informal effort — which has not
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET and JEFF SCHAEFFER Associated Press RANVILLE, France (AP) — More than 20 British World War II veterans gathered Sunday near Pegasus Bridge in northwestern France, one of the first sites liberated by Allied forces from Nazi Germany, for commemorations honoring the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and other nations
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — State TV says the death toll in a catastrophic tower collapse in southwestern Iran has risen to at least 38. The report Sunday says emergency workers pulled another body from the rubble amid fears that still more could be trapped. It’s unclear how many more people remain unaccounted for
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For Ridge Alkonis, a U.S. Navy lieutenant living in Japan, a springtime trip with his wife and three children to Mount Fuji was intended as fun and leisurely family time before an expected deployment. What happened next, and why, is a matter of dispute. But it gave
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Former Brazil great Ronaldo has begun a long bicycle trip from Valladolid to Santiago de Compostela to keep a promise he made in case of his club’s promotion in the Spanish league. Ronaldo and his partner were expected to travel several kilometers a day along the traditional pilgrimage route that leads to
Continue ReadingBy DEMETRIS NELLAS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek firefighters are battling a wildfire for a second day near two Athens suburbs. Local media reported some damage to houses as well as vehicles with 65 fire engines and 283 firefighters still operating in the area. Authorities said that the blaze has
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