CNN, WPVI By Kelly McCleary and Emma Tucker, CNN A night of revelry on Philadelphia’s South Street turned chaotic Saturday as gunmen opened fire into a crowd, leaving two people and a suspect dead and 11 wounded in one of at least 13 weekend mass shootings across the United States. One of the suspected gunmen
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Brazil goes up against Japan in a soccer friendly in the new National Stadium in Tokyo that hosted the Olympics just under a year ago. Brazil will be the early favorite with defending champion France when the World Cup opens in 5 1/2 months in Qatar.
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a crowning moment for her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II waved at tens of thousands of adoring crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, delighting fans who had hoped to catch a glimpse of her during the final day of festivities
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Sudden thunderstorms and hailstorms around France left one woman dead and 14 people injured. The storms ravaged vineyards and delayed flights on Sunday. Lightning hit the Eiffel Tower without causing damage and set roofs on fire east of Paris. Residents of southwest France posted photos online of hail the size of tennis-balls.
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Supreme Court rounds the final weeks of the term it has yet to decide an unusually high number of cases including disputes over abortion, gun rights, religious liberty, immigration and the environment — issues that deeply divide the public and exacerbate the ideological split on
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN The sudden chirping of a cell phone sent Joel bolting out of his seat. He rushed to a purple backpack sitting behind him and opened the front pocket. An alarm was sounding on the phone US immigration authorities had given him, and he knew he
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Holly Yan, Samantha Beech and Emma Tucker, CNN A bustling entertainment district turned into a scene of carnage when multiple shooters opened fire in the South Street area of Philadelphia, killing at least three people and wounding 11 others, police said. Officers patrolling the South Street area heard gunfire and observed “several
Continue ReadingBy 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 that’s completely changed.”
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is headed toward Bermuda after killing three people in Cuba and flooding roads in Florida. Alex reached tropical storm force after strengthening off Florida’s east coast early Sunday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Alex has strengthened a bit, with maximum
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Jeong, Teele Rebane and Sana Noor Haq, CNN At least 49 people have been killed and more than 300 injured, after a fire tore through a container depot in southeastern Bangladesh over the weekend. The fire started on Saturday night at the BM Container Depot in Sitakunda, in Chittagong District, according to state-run
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Haley Brink and Judson Jones, CNN Tropical Storm Alex formed early Sunday after bringing heavy rain and flooding to South Florida a day prior, becoming the first named storm of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Alex was moving away from the Bahamas and toward Bermuda Sunday morning with sustained winds of 50
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night. The
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN Jacklyn Cazares’ father used to tell the 9-year-old who loved making TikTok videos with her friends not to be loud in the house. Now, he wishes he could hear her voice filling their home again after she was killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last month.
Continue ReadingCNN, KABB, WOAI, KSAT By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia would have turned 10 over the weekend, but instead of getting ready to sing her “Happy Birthday,” her family was preparing for her funeral. Eliahna was among the 19 students and two teachers who were killed by a gunman in their adjoining elementary school
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Brock Townsend allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, Garret Forrester and Travis Bazzana each hit a home run and Oregon State beat San Diego 12-3 on Saturday night at the Corvallis Regional. Oregon State (46-15) plays the winner of Sunday morning’s loser-out game between San Diego (37-17)
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Brock Townsend allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, Garret Forrester and Travis Bazzana each hit a home run and Oregon State beat San Diego 12-3 on Saturday night at the Corvallis Regional. Oregon State (46-15) plays the winner of Sunday morning’s loser-out game between San Diego (37-17)
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Photographs by Ryan Christopher Jones for CNN Gary Biggs’ family hasn’t had water coming out of their private well for over a decade, after a multi-year drought and overpumping by agriculture and industry. Now, the eight-acre farm in West Goshen, California, which Biggs passed down to his son, Ryan, in the
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean — and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet. Horie returned home as he crossed
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Australia says a Chinese fighter jet carried out dangerous maneuvers threatening the safety of one of its maritime surveillance planes over the South China Sea. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government expressed concern to China over the May 26 incident. Australia’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese J-16 intercepted a P-8 Poseidon
Continue ReadingSTANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Levi Wells scattered eight hits and just two runs over eight innings, Jose Gonzalez hit two home runs and Texas State beat national No. 2 seed Stanford 5-2 to advance to the finals of the Stanford Regional. Texas State (47-12) plays the winner a loser-out game between Stanford (42-15) and UC
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