By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In early 2017, freshman Rep. James Comer found himself aboard Air Force One with the country’s two most powerful Republicans, President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. As they returned to Washington from a Kentucky rally, the conversation turned to the president’s first legislative push,
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, CNN Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe was involved in a fiery courtside exchange with Memphis Grizzlies players Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks during the Grizzlies’ 122-121 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. Sharpe, who was seated courtside, had been exchanging words with Brooks throughout the first half and
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Abdul Wasi Safi kept documents detailing his time as an Afghan soldier who worked with the U.S. military close to him as he made the monthslong, treacherous journey from Brazil to the U.S.-Mexico border. He fled Afghanistan fearing retribution from the Taliban following the August 2021
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held an emotional meeting with the families of people who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Zelenskyy spoke with family members of seven of those killed in the crash on Wednesday in the Brovary area of Kyiv, the capital
Continue ReadingBy ANNIE MA and BEN FINLEY Associated Press As kids’ behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline — including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions. Approaches such as “restorative justice” were adopted widely in recent decades
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN One of the most stirring and resonant sequences in a film this awards season comes from an unlikely source: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” The DreamWorks film, a sequel to a spinoff of “Shrek,” follows the titular feline as he attempts to restore eight of the nine lives he’s spent.
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Comienza el año 4721 en el calendario chino. 2023 es el Año del Conejo. La leyenda china sostiene que Buda pidió a todos los animales que lo encontraran el día de Año Nuevo y nombró un año después de cada uno de los doce animales que vinieron. Los animales del
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Dolphins are swimming their way back to New York City’s Bronx River for the first time in over five years. On Monday, a pair of dolphins were spotted in the river, which flows through southeast New York, according to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The department posted
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Santa Fe, New Mexico, paid a local contractor $47,000 to round up about 3,000 shopping carts around the city in 2021 and 2022. Fayetteville, North Carolina, spent $78,468 collecting carts from May 2020 to October 2022. Shopping carts keep wandering away from their stores, draining taxpayers’ coffers, causing blight and frustrating
Continue ReadingBy Alasdair Howorth, CNN Novak Djokovic beat Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets — 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 6-4 — to move in the last 16 of the Australian Open, despite a labored performance from the world No. 5 who was visibly struggling to move at points during the match. Djokovic, who is arguably the favorite to
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN A young alligator found in a plastic container in New Jersey has been relocated to another zoo in the state until it is transferred to an alligator sanctuary in Florida. The 3-foot long gator was found in a plastic container in an empty lot in Neptune, according to a Facebook post
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN; Photographs by Adam Perez for CNN Shortly after Benjamin Cuevas and his family moved into their new home three years ago in Tooleville, California, he realized something was horribly wrong. In the middle of the day, the water pressure would drop completely. Cranking up both hot and cold could only coax
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that trapped tens of millions of Africans in bondage for
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that trapped tens of millions of Africans in bondage for
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN All five inmates who fled a Missouri detention center this week have been captured, authorities said. Around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the five inmates at the St. Francois County Detention Center in southeastern Missouri entered a secured cell, made their way through a secured door “by use of force,” then escaped
Continue ReadingCNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In travel news this week, China is on the move as the Lunar New Year rush gets underway, a boy makes the catch of a lifetime, temperatures drop to minus 80 F in the world’s coldest city, plus what it’s like to spend the night in an igloo in the
Continue ReadingCNN, WSVN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN In travel news this week, China is on the move as the Lunar New Year rush gets underway, a boy makes the catch of a lifetime, temperatures drop to minus 80 F in the world’s coldest city, plus what it’s like to spend the night in an igloo in
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN In travel news this week, China is on the move as the Lunar New Year rush gets underway, a boy makes the catch of a lifetime, temperatures drop to minus 80 F in the world’s coldest city, plus what it’s like to spend the night in an igloo in the Alps.
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Sgueglia, Zenebou Sylla and Aaron Cooper, CNN One of two people killed after a plane experienced mechanical issues and crashed in New York on Thursday evening reached out to loved ones in the final moments of his life, officials said. Pilot Boruch Taub and passenger Binyamin “Ben” Chafetz both died after their plane
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, Alex Hardie and Jorge Engels, CNN Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves, under investigation on a sexual assault charge, was remanded to jail on Friday by a Spanish judge, the Catalonia Higher Court of Justice press office said in a statement. “Investigating magistrate number 15 of Barcelona has received today, as a detainee,
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