By Matias Grez, CNN Jimmy Butler took his ‘Playoff Jimmy’ moniker to new heights on Monday as he scored a franchise playoff record 56 points to lead the Miami Heat to a stunning comeback win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Trailing by 14 points in the fourth quarter, the Heat roared back — led by the
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN The civil battery and defamation trial for columnist E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald Trump is set to begin Tuesday. Carroll alleges Trump forcibly raped and groped her in a Manhattan luxury department store dressing room in the mid 1990’s. Trump denies the charges and has
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN An American woman has been arrested in Sydney after arriving on a flight from Los Angeles with 24-carat gold-plated handgun packed in her luggage. The 28-year old woman, who arrived in Sydney on Sunday, did not hold a permit to import or possess a firearm in Australia, the Australian Border Force
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained 110 people for alleged links to Kurdish militants in raids across 21 provinces. A pro-Kurdish politician says the raids targeted politicians, journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. They come weeks ahead of Turkey’s May 14 parliamentary and presidential elections. Anadolu Agency says those
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say D.C. United defender Mohanad Jeahze is in custody in Sweden on suspicion of two counts of assault. Jeahze has been suspended by Major League Soccer pending an investigation by the league and Swedish authorities. The Swedish Prosecution Authority says Jeahze was arrested on Saturday after the second of
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has fired one of its doctors who faced allegations, first reported by The Associated Press, that he had repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct. The U.N. health agency had come under pressure from the United States over the claims against the doctor,
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss bank UBS says it took in $28 billion of net new money for its wealth management business in the first quarter, with $7 billion of that coming after the announcement of its government-backed takeover of ailing rival Credit Suisse. The Zurich-based bank, which is set to
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile has hit a museum building in the north of the country, killing at least two and wounding 10 other people. The attack was part of a relentless barrage that comes as Ukraine is gathering its forces for a planned counteroffensive.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) elevó el sublinaje de la variante de coronavirus ómicron XBB.1,16 de rápido crecimiento como una nueva variante de interés, y dice que está superando a la variante XBB.1,5 anteriormente dominante en muchas regiones. XBB.1,16 es descendiente de la variante XBB recombinante, que es
Continue ReadingSAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The graves are dug in the morning. Four plots, each two meters deep in the section of a cemetery in a central Ukrainian city devoted to the nation’s fallen soldiers. The day begins for Oleh Itsenko, 29, and Andrii Kuznetsov, 23, shortly after dawn, when the
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, Alta Spells and Chris Youd, CNN State investigators found 89 shell casings and believe seven guns were used at a dance studio shooting that left four people dead during a Sweet 16 party in Dadeville, Alabama, earlier this month, according to a report from CNN affiliate WBMA. The new details came Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese and foreigners streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting Tuesday shook a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Aid agencies raised increasing alarm over the crumbling humanitarian situation in a country reliant on outside help.
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The contradictions that make up Israel were on full display as the country mourned its fallen soldiers and began celebrating its 75th Independence Day. The jarring transition Tuesday from Israel’s Memorial Day to its landmark anniversary ceremony came as the country faces one of
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Is shy something you feel or something you are? According to a new study, it could be either. Whether shyness is part of your child’s personality or just something they feel when they are in front of a group of strangers, it is a typical experience, according to the study published
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as worries about the health of global economies grew after a tumble on Wall Street, despite some better-than-expected earnings reports. Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul and Shanghai declined while Hong Kong gained in early trading. “From a banking crisis still hovering just
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Video game maker Nintendo has announced it has changed the Japanese name of Spike, the foreman who appears in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” in advance of the film’s release in Japan later this month. The character, who first appeared as an enemy of Mario in the 1980s game “Wrecking Crew,”
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN A Taiwan political activist has been formally arrested on suspicion of “secession” in China, more than eight months after he was detained amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait. Yang Chih-yuan, a democracy campaigner and pro-independence politician, was detained by Chinese state security in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Kelly Curto is taking her first trip outside the U.S., and the die-hard fan of the British royal family is making it the one at the top of her bucket list — heading to London for King Charles III’s coronation. After arriving on May 5, the
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say the twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the country’s northwest and killed 16 people the day before were caused by electrical shorts and not a terror attack, as initially suggested. The short circuits occurred on Monday at a munition warehouse in
Continue ReadingBy JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The president of Guatemala has appealed to other governments to respect Taiwan’s sovereignty during an official visit at a time when China’s ruling Communist Party is stepping up efforts to isolate the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. President Alejandro Giammattei’s
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