CNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN Did you make paper airplanes as a kid? Remember all the folding and refolding in the hopes of creating something that might float all the way across the room? Well, some people take their paper airplanes very seriously — and the results are nothing short of amazing.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN Did you make paper airplanes as a kid? Remember all the folding and refolding in the hopes of creating something that might float all the way across the room? Well, some people take their paper airplanes very seriously — and the results are nothing short of amazing. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax returns before Tuesday’s filing deadline. Many often pay to use software from private companies such as Intuit and H&R Block. Almost one-quarter of Americans wait until the last minute to
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax returns before Tuesday’s filing deadline. Many often pay to use software from private companies such as Intuit and H&R Block. Almost one-quarter of Americans wait until the last minute to
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN “Phantom of the Opera” isn’t just a Broadway icon — it’s a cultural behemoth. There’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s organ-heavy score, sumptuous sets and elaborate costumes. There’s a melodramatic love triangle between the beautiful soprano, her hunky beau and a misunderstood sewer dweller, composer and voice teacher. Then there’s the chandelier, of
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press WAKAYAMA, Japan (AP) — The fishermen who tackled the man suspected of the second attack on a Japanese political leader in less than a year were surprised by the lack of security for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Fisherman Tsutomu Konishi was watching Kishida at a campaign event at this fishing
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Squint a little as you take in the scene, or just close your eyes and listen to the voice, and 2023 stumbles back into another era. Another Memphis. “You can’t expel hope!” the young man cries in his powerful voice, his
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — When the U.S. prisons director visited the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, this past week, she stopped by the federal death row where Bruce Webster is in a solitary, 12-by-7 foot cell, 23 hours a day. Webster’s not supposed to be there. A federal judge
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as “offensive and baseless” insinuations that recently surfaced about the late pontiff. In remarks to tourists and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said he was aiming to interpret the feelings of the faithful worldwide by
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Without citing a reason, the Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News announced late Sunday that he was delaying the start of the trial until Tuesday. The trial, which has drawn international interest, had been scheduled to start
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Without citing a reason, the Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News announced late Sunday that he was delaying the start of the trial until Tuesday. The trial, which has drawn international interest, had been scheduled to start
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN Wall Street has been hit with a barrage of complex signals about the economy’s health over the past month. From banking turmoil to weakening jobs data to slowing inflation, and now the start of earnings season, investors have remained largely resilient. But the Federal Reserve’s March meeting minutes revealed last week
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — Shunned by major league clubs, Trevor Bauer pitched his first competitive game in almost two years on Sunday with the Yokohama BayStars minor league team in nearby Yokosuka, Japan. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner is in Japan on a one-year deal that could let
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The CEO and co-owner of media company Axel Springer apologized Sunday for making crude remarks about “East Germans” in text messages leaked to a rival newspaper. German weekly Die Zeit quoted Mathias Doepfner as saying that East Germans “are either communists or fascists.” The comments prompted sharp rebukes from officials in the
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its full-scale war more than a year ago. While
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Wayne Sterling, CNN University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins scored a touchdown in his team’s spring game on Saturday, five months after he was hospitalized by a gunshot wound in a shooting that killed three of his teammates. After he scored the 1-yard touchdown, Hollins pointed to the sky and
Continue ReadingALGIERS (AP) — Syria’s chief diplomat is on a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab world. The move comes more than a decade after Syria was globally isolated amid President Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on mass protests against his rule. Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad was
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing officials to lift a shelter-in-place order issued in the afternoon when the fire broke out for the second time in the day. The fire at the Pinova plant in Brunswick, Georgia, began Saturday morning and
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales, Holly Yan, Chris Boyette and Emma Tucker, CNN A Sweet 16 party turned into a scene of carnage when four people were killed and at least 28 others were injured on Saturday night, officials said. The deadly rampage happened in downtown Dadeville around 10:34 p.m. Saturday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Defender Antonio Rüdiger has been racially abused by fans after Real Madrid’s game at Cadiz in the Spanish league. Images posted by Spanish media on Sunday showed Cadiz fans yelling insults at Rüdiger after he went to the stands to give away his shirt to what appeared to be a Madrid supporter.
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