By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker drummed up the reveal of their baby’s sex in true “Kravis” fashion. In a video shared to the couple’s Instagram pages on Sunday, Barker is seen sitting at his drum set with Kardashian proudly showing off her baby bump while sitting on his lap
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner will be starting in the WNBA All-Star Game a year after she was an honorary choice by the league while she was being detained in Russia. The Phoenix Mercury’s center was chosen by fans, media and players Sunday for her ninth All-Star game.
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The last-place Phoenix Mercury have fired coach Vanessa Nygaard and replaced her with assistant Nikki Blue for the remainder of the season. The Mercury have gotten off to a rough start, dropping 10 of their first 12 games, including a 97-74 loss in Seattle on Saturday night. Nygaard took over the team
Continue ReadingMUNICH (AP) — Thriston Lawrence has overhauled Joost Luiten in a tense finish to win the BMW International Open by one stroke for his fourth European tour title. Lawrence started the final round four strokes off the lead but the South African’s 3-under 69 was enough to win on 13 under overall as Luiten finished
Continue ReadingBy Eyad Kourdi and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after Russian fighter jets bombed a city in Syria’s rebel-controlled northwestern Idlib province, according to the local White Helmets emergency response group. A fruit and vegetable market was impacted in the Sunday attack on the city of Jisr
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power appeared to be under serious threat, as thousands of Wagner fighters led by warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin closed in on the country’s capital. With the private mercenary group
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift let her Eras Tour audience on Saturday know she appreciates the “beautiful interactions” she has witnessed on tour, but has just one small request ahead of the release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).” “I was hoping to ask you that as we lead up to this album
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, anunció este domingo varias medidas de seguridad tras una nueva masacre que dejó al menos 11 muertos en Choloma, Cortés, en el norte del país, según detalló en Twitter. Según el reporte de la Policía, que compareció en medios locales, varios sujetos visitaron un
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman left Chicago’s 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth inning with a blister on his right index finger. Stroman entered the game with an NL-best 2.28 ERA and was 7-0 in his last seven starts going into the series finale in London. Stroman was pulled
Continue ReadingBy Nick Remsen, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — A generation of flyers will remember the name Air Afrique, the pan-African airline that operated from 1961 to 2002. In its twilight years, the carrier accrued significant debt, and the downtown in air travel after the September 11 attacks in New York City eventually put the company
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The details of how much time Connor Bedard has devoted to developing his game and imposing shot have become the stuff of lore. Vacations were skipped. Windows were broken. And neighbors awakened by the constant thud of Bedard practicing his shot outside into the night in his driveway. The
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Alcaraz is set to reclaim the world No. 1 spot from Novak Djokovic after winning his first-ever grass-court title at Queen’s in London on Sunday. The 20-year-old Spaniard defeated Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-4 6-4 in an hour and 39 minutes to claim his fifth title of the
Continue ReadingBIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (AP) — Officials say a Florida man and his 14-year-old stepson died after hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park in West Texas. The 31-year-old man had been hiking the Marufo Vega Trail on Friday with his two stepsons, ages 14 and 21. The National Park Service says
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — At least three people were killed – two men and one woman – and five others were injured after a Sunday morning shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, police said. Around 4:30 a.m. local time, police responded to the scene on 57th St. and Prospect Ave., where preliminary information indicated
Continue ReadingCNN By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the brief and chaotic insurrection in Russia led by the Wagner paramilitary group shows “cracks” in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s role as a leader of the country. “This is just an added chapter to a very, very bad
Continue ReadingCNN By Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt, Kylie Atwood and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — US intelligence officials were able to gather an extremely detailed and accurate picture of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans leading up to his short-lived rebellion, including where and how Wagner was planning to advance, sources familiar with the matter told
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia has beaten top-seeded Barbora Krejcikova in the Birmingham Classic final. The second-seeded Ostapenko staved off a late comeback from her opponent to win 7-6 (8), 6-4 and claim her second title on grass. Krejcikova hadn’t dropped a set all week coming into the championship match. But it
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Caitlin Kaiser and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — More than 700,000 people across the Southeast and Ohio Valley are in the dark Sunday night as powerful storms ripped through the US, unleashing strong winds, hail and tornado threats. Thunderstorms battered parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and parts of the Ohio Valley Sunday
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Kaiser and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — More than 50 million people across the south from Arizona to Louisiana are under “oppressive” heat Sunday, and about as many people across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi valleys are threatened by severe storms. The heat alerts include much of Texas as well as parts
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová has shown she’s ready to try for a third title by beating Donna Vekić 6-2, 7-6 (6) to win the Berlin Open for her 31st career victory. Kvitová saved three of the four break points she faced and converted four of her five opportunities as she won
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