By ELIJAH WESTBROOK Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked an MTA bus driver in Brooklyn. It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights. Police said the driver announced the B44 bus
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The lawyer of a son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi says his client’s health is deteriorating three days into a hunger strike in his prison cell in Lebanon. He said Tuesday that Hannibal Gadhafi is suffering from headaches, muscle pain and difficulties moving around. Hannibal started
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83. Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend, confirmed that she died Monday. He did not provide
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Karim Benzema has officially bid farewell to Real Madrid. He says he wanted to end his career with the club but life gave him another opportunity. The French striker did not give any hints about his future, which reportedly remains linked to a lucrative move to
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. on Tuesday and released a guidebook pointing to laws it deems discriminatory in each state, along with “know your rights” information and resources to help people relocate to states with stronger LGBTQ+ protections.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle US government allegations that the tech giant violated children’s privacy by illegally collecting their personal information through its Xbox Live gaming service. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft broke the law by failing to tell parents about the full breadth
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Andres Iniesta has said goodbye to old friends as he played for his Japanese club Vissel Kobe against his former club Barcelona in a friendly at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Barcelona won the match 2-0. Iniesta played 674 games for Barcelona from 2002-18, winning 30 trophies. He also scored the winning
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The former president of the latest version of the United States Football League is launching a spring football league for high school players. Brian Woods says his Prep Super League will begin next year with a six-week season. Woods stepped down as the USFL’ president last December. League officials intend to
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in its four-decade history, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization has declared a national state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuesday. “LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency. The multiplying
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fallout from the breach of a river dam along a front line of Russia’s war in Ukraine continued to wreak havoc on lives, livelihoods and the environment on Wednesday. When the Kakhovka dam ruptured on Tuesday, it sent a torrent of water from Ukraine’s largest
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, a State Department spokesperson told CNN, the latest step toward rapprochement between the US government and the de facto leader of a key US ally. The two men “affirmed
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Although it’s named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the compromise debt ceiling package that President Joe Biden signed into law this past weekend doesn’t do much to fix the nation’s enormous financial challenges. The deal, which prevented the US from defaulting on its obligations and unleashing economic upheaval, holds non-defense
Continue ReadingBy DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni says his team should be scared of “murderers and bad people” and not Manchester City’s fearsome attack in the Champions League final on Saturday in Istanbul. Three-time champion Inter last appeared in the final in 2010. It is City’s second final
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Downtown San Francisco has been dealt another blow after an investor in one of its largest hotels said it would stop paying its loans. Park Hotels and Resorts, the investment firm that owns Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 hotels, said Monday that is
Continue ReadingBy Florencia Trucco, Jimena de la Quintana and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — The superior court in Lima, Peru, ordered Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, to be handed over to FBI agents on Thursday, according to a statement published on social media on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN (CNN) — Inter Milan and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku says the world’s top soccer stars could form a union to tackle racist abuse in the sport. Speaking exclusively to CNN, Lukaku says authorities are currently not doing enough to protect players in the wake of yet
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — ¿Por qué Argentina se llama Argentina? La historia es larga y, de hecho, el país sudamericano no siempre se llamó así. En la Revolución de Mayo de 1810 comienza la historia de Argentina. Esto debes saber sobre sus causas y consecuencias De acuerdo con la página oficial de Argentina, el
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report by five international organizations says up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels to cook, and 675 million don’t have electricity. The report released Tuesday said that at current rates, 660 million people are projected to be without electricity and 1.9 billion won’t have
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 36 others, authorities said. The quake struck before dawn near the southwestern coastal city of Jeremie at a depth of six miles (10
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — A thunderous open-ice hit by Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk on Jack Eichel knocked the Vegas center to the ice and sent him to the locker room in the second period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Golden Knights teammates and coaches worried in the
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