CNN, KMAX, KCRA By Isabel Rosales and Jacqueline Hurtado, CNN (CNN) — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of Sacramento Monday morning, officials said – the second such arrival of migrants in the city from a conservative state in several days. “Special Agents from the California Department of
Continue ReadingTamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Their shared love of travel was one of the main topics of conversation during their first date back in 2004. But other than a “couple of cruises,” Janell and Stu Clarke, both from Australia, had barely traveled beyond their home country nearly a decade later. Once Janell got her motorbike
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Rose Zhang needed only one tournament to make good on high expectations. Two weeks after she won another NCAA title, Zhang made her professional debut by winning on the LPGA Tour. No one had done that in 72 years. What’s next for the 20-year-old Californian? Zhang heads back to
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Lauryn Hill brought Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel on stage over the weekend to surprise attendees of the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia and it may be the last time fans see them together. The trio make up the hip hop group the Fugees and fans have long wanted
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — More and more adults are taking over-the-counter melatonin to get to sleep, and some may be using it at dangerously high levels, a study has found. The overall use among the US adult population is still “relatively low,” but the study does “document a significant many-fold increase in melatonin
Continue ReadingBy ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press QUIVICÁN, Cuba (AP) — Cuba is leading a delegation of Caribbean nations, including Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Honduras and Haiti, to formally request UNESCO to add casabe, a little-known ancestral flatbread made of yuca, cassava, to the organization’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The goal is to get casabe the recognition
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial success into the race. They promise voters they will build mega-prisons, remove uncompliant judges and hammer gangs into submission. For citizens across Latin America, that formula should sound familiar. El Salvador’s tough talking, Bitcoin-loving
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. Jasmine Avenue is lined with low-rise apartment blocks, an imposing Catholic Church, a school and a handful of dilapidated recreational vehicles. That morning
Continue ReadingBy Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. Jasmine Avenue is lined with low-rise apartment blocks, an imposing Catholic Church, a school and a handful of dilapidated recreational vehicles. That morning on
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Agency says that the U.N. nuclear watchdog will “never politicize” its work in Iran. He insisted on Monday after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm.” Israeli Prime Minister
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Hodge, Sebastian Shukla, Olga Voitovych and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian offensive is “taking place in several directions,” Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar told Ukrainian television on Monday, heightening speculation that a major push by Kyiv to recapture land held by Russia’s occupying forces could be getting underway. “It is
Continue ReadingCNN By Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, will be temporarily transferred to US custody on June 8 to face extortion and fraud charges, Peruvian authorities told CNN. Javier Llaque Moya, the president of Peru’s National Penitentiary Institute,
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has met his Indonesian counterpart to deepen security ties amid China’s increasingly assertive activity in the Indo-Pacific region. Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto says they discussed ways to facilitate cooperation between their militaries to contribute to regional peace
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La tenista Elina Svitolina calificó de “valiente” a su rival, la rusa Daria Kasatkina, tras la sorprendente victoria de la ucraniana este domingo. Svitolina, que ya había dicho que no daría la mano a sus rivales rusas y bielorrusas por respeto a los hombres y mujeres que defienden a Ucrania, dijo a
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — French soccer player Karim Benzema has played his last game for Real Madrid and may soon be joining the great Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia. Saudi’s state-run Ekhbariya news on Sunday reported that Benzema and the Saudi Al Ittihad club had reached an agreement on a two-season contract. The
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The mother of one of the four University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed in an off-campus home last year said she won’t attend the trial of her son’s accused killer. “It doesn’t change the outcome,” Stacy Chapin, whose 20-year-old son Ethan was killed in the attack, told
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — County officials in Las Vegas have unveiled five potential designs for a permanent memorial to honor the victims, survivors and first responders of the October 2017 mass shooting that occurred there. A model of each design will be on display at an exhibit in downtown Las
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up a trademark dispute over an individual’s wish to register “Trump too small” as a slogan for T-shirts and hats. The case is the latest dispute before the court to pit the First Amendment against federal trademark law.
Continue ReadingCNN Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Creating the perfect backdrop for the upcoming “Barbie” movie required so much pink paint that it led to a global shortage, according to its production designer. “The world ran out of pink,” said Sarah Greenwood in a recent interview with Architectural Digest. Greenwood, who has been nominated for six
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Creating the perfect backdrop for the upcoming “Barbie” movie required so much pink paint that it led to a global shortage, according to its production designer. “The world ran out of pink,” said Sarah Greenwood in a recent interview with Architectural Digest. Greenwood, who has been nominated for six Academy
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