By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Skittles’ newest flavor doesn’t taste like the rainbow. In celebration of National Mustard Day on August 5, the candy brand has partnered with French’s to make its first-ever mustard-flavored skittle. A press release describes the candies as having a “tangy mustard flavor” combined with the candy’s
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Can it ever be too hot for ice cream? According to Unilever, yes. The maker of Magnum and Cornetto said Tuesday that the heat wave currently searing Europe could actually put consumers off the frozen dessert. When it comes to the weather, “there’s a sweet spot for temperature,”
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Katie Ledecky has won the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle with ease at the swimming world championships on a day that saw fellow American Ryan Murphy triumph in the men’s 100 backstroke. Ledecky won in 15 minutes, 26.27 seconds. The victory was her 15th individual title at
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Not only did the one-two punch of Barbie and Oppenheimer, crowned by America as “Barbenheimer,” leave audiences enraptured this past weekend, but the double feature’s opening box office performance could have seriously challenged the movie might of superhero blockbusters. At least in 2023. A pretty pink halo
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The PGA Tour heads for the home stretch. The 3M Open in Minnesota boasts a suddenly good field highlighted by an act of desperation. Justin Thomas is No. 75 in the FedEx Cup standings and has two weeks to try to reach the top 70 to qualify for the postseason. Cameron
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden plans to name a new national monument Tuesday honoring Emmett Till and his mother amid a national debate over how to teach painful facts about American history in classrooms. Till was a Black teenager whose murder in 1955 helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Biden
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden named a new national monument Tuesday honoring Emmett Till and his mother amid a national debate over how to teach painful facts about American history in classrooms. “In a time when there are those who seek to ban books, bury history, we’re making it clear, crystal, crystal clear: While
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Gosling may or may not be your ideal Ken in the new “Barbie” movie, but one of the film’s casting directors has shared who else might have gotten the role. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Allison Jones — who cast the hit film along with Lucy
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Russian fighter jet flew “dangerously close” to a US drone over Syria and damaged it with flares, according to the US Air Force, in the latest in a series of incidents between the two militaries in the Middle East. On Sunday, a Russian jet closed to within a
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, Tara Subramaniam and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines stunned New Zealand 1-0 to earn its first ever Women’s World Cup victory on Tuesday off California-born Sarina Bolden’s 24th-minute goal. Bolden’s first-half header was the country’s first ever goal in the competition’s history. The World Cup co-host looked to have earned
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Naoya Inoue became a world champion in his fourth weight class when he stopped Stephen Fulton in the eighth round to claim the WBC and WBO super bantamweight titles. Inoue made an impressive debut at 122 pounds with a dominant performance against the previously unbeaten Fulton at Ariake Arena. The Japanese star
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policía de Ecuador intervinieron el Centro de Privación de Libertad Guayas Número 1 con unos 1.500 efectivos y por el momento logró un “control total” en el lugar, informó la Secretaría de Comunicación de la Presidencia en su cuenta de Twitter. Agregaron que comenzó
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A former Columbia University gynecologist accused by the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and others of sexual assault was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison after his conviction earlier this year on federal sexual abuse charges. Robert Hadden, 64, was convicted in January of
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was not injured after being involved in a car accident Tuesday morning in Tennessee, his campaign and police said. The accident involved DeSantis’ four-vehicle motorcade and took place in the Chattanooga area, the city’s police department confirmed. “The motorcade came up
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will be making their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall. Organizers announced the lineup Tuesday for the 80th edition of the festival, which
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after Tuesday night’s drawing produced no big winners, extending a stretch of bad luck dating back to April. The numbers drawn were: 3, 5, 6, 44, 61 and the yellow ball 25 The absence of a winner for the estimated $820
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Opposition parties in Kenya said they are filing charges of “police atrocities” that left 30 people dead at the International Criminal Court in the wake of protests against the rising cost of living and the imposition of new taxes. Opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga called for
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian parliament’s lower house has approved a bill extending the upper age limit for the compulsory military draft from 27 to 30, a move that appears to be part of efforts by the Kremlin to expand the military during the fighting in Ukraine. All Russian men aged 18-27 are currently obliged
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Toronto police are seeking help from the public to identify three suspects who allegedly stole luxury vehicles from a car dealership. Police say they responded to a vehicle theft call just after 3:40 p.m. on Saturday at a dealership in the the downtown area of Dundas Street East and Carroll Street area.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Home prices remained high in May, dropping slightly from a year before when prices were near record highs and notching a monthly gain from April, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index released Tuesday. “The rally in US home prices continued in
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