NEWRY, Maine (AP) — A competitor was killed in a crash on the first day of a rally race through a forest in western Maine, leading organizers to cancel the event’s second day. WMTW-TV reports that Erin Kelly, a 48-year-old woman from Marshall, Virginia, was killed Friday when her team’s car crashed near Lower Richardson
Continue ReadingCNN By Aimee Lewis, CNN Markéta Vondroušová had overcome the odds throughout the last fortnight at Wimbledon and the Czech did so again in the women’s final on Saturday, beating favorite Ons Jabeur to become the first unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the famous tournament. The world No. 42, who was playing
Continue ReadingBy Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — An already dangerous weekslong heat wave will only worsen this weekend as a heat dome intensifies and reaches peak strength over parts of the Western United States. The heat dome is so formidable the National Weather Service in Phoenix called it “one of the strongest high pressure systems this
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson did not seem like a future celebrity multimillionaire. The shy 18-year-old had been posting videos on YouTube for five years from his mom’s North Carolina house without much traction. His mother urged him to go to college, but he dropped out of
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, llegó “hace poco tiempo” al Centro Médico Sheba este sábado, según su oficina. “Está en buenas condiciones y en evaluación médica”, dijo. No se han dado a conocer detalles sobre la naturaleza de su condición, pero Israel está en medio de una ola de
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Rocks, cliffs, muddy sediment. These natural features may not be that exciting to look at for some of us, but for geologists they bristle with meaning. The story they tell is our planet’s history, chronicling how continents, mountain ranges and oceans formed and glaciers spread and receded. Fossils
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Rocks, cliffs, muddy sediment. These natural features may not be that exciting to look at for some of us, but for geologists they bristle with meaning. The story they tell is our planet’s history, chronicling how continents, mountain ranges and oceans formed and glaciers spread and receded. Fossils embedded
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The extremist rebel group Allied Democratic Forces has been accused of killing at least 12 people in Ituri province in northeastern Congo. Local farmers discovered their bodies in the bush early Friday as they went to work their fields. A local civil society organization said Saturday
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Markéta Vondroušová había superado las probabilidades durante la última quincena en Wimbledon y la checa lo hizo nuevamente en la final femenina este sábado, venciendo a la favorita Ons Jabeur para convertirse en la primera mujer no cabeza de serie en la Era Abierta en ganar el famoso torneo. La número
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Scorching temperatures across Europe have forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day. Meteorologists say even hotter weather is expected next week, when the mercury is forecast to top 40 degrees Celsius, or about 104 degrees Fahrenheit, in several popular Mediterranean tourist destinations.
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Last week would have been an ideal week to go on vacation if you’re an economist or, ahem, an economics reporter. That’s because a boatload of new data was released that provided a lot more clarity on the state of the US economy. The new pieces of
Continue ReadingGULLANE, Scotland (AP) — Rory McIlroy has a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Scottish Open and he has reason to feel his lead should be bigger. McIlroy shot a 67 at The Renaissance Club to lead Tom Kim by one. McIlroy missed an eagle putt from about 3 feet and a
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy London (CNN) — Over 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday. In a series of events which could have been lifted straight out of the pages of one of Christie’s mystery novels, the group
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy London (CNN) — Over 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday. In a series of events which could have been lifted straight out of the pages of one of Christie’s mystery novels, the group
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday declared that he feels “very good” after he was rushed to the hospital for what doctors said likely was dehydration. But doctors ordered him to remain in the hospital overnight for further observation, and his weekly Cabinet meeting was delayed
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday criticized Bulgaria’s pro-Russian president over his remarks that Kyiv is to blame for Russia’s ongoing war and that supplying arms to Ukraine only prolongs the conflict. President Rumen Radev had told reporters on Friday that he wanted “to make it clear that Ukraine insists on fighting this war.”
Continue ReadingBy Amir Tal, Hadas Gold and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left hospital Sunday after being admitted the previous day for dehydration amid a heat wave in the country. Amit Segev, the cardiology unit director at the Sheba Medical Center – where Netanyahu was treated – said the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El caso de Emanuela Orlandi, la hija de 15 años de un empleado del Vaticano que desapareció en Roma hace 40 años, ha dado otro giro cuando su hermano desestimó lo que describió como un intento “vergonzoso” de los fiscales del Vaticano y Roma para culpar a la familia al sugerir
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Pervez Akhtar lucha entre lágrimas al recordar las últimas palabras de su hijo de 14 años. “Todo estará bien”, le dijo Muhammad Abuzar. “Educaré a mis hermanos, haré tu casa. No pasarás hambre. Solo oren por mí”. Akhtar ahora está sentado en su ruinosa casa de una habitación en una aldea
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Kobe Brown thought he deserved to go higher in the NBA draft and he’s beginning to show why. The final pick in the first round at No. 30 overall, Brown is proving he has a chance to make an impact as a rookie for the Los Angeles Clippers after
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