Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Hubo al menos cinco informes de posibles tornados en Illinois este miércoles según el Centro Nacional de Predicción de Tormentas Meteorológicas. Los informes estaban en los condados de Cook, DuPage, Kane y McHenry. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional describe los tipos de daños informados a su oficina como árboles caídos, daños en
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Tourists are waiting more than two hours to visit the Acropolis in Athens. Taxi lines at Rome’s main train station are running just as long. And so many visitors are concentrating around St. Mark’s Square in Venice that crowds get backed up crossing bridges — even
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — After hinting at a possible retirement following a postseason loss in May, NBA superstar LeBron James has announced he will be returning for another year of play – his 21st NBA season. The league’s all-time leading scorer revealed his plans while onstage at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday. “I
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Luego de la derrota en las finales de la Conferencia Oeste de Los Ángeles Lakers ante los Denver Nuggets en mayo, LeBron James insinuó un posible retiro después de decirle a los periodistas que tenía “mucho en qué pensar”. Este miércoles, durante la entrega de los premios ESPYS 2023, el máximo
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cristian Espinoza scored on a first-half penalty kick and assisted on a second-half goal by Miguel Trauco to lead the San Jose Earthquakes to a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday night. Espinoza picked up his 11th goal of the season, scoring after a foul in the 19th
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A helicopter pilot said in court on Thursday he and two of his passengers had escaped serious injury by jumping into the ocean when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22. Another two of pilot Brian Depauw’s joy flight passengers did not make it
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A tournament for soccer players around the world who have experienced homelessness is making its U.S. debut in California. The Homeless World Cup started July 8 in Sacramento. It runs through Saturday. The tournament is in its 20th year. It’s being held after a
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lisa Wrightsman was a former college soccer player whose life was derailed by drug addiction before she eventually made her way back to the sport through a tournament for players from around the globe who have experienced homelessness. Wrightsman qualified for the Homeless World
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Pedro Vite scored in the first minute and Sergio Córdova accounted for the only goal of the second half to lead the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 2-1 victory over Austin FC. Córdova used a pass from Ryan Gauld in the 72nd minute to score the winner for the Whitecaps (7-7-7).
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Travis Caldwell, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball grand prize is growing once again after no winning jackpot tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing. The big prize for the next drawing on Saturday is now an estimated $875 million, according to the lottery’s website, with an estimated $441.9 million lump-sum cash value
Continue ReadingBy AARON MORRISON AP National Writer The Black Lives Matter movement hits a milestone on Thursday, marking 10 years since its 2013 founding in response to the acquittal of the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Gunned down in a Florida gated community where his father lived in 2012, Martin was one of the
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About 200 bocce ball players gathered at Bend’s Old Back Nine Golf Course on Tuesday for an annual tournament hosted by AmeriTitle that benefits area nonprofits.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Más de 3,1 millones de personas se han visto obligadas a huir de sus hogares en medio de una situación humanitaria cada vez más desesperada en un Sudán desgarrado por la guerra. Los grupos de derechos humanos alertan sobre la violencia étnica generalizada, los ataques a civiles y la violencia sexual
Continue ReadingBy NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An online influencer has been arrested in Dubai over a satirical TikTok video in which he portrays a brash Emirati on a spending spree inside a luxury car showroom. The comedic sketch, in which he tosses stacks of bills at bewildered employees and
Continue ReadingBy LORI HINNANT, HANNA ARHIROVA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. They spent the next 12 hours or more digging trenches on the front lines for
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A misplaced naval ship in California, overlooked students in New York City and missed inmates in Texas are some of the reasons that the two most populous states and the largest city in the U.S. have filed last-minute 2020 census corrections requests. California, Texas and New York City are joined
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported its exports tumbled 12.4% in June from a year earlier as demand weakened after central banks raised interest rates to curb inflation. Customs data released Thursday showed imports slid 6.8%. Trade weakness adds to downward pressure on the world’s second-largest economy. Global
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans who say the Federal Trade Commission has been overzealous and politicized under President Joe Biden are set to interrogate agency head Lina Khan on Thursday. They are bringing her before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time amid her court
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Carlos Vela and Stipe Biuk scored goals 10 minutes apart late in the second half to lead Los Angeles FC to a 3-0 victory over St. Louis City. LAFC (10-6-6) has never lost to an expansion team, winning all seven contests by a combined 16-1 score. Defending champions are now 10-4-5
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Kazuya Nakamura says he was 15 when one of the most powerful men in Japanese entertainment history forced him to have sex while he was part of a troupe of backup dancers managed by the legendary talent agent. At least a dozen other men have come forward
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