By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has watered down some parts of its controversial immigration legislation in an attempt to get the bill through Parliament. The Illegal Migration Bill, once passed, would require officials to detain and deport people who cross the English Channel to Britain in small boats. More
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — Carrie Johnson, wife of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has announced the birth of their third child together. “Welcome to the world Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson born 5th July at 9.15am,” Johnson wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. She shared several pictures of the baby boy,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Family Access Network has received a $7,500 grant from Herbert A. Templeton Foundation. The funds will benefit children from low-income and ALICE households. According to United Way, ALICE households are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, with income above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) but not high enough to afford essentials
Continue ReadingCHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia Union coach Jim Curtin has signed a multi-year contract extension that is guaranteed through 2026, the Major League Soccer team announced. Curtin is a two-time winner of the Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year award and the second-longest tenured coach in the MLS behind Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Hugh Jackman dio a los fans de la franquicia un vistazo a “Deadpool 3”. El actor publicó en Instagram una foto suya con el traje amarillo de la serie de cómics. Dice que su regreso como Wolverine no interfiere con “Logan”, la historia de 2017 de “X-Men” que lo mató. Jackman aparece
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Elina Svitolina reached the Wimbledon semifinals by beating top-ranked Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 three months after returning from maternity leave. The 28-year-old Ukrainian gave birth to her daughter in October and returned to the WTA tour in April. Swiatek is a four-time major
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Unseeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina stunned world No. 1 Iga Świątek on Tuesday, winning 7-5 6-7 6-2 in a Centre Court classic to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Svitolina only returned to tennis three months ago following the birth of her daughter, Skaï Monfils, in October and, currently ranked world No.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge will not block Microsoft (MSFT) from closing its $69 billion deal to acquire video game giant Activision Blizzard, a defeat for US regulators who had asked for a temporary injunction while legal challenges to the merger unfold. The decision not to grant the injunction by the
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Prada set Chinese social media alight Monday after it unveiled a new partnership with the country’s national women’s soccer team. Accompanying the announcement with a photo of the squad wearing dark tailored suits, white shirts and leather shoes, the luxury label said it was giving the team a “fresh and
Continue ReadingISSOIRE, France (AP) — Pello Bilbao has sprinted to his first Tour de France stage victory and also gained significant time in the overall standings. Jonas Vingegaard still leads overall after the tricky 10th stage. Bilbao raised his arms in celebration at the end of one of the hardest stages of the Tour so far.
Continue ReadingBy ELDAR EMRIC SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of people have gathered in Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia, for the annual commemoration of the 1995 massacre and to give a dignified burial to victims unearthed from mass graves and only recently identified through DNA analysis. Twenty-eight years after they were murdered, 30 men and boys were
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press Writer TALLINN, ESTONIA (AP) — A Belarusian artist who dumped manure outside an office of President Alexander Lukashenko has died in a prison, where he was serving a five-year sentence. The Viasna human rights center says Ales Pushkin, who was 57, died in a prison in Grodno in western Belarus
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Hugh Jackman is giving movie fans a peek at “Deadpool 3.” He took to Instagram with a photo of himself in a yellow costume from the comic book series. He says his return as Wolverine doesn’t interfere with “Logan,” the 2017 “X-Men” story that killed him off. Jackman is
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El surfista profesional hawaiano Mikala Jones murió a la edad de 44 años después de un accidente de surf en las islas Mentawai de Indonesia, informó Surfline este lunes citando informes oficiales. Los detalles exactos que rodean su muerte no están claros. La hija de Jones, Isabella, escribió en Instagram después
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El Gobierno de Cuba rechazó la presencia de un submarino nuclear estadounidense en la Bahía de Guantánamo que permaneció tres días a partir del 5 de julio y la calificó de “escalada provocadora”, según un comunicado del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores cubano divulgado este martes. “El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores rechazó enérgicamente
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge will not block Microsoft (MSFT) from closing its $69 billion deal to acquire video game giant Activision Blizzard, a defeat for US regulators who had asked for a temporary injunction while legal challenges to the merger unfold. The decision not to grant the injunction by the
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — For months, federal prosecutors have brought witnesses in front of a grand jury in Washington, DC, to investigate efforts by former President Donald Trump and his close allies to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election. The witnesses, several of whom appeared under subpoena, range
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Rashard Rose and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama finally condemned White nationalists, telling reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that “White nationalists are racists,” after previously refusing to equate White nationalism with racism. Tuberville had doubled down Monday when asked about his previous comments on White
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendant Walt Nauta on Monday night laid out some of the legal attacks they’ll potentially launch against charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified information brought against them by special counsel Jack Smith. The defendants argue the charges will give rise to “unprecedented”
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Susan Lorincz, the Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor through a closed door last month during a dispute over children playing outside, waived her arraignment and entered a written plea of not guilty, court officials said. Lorincz, a 58-year-old White woman, is charged with manslaughter with a
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