By MEAD GRUVER and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Mitt Romney’s announcement this week that he will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate came with a distant echo of his father’s departure from politics five decades ago. Mitt and his father, George Romney, at one time were top Republican contenders for the presidency,
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Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second in the search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. State archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Thursday that the remains are among 22 found in Oaklawn Cemetery, but are the only ones
Continue ReadingBy BARAA ANWER Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The U.N.’s World Heritage Committee has placed two major historical sites in Ukraine on its list of such sites that it considers to be in danger. The iconic St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv and the medieval center of the western city of Lviv are UNESCO
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The new coach of Spain’s women’s team has had to delay the announcement of her first squad after nearly all of the country’s World Cup-winning players maintained their boycott of the national team. Spain coach Montse Tomé was set to announce her squad on Friday. But
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Rising gas prices haven’t taken their toll on the American consumer just yet, amid growing optimism that inflation is easing, according to the latest consumer sentiment survey from the University of Michigan. The university’s latest consumer survey released Friday showed that Americans’ expectation of inflation rates in
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Historical novels by Jayne Anne Phillips and Paul Harding and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian prison novel “Chain-Gang All-Stars” are among the nominees on the National Book Awards long list for fiction. Phillips, a former National Book Award finalist, was cited for “Night Watch,” and Harding,
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moved Friday into the hands of a Senate jury that was deciding whether the embattled Republican should be removed from office over corruption allegations that have shadowed him for years. The
Continue ReadingBy Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 tonnes of the addictive amphetamine captagon – worth more than $1 billion – hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels, the country’s Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday. The Dubai Police
Continue ReadingBy MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has died. He was 91. Lina Botero told the Colombian radio station Caracol that her father died Friday morning in Monaco
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you’re eating healthier meals these days, congratulations — but what do you snack on? By choosing ultraprocessed and sugary snacks, 1 in 4 of us may be undoing all the benefits of healthy eating, according to a new study. “Considering 95% of us snack, and that nearly a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Amber Heard’s character had a big part in the 2018 film “Aquaman.” But in the trailer for the forthcoming “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” her character, Mera, appears only for a few seconds. The new film finds her reprising her role. As does Jason Momoa, who stars as
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Los festejos patrios del 15 de septiembre en México, por el 213 aniversario del inicio de la independencia del país, estarán enmarcados por decenas de conciertos gratuitos y diversos actos públicos. Aquí presentamos la lista de las principales actividades que se realizarán en la capital mexicana, tanto en el
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana comienza este 15 de septiembre y se extenderá hasta el 15 de octubre, dando a Estados Unidos la oportunidad de reconocer y celebrar a los miembros de nuestras comunidades y a sus antepasados que proceden de México, partes del Caribe, Centroamérica, Sudamérica y España.
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Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Fernando Botero fue uno de los grandes pintores de Colombia, que con su monumental estilo de ver la realidad, dejó un gran legado en la cultura y el arte colombianos que será difícil de superar. Botero nació en Medellín el 19 de abril de 1932, es el colombiano más
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday imposed sanctions on more than two dozen Iranian individuals and entities tied to the violent suppression of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini one year ago. The new sanctions are the latest tranche in response to Tehran’s brutal crackdown on the protestors who
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A photograph of a huge plasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, has won the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition for a team of amateur astronomers. The giant arc captured by the team led by Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Netflix spends a lot of money on prestigious Oscar bait, but its subscriber/viewership numbers probably owe as much to the light romances that the service spits out with regularity. Add “Love at First Sight” to that column, playing like a slightly darker fairy tale – rom without much
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Netflix spends a lot of money on prestigious Oscar bait, but its subscriber/viewership numbers probably owe as much to the light romances that the service spits out with regularity. Add “Love at First Sight” to that column, playing like a slightly darker fairy tale – rom without
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