By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — The last place Madeline Robson expected to meet her future husband was her friend’s bachelorette party. “I’m here for the bride,” Madeline remembers thinking. “I shouldn’t be having my own love story. This is so strange.” But when Madeline flew from her home in Ontario, Canada to New Orleans
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York, Eric Adams, dijo este sábado que visitó el tapón del Darién, la traicionera región de selva tropical que conecta América del Sur y Central y se ha convertido en un importante cruce para los migrantes que buscan llegar a Estados Unidos. Adams dijo
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El ya histórico premio mayor de Powerball subió a un estimado de US$ 1.550 millones después de que no hubo un gran ganador en el sorteo de este sábado por la noche, dejando el tercer premio más grande en la historia de la lotería aún en juego. Si el premio mayor
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s center-right opposition won two state elections on Sunday at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government, projections showed, and a far-right party that has been riding high in national polls celebrated gains. The votes followed a campaign marked by discontent with persistent squabbling
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Look up for the Draconid meteor shower this weekend, expected to peak October 8. Unlike many meteor showers, the Draconids aren’t ones you’ll have to stay up late to witness because the shower is most visible just after nightfall and throughout the evening hours, rather than the early morning.
Continue ReadingCNN By Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Paul P. Murphy, Allegra Goodwin, Benjamin Brown and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people are believed to have been captured in Israel by Hamas fighters over the weekend. They are now being held in locations across Gaza, complicating Israel’s response to the militant group’s deadly
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At Gompers Distillery in Redmond, there was an inaugural fundraiser Saturday called the “Great Catsby” for the BrightSide Animal Center. You were able to dress to impress like Gatsby and Daisy, soaking in the Roaring ’20s! And if you were feeling the luck of the draw, you could have tried your hand at the casino games. There was
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has fired dozens of rockets and shells at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The group said its fighters on Sunday used a “large numbers of rockets and shells.” It said the attack was in solidarity with the
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — D.J. Uiagalelei threw three of his five touchdown passes to Jack Velling and No. 15 Oregon State beat California 52-40 on Saturday night. The Beavers (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) struggled to slow down the Golden Bears (3-2, 1-2) for most of the night but did more
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Shirin Faqiri, Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung and Caitlin Hu, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel has formally declared war on Hamas, setting the stage for a major military operation in Gaza as fighting continues to rage on Israeli soil. Tanks and personnel carriers could be seen on the move near the
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The already historic Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after there was no big winner in Saturday night’s drawing, leaving the third largest prize in the game’s history still up for grabs. If the jackpot is won in the next drawing on Monday, a lucky player would
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By TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli government formally declared war and gave the green light for “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack, as the military labored into Monday to crush fighters still in southern towns and intensified its bombardment of the
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Alexander watches Paw Patrol with fervor, bowls his baby brother over with hugs and does everything with gusto. What the 3-year-old West Chicago toddler can’t do yet is speak more than a few words. His balance is wobbly and he isn’t able to let his
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tourists at the Acropolis this holiday season can witness the resolution of one of the world’s most heated debates on cultural heritage. All they need is a smartphone. Visitors can now pinch and zoom their way around the ancient Greek site, with a
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The area around the Maui town largely destroyed by wildfire two months ago began welcoming back travelers on Sunday after the mayor and Hawaii’s governor pushed ahead to restart tourism to boost the economy despite opposition from some Lahaina residents. Five hotels in West Maui were accepting
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ONEN and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. Too many of them in a banana plantation means an extra cost of hiring manual labor. But can these discarded
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been thrust into a Middle East crisis that risks expanding into a broader conflict and has left him fending off criticism from GOP presidential rivals that his administration’s policies led to this moment. The potential for prolonged and expanding violence
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain’s opposition Labour Party gather in Liverpool on Sunday for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism. The party has been out of power for 13 years, and in the last national election in 2019, voters handed Labour its worst drubbing since 1935. But
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — La Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala otorgó un amparo provisional a diez ciudadanos que expresaron su preocupación sobre el proceso de transición rumbo a la asunción de Bernardo Arévalo como presidente en 2024. El tribunal ordenó al actual presidente, Alejandro Giammattei, al Tribunal Supremo Electoral, al Ministerio Público y Órgano
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Cities across the US are ramping up security around houses of worship after the devastating attacks on Israel by Gaza militants that started Saturday. While many authorities say there have been no credible threats, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued “public
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