By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Cruise vacations cover a range of budgets, with some bargain jaunts costing a few hundred dollars, while more upscale, longer voyages lay on more perks to justify the big expense. But a new offering by luxury operator Regent Seven Seas Cruises raises the price tag to eye-watering levels, with
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Ángel Di María transitó esta semana una montaña rusa de emociones. El lunes, él y su familia fueron amenazados de muerte en su ciudad de origen, Rosario. Un día después, fue capitán y figura en la victoria del 3-1 ante Costa Rica, en un amistoso de la selección argentina en
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of pilgrims making their way to a popular Easter festival in rural South Africa slammed into a bridge on a mountain pass and plunged into a ravine before bursting into flames,
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Spanning decades of Russian history from the confines of a luxury hotel, “A Gentleman in Moscow” provides another strong TV showcase for Ewan McGregor, this time playing opposite his wife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The result is a sweetly touching adaptation of the bestselling book that explores the quest
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — It appears that the Atlanta Hawks have the Boston Celtics’ number. Atlanta guard Dejounte Murray knocked down a game-winning jumpshot in the final second of overtime to give the Hawks a 123-122 victory over the Celtics on Thursday – their second win against the team with the best record
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As the total solar eclipse, occurring across Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, draws near, experts are reminding spectators to grab a pair of eclipse glasses to view the celestial event safely — and to make sure they aren’t fake. Counterfeit eclipse glasses are “polluting the
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé knows how to get people talking, and her new album “Cowboy Carter,” had tongues wagging long before its release date on March 29. With star power as ubiquitous as hers, every little detail of a new work is going to be embraced and dissected, especially since Beyoncé
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin and three Northeastern states will weigh in on their respective parties’ presumptive nominees in upcoming presidential primaries. On Tuesday, Wisconsin voters will also decide the fate of two Republican-backed statewide ballot measures that will shape how elections in the
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will compete in the Wisconsin presidential primaries, a contest that’s now less about winning delegates and more about carrying the pivotal state in November. Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will also decide two proposed constitutional amendments that would shape how
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Happy Friday Central Oregon! As we wrap up the work week, expect cloudy skies. Today will be drier compared to yesterday, although there’s still a chance of spotty precipitation. Temperatures will reach the upper 40s and 50s today across the High Desert. Winds will be calm for the majority of the day, but it may
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republicans are competing for the right to challenge 16-term Democratic incumbent Bennie Thompson in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District. Ron Eller and Andrew Scott Smith were the top vote-getters in the March 12 primary, but neither received the vote majority needed to avoid Tuesday’s runoff election. Eller
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests that shut down Bangkok’s two airports in 2008 for about 10 days. The ruling by the Bangkok Criminal Court was the second this year finding that the protesters, who opposed a government headed by allies of ousted
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign minister is meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, who is visiting to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation with New Delhi, which considers Russia a historic ally from the Cold War-era. Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said Friday in a post on the social media platform X that he and Dmytro
Continue ReadingCNN By Nell Lewis and John Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The largest apex predator in the tropical seas, tiger sharks are notoriously fierce. They can grow to more than six meters (20 feet), have sharp serrated teeth and are second only to great whites in number of reported attacks on people. But in The Bahamas,
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s election commission has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections. The commission says this is because of Zuma’s criminal record. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2021 for defying a court order to appear before
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people. The agency on Friday, citing information from an unnamed source in Tajikistan’s
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Like a professional athlete’s performance, sporting movies are often hit and miss. While some become cult favorites, others fall by the wayside after struggling in the hinterland between dramatization and sporting action. Certain sports lend themselves to getting the Hollywood treatment, and arguably golf falls into that category, perhaps
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in three Arkansas state House districts are returning to the polls to complete some unfinished business from the March 5 primaries. There’s one race in which Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, are supporting different candidates. The top two finishers
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — On the surface, Timothy Stephenson had an enviable life. He was married to a doctor, and they lived in a $2 million home with their twin daughters in a quiet suburb east of San Francisco. But Stephenson harbored a secret: About two decades earlier, he had shot andkilled a
Continue ReadingBy Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump has been largely absent from the 2024 campaign and sources close to the Trump campaign acknowledge that even at this point – well into the election year – it is still unknown how she will throw her weight publicly behind her husband’s reelection effort. “She’ll definitely
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