By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity have arrived in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families. That follows the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African nation. The
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft with three astronauts has successfully docked at the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus reached the station after Saturday’s blastoff from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. The launch followed an aborted attempt two
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Rebel Wilson is claiming Sacha Baron Cohen has tried to stop the release of her upcoming memoir, “Rebel Rising.” Wilson and Baron Cohen starred together “The Brothers Grimsby” in 2016. “I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers,” Wilson wrote on her
Continue ReadingBy Pau Mosquera and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves has left prison after submitting a €1 million bond (approximately $1.08 million) to a Barcelona court required for his provisional release after being convicted of sexual assault, the Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia said in a statement on Monday. According
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb and Laura Dolan CNN (CNN) — A New York appeals court has given Donald Trump 10 more days to post his bond as he appeals the civil fraud judgment against him and cut the amount necessary to $175 million. It’s a major lifeline for the former president, who, along with
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An undertaker turned academic, Alexandra Morton-Hayward became interested in brains — specifically how they decompose — during her former job. “I worked for years with the dead. My own experience is that the brain is pretty quick to liquefy (postmortem),” she said. “So it was a real shock when
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — South Korean soccer star Son Jun-ho, who was detained in China for allegedly accepting bribes, has recently returned home, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday. The ministry has been communicating with the Chinese authorities through “various channels” and requested cooperation to “ensure a
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The clerk of court accused of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial resigned Monday, almost two months after a judge questioned the Colleton County, South Carolina, official’s credibility but ruled the allegations were not enough to grant Murdaugh a new trial. Rebecca “Becky” Hill will not run for
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Medication abortion has become increasingly common since it first became available in the United States two decades ago, and a new study finds that requests for abortion pills through sources outside of the formal health-care system surged after the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision removed the federal right to
Continue ReadingCNN, GETTY IMAGES By Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public before revealing her cancer diagnosis, one of her biggest priorities was finding the right way to tell her children, she said. “Most importantly, it has taken us time to explain everything
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors, if it withstands expected legal challenges. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that will ban social media accounts for children under 14 and require parental permission for 14- and
Continue ReadingBy Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — There was a significant increase in fatal car crashes in the United States around the time of the 2017 total solar eclipse, a new analysis shows. The analysis, published as a research letter Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found a 31% increase in traffic risks around the
Continue ReadingSki resorts saw around two to four inches of new snow over the past 24 hours. Snow chances are likely over the next several days. Ski resorts, such as Mt. Bachelor, could be seeing around 4 to 8 inches of new snow by Wednesday morning. The Cascades can expect light to moderate showers through the
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH Associated Press SPRAKEBUELL, Germany (AP) — These are turbulent times for wind and solar energy. High interest rates needed to finance renewable projects are coming on top of long waits to buy equipment. And those headwinds are blowing at a time when investment needs to massively ramp up to meet ambitious climate
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Ivana Kottasová, Lauren Izso and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Tensions between the United States and Israel were exposed on Monday when Washington stood aside and allowed the UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The US decision to abstain on the vote prompted Israel’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Bacon is ready to cut loose at prom. Bacon announced this week to a gym full of students from Utah’s Payson High School, where his iconic movie “Footloose” was filmed, that he will be making an appearance at the school’s final prom. This comes after students launched
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the year in a major shakeup of the company’s leadership. Boeing’s chairman and the head of the commercial airplane unit are also leaving. Boeing’s chairman, Larry Kellner, will not
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Italy has followed France in stepping up security following the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall and the claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. The attack renewed attention in Europe on the risk from the extremists. France on Sunday increased its
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The CONCACAF Nations League final between the US men’s team and Mexico on Sunday was marred by “discriminatory chanting” from spectators at the AT&T Stadium in Texas, forcing the referee to twice stop the game. Goals from Tyler Adams and Gio Reyna secured the US a 2-0 win and
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — “¿Qué planes tenés para Semana Santa?”, le pregunté días atrás a una amiga. “Semana de Turismo, dirás”, me corrigió rápidamente, en tono medio broma, medio serio. Y es que en Uruguay –oficialmente– la semana clave del calendario de los cristianos quedó despojada del adjetivo “santa” hace más de 100
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