CNN en Español (CNN Español) — Con motivo de los 10 años de la muerte de Gabriel García Márquez, recordamos algunas de las frases del repertorio mágico del prodigioso escritor colombiano a lo largo de su vida. Dicen que yo he inventado el realismo mágico, pero solo soy el notario de la realidad. Incluso hay
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Emert Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Former mountain Congressman Madison Cawthorn appears to be facing a charge after witness video showed him on the side of a Florida interstate following a crash with a trooper. Alethea Shapiro shared a video of the wreck’s aftermath on TikTok.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant accepted “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him, the actor said Wednesday after the agreement was announced in court. Grant said he reluctantly settled because of a
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major show of Caspar David Friedrich’s iconic landscapes that marks the 250th anniversary of his birth is opening in Berlin, where he made his breakthrough and where a 1906 exhibition kicked off an enduring revival of interest in the German Romantic master. The show at the
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In Justine Kurland’s photographs, shot across the American West, trains silently pass through the picture plane: Burnt red and yellow railroad cars emerge from tree-lined curves, bisect flat plains and disappear into the mouths of tunnels; weathered freight cars yoked together both dot the terrain and demarcate it. The
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The 2024 Paris Olympics is 100 days away and NBCOlympics is running through the top 100 athletes you should know ahead of the Opening Ceremony, including Simone Biles, Victor Wembanyama and Katie Ledecky. This guide covers sports across multiple disciplines breaking down top names from around the world aiming for Olympic glory this summer.
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of medical care, in detention facilities holding thousands of suspected Islamic State members and their relatives in northeast Syria. The centers and camps hold about 56,000 people, the majority of them children and teens. They
Continue ReadingBy JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds Sometimes you need to buy a car you’ve never seen. And there may be powerful reasons to do so. Buying a vehicle online and sight unseen allows you to potentially shop the nation’s entire inventory of cars rather than what just happens to be sitting around at your local dealership. That’s
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles has revealed that she thought “the world is going to hate me” after withdrawing from the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Call Her Daddy podcast released on Wednesday, Biles spoke about how she was affected by “the twisties” during the
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, Kate Hudson took on the role of one of the most celebrated music fans to ever hit the silver screen: Penny Lane in “Almost Famous.” It is required viewing for record obsessives — and for Hudson, an extension of a
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Kerry Pearl remembers the pharmacist holding up the medicine her 4-year-old son needed to help him breathe. “He was literally holding it, looking at me like: ‘I can’t give you this,’ ” she recalls. “My poor kid is at home not sleeping through the night and waking up coughing,
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, Sebastian Shukla and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile strike killed and injured nearly 100 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine – an attack that could have been prevented if Ukraine was provided with better air defenses, President Volodomyr Zelensky said. At least 18 people were killed
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a proposed law that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands gathered outside parliament to protest. Opponents say the proposal would obstruct Georgia’s
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Ford is recalling more than 450,000 compact SUVs and pickup trucks in the United States because they might lose drive power resulting from a battery issue, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in an alert. The models affected include Ford Bronco Sport SUVs made between 2021
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — En apenas unos días, India comenzará las elecciones democráticas de mayor tamaño del mundo. Se estima que 960 millones de personas en un país de 1.400 millones de habitantes son elegibles para votar en las elecciones, que comienzan este viernes y tardarán más de un mes en completarse. Se espera ampliamente
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Happy Wednesday everyone! It will be chilly as you head out the door this morning. You might even encounter a frosty windshield. Fortunately, the roads are dry, ensuring smooth travel conditions ahead. It will be another dry and quiet day here in Central Oregon. Afternoon highs will reach the 50s so it will feel similar
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER, STAN CHOE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is asking shareholders to restore a $56 billion pay package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a Delaware judge this year, and to shift the company’s corporate home to Texas. The changes, to be voted on by stockholders
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Mary Gilbert and Brandon Miller, CNN Dubai, UAE (CNN) — Chaos ensued in the United Arab Emirates after the country witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with some areas recording more than 250 mm (around 10 inches) of precipitation in fewer than 24 hours, the state’s media office said in a
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — More than 5,500 years ago, two women were tied up and probably buried alive in a ritual sacrifice, using a form of torture associated today with the Italian Mafia, according to an analysis of skeletons discovered at an archaeological site in southwest France. Researchers investigated the unusual position of
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El ministro de Defensa de Argentina, Luis Petri, firmó este martes en Dinamarca un acuerdo de compra de 24 aviones de combate F-16, que la institución calificó como “histórico” en un comunicado. “Hoy estamos concretando la adquisición aeronáutica militar más importante desde 1983. Se trata de 24 aviones F-16 que
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