By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Standing alongside my colleagues as we watched the total solar eclipse, I was struck by the way that wonder unites us all. We were a few of the more than 16,000 people gathered at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland to observe the celestial spectacle. People struck up friendships
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion. But a year of watching women and doctors agonize under Tennessee’s strict abortion ban kicked up a fire in the longtime Democrat. She watched in dismay as her Republican colleagues in
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Several signs point to Bryson DeChambeau winning this year’s Masters, including the one he yanked out of the ground at Augusta National on Friday. Battling to maintain his early lead during a windswept second round at the 88th edition of the major, trouble looked to be brewing for the
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Michael Tubbs was born and raised in Stockton, California, roughly a one-hour drive from Silicon Valley, the birthplace of the AI revolution that’s now forecast to forever change the way Americans live and work. But despite coming of age in Big Tech’s backyard, the America that Tubbs grew up
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A bombshell $16 million fraud charge this week against baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter offers a stark illustration of what can happen when your online accounts aren’t properly secured. The interpreter, a longtime friend of Ohtani’s named Ippei Mizuhara, allegedly stole vast sums of money from a bank account established
Continue ReadingMICHIGAMME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan man and his dog have been rescued from the icy waters of an inland lake in the state’s Upper Peninsula. The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old Thad Cooper, of Michigamme Township, was searching for his dog Friday afternoon when he saw its head poking above
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Holy See has formally protested to France after a court there ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for what the court determined to be the wrongful dismissal of a nun from a religious order. In a statement Saturday, the Vatican said it had
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — American consumers are the engine of the world’s biggest economy, and they are living under a mountain of student debt. Even though the Biden administration has forgiven a staggering $153 billion in federal student loan debt, giving a financial lifeline to millions of borrowers, that figure is
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni says surrogacy is “inhuman” and is backing steeper penalties against the practice, including fines of up to $1 million and multiple-year prison sentences. The act of surrogacy — with or without payment — is already illegal in Italy but Meloni’s Brothers of Italy
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El 1 de octubre, México tendrá otro presidente o presidenta. Ya sea la candidata del partido oficialista, Claudia Sheinbaum, o los aspirantes de la oposición, Xóchitl Gálvez y Jorge Álvarez Máynez, cualquiera que sea electo, recibirá el país con retos por resolver. Expertos consultados por CNN coinciden que quien fuere
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A widespread and significant severe thunderstorm threat could take shape in the central US early next week, putting millions at risk of destructive wind gusts, hail and tornadoes. Forecasts are still somewhat uncertain and will solidify through the weekend. But it’s already clear a large portion of the
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her 50th argument this month. No lawyer, male or female, has done it with quite the same mix of humor, passion and style. And her win-loss record isn’t bad, either: 40-6,
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space agency’s approach to innovation, forever altering how it balanced risk with the call to explore beyond Earth. The tragedy killed seven astronauts as the Columbia shuttle disintegrated upon its return to Earth
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in rope off New England, worsening an already devastating year for the vanishing animals, federal authorities said. The right whales number less than 360 and are vulnerable to entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with ships. The
Continue ReadingBy NASSER NASSER and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press Al-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on the largest rampage against Palestinians there since the war in Gaza began, as Israel’s army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now, with the approach of its first major legislative gathering in several years, the question is whether the church can avert a similar outcome elsewhere in the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El Programa de Respaldo a Estudiantes de Argentina (Progresar), creado por el decreto 84/2014 y dirigido a jóvenes estudiantes con el fin de generar nuevas oportunidades de inclusión social y laboral, abrió un nuevo periodo de inscripción. Muchos se preguntan cuáles son los requisitos para acceder al beneficio, que contempla
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media reports a top ranking official has reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un in the capital Pyongyang. The visit by Zhao Leji, who ranks third in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy and heads the ceremonial parliament, comes as tensions are again
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — For thousands of years, the nighttime’s daily darkness naturally told humans it was time to go to sleep. That’s an evolutionary principle embedded into our brains — and it becomes apparent for those who can’t peacefully slumber at night because of the annoying indicator light that’s part of
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it and some insurers have rejected coverage. Doctors also expect some patients will hesitate to take Leqembi due to its
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