By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Aaron Estrada said he walked onto the basketball floor at State Farm Stadium in awe on Thursday morning, staring up at more than 60,000 seats that should be packed when the Alabama guard plays in the Final Four on Saturday night. The experience — which
Continue ReadingCriminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That’s the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency. Europol has identified 821 particularly threatening criminal networks with more than 25,000 members in the bloc. It
Continue ReadingBy Jason Kravarik and Josh Campbell, CNN Orange County, California (CNN) — Carol and Jeff Starr celebrated their daughter’s wedding last month with a bit of irony: neither was wearing their own wedding rings at the ceremony. Thieves had broken into their Southern California home last spring and cleaned out a safe full of jewelry. “They hit the
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark’s final game in an Iowa uniform will be with a national championship on the line. And it’s going to come against a team potentially on the verge of a dynasty. No. 1 Iowa narrowly advanced to the women’s NCAA tournament national championship game after surviving a scare
Continue ReadingBy AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Friday that “our brave men will punish the Zionist regime,” escalating threats against Israel for an airstrike that killed seven of the group’s members, including two Iranian generals, earlier this week. The strike, widely attributed to Israel, destroyed
Continue ReadingBy Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — Pressure is mounting on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to suspend the sale of arms to Israel following the deadly attack on a convoy of aid workers in Gaza. Calls for Sunak to stop supplying Israel with weapons grew after an Israeli airstrike on Monday killed seven members
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees announced on Thursday that it will push back its MLB game on April 8 because of the solar eclipse taking place that day. The home game against the Miami Marlins was originally scheduled to start at 2.05 p.m. E.T. but now has
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel in a resolution passed Friday that aims to help prevent rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel’s blistering military campaign in Gaza. The sweeping but non-binding measure at the Human Rights
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. Aboard Marine One,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Hualien, Taiwán (CNN) — Wu estaba preparando el desayuno para los huéspedes del pequeño hotel que dirige en el condado taiwanés de Hualien cuando las estanterías a su alrededor temblaron violentamente y la montaña situada detrás de su casa rugió. Temiendo que el edificio se derrumbara, se apresuró a poner a salvo
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — On the surface, Thailand’s annual Songkran festival appears to be just one great big water fight. Every April, people young and old take to the streets all over the country, armed with plastic guns and water buckets, and engage in hours-long battles from morning till dusk. And
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Four Indonesian Cabinet members have testified that no rules were violated in the distribution of government aid during the recent election campaign, despite claims by the two losing presidential candidates that it was used for the benefit of the election winner. Defense Minister
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials are claiming they used a barrage of drones to destroy at least six Russian military aircraft and badly damage eight others at an airfield in Russia’s bordering Rostov region. Moscow defense officials claimed they intercepted 44 Ukrainian drones and that only a power substation
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Senate primaries are only just beginning, but the matchups in key races that will determine the balance of power in the chamber look relatively settled seven months before the November election. At the dawn of the second fundraising quarter, the general election is effectively here, and that’s bringing several
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció que extenderá automáticamente la vigencia de ciertos permisos de trabajo de unos 800.000 inmigrantes hasta por 540 días. La regla temporal entrará en vigor el 8 de abril y ayudará a evitar interrupciones
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended solidly higher and bond yields rose Friday as Wall Street welcomed a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%, making up most of the loss from the previous day and moving closer to its record high set last week. The
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — This was a late show and then some from Cole Palmer as the 21-year-old forward guided Chelsea to a dramatic 4-3 Premier League victory over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. With United holding a goal advantage heading into the 10th minute of additional time, Chelsea was awarded
Continue ReadingBy FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government has begun its first nationwide census since 2011 which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north. This comes as tensions with neighboring Serbia remain high. The Agency of Statistics is conducting the 12-million Euro ($13 million) census, originally
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Samsung Electronics has said it expects to report a huge rise in its operating profit in the first quarter, offering hopes of a strong recovery after a dismal 2023. The South Korean tech giant estimates its operating profit to have increased to 6.6 trillion Korean won ($4.9
Continue ReadingWMUR, SCOTT RYAN, CNN By Dalia Faheid, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead and hundreds of thousands are without power Friday after a Nor’easter brought heavy snow and strong winds to parts of the Northeast. Widespread wind gusts topping 40 mph swept across the region
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