By Zarah Ullah, Katharina Krebs, Darya Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A pair of Russian journalists have been detained on “extremism” charges and face accusations of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin are accused of producing content for Navalny’s prominent YouTube
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi’s start to the new Major League Soccer season has been impressive, even by the Argentine great’s lofty standards. On Saturday, the 36-year-old continued his fine goalscoring form, netting twice as Inter Miami beat the New England Revolution 4-1 in front of a record crowd at the Gillette
Continue ReadingCNN By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday he would “like to help” the White House achieve a high-stakes normalization deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel and urged officials to act, saying, “We’re running out of time.” “If we can get a deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel, it ends the
Continue ReadingBy Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday he would “like to help” the White House achieve a high-stakes normalization deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel and urged officials to act, saying, “We’re running out of time.” “If we can get a deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel, it ends the Arab-Israeli
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Rather was synonymous with CBS News before the veteran anchorman left in bitterness in 2006, following a discredited report on then-President George W. Bush’s military service. On Sunday, he returned to the network for the first time in 18 years. He’s now 92 and
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 people across the state. More than 20,000 people were still
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is out to win votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump, unleashing mockery with the goal of getting under the former president’s thin skin and reminding the country of his blunders. Like a comic honing his routine,
Continue ReadingBy Eve Brennan, Catherine Nicholls and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will return to the United Kingdom in May to celebrate a milestone anniversary of the Invictus Games, the biennial sporting competition he founded a decade ago. The Duke of Sussex will give a reading at a ceremony at London’s St. Paul’s
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Looking for a bite at your local mall? As US malls race to reinvent themselves, they’re turning to sushi conveyor belts, craft-beer membership clubs and Korean barbecue to replace burgers and fries. Over the last few decades, malls became the town center of many American communities. But
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 NFL Draft drew to a close on Saturday as 257 players were selected by teams from across the league, all hopeful of a bright career lying before them. A record 700,000 people attended this year’s draft in the city of Detroit, including 275,000 on the first day,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Not long ago, senior citizens got the two biggest annual increases in their monthly Social Security checks that most had ever seen. But for many of them, the adjustments still weren’t enough to cope with the runaway inflation of earlier this decade and the continued high prices for food, housing,
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — An Austrian company plans to build a vessel worthy of a James Bond villain: a customized submersible superyacht that’s more than 500 feet long and can remain below the ocean’s surface for up to four weeks. Eat your heart out, Jeff Bezos. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution. Dressed in black, the neo-fascist supporters marched through northern Italian towns where Mussolini was arrested and executed at the end
Continue ReadingBy DARREN SANDS Associated Press No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, — the Southern city home to Christ Missionary
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press More workplaces are bolstering their volunteer programs, especially as employee demands grow for socially responsible employers and engagement. Nearly three in five companies surveyed by the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals reported increased opportunities for group volunteering last year. With National Volunteer Week in the rearview mirror, coworkers buoyed by
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for in-person connections, professional growth and altruistically inclined employers — career objectives that might be missing in conventional corporate atmospheres. The surge in interest coming out of the pandemic-era shutdowns that forced many Americans to
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Lebanon on Sunday as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Séjourné met with United Nations peacekeeping forces in south Lebanon and with Lebanon’s parliament speaker, army chief, foreign minister and caretaker
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN Venice (CNN) — Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit Venice’s contemporary art festival during a trip which saw him visit a female prison and rehabilitate the reputation of a pioneering American nun artist. The 87-year-old Pope traveled to the northeastern Italian city by helicopter on April 28, touching
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By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director (CNN) — Donald Trump continues to hold an advantage over President Joe Biden as the campaign – and the former president’s criminal trial – move forward, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And in the coming rematch, opinions about the first term of each man vying
Continue ReadingBy BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is running against Joe Biden, but Trump keeps bringing up another Democrat, Jimmy Carter. Trump likes to cite the 99-year-old Carter as a measuring stick to belittle Biden. Trump calls Carter a happy man because, according to Trump, Biden’s performance in office makes Carter’s presidency
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