By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, rebounded before the opening bell Friday after former President Donald Trump was convicted in his hush money trial. A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India’s economy grew by more than 8% in the fiscal year that ended in March, according to data published Friday that gives a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi just hours before the country concludes its mammoth, weeks-long national election. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 8.2%, according
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa voters will cast ballots in primaries for the narrowly divided U.S. House as well as the Republican-controlled state legislature. Tuesday’s race in the 3rd Congressional District may play a decisive role in determining which party will win control of the chamber in November. Competing for the
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Meryl Gage woke up wondering if she’d imagined the whole thing. As she came to, she heard the rumble of cascading water and remembered where she was: lying in a sleeping bag, inside a tent pitched by Iguazu Falls – at the precipice of a sixteen-week camping trip across
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — The United States Department of Labor alleged on Thursday that Hyundai and two of its supplier companies illegally employed a 13-year-old who was kept working up 60 hours a week on an assembly line in Alabama. In a new complaint, the department alleges Best Practice, a
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A spokesperson for the University of California, Santa Cruz, says many people have been arrested at a pro-Palestinian demonstration that has been blocking the main campus entrance for days. Police in riot gear surrounded protesters Friday morning to remove an encampment and barricades. TV news station video shows pushing and
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a man stabbed several members of a group that describes itself as opposing “political Islam” and a police officer on a central square in the German city of Mannheim, wounding six people. Police quickly put an end to the attack by shooting the assailant, who also was hurt. Police and
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2024 presidential primary calendar is drawing to a close with a handful of primaries on Tuesday and two Democratic caucuses in Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands on June 8. Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington, D.C., will hold both presidential and state
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Alcohol will no longer be permitted in the stands of the French Open after a series of reports of disruptive behavior from fans. A spokesman for the French Tennis Federation confirmed to CNN that tournament director Amélie Mauresmo made the announcement at an informal press briefing at the media
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Inflation in Europe has ticked up for the first time in five months, casting doubt on the possibility of a steady stream of interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank over the next few months. Annual consumer price inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — There is already significant hype surrounding the Chicago Bears and No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams, and the spotlight will be turned up even further in the preseason when the team features on HBO’s Hard Knocks series for the first time. The documentary series first ran in 2001 and
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s almost laughable at this point when Bryn Savidge gets a job rejection email. “It’s like they’re all using the same AI algorithm to say, ‘Write this person a rejection letter,’” said Savidge, who graduated from Kenyon College, a small liberal arts college 50 miles from Columbus,
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs on their second Super Bowl victory in two years, joking, “back to back … I like that.” “When the doubters question whether you could pull it off again — believe me, I know what that feels like,” the president
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been criticized for a flag flown at his New Jersey vacation house that has ties to both the American Revolution and far-right ideologies. The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, as it is commonly called, also stands outside of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office in the Capitol
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Jim Henson: Idea Man” threads a difficult needle, celebrating the creative genius of the Muppets mastermind without sidestepping or whitewashing the thornier aspects of his personal life, as related by his grown children. The result is a particularly rich Disney+ documentary that captures the man as well as
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Likely created using artificial intelligence, a viral image of Gaza with the text “All Eyes on Rafah” has taken over the internet. The graphic has been shared more than 46 million times on Instagram alone, raising both questions and critiques. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
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Happy Friday! It’s going to be a warm day on the High Desert with highs near 80. We can look forward to a pleasant and dry pattern as we move into the weekend. We’re waking up with a lot less smoke and improved air quality compared to yesterday! Heads up.. Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District firefighters
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El primer acto de Donald Trump al convertirse en delincuente convicto fue lanzar un nuevo y furibundo ataque contra el Estado de derecho. Esto deja en evidencia la gravedad de la elección que aguarda a los votantes estadounidenses. En cierto sentido, la condena de Trump por todos los cargos en su
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia on Friday ordered a detained Russian American journalist to be held until at least Aug. 5, pending investigation and trial, a further step in the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent and free speech. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service, was taken
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A day after a New York jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee held a press conference Friday where he spoke publicly about the conviction and his White House bid. Following his conviction on Thursday, Trump had angrily denounced the
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