WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a man trying to drown two small children at a Connecticut beach was thwarted by police officers. Police in West Haven say an officer spotted an SUV parked on a beach at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday and heard “significant screaming” from the water as he approached. Responding officers
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Carson Tyler won the 10m platform competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials to punch his ticket to the Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — It was a special Friday evening in London at Taylor Swift’s Eras tour concert, for a number of reasons. First off, the “Anti-Hero” singer marked the occasion of concert attendee Prince William’s 42nd birthday by taking a backstage selfie with him and two of his children,
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Among students of baseball, there has long been widespread belief that Willie Mays was the game’s greatest all-around player. That might come as a surprise to those who are casual fans, or not fans at all, when they read obituaries this week that describe Mays, who died
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Middle-distance runner Eric Holt quit his full-time job and moved back in with his parents. He trains in any pair of running shoes he happens to get for free. Anything to keep his costs low and his training high in his quest to make the
Continue ReadingBy Xiaofei Xu and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN (CNN) — There were not enough medics or basic facilities to protect Hajj pilgrims from the effects of the sweltering heat in Saudi Arabia last week, two pilgrims recently returned from Hajj told CNN, as the official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage soared to almost 500.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — This was supposed to be the year that air conditioning came to UPS delivery vans. It hasn’t worked out that way. Despite a promise in the contract reached with the Teamsters union last year, UPS has not yet purchased any new vans with AC, even as temperatures
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The state Senate in Massachusetts has passed a wide-ranging bill curtailing the use of plastics, including barring the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. The bill was approved Thursday. It also bans plastic bags and making straws and plasticware available by request only. The move
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press Floodwaters forced people out of their homes in parts of Iowa, the result of weeks of rain, while much of the United States longed for relief Saturday from yet another round of extraordinary heat. Sirens blared at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes to gain ballot access in all 50 states, Democrats are ramping up their efforts to block the independent presidential candidate by filing legal challenges seeking to get his ballot petitions thrown out in several states. The Democratic National Committee and Clear Choice PAC,
Continue ReadingFOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The husband of a bride who was killed in a South Carolina beach road collision on her wedding night last year will receive almost a million dollars in a settlement connected to the crash. The Post and Courier reports that Aric Hutchinson will receive about $863,300 from Folly Beach bars The
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting outside a Louisville, Kentucky, nightclub early Saturday, police said. First responders found two people with gunshot wounds when they arrived at the scene outside H20 Lounge at 12:47 a.m., the Louisville Police Metro Department said in a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Taylor Swift llevó su Eras Tour al estadio Wembley de Londres el viernes, donde se vieron algunos rostros famosos entre el público, incluido el del príncipe de Gales y dos de sus hijos, el príncipe George y la princesa Charlotte. William —quien estaba celebrando su cumpleaños número 42 ese día— y
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story ROSEVILLE, California (KPIX) — Horse heroes took the reins in Roseville as firefighters battled a 16-acre vegetation fire that was inching closer and closer to a neighborhood off of PFE Road and Watt Avenue on Thursday evening. The flames were too close for onlooker Tristan
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Comstock Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The union representing nurses at a Riverside hospital has been ordered to pay millions of dollars for a strike in 2020. A federal arbitrator ordered that the union, Service Employees International Union 121RN, pay $6.26 million to Riverside Community Hospital
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The lawyer for one of Iran’s popular hip-hop artists and a critic of the regime Toomaj Salehi says the country’s Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence. In a post on social media platform X, Amir Raisian wrote that the court assessed the case and found Salehi’s past six
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Here’s the latest: • Millions of Americans under
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — When history is on the line, a game becomes more than the sum of the minutes played, more than a sporting occasion, it becomes a story. In the words of Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, the Stanley Cup Final has become “everyone’s dream.” The Edmonton Oilers have come back
Continue ReadingBy Gio Insignares Click here for updates on this story VENTURA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Two teenagers have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a homeless woman while she was sleeping in Ventura and the entire attack was caught on camera. The video, which shows several juveniles on e-bikes as they violently attacked the 66-year-old woman,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer McRae Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — It’s not your typical T. rex fossil, affectionately known as “Teen Rex” because of its unique origin story. The rare juvenile T. rex fossil was found by three young explorers and unveiled at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Friday.
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