By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press CHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — Miguel Lara was born to run. It’s in his blood, his people’s history and tied to the land he calls “home.” “That’s what we do,” said the 34-year-old ultramarathoner near his cabin in Porochi, an Indigenous community in the remote Tarahumara mountains of northern Mexico.
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The storied Boston Celtics are once again alone atop the list of teams with the most NBA titles – and their formidable duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown showed up in a big way to make it happen. The Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Looking back, the early pandemic period seems almost like a fever dream. In the first half of 2020, we hunkered down in our homes. The outside world brimmed with a perilous danger we didn’t quite understand, so we spent our days connecting with friends and family over screens. For
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Beijing has launched an investigation into prices of pork from the European Union, targeting a major EU food export just days after Brussels hiked tariffs on electric vehicles from China. The move risks escalating tension in one of the world’s biggest trading relationships and will heighten fears among
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough that might suggest a coming end to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. The
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Gretchen Walsh emerged as the star of the US Swimming Olympic Team Trials, qualifying for the Paris Games a day after breaking the 100-meter butterfly record. Walsh secured her spot on the US team for next month’s Olympics with victory in the women’s 100m butterfly final in Indianapolis on
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating social media as a parent — not to mention a child — is not easy.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Four decades after the artist Agnes Denes planted and harvested a two-acre wheat field in Lower Manhattan, using one of the last undeveloped plots of land in the economic capital to create an idyllic but ephemeral vista, the ecological artist — now aged 93 — has reimagined the project
Continue ReadingCNN By Larry Madowo, CNN Archer’s Post, Kenya (CNN) — Seventeen-year-old Marian Pannalossy cuts a striking figure wherever she goes in Archer’s Post, a small town 200 miles north of Nairobi. She lives alone and is light-skinned in a place where mixed-race people are a rarity and therefore ostracized. “They call me ‘mzungu maskini,’ or
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people’s lives, similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media
Continue ReadingBy TONG-HYUNG KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday, both countries announced, amid international concerns about their military cooperation. Putin is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks as they deepen their alignment in the face
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in North Korea for a rare visit that signals the two countries’ deepening alignment and Moscow’s need to source weapons from Pyongyang to sustain its war on Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally greeted Putin at the plane
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Happy Monday everyone! Temperatures remain below normal, with highs reaching only the 50s to 60s across the region. Winds will be breezy with gusts reaching over 20 mph. We’ve been keeping an eye on the Trout Creek wildfire, which broke out Saturday afternoon 20 miles north of Madras. The fire quickly expanded to 700 acres
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — As Bryson DeChambeau walks off the 10th green at Pinehurst during Sunday’s final round of the US Open, the golfer does what he’s been doing all week; making time to acknowledge fans lining the course. The 30-year-old US golfer might be holding a one-shot lead atop
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Shoppers in the meat aisle may have noticed something weird last month: Bacon prices are sizzling, but ham’s not so hot. Bacon is more expensive than it was a year ago, with prices up 6.9% from May 2023 to May of this year, according to inflation data
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The countdown to the first 2024 presidential debate has begun. President Joe Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, will face off next week on CNN in the most critical debate clash in years. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The countdown to the first 2024 presidential debate has begun. President Joe Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, will face off next week on CNN in the most critical debate clash in years. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Czech authorities say an Indian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader in New York. The Czech justice minister said Nikhil Gupta was extradited on
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) – La estrella de “Superman” Henry Cavill ha pedido consejos a los padres de todo el mundo mientras él y su pareja Natalie Viscuso se preparan para el nacimiento de su primer hijo. “Oh sí…..y Feliz Día del Padre a todos los papás. Resulta que pronto me uniré a vuestras sagradas filas.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband will deliver remarks at the groundbreaking of the memorial to victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Doug Emhoff is the first Jewish person to serve as the spouse of a nationally elected U.S. leader and has been outspoken on
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