The Cleveland Museum of Art is set to return a 2,200-year-old statue to Libya
By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A statue of a bearded man striding forward was crafted from black basalt over 2,000 years ago during the Ptolemaic…
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Recapping the Trump hush money charges, trial, verdict and questions
By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was convicted this week of 34 counts of felony business fraud in connection with hush…
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese face off in first WNBA game as Indiana Fever hold on to beat Chicago Sky in Commissioner’s Cup
By Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese transferred their already storied collegiate rivalry into the…
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With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors
By YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their…
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Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction, using N-word in class, school district says
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts teacher who staged a mock slave auction and used the N-word in a 5th-grade class has been…
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Mexico’s historic election is this weekend. Here’s what to know
CNN By Aditi Sangal and CNNE’s Karen Esquivel On June 2, Mexicans will vote to pick their next president in a historic race that could see a…
Continue ReadingOpinion: Seinfeld isn’t alone in pining for ‘dominant masculinity’
Opinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — When comedian Jerry Seinfeld is in a nostalgic mood, he apparently laments the loss of two things that once…
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Zelensky makes surprise stop at Singapore defense gathering as Ukraine pushes for its peace plan amid Russian advance
By Simone McCarthy, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy arrived in Singapore Saturday for…
Continue Reading Disruptions at University of Chicago graduation as school withholds 4 diplomas over protests
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s…
Continue Reading US dampens criticism of El Salvador’s president as migration overtakes democracy concerns
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to…
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A closer look at the federal investigation into Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
By Lisa Respers France, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Months after singer Cassie Ventura filed suit against her ex-boyfriend…
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Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Israel’s war aims are achieved, raising questions over Biden peace proposal
By Benjamin Brown and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that the conditions for ending the…
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Roobeez Family Farm Expo showcases and celebrates local farms at the Redmond Fairgrounds
(Update: Adding video, comments from organizer) REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — At the Deschutes County Fairgrounds, it was the Roobeez Family Farm Expo on…
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The 19-year path to identifying the remains of a mother who disappeared in Hurricane Katrina
By Kaila Nichols and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — For anyone who watched the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from afar, the vast devastation could…
Continue Reading Woman pleads guilty to negligent homicide in death of New York anti-gang activist
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2018 death of an anti-gang activist during a dispute over a…
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Ryan Reynolds has declared ‘War of the Popcorn Buckets.’ He’s honestly onto something
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds this week unveiled arguably the most anticipated and sure-to-be coveted merchandise tied to his…
Continue Reading Orbán stages a ‘peace march’ in Hungary in a show of strength before European Parliament election
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthis sentence 44 to death on charges of collaboration with a Saudi-led coalition
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A court run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman…
Continue Reading Voters in Iceland are picking the new president of the rugged island near the Arctic Circle
LONDON (AP) — Voters in Iceland are choosing a president and selecting from a field of 12 people including a former prime minister. The candidates…
Continue Reading Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A jury in Idaho unanimously agreed Saturday that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome…
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