Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s largest music festival struck a different chord this year. Gone were the international headliners, the massive performance halls and the hundreds of thousands of visitors. Instead, beloved local artists graced the first Atlas Festival since Russia’s full-scale invasion for a smaller but still ebullient crowd. The stage was
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Lauren Izso, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Masked Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and foreign activists accompanying them for protection in the West Bank town of Qusra on Sunday, according to victims of the attack and videos obtained by CNN. Eight activists were participating as part of a Palestinian
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer “Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will open the 62nd New York Film Festival in September, organizers said Monday. Filmmaker RaMell Ross directed the drama based on the 2019 novel about two Black teenagers in an abusive reform school in Florida in Jim Crow-era Florida. The cast includes
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA SOSA, RUBÉN ROSARIO, JORDAN SEGUNDO Click here for updates on this story FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (WSVN) — Gunfire tore through a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, leaving a 3-year-old boy dead and triggering a police investigation. Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the shooting at Riverland Park, in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Russian court says it has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison following a secret trial. Court records and officials said Monday the conviction came Friday in the city
Continue ReadingAP National Writer The Olympics’ ever-expanding quest to draw in young fans is meeting them where they are — on Roblox. The U.S. Olympic team and NBC are collaborating with the kid- and teen-friendly gaming platform to produce a new “Obby” — that’s Roblox for obstacle course — and other features that include ways to
Continue ReadingBy JACK ROYER, RUBÉN ROSARIO Click here for updates on this story PALMETTO, Florida (WSVN) — A pair of brazen burglars were caught on camera as they crashed into a CVS near St. Petersburg looking for some quick cash, but despite their best efforts, they came away from the ATM ambush empty-handed. The security footage
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — NBA legend LeBron James has been selected as Team USA’s male flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced on Monday. Alongside a female flag bearer who will be announced on Tuesday, James will be front and center
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TEXARKANA, Texas (KTBS) — Opening statements are expected Monday in Texarkana in the civil trial involving Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. Jones is counter suing Alexandra Davis who claims to be his daughter for breaking a contract Davis’ mother Cynthia signed in
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Holly Yan, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Three days after a computer update problem caused more than 5,000 flight cancellations around the world in a single day, things are pretty much back to normal — except at Delta Air Lines. Atlanta-based Delta canceled more than 1,000 more flights Monday alone, according to
Continue ReadingBy TRACY GLADNEY Click here for updates on this story TEXARKANA, Arkansas (KTBS) — A long-time resident of Texarkana, Ark., Thelma Evans, was honored earlier this month with a dedication of a street topper named after her in her neighborhood off Charles St. Mrs. Evans is 103 years old and has lived in the same
Continue ReadingBy Sunshine Kuhia Smith Click here for updates on this story WAHIAWA, Hawaii (KITV) — University of Hawaii Warrior Football wide receiver Steven McBride was arrested Saturday on suspicion of abuse of a family member. Honolulu police say the 22-year-old assaulted his 21-year-old girlfriend in front of their child. The incident happened at about 5:00
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has put on display artifacts — some of them thousands of years old — that were returned after a Turkish art dealer looted them from the ethnically divided island nation decades ago. The art dealer took the artifacts from the country’s breakaway north in the years after Cyprus’ split in
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A 39-year-old Oakland County man was killed in a motorcycle accident over the weekend, officials said. The incident happened at 2:42 a.m. on Saturday on Woodward Avenue at Osman Street in Pontiac. Authorities say the Waterford Township man was traveling north
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines is struggling for a fourth straight day to recover from the tech outage, even as other airlines are returning to nearly normal levels of service. Delta canceled more than 700 flights on Monday, bringing its total since the outage started Friday to more than 5,500 cancellations. That’s according to
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, Jessica Small and Erica Hill, CNN Venice, Italy (CNN) — Venice officials have hailed a temporary entrance fee to the city a success, as they experiment with measures aimed at controlling the number of people who come to visit. A 29-day €5 reservation entrance fee and reservation experiment, which began on April
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Global markets made solid gains after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. European stocks saw an uptick and markets in the US closed higher following Biden’s announcement. The Dow ended Monday higher
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer From training and competing to preparing bottles for feedings and changing diapers, some of the Olympians at the Paris Games will be balancing their roles of athletes and parents. There will be some help from organizers this time for athletes in Paris juggling the demands of elite sports with the tasks of
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least six people died after a gunman entered a home for the elderly in Croatia on Monday and started shooting, according to the country’s public broadcaster. A man with a firearm entered a private home for the elderly in the town of Daruvar – about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Belarus’ foreign minister is to visit North Korea for a rare trip expected to focus on forging trilateral cooperation involving Russia. The three countries are locked in separate confrontations with the West. Both North Korea and Belarus announced Monday that Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov will make a
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