Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday tentatively scheduled Harvey Weinstein’s planned retrial on rape and sexual assault charges to begin on Nov. 12. Weinstein wore an American flag pin on his jacket during a brief court appearance in Manhattan that was delayed by more than 90 minutes due to a disruption
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Months beforehand, some Pennsylvania lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle that was used in the assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The legislation stalled, but that was no surprise. For years, the state’s political divisions between Democrats and Republicans have made it difficult to either strengthen or relax
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned two alleged members of a Russian cybercriminal gang that has claimed responsibility for a slew of hacks against US critical infrastructure providers, including a cyberattack in January that caused a tank at a Texas water facility to overflow. Treasury posted photos of
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El máximo tribunal de las Naciones Unidas dijo este viernes en una opinión consultiva que la ocupación israelí de la Ribera Occidental y de Jerusalén Este es ilegal, en una opinión sin precedentes que pide a Israel que ponga fin a su ocupación de décadas en los territorios reclamados por los
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Emma Tucker and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Arielle Mitton’s world turned upside down when she learned the $50,000 she borrowed to pay for surrogacy had disappeared from her escrow account. “That was the hardest day for me,” she told CNN in a video chat. “I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep.” Her
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Mary Theisen-Lappen shares her unique path to the top of the sport of weightlifting, along with a message she hopes to send while competing at the Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Paul Hollingsworth Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The ongoing heat wave in Europe, with temperatures soaring well past 40 C (104 F) in some areas, has caused the closure of tourist attractions and landmarks, including the Acropolis in Athens. “Temperatures keep rising as we saw this June when
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN Anaheim, CA (CNN) — Cyn Carranza buffs, cleans, waxes and scrubs Disneyland floors starting at midnight, so that guests coming the next morning feel as if no one had been there before them. But after her shifts working near a sparkling Sleeping Beauty Castle, she went “home” to a car, for
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Adidas has apologized for “any upset or distress caused,” after releasing an ad campaign for some retro sneakers based on a model first released during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Munich Olympics are infamous as the event in which 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and murdered by the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La falla cibernética global de Crowdstrike que causó interrupciones en aerolíneas, empresas y servicios de emergencia este viernes podría ser la “mayor interrupción de tecnologías de la información de la historia”, según el experto en ciberseguridad Troy Hunt. “No creo que sea demasiado pronto para decirlo: esta será la mayor interrupción
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – “Really, Bend built its culture from a mill town years ago and transitioned from that lumber into something very, very different that it is today,” Bend Chamber CEO Katy Brooks says. You can find a multitude of new businesses, specifically here in Central Oregon, as the state tops the USA for the highest
Continue ReadingBy Beth Germano Click here for updates on this story NORWOOD, Massachusetts (WBZ) — An 8-year-old Massachusetts girl is recovering after a massive tree branch fell while she was sitting beneath it with some friends at day camp in Norwood. “It sounded sort of like fireworks, but that’s what we all thought it was. We
Continue ReadingBy Ibrahim Dahman, Caitlin Danaher and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The highly infectious polio virus has been found in sewage samples in Gaza, putting thousands of Palestinians at risk of contracting a disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) both said they had carried out tests
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — When Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was blocked from leaving Russia last June, her family never expected that she would still be in Russian detention more than a year later. “We were so confident that she would get back to us that I bought Taylor Swift tickets … in June
Continue ReadingAP Golf Writer TROON, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods is going home early from another major. Woods missed the cut in the British Open on Friday when he shot 77. Woods shot a 79 in the opening round at Royal Troon and would have needed his best round in six years to have a chance
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ top court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, in an unprecedented opinion that called on Israel to end its decades-long occupation of territories claimed by Palestinians for a future state. The advisory opinion, while non-binding,
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Bob Newhart, cuya tartamudez e inexpresiva imperturbabilidad lo llevó al estrellato como comediante y más tarde en la televisión y el cine, ha fallecido, según un comunicado de su publicista de toda la vida, Jerry Digney. Tenía 94 años. Digney dijo que Newhart murió en Los Ángeles el jueves por la mañana
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A judge in Milan has ordered an Italian journalist to pay 5,000 euros or nearly $5,500 in damages to Premier Giorgia Meloni for making fun of her height in social media posts. The judge ruled on Wednesday that two social media posts by journalist Giulia Cortese amounted to “body shaming.” Cortese was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Authorities say five people, including four children, have been killed in a shooting in central Alabama. Court records show that 32-year-old Brandon Kendrick was arrested on multiple counts of capital murder for the deaths of a woman and four children. Officials say the victims were each shot in the head with a handgun.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The company that caused a massive computer outage across the world says a flawed update has been rolled back – but that doesn’t necessarily help the thousands of businesses that have been affected by the glitch. The CrowdStrike software issue at the heart of the outage runs at such
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