By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Jill was in middle school when she began eating in her sleep. Despite carrying the food back to her bed to devour night after night, she didn’t have a clue about what she had done until the next morning. “I would wake up with these containers or wrappers from
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is entering a critical stretch of his presidential campaign in an unfamiliar place: out of the spotlight. Over the next 10 days, the former president will announce his running mate, hold a pair of campaign rallies and kick off a Republican convention in Milwaukee where
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a fishing boat carrying nearly 300 migrants to Europe has safely reached a southern island after a large rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. There are no immediate reports of injury or ill health among the 283 migrants. A coast guard statement says a search was launched before
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people. South Africa’s second biggest city is bracing for a week of damaging weather after the national weather service said it and surrounding areas are expected to
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Esta semana será decisiva para saber si el desafío del presidente Joe Biden salvará su candidatura a la reelección o si los demócratas, que cuestionan su capacidad para un segundo mandato, conseguirán presionarlo para que se aparte de la carrera. Aunque solo un puñado de demócratas de la Cámara de
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles blasted cities across Ukraine on Monday, damaging the country’s largest children’s hospital and other buildings in a fierce assault that interrupted heart surgeries and forced young cancer patients to take their treatments outdoors. At least 31 people were killed, officials said. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden’s political future hangs in the balance, many inside the White House – still rattled by the president’s disastrous debate performance last month – are now gripped with anxiety and unease about whether Biden will continue his reelection campaign. The mood since Biden’s dismal showing at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. French voters split the legislature on the left, center and far right, leaving no faction even
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El primer ministro de Hungría, Viktor Orban, se reunió con el líder chino Xi Jinping en Beijing este lunes, días después de una polémica visita a Moscú y otra a Kiev que el líder europeo de extrema derecha describió como una “misión de paz.” Orban, muy criticado en Occidente por su
Continue ReadingBy Jon Passantino and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Paramount Global—the sprawling media empire behind CBS, MTV, and one of Hollywood’s most storied movie studios—has agreed to merge with technology scion David Ellison’s Skydance Media, ending years of speculation over the company’s fate. The deal announced late Sunday comes just weeks after a previous offer from Ellison to acquire
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Fue un atentado que conmocionó a un país considerado durante mucho tiempo pionero en materia de derechos LGBTQ. En la madrugada del 6 de mayo, a cuatro mujeres lesbianas les prendieron fuego en Argentina. Sólo una de ellas sobrevivió. Ocurrió en una pensión del barrio de Barracas de Buenos Aires,
Continue ReadingBy Fabiana Chaparro, Chris Boyette and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Gun violence is down across America this year but it peaks every summer and Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend bore the data out, with 109 people shot, including 19 fatally, police said in a Monday news conference. All of the victims were boys and
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A fashion major from a vocational high school in rural China has amazed the nation by outshining elite students in a global math contest – but the teenager’s underdog story has now been mired by controversy. Jiang Ping, born in a poor village in eastern China’s Jiangsu
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LAKECREEK, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new fire in southwest Oregon grew to an estimated 1,500 acres by Sunday night, but Oregon Department of Forestry officials said air tankers were able to complete temporary containment lines, helping firefighters work overnight on permanent ones. The Salt Creek Fire was reported on Salt Creek Road, north of Lakecreek.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in the Gaza Strip caused by a nine-month Israeli offensive likely has helped push Hamas to soften its demands for a cease-fire agreement. Hamas over the weekend appeared to drop its longstanding demand
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing Monday, days after a controversial visit to Moscow and another to Kyiv that the far-right European leader described as a “peace mission.” Orban, who has been widely criticized in the West for his Russia-friendly
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Boeing aceptó declararse culpable de un cargo de conspiración para defraudar a Estados Unidos y potencialmente pagar hasta 487 millones de dólares en multas para evitar el procesamiento, dijo el Departamento de Justicia en una presentación judicial este domingo por la noche. Pero esa multa es una fracción de los 24.800
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has announced it will abandon its plan to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors to resolve the country’s long medical impasse. Health Minister Cho KyooHong said Monday the government has decided not to suspend the licenses of the strikers regardless of whether they return
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jonathan Rodriguez scored two goals and the Portland Timbers built an early lead on the way to a 4-1 victory over Nashville on Sunday night. Felipe Mora and Eryk Williamson also scored for the Timbers (9-8-6), who led 4-0 at the half as temperatures in Portland hovered in the 90s. Mora
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States for its role in two fatal 737 Max crashes, the Justice Department said in a court filing Sunday evening. It represents yet another black eye for the company after a series of embarrassing
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