By Meg Tirrell and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services “is an extraordinarily bad choice for the health of the American people,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, warned Thursday.
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has protested new maritime laws in the Philippines that it says encroach on its territory. Deputy Foreign Minister Mohamad Alamin said Friday that Malaysia sent a protest note over the Philippine laws. He said experts found reference documents related to the laws restated Manila’s long-standing claim over the oil-rich
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Hawkins, CNN (CNN) — With movie star looks, a penchant for the high life, and a daring racing style that leaves fans gasping at his audacity, Jorge Martin is something of a throwback to swashbuckling motorcycle racers of a bygone era. This weekend, the 26-year-old is poised to achieve something never before seen
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Temperatures drop a bit today, into the upper 30s and low 40s. Tonight, lows will bottom out in the teens and low 20s- bundle up! We remain dry in the high desert today but mostly cloudy. The sun will do its best to try to break through throughout the afternoon.Rain was previously expected to hold
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot authorities are in talks with major energy companies from Persian Gulf states over potential natural gas reserves off the Mediterranean country’s southern coastline, President Nikos Christodoulides told an energy conference Friday. He said the discussion with the unidentified companies are in connection with some of Cyprus’ 13 areas,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Look up at the night sky this weekend for a celestial double feature. November’s full moon will shine bright today as the last supermoon of the year. Sky-gazers may also be able to see the Leonid meteor shower as it reaches its peak on Saturday night into early Sunday.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La espera de meses terminó: la pelea entre el youtuber convertido en boxeador Jake Paul y el excampeón del mundo Mike Tyson se llevará a cabo esta semana y se podrá ver en todo el mundo en Netflix. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel La pelea, organizada por Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)
Continue ReadingBy Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — It’s tough, tough times for some NFL fanbases as we enter Week 11 of the season. Which one has it worse right now? The Cowboys, Jets or Bears? Or is it the Browns? All of them had high hopes for this season but it has certainly not worked out
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — If you saw an enormous, deadly funnel-web spider sitting on her egg sac, your first instinct might be to run away. But the Australian Reptile Park in New South Wales is urging residents of nearby Sydney to suppress that fear, remain calm, and carefully collect both the spider and
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Family-run furniture and barware maker Barrel-Art has now been through three US presidential elections. While business before the 2024 race felt similar to 2016 and 2020, this year has also brought more unpredictability. Sales petered out in the months ahead of Election Day as businesses and shoppers paused their
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Jake Paul and Mike Tyson aren’t the only ones who have high stakes when they meet in the boxing ring on Friday night. For Netflix, it is their biggest live sports event to date, and an opportunity to make sure it can handle audience demand with the NFL and WWE on the
Continue ReadingMALAGA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal is getting set to retire from professional tennis after one last event. He will be part of Spain’s team at the Davis Cup finals that start Tuesday in front of a home crowd in Malaga. The 38-year-old Nadal has been on tour for more than 20 years and is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Politicians in Senegal are wrapping up a tense electoral campaign ahead of a key legislative election this weekend that’s set to determine if the country’s newly-elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. Voters in Senegal will on Sunday choose 165 lawmakers in Senegal’s assembly, where the party of President
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border. As a top adviser
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, Devon M. Sayers, Holly Yan, Nick Valencia, Amanda Musa and Emma Tucker, CNN Athens, Georgia (CNN) — Loud sobs echoed about the courtroom Friday where an undocumented migrant is on trial accused of murdering college student Laken Riley earlier this year. Members of the gallery passed tissues between rows and covered their
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 for his profanity-laden outburst at a chair umpire during the Shanghai Masters last month. The ATP – the governing body for men’s tennis – announced Thursday that its fines committee had handed Tiafoe, who later apologized for his actions, a $60,000 fine for
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — La ira, el miedo y la ansiedad siguen latentes en Amsterdam. La semana pasada, aficionados israelíes al fútbol fueron atacados en las calles, banderas palestinas fueron arrancadas de las paredes y se gritaron insultos antisemitas durante disturbios. Aunque ahora la capital neerlandesa parece tranquila, los residentes y legisladores temen que las
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Is it a bird? Is it a winged goddess? Is it an ode to the history of traditional Dutch ceramics? At Miss Universe 2024, it was all those things — and much more — as the annual pageant kicked off with its flamboyant national costume competition Thursday evening. Tasked
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some 80 firearms, 140 kilograms (309 pounds) of ammunition and a hand grenade likely dating to World War II that a man found when he was clearing a house have been handed over to Danish police. The weapons were handed to police as part of a nationwide amnesty called by authorities
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president’s legacy before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. “Let’s make every day count,” President Joe Biden said in an address to
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