Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. It’s a rejoinder to Republican Donald Trump’s effort to woo restaurant and hotel workers by promising to make their tips tax-free. The endorsement includes a commitment by the union to have its members knock on more
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After 57 scoreless minutes, Germany got on the board with a penalty stroke, but a quick response from Argentina drove the game to a shootout, which Argentina won 2-0.
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team USA’s 130kg Greco-Roman wrestler Adam Coon lost his opening match to world champion Amin Mirzazadeh of Iran.
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An Se-Young defeated He Bing Jiao to take South Korea’s first gold in women’s badminton singles since 1996.
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Yee and Tanbirul Miraj Ripon, CNN Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) — The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled to neighboring India on Monday after protesters stormed her official residence after weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations in the South Asian nation. Scenes of jubilation erupted on the streets as protesters celebrated the
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The Biden-Harris administration couldn’t shake the “vibecession” even when the economy was on a tear. It may be even harder now that cracks are forming in the labor market. Americans have been grumpy about the economy for the better part of three years because prices have gone
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Six weeks after leading the charge to oust Rep. Jamaal Bowman in a New York primary, a big-spending pro-Israel super PAC is hoping to help defeat another member of the House “squad” of progressive Democrats – Missouri Rep. Cori Bush. Already a top target for centrist and Israel-aligned groups,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A prominent Vietnamese business tycoon has been found guilty of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150 million by falsely inflating the value of his company, in a case that comes as the government cracks down on widespread corruption in the country. Trinh Van Quyet, 48, was sentenced to 21 years
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — As the Olympic Games in Paris draws to a close, it’s clear there was more on show than world-class sporting prowess. At the closing ceremony on Sunday, LA mayor Karen Bass waved the Olympic flag in a red Sergio Hudson midi dress; while singer Yseult wore a custom Dior
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Many Olympic athletes take to Instagram to share news of their exploits, trials, victories and heartbreaks. After her fencing event ended last week, Egypt’s Nada Hafez shared a little bit more. She’d been fencing for two, the athlete revealed — and in fact had been pregnant for seven months.
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Americans Emma Hunt and Piper Kelly raced in the seeding and elimination heats during the women’s speed climbing qualification round. Hunt climbed a personal best time of 6.36 seconds to qualify for the final.
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Aleksandra Miroslaw smashed the women’s speed climbing world record twice during the seeding heats in the Olympic qualification round. She climbed up the wall in 6.06 seconds in her second seeding heat run.
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Team USA rower Justin Best joined TODAY to talk about his gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and surprised his girlfriend with a proposal on live TV.
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Simone Biles concluded her third Olympic Games with a silver medal on floor behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade.
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team USA’s 20-year-old freestyle wrestler Amit Elor devastates top seed and world champion Buse Tosun of Turkiye in an opening Round of 16 match. Elor heads to the 68kg/149lbs quarterfinals.
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China won bronze in mixed team skeet after defeating India in the bronze medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Emily Boevers is the only full-time OBGYN at a critical access hospital in a rural city in Iowa about 10 miles from the farm she grew up on. She’s the only full-time OBGYN in the county, in a state that just banned most abortions. Iowa enacted a law
Continue ReadingJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say they have rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will at a property in Johannesburg. Police said Monday they carried out a search at the property for a person reported to have been kidnapped and discovered the migrants. They say two people were arrested on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military regime says it has lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast. That adds credence to a militia group’s claims it has captured the base. The fall of the army’s Northeast Command in Lashio city would be the biggest in a series
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El enviado de Israel a Japón arremetió contra las autoridades de Nagasaki después de que éstas se negaran a invitarlo a una ceremonia de paz en conmemoración del bombardeo atómico de la ciudad en 1945, acusando al alcalde local de “inventar” temores de seguridad. La decisión de Nagasaki contrasta con la
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