After holding heavy medal favorite to a tie early in the first day of competition, the United States fell 38-12 to a Fiji squad that hasn’t lost an Olympic game since rugby returned to the competition in 2016.
Continue ReadingNEKIMI, Wis. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man and a man from New York have been preliminarily identified as the victims of a fatal plane crash near the site of an airshow in eastern Wisconsin. The Winnebago County sheriff’s office says that the bodies of 37-year-old Sean Tommervik of Philadelphia and 32-year-old James G. Sullivan of
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Chile, Gabriel Boric, se refirió este martes al caso del empresario chileno Eduardo Macaya Zentilli (72) —padre del senador del partido tradicional de derecha Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI), Javier Macaya—, condenado en primera instancia a seis años de cárcel efectiva por abuso sexual de menores y quien
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan is bullish on his agency’s prospects against the harshest headwinds in its history, as Republicans, anti-climate industry and an ultra-conservative Supreme Court take aim at its core mission. “I feel extremely confident in the product we put out,” Regan told CNN in an
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was released from prison earlier this week. The Rev. Hkalam Samson was first arrested in December 2022 and later convicted on charges including terrorism. He was briefly released in April under a general amnesty but taken back into
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The United States is sending its oldest-ever men’s basketball team to Paris, with an average age just above 30. LeBron James and the other veteran players are not taking this last chance to chase gold — together — for granted.
Continue ReadingBy Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s first and only openly transgender politician has said she is no longer detransitioning, telling CNN that she had been previously driven by fear of Russia’s ban on gender reassignment. Alyoshina said she is now “ashamed” of posts she made earlier this year announcing the move. “I wrote and said this
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Despite a healthy chorus of boos from the French crowd, Argentina came out strong in its second match of the day, scoring thrice before Samoa found its way to the board. Samoa grabbed 12 points before the clock expired.
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says authorities have detained a Russian man who allegedly fled to Turkey shortly after carrying out a bomb attack that wounded two people in Moscow. Ali Yerlikaya says that the suspect, identified as Evgenii Serebriakov, was detained in the resort town of Bodrum in western Turkey on Wednesday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Production has halted at a Missouri General Motors plant that manufactures trucks and vans, the result of a strike at the company that supplies seats for the vehicles. About 480 workers at Lear Corp. in Wentzville walked out at midnight Sunday. The strike brought production to a standstill Monday at the GM plant
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Wales is set to get its first female leader. Eluned Morgan was chosen Wednesday to lead the governing Welsh Labour Party. She succeeds First Minister Vaughan Gething, who stepped down last week as party leader over a campaign donation scandal. Morgan is currently the Welsh health minister and was the
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For all the accolades Victor Wembanyama has racked up over the last year or so — No. 1 overall pick, unanimous NBA Rookie of the Year — there’s one the 7-foot-4 phenom has yet to check, and it might be the most meaningful of all: Olympian.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Insurers have begun calculating the financial damage caused by last week’s devastating CrowdStrike software glitch that crashed computers, canceled flights and disrupted hospitals all around the globe — and the picture isn’t pretty. What’s been described as the largest IT outage in history will cost Fortune 500 companies alone more
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of an Indianapolis man accused of fatally shooting five people, including a pregnant woman. Marion County Superior Judge Chris Miller declared the mistrial Tuesday in the trial of 20-year-old Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III after a witness verbally confronted the defendant in front
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Rivals and rugby powerhouses New Zealand and South Africa clashed to cap off the first day of Olympic rugby competition in Paris. The Kiwis grabbed an early 5-0 edge and maintained it for a 17-5 win.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the team’s secular requirements for athletes. Sylla, a 26-year-old member
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A mosaic from the floor of an ancient Roman villa has been uncovered on the seabed in the waters off Naples. Now underwater, the marble floor would originally have been located in the “protiro,” or decorated porch, of a residence overlooking the sea, according to
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — The likely 2024 presidential election campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begins with no clear leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after President Joe Biden ended his bid for reelection. Trump holds 49% support among registered voters
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Japan scored five goals and kept a clean sheet against Paraguay to claim a perfect 5-0 start in its journey at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Tech shares led a selloff Wednesday after lackluster earnings reports from two of the market’s most prominent heavyweights. The Nasdaq Composite declined 3.6% and the S&P 500 fell 2.3%, both notching their worst daily percentage declines since 2022. The Dow lost 504 points, or 1.3%. Big Tech’s
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