WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier launch new 3-on-3 league
By Matt Marshall, CNN (CNN) — Amid the historic interest in women’s basketball, a new professional league in the US could grow the game even…
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British PM Rishi Sunak apologizes for skipping D-Day commemorations to campaign for election
By Rob Picheta, Jessie Gretener and Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving…
Continue ReadingHe spent months visiting death row inmates and witnessed three executions. Here’s what he’s learned
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — On August 9, 2018, Steven Hale stood outside a Tennessee prison as a convicted murderer inside awaited a lethal…
Continue ReadingIsolated and inexperienced: A portrait of the judge overseeing Trump’s documents case from veterans of her courtroom
By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior…
Continue ReadingIrish and Czech voters go to the polls on Day 2 of EU elections as the far right seeks more power
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls on the second day of the…
Continue ReadingWill North Korea fly trash balloons into South Korea again? A look at rising tensions between them
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas logs another record-high but weeklong heat wave losing grip on US Southwest
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas has set a new record high for the second day in a row and Albuquerque tied its high…
Continue ReadingRishi Sunak apologizes for skipping a D-Day ceremony to return to the election campaign trail
By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations in…
Continue ReadingEmirati authorities say an ex-Royal Marine arrested in Dubai over spying suspicion has been cleared
DUBAI Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say a former Royal Marine who was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of spying has been cleared. U.K. media…
Continue ReadingBYD vs Huawei: Trash talking by China’s EV giants highlights pressures at heart of world’s biggest car market
By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As profit margins get squeezed, temperatures are rising in the world’s biggest car market. A tense…
Continue ReadingBiden apologizes to Zelenskyy for monthslong congressional holdup to weapons that let Russia advance
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized…
Continue ReadingNetflix to fight $170 million damages claim over ‘Baby Reindeer’
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Netflix said on Friday it will fight a multimillion-dollar claim for damages brought by a Scottish woman who…
Continue Reading46-year-old competes for Miss Universe Ecuador crown as pageant’s oldest participant
Ana María Cañizares and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador may have a 46-year-old woman representing the small Andean nation in the Miss…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Stocks slip and bond yields jump following a hotter-than-expected jobs report
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped and Treasury yields rose sharply Friday after the government released a jobs…
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ODA, ODFW expand coastwide harvesting closures to include razor, bay clams due to record levels of marine biotoxin
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – All razor and bay clam harvesting is now closed along the entire Oregon coast due to historically high levels of the marine…
Continue ReadingSwedish defense chief says actions against Philippines in South China Sea threaten global security
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Sweden’s defense chief has expressed alarm over Beijing’s repeated dangerous maneuvers…
Continue ReadingVermont police apologize for mock shooting that sent rattled high schoolers hiding under tables and texting goodbyes
By Taylor Galgano, Amanda Musa and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burlington, Vermont, have apologized to high school students who were…
Continue ReadingPolice in Burlington, Vermont, apologize to high school students after startling mock shooting demonstration
WPTZ By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Police in Burlington, Vermont, have apologized to high school students who were rattled by a role-play…
Continue ReadingRecord 13 million to sit ‘world’s toughest’ college entrance exam
By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A record number of high school students across China have begun sitting a highly competitive exam that could…
Continue ReadingWorkers at Samsung Electronics walk out for the first time ever
By Yoonjung Seo and Diksha Madhok, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A labor union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea said many workers went on strike…
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