The deadline for Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard has been extended as the companies seek to close a deal that has been challenged by regulators in the U.S., as well as by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority. Microsoft believes that pushing back the deadline to Oct. 18 will provide
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Wrenching testimony from family members of the victims caused jurors to get emotional Tuesday, with some shedding tears during the second day of the final phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial. Prosecutors continued to call on family members of the 11 worshippers who were shot and killed
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The upper house of Russia’s parliament has unanimously approved a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures and sent the measure to President Vladimir Putin to be signed into law. The move extends the Kremlin’s drive to protect what it views as the country’s traditional values. The bill, which already was approved in the lower
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Schuyler Bailar was assigned female at birth. But as a child, he couldn’t shake the sense that he wouldn’t grow up to be a woman. “One of my earliest gender memories was that I was going to grow up to be a dad,” Bailar said. “I was going to
Continue ReadingBUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai has quit a match after her opponent rubbed out a ball mark with her foot following a disputed line call at the Budapest Grand Prix. The second-seeded Zhang retired from the match while trailing 6-5 in the first set against Hungarian opponent Amarissa Toth at the
Continue ReadingBy Shoshana Stahl Click here for updates on this story O’FALLON, Illinois (KMOV) — An O’Fallon, Illinois family woke up early Sunday morning after bricks were thrown in their windows. Suzanne Gibson says the sound of shattering glass has been living and replaying in her family’s minds since it happened Monday morning around 4:30. “I’ll
Continue ReadingCNN Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Barbie” comes roaring out of the gate with an inventiveness and energy the movie perhaps inevitably can’t sustain. Amid all the hype that has made its release an increasingly rare movie-going occasion, director Greta Gerwig’s film proves an admirably ambitious attempt to ponder where Barbie fits in
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — The St. Louis Police Department is asking for help locating a person of interest who escaped custody after a gas station clerk was killed in a shooting in south St. Louis early Tuesday morning. According to police, around 3:30 a.m.,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Sindicatos de Colombia convocaron a una serie de marchas a favor del gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro para este 20 de julio, cuando Colombia celebra su fiesta patria con la que se dio inicio al proceso de independencia del país. La Central Unitaria de Trabajadores CUT, junto a otros
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Argel Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — For the first time at Kawaiahao Church, a 400-year-old Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony was performed. The ceremony was performed by 100-year-old Dr. Genshitsu Sen XV. Dr. Sen is a 15th generation grand tea master of the Urasenke tradition of tea. Over the
Continue ReadingBy Paul Drewes Click here for updates on this story HAWAII COUNTY (KITV) — Air Force Hurricane Hunters flew a second day of flights in and around Calvin as it approached Hawaii. “We are collecting data to help forecasters and forecast models, so they can better predict where the storm will hit,” said 1st. Lt.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — La Copa Mundial Femenina de Fútbol 2023, la cual se llevará a cabo en Australia y Nueva Zelandia, está a unas horas de dar el banderazo de inicio. Del 20 de julio y el 20 de agosto, las mejores selecciones femeniles mayores se enfrentarán para conseguir el campeonato más importante a
Continue ReadingBy CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There’ll be 32 national teams competing across Australia and New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. A 33rd team — unofficial by international soccer standards — will be watching from the stands. Members of the Afghanistan national women’s soccer team paid a visit to Morocco’s public
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce retailer Temu has filed a lawsuit accusing its rival Shein of violating U.S. antitrust law by blocking clothing manufacturers from working with Temu. Shein, an online apparel firm, and Temu are fast-rising online shopping platforms in the U.S. Court documents show Temu alleging
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s second-in-command has quietly stepped down amid reporting by The Associated Press that he once consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Doctors in Israel have held a two-hour strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. The doctors say the plan will endanger public health by granting Netanyahu and his allies greater control over the country’s health care system. Doctors gathered outside Ichilov
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament approved an anti-corruption legislation as the island nation attempts to overcome an unprecedented economic crisis. The legislation is part of the prerequisites of an International Monterey Fund bailout package approved in March, under which nearly $3 billion in government budgetary support will
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El objetivo principal del Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) y su secretario general, Pedro Sánchez, para las elecciones generales del 23 de julio es reeditar un gobierno progresista con el apoyo de otras formaciones afines. Para lograrlo, uno de los mantras más repetidos a lo largo de sus actos de campaña
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, pidió este miércoles a los fans de Nueva Zelandia que “hagan lo correcto” en medio de la baja venta de boletos para el Mundial Femenino de Fútbol en el país. La venta de boletos para la Copa, organizada conjuntamente por Nueva Zelandia y Australia
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, dijo este martes que hubo un consenso en la mesa de diálogo en Bruselas entre la Plataforma Unitaria y su Gobierno para que se levanten las sanciones en contra del país sudamericano. En declaraciones a Telesur desde Caracas, Maduro afirmó que “en la mesa
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