Cristiano Ronaldo rejects Coca-Cola and praises water
Cristiano Ronaldo removes Coca-Cola bottles during a Euro 2020 press conference. CNN’s Clare Sebastian reports.
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21 Republicans vote no on bill to award Congressional Gold Medal for January 6 police officers
By Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN Despite the House and Senate coming to an agreement that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol, 21 House Republicans voted against the legislation Tuesday, the latest reminder that members of Congress still cannot agree on the facts of the deadly January
Continue ReadingWindows 11 has leaked. It’s a bunch of BS
By David Goldman, CNN Business Windows 10 was supposed to be Microsoft’s ultimate PC operating system. The promise: Windows 10 would forever get updated twice a year, bringing tweaks, the occasional fresh coat of paint and new features to keep your computer up to date. But now, six years later, Windows 11 is on its
Continue ReadingHouse quickly moves to pass Senate bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
By Annie Grayer and Daniella Diaz, CNN The House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The bill is expected to pass the House after the Senate unanimously passed the legislation Tuesday.
Continue ReadingSpanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother
By Jack Guy, CNN A Spanish man has been jailed for 15 years and five months for killing and eating his mother at the apartment they shared in Madrid. Alberto Sanchez Gomez killed his mother, cut up her body and ate her over a period of at least 15 days in early 2019, according to
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Royal Caribbean pospone una navegación inaugural después de que 8 miembros de la tripulación del barco dieran positivo por covid-19
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Royal Caribbean pospuso la navegación inaugural de su crucero Odyssey of the Seas luego de que ocho miembros de la tripulación vacunados dieron positivo por covid-19, dijo el CEO de la compañía. Las pruebas positivas se producen cuando las principales líneas de cruceros finalmente están comenzando a zarpar por primera vez
Continue ReadingRihanna’s lingerie line is offering crotchless, butt-revealing leggings. The internet isn’t sure it wants them
Zamira Rahim, CNN Whether at the Met Gala or in the pages of Vogue, Rihanna has never played it safe with her own fashion choices. But it’s not clear if fans of her lingerie line Savage X Fenty will be similarly brave when it comes to a pair of leggings that took the internet by
Continue ReadingKeilar and Berman: Vote shows GOP cares about police … until they don’t
CNN’s Brianna Keilar and John Berman roll the tape on the 21 Republicans who had previously expressed their public support for police and voted against awarding the Capitol police a Congressional Gold Medal for protecting the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection.
Continue ReadingTBI investigates after man dies in police custody
By Joseph Wenzel Click here for updates on this story MT. JULIET, Tennessee (WSMV) — Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigates after a man died in the custody of Mt. Juliet officers on Monday evening. According to Mt. Juliet Police, officers were called to W. Division Street around 5:30 p.m. to report on an unknown man
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Fire at Illinois chemical plant is contained but mandatory evacuation order remains in effect
By Shawn Nottingham, Paul P. Murphy, Deanna Hackney and Amir Vera, CNN The fire at the Chemtool Inc. plant in Rockton, Illinois, has been contained, the Rockton fire chief announced Wednesday morning in a news conference. The fire broke out Monday morning and prompted the city fire department to order a mandatory evacuation for all
Continue ReadingForgotten Man Ministries reaching out to inmates to build better futures
By Trevor Sochocki, Stephen Borowy Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WNEM) — A local organization is on a mission to make sure no inmate in Michigan feels alone and isolated. “Just the other day I had a conversation with an inmate who sat down and he said, ‘you know, I’ve been here
Continue ReadingSchumer apologizes for using offensive term to describe children with intellectual disabilities
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has apologized for calling children with intellectual disabilities “retarded” after receiving criticism for using the term, which is medically outdated and long been considered offensive. Responding to a question during a virtual podcast with OneNYCHA on what Congress is doing to combat homelessness exacerbated by the
Continue ReadingThe 1970s moon buggies are still up there. GM and Lockheed Martin want to make new ones
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business There are three 50-year-old cars parked on the moon. Now, General Motors and Lockheed Martin wants to build some new ones and put them on the moon, too. In the 1960s, GM worked with Boeing to create the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Three of them — LRV-1, LRV-2 and LRV-3 —
Continue ReadingWard describes ‘uncomfortable’ photo op between Biden and Putin
CNN anchors react to the photo op with President Biden and President Putin as they begin their meeting in Geneva.
Continue ReadingChaotic scene between press corps and security unfolds at start of Geneva summit
By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN A physical altercation broke out Wednesday at the start of President Joe Biden’s first summit with his Russian counterpart as reporters from each country shoved each other, and security, in their attempts to access the sole joint photo-op of the talks. The moments of chaos were a minor
Continue Reading Egan Bernal, ganador del Giro de Italia, se encuentra con el papa Francisco: «Ha sido la experiencia más bonita de mi vida»
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Egan Arley Bernal, ganador del Tour de Francia en 2019 y del Giro de Italia a fines de mayo pasado ha saludado al papa Francisco durante un encuentro público que tuvo lugar este miércoles en el Vaticano. El ciclista colombiano de 24 años le regaló, en nombre de su país,
Continue ReadingTeacher under fire after 11-hour meeting for alleged use of racial slurs in class
By Chris Oberholtz, Rhett Eisenberg Click here for updates on this story HARRISONVILLE, Missouri (KCTV) — The Harrisonville School District’s Board of Education adjourned early Tuesday morning after an 11-hour hearing. It’s regarding a teacher accused of using racial and homophobic slurs in the classroom. The school board ended their special session to decide the
Continue ReadingA Jane Austen scholar uncovered new evidence of the author’s family ties to the anti-slavery movement
Scottie Andrew, CNN The study of Jane Austen’s novels, many of them about 200 years old, is never complete. And neither is the excavation of the beloved author’s personal life. Austen’s personal values — namely, whether she supported slavery — have been debated by literary enthusiasts and experts who read her work like a cipher.
Continue ReadingThis is a 24/7 relationship
By Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon, CNN Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo’s new podcast “The Handoff” explores their unlikely friendship off-camera, along with their unfiltered takes on the week’s news. Below, the hosts talk about the origin of the nightly “handoff” between their shows and how it put their friendship in front of the camera.
Continue ReadingRemote Big Bend sheds a different light on the US frontier
Story and photos by Joe Yogerst, CNN It’s late afternoon in Santa Elena Canyon — a 19-mile gorge that separates Big Bend National Park in West Texas and three national parks in Mexico — and we’re setting up camp along a remote stretch of the Rio Grande. We came across two other canoe groups this
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