By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN At first glance, the bipartisan infrastructure deal that emerged this week seemed like a ripe opportunity for President Joe Biden to take a dig at his predecessor, whose attempts at focusing on roads and bridges often went awry. “Welcome to infrastructure week!” read the
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN Three words for you: summer box office. It’s that time of the year, and Hollywood is betting that folks are anxious to get back into theaters. For me, the word “anxious” is about right because I am still trying to chart out my post-vaccinated-hot-girl summer responsibly. But some films
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Friday, temperatures settled just above the average of 106°. Palm Springs hit a high temperature of 108°. Saturday and Sunday, temperatures will be warming up. A ridge of high pressure centered over the Pacific Northwest is building Saturday and will bring extreme heat Sunday and Monday. For areas in the Pacific Northwest, they are going
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By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The New York Police Department arrested an alleged gang member in a June 17 shooting in the Bronx that put two children in the line of gunfire, Chief of Detectives James Essig said at a news conference Friday. Michael Lopez, 27, has ties to the “Make it Happen Boyz” gang and
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Jeremy Diamond, CNN After four hours in this city on the US-Mexico border, Vice President Kamala Harris was all smiles as she walked across the tarmac to Air Force Two. “Let’s take a picture!” she excitedly told the press gathered under the plane’s wing in the nearly 100-degree heat on Friday. As for
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter When Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before cameras Friday to announce a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s new voting restrictions, it was the timing and the Justice Department’s strategy that intrigued voting rights experts. That’s because the lawsuit — triggering the latest dispute about the scope of Section 2
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN Three years after Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the paintings have arrived at the Art Institute of Chicago, where the former President and First Lady had their very first date. On display there through mid-August, the artworks by Brooklyn-based Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore-based
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN Carl Nassib’s coming out was casual, matter-of-fact and, evidenced by the ebullient smile he wore throughout the video in which he disclosed his sexuality, a release he’d long waited for. The laid-back nature of his announcement belies how exceedingly rare it was for Nassib to come out at all. The Las
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Williams, CNN The US intelligence community on Friday released a hotly anticipated report on what it knows about a series of mysterious sightings of unidentified flying objects by Navy pilots and others. The report, which examined 144 reports of what the government terms “unexplained aerial phenomena” between 2004 and 2021, is among
Continue ReadingGerardo Lemos (CNN en Español) – – La Policía Nacional de Nicaragua informó este viernes en un comunicado -sin detallar el lugar ni las circunstancias- que detuvo al exdiputado del Partido liberal independiente (PLI) Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios. Según el comunicado policial, Chamorro es investigado por supuestos “actos que menoscaban la independencia, la soberanía y
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN It was only last year when Hannah Lindell-Smith woke up in the middle of the night with the taste of smoke in her mouth. The orange sky over Washington and Oregon was filled with embers as wildfires raged, leading to some of the region’s most prolonged and dangerous
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN From the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast, the heat is on this weekend, and by next week soaring temperatures could travel as far north as the Arctic Circle. A historic heatwave has prompted excessive heat warnings for Washington and Oregon, as well as most of Idaho and parts
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN America is in a far better place now than it was six months ago in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, with overall cases and deaths down, according to the latest data. It shows that vaccines are effective, experts say, although they have some protection limitations when faced with more aggressive
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN One Saturday evening last December, as Peter and Lisa Marshall cuddled on the couch watching their favorite television show, Peter looked at Lisa and asked if she would marry him. What Peter, 56, didn’t remember was that they were already married. Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s three years ago, Peter had begun
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Aima, 19, is one of Britain’s most prominent Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists, but at a protest in London she is nervous. She has her hood up and, while a pandemic-mandated mask covers most of her face, she keeps her head down for fear of being recognized. Her eyes constantly
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN How is it nearly July already? With more than half of 2021 already in the rear view mirror, there’s good news as more and more destinations either open their borders or loosen their regulations. In the United States and Caribbean Good news, Americans who want to travel domestically — more and
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The scouts were out at Palm Springs Stadium Friday night to watch a 30-year-old pitcher play for the Palm Springs Power, as he tries to make a return to professional baseball. Matt Swilley last played in an independent league in 2015. He had Tommy John surgery, and since then, he’s been giving pitching lessons in
Continue ReadingBy John Blake, CNN One evening, Robin DiAngelo became a nice racist. DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility,” remembers the precise moment it happened. A friend invited her to join a few friends of hers for dinner. When DiAngelo arrived at the restaurant, she was excited to see that the couple waiting for them at the
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Hollie Silverman, CNN Two days after the catastrophic partial collapse of a residential building in South Florida, officials remained focused on the search for the dozens of people believed to be under the mountain of rubble as an expert suggested it may be months before the cause of the disaster is
Continue ReadingCNN’s Tom Foreman reports on the possible reasons for the collapse of the 40-year-old building in Florida and the lawsuit filed against the owners.
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