Britney Spears pleads for autonomy
Britney Spears begged a judge to release her from a conservatorship giving her father control over her: “I am traumatized… I just want my life back.”
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Leaders consider raising bridges, powering down e-scooters to protect area
By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — City leaders are thinking outside the box, scrambling to come up with a better plan to protect Water Street after dark. With the Bucks in the playoffs and fans coming downtown for the games, business leaders hope for a solution. Many got
Continue ReadingLate-night TV is back, and so is America (almost)
Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives People are making summer travel plans; cheering fans are going to games; and late-night hosts are returning to their studios with live audiences. So is all right with the world? Maybe it’s getting there. Jimmy Fallon is back at 30 Rockefeller Center with a full live audience.
Continue Reading‘Sex/Life’ stars Sarah Shahi in a steamy but beyond-silly drama where the choice is sex or marriage
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Having caused a sensation with steamy and explicit sex on “Bridgerton,” Netflix dips into that genre again — minus the costumes — in “Sex/Life.” Sarah Shahi stars as a wife and mother in the throes of a not-quite-midlife crisis, pining for all the wild sex she used to have. Alas,
Continue ReadingWoman weighs past, present in ‘Sex/Life’
A woman’s passion-filled memories of her bad-boy ex threaten her stable life as a wife and mother. David Daniel talks with the stars of the Netflix series.
Continue ReadingAs Liam Neeson hits ‘The Ice Road,’ maybe it’s time to slow down a little
Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN In the 13 years since “Taken,” Liam Neeson has worked practically nonstop, including a pair of sequels. Yet watching his latest action vehicle “The Ice Road” — a by-the-numbers chase movie, which turns him into an ice road warrior — it’s easy to wish that this talented actor would, well,
Continue Reading‘Wolfgang’ serves the dish on how Wolfgang Puck created the celebrity chef
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN A breezy, low-key tribute to Wolfgang Puck, “Wolfgang” is most notable for the extent to which he can be thanked — or blamed — for the advent of the celebrity chef, as well as ripples that extended into everything from cooking styles to the way restaurants are designed. That might
Continue ReadingEuro 2020: Kasper Schmeichel recalls Christian Eriksen’s first visit to training following collapse
By Amanda Davies and Matias Grez, CNN When Christian Eriksen was discharged from hospital, one of the first things he did was visit his teammates. Less than a week earlier, many of them had formed a wall around the stricken midfielder as he received CPR on the pitch at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium. Eriksen’s collapse during
Continue ReadingKey inflation measure climbs to highest level since 1992
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Prices rose yet again in May and a key measure of inflation hit new multi-year highs. The price index tracking personal consumption expenditure, or PCE, climbed 3.9% in the year ending May, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. It was the highest level since August 2008 and exceeded April’s
Continue ReadingMatt Hancock, Britain’s beleaguered health secretary, apologizes after being caught in embrace with aide
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Britain’s beleaguered Health Secretary Matt Hancock has apologized for breaching Covid regulations after being pictured in an embrace with his adviser, with whom British tabloid The Sun alleges he is having an extramarital affair. Hancock is under fire after The Sun published a story with photographs that appear to show him
Continue ReadingDid Covid-19 take your taste and smell? Here’s when they may return
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Alisson Clark first knew she definitely had Covid-19 last September when she lost her sense of smell. “I grabbed a cup of coffee in the morning, and it just tasted hot,” said Clark, who is a national media strategist at the University of Florida. “I had felt so good while I
Continue ReadingCOVID: WHO CAN REQUIRE VACCINATIONS? (4 AM ET)
Some companies, schools, and cities are requiring their people to get vaccinated and there’s been some pushback.
Continue ReadingCOVID: WHO CAN REQUIRE VACCINATIONS? (4 AM ET)
Some companies, schools, and cities are requiring their people to get vaccinated and there’s been some pushback.
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Warming temperatures up for the weekend and early next week
Low pressure along the west coast will weaken as a large ridge of high pressure builds over the Pacific Northwest this weekend. Temperatures there will be breaking all time record highs. Here in Southern California, temperatures will still be hot, but we are not looking at records breaking. KESQ Weather We have seen a couple
Continue ReadingJunta escolar de California aprueba una resolución contra el racismo después del incidente de lanzamiento de tortillas en un juego de baloncesto
CNNEE (CNN) — Una junta escolar en el sur de California aprobó por unanimidad el jueves una resolución en la que denuncia el racismo y la discriminación racial después de que algunos miembros de la comunidad arrojaran tortillas a un equipo de baloncesto predominantemente latino de una escuela secundaria. «Creo que este es un buen
Continue ReadingColapso de edificio en Miami: hay múltiples víctimas y desaparecidos
olivertapia (CNN) — Continúan los trabajos de búsqueda y rescate tras el colapso parcial de un edificio en Surfside, cerca de Miami, que tuvo lugar la madrugada del jueves. Al menos una persona murió tras el derrumbe y otras 99 están en paradero desconocido, entre ellos varios latinoamericanos. Esto es lo que sabemos hasta ahora sobre
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Universe, we have a problem: NASA’s investigating an outage on the Hubble Space Telescope
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Universe, we’ve got a problem: The payload computer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope that has shaped our understanding of the cosmos for over 30 years has stopped working. After the June 13 malfunction, Hubble’s payload computer stopped receiving the “keep-alive” signal that’s a “standard handshake between the payload and main spacecraft
Continue ReadingHotels face labor shortages as travel demand surges
American Hotel and Lodging Association President and CEO Chip Rogers explains why the industry is having trouble finding workers.
Continue ReadingEl expolicía Derek Chauvin será sentenciado por el homicidio de George Floyd
Mariana Toro (CNN) — Derek Chauvin, el exagente de policía condenado por el homicidio de George Floyd en una calle de Minneapolis el año pasado, será sentenciado este viernes a una estadía en prisión potencialmente prolongada. Chauvin, de 45 años, fue declarado culpable en abril por cargos de homicidio no intencional en la comisión de
Continue ReadingUltrarunner smashes Central Park record, says plant-based diet was key
Earlier this year, Robbie Balenger set a new record for New York City’s Central Park Loop Challenge. The vegan ultrarunner completed 16 loops, totaling nearly 100 miles in just over 18 hours.
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