By Marianne Garvey The 75th Cannes Film Festival has revealed this year’s award winners and the recipient of its prestigious Palme d’Or. In addition to the film’s honored, Forest Whitaker received a Palme d’Or for his career, and Tom Cruise was awarded a surprise honorary Palme d’Or while in town promoting “Top Gun: Maverick” near
Continue ReadingBy KOVR Staff Click here for updates on this story STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — The Stockton community celebrated the life of a late retired Marine over Memorial Day weekend. Major Bill Wright was the nation’s longest-living Marine Corps. veteran when he passed away earlier this year at 106. The decorated World War II and Korean
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WTOC By Paradise Afshar and Tina Burnside, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with a deadly boating accident that killed five people on a river in Georgia, authorities said. Two boats traveling in opposite directions collided Saturday morning on the Wilmington River in coastal Chatham County, officials said. A 45-year-old man from Savannah,
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The game was over. So, finally, was Al Horford’s journey. He grabbed what would be the final rebound of the Eastern Conference finals, threw the ball skyward, sprinted to join his teammates in celebration and then dropped to his knees to slap the floor. His time
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, Pierre Bairin and Dalal Mawad, CNN A French journalist has been shot and killed in Ukraine, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. “Journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war. On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape the Russian bombs, he was
Continue ReadingBy Ian Kerner, CNN On the surface, the Covid-19 pandemic seems like it would have been great for relationships: unlimited access to your partner, nonstop togetherness and plenty of time for intimacy. But, as most of us are now all too aware, lockdowns have largely had the opposite effect on romance. We were living on
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police fatally shot a 52-year-old man after he pointed a gun at officers who responded to a domestic dispute at a home, according to a police department statement released Monday. The man had fired the gun inside and outside the home Sunday evening before officers arrived and he pointed it at
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Marelen Castillo es poco conocida en la política colombiana. De hecho, solo hace tres meses su nombre empezó a sonar tímidamente en el público tras de ser elegida como fórmula vicepresidencial de Rodolfo Hernández, el candidato político de la Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción, que el 29 de mayo pasó a
Continue Reading SAFFORD, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot at law enforcement officers in southeastern Arizona was shot and killed when officers returned fire. No officers were injured in the incident that occurred Sunday afternoon in Safford, the state Department of Public Safety said in a brief statement. The statement didn’t provide the dead
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Puede que el juicio de Johnny Depp contra Amber Heard por difamación esté próximo a terminar, pero al menos este fin de semana el actor continuó en el centro de atención. Fuerte cruce entre la abogada de Depp y Amber Heard 0:53 Depp tocó guitarra con su viejo amigo Jeff Beck durante un
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Se espera que la Tierra atraviese el rastro de escombros de un cometa fragmentado el lunes por la noche y el martes por la mañana. Esto podría producir una nueva lluvia de meteoros. Los observadores del cielo nocturno en América del Norte tienen la mejor oportunidad de ver la lluvia de
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police said Monday they’re trying to determine what led up to a shooting that left an 18-year-old man dead and five other people injured. The injured included an 18-year-old man, a 17-year-old boy, two 16-year-old boys and a 16-year-old girl, police said in a statement. No identities were released and the
Continue ReadingBy Emily Smith, CNN Nearly two decades after her death, Julia Child’s can-do attitude and love for food still resonates with professional chefs and novice home cooks around the world. She was a pioneer in the food world and blazed a trail for women in the culinary arts and celebrity chefs on television. Her legacy
Continue Reading NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The weekend arrest of Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, on suspicion of driving under the influence came after the Porsche he was driving was hit by another vehicle in Northern California’s wine country, authorities said. Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken into custody shortly before
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Local boy scout troops from the Coachella Valley planted American flags at the graves of fallen military members on Monday in honor of Memorial Day. Every year the boy scouts help local veterans in the planting of the flags. For Ryan McCollum who is part of Troop 1701, he said he’s been doing this for
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang, Eric Cheung and Clare Foran, CNN A US delegation led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, arrived in Taipei on Monday in a previously unannounced visit, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said. The delegation will meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday, where they will discuss “regional security, economic and trade cooperation,
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Bill Clinton was in the White House, Tony Blair was in his second year as UK prime minister and The Backstreet Boys were on top of the UK pop charts with “I Want It That Way.” The year 1999 was also when two-time European Cup winner Nottingham Forest last played in
Continue ReadingBy WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say an 11-year-old boy convinced a car thief to let him and his four young brothers out of their minivan after it was stolen in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon. The children’s parents “stepped away from their running vehicle,” according to police, on
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — La escala con la que se mide la intensidad de los huracanes se conoce como Saffir-Simpson, y divide estos fenómenos naturales en 5 categorías de acuerdo con la velocidad de sus vientos y la marejada ciclónica, que es un incremento anormal en el nivel del mar tras una tormenta. La escala también
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) investiga el posible vínculo entre un brote de hepatitis A y fresas orgánicas frescas. La FDA, los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), la Agencia de Salud Pública
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