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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are raising alarms about a restrictive abortion ban put in place in 1931 before the US Supreme Court’s 1973 landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. That law was invalidated by the decision in Roe v. Wade, but it’s still on the state’s books. Michigan Democratic Gov.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Andrew Millman, CNN Top leaders in the Oath Keepers, the far-right extremist group, have been turning over phones and digital files and sitting for interviews with the FBI — and detailing how they worked to benefit Donald Trump’s campaign and communicated with others in the former President’s
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La ciudad de Odesa, en el sur de Ucrania, ha sido objeto de nuevos ataques con misiles el lunes por la noche. Alrededor de las 10 p.m. hora local (3 p.m. hora de Miami), testigos en el centro de la ciudad dijeron haber escuchado varias explosiones grandes que sacudieron los
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka authorities deployed armed troops in the capital Colombo on Monday hours after government supporters attacked protesters. Government supporters attacked protesters who have been camped outside the office of Sri Lanka’s prime minster. Supporters of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa rallied inside
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot police say six cars were deliberately set ablaze a short distance from the soccer stadium where league leader Apollon Limassol played second-place APOEL Nicosia. Police say the arson attack occurred 30 minutes before the end of Sunday’s match. Apollon won 3-2 to give the Limassol team a four-point cushion over
Continue ReadingBen Jones, CNN Free from the rigors of the daily commute, traveling by train is by far the most civilized way to get around and really get to know a new country. We all have our favorite journeys, whether it’s conquering the Alps on a cogwheel railway or streaking across the rooftops of Tokyo on
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Más de una semana después de que una agente de correccionales de Alabama desapareciera con un recluso acusado de asesinato, las autoridades dicen que la funcionaria Vicky White, de 56 años, y el recluso Casey White, de 38, podrían haber tenido una relación romántica. Según todos los informes, Vicky White es descrita
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy. The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares fell on Monday as interest rate hikes and a slowing Chinese economy weighed on investor sentiment. European shares fell in early trading and Asian benchmarks also declined. China reported its exports rose 3.7% over a year earlier in April to $273.6 billion, down sharply
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd, Paul LeBlanc and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday announced that 20 of the nation’s internet providers have committed to lowering costs for low-income households, a step the administration says will increase access to high-speed internet for 48 million households nationwide. “Over the last few months, my administration has worked
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business One of China’s top leaders has painted a grim picture of the job market in the world’s most populous nation, as widespread Covid lockdowns slam the brakes on the economy. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang — the No. 2 in the hierarchy of China’s ruling Communist Party — called the employment
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Shanghai is further tightening its stringent lockdown measures after China’s top leader Xi Jinping pledged to “unswervingly” double down on the country’s controversial zero-Covid policy, leaving millions confined to their homes with no end in sight. Over the weekend, videos showing Shanghai residents arguing or scuffling with hazmat
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, CNN The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China’s internet after questioning the sustainability of the country’s zero-Covid policy. The censorship on Weibo and WeChat, China’s two largest social media platforms, targets WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ comments that expressed rare disagreement with Beijing’s policies. “When
Continue Reading Victoria Fernandez (CNN) — La primera dama de Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, pasó parte del Día de la Madre en un viaje no anunciado a Uzhhorod, una pequeña ciudad en el extremo suroccidental de Ucrania, un país que durante las últimas 10 semanas ha estado bajo la invasión de Rusia. En una escuela reconvertida que
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, dio un discurso durante el desfile anual del Día de la Victoria en Moscú y les dijo a las tropas que “hoy están defendiendo por lo que lucharon sus abuelos y bisabuelos”. “Nuestro deber es hacer todo lo posible para que el horror de una guerra
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Si Corea del Norte estaba buscando otra excusa para seguir adelante con su programa de armas nucleares, acaba de encontrar una en la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia. El hecho de que uno de los pocos países que ha renunciado voluntariamente a un arsenal nuclear ahora esté bajo ataque del
Continue Reading By OLEG CETINIC and ALEX TURNBULL The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 passenger plane crash in the Indian Ocean that killed 152 people sat in the front row of a Paris courtroom Monday at the opening of the trial of the Yemeni airline which operated the flight. Bahia Bakari,
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Stacker takes a look at Black athletes who transformed American sports. These basketball stars, boxing legends, and Olympic heroes achieved masterful feats in competition and away from sport.
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Stacker looks back at 30 iconic moments in sports that defined the 1960s. These include college basketball dynasties from the state of California, historic home runs that set records and won the World Series, and ingenious high jumpers who changed the way track-and-field sports were performed.
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Government supporters attacked protesters who have been camped outside the office of Sri Lanka’s prime minster. Supporters of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa rallied inside his office earlier Monday, urging him to ignore protesters’ demand to step down. After the meeting, they went
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