By Chloe Melas, CNN “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will air its final episode this week and the talk show is wrapping up its 19 seasons with some major star power. Oprah Winfrey paid DeGeneres a visit on Tuesday. Winfrey said it made her emotional to think about the final days of her own daytime talk
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities were investigating a shooting involving law enforcement officers in East Los Angeles Tuesday morning, officials said. Paramedics dispatched on a shots-fired call shortly after 9 a.m. transported one person to a hospital in unknown condition, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It wasn’t immediately known if the person
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“She was varsity her first year as a freshman, so right away she started contributing.” That was La Quinta track and field head coach Brian Ansley talking about senior sensation Alaysia Smoot. A do-it all athlete that fell in love with track and field. “It was my freshman year when I got involved and it was
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN A week before the start of Pride Month, comedian Ricky Gervais is being criticized for his new stand-up special, in which he mocks transgender women and the debate around bathroom access. The special, called “SuperNature,” debuted Tuesday on Netflix. A few minutes into the set, Gervais describes reading a comment from
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Students in Palm Springs Unified School District who were selected to attend a free trip to Washington D.C. earlier this year are making a presentation to the school board Tuesday night. The program was coordinated by the African American Parent Advisory Council of PSUSD. 24 students flew to the nation’s capital last month. They were
Continue ReadingCNN By Sonia Moghe, CNN After hearing more than 100 hours of testimony over six weeks, jurors have finished hearing evidence in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial, with both sides resting. As a final witness, Heard returned to the stand for a second time Thursday, where she was grilled about witnesses who
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville has added Milt Wagner as men’s basketball director of player development and alumni relations, reuniting the Cardinals scoring great with former teammate and first-year head coach Kenny Payne. Wagner, whose 1,834 career points rank sixth all-time in program history, was a starter on on Louisville’s 1986 NCAA championship squad while
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ron Washington Jr. homered and drove in four runs, Jeffrey Wehler added three RBIs and No. 11 seed Pittsburgh used an eight-run sixth inning to rally past seventh-seeded Georgia Tech 12-6 in the opening game of the ACC Tournament. Pittsburgh faces No. 2 seed Louisville on Wednesday and Georgia Tech plays
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Aerosmith has canceled some of the band’s residency dates in Las Vegas as frontman Steven Tyler seeks rehabilitation treatment. A statement posted on Aerosmith’s verified Instagram account Tuesday explained that Tyler, 74, recently relapsed following surgery. “As many of you know, our beloved brother Steven has worked on his sobriety
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether to block a Madison school district policy that prohibits staff from informing parents that their children have changed genders, with opponents arguing the policy amounts to a secret experiment on children and supporters countering that the guidance protects
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN An Iraqi national living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Tuesday and faces federal charges related to an alleged plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department announced. Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former United
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business This summer has long been forecast as a potential boom time for the travel industry. Retailers and economists have been talking a lot about how consumers are starting to buy less stuff and are instead spending more on vacations and other experiences. But that’s not the story the
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Wide receiver Terry McLaurin and pass rushers Chase Young and Montez Sweat were noticeably absent from the first Washington Commanders practice of the offseason. McLaurin is skipping the on-field portion of voluntary organized team activities while negotiations are ongoing for a contract extension. Coach Ron
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at cholera, an acute diarrheal infection that has killed thousands of people worldwide. Facts Cholera is contracted by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. The bacteria is usually found in water contaminated with feces. Dehydration from rapid loss of body fluids is the reason the
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a man’s convictions and death sentences in the 2012 killing of his nine-months pregnant girlfriend who was bound, handcuffed and gagged when her partially burned body was found in a bed by firefighters responding to an apartment fire. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury in
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin will complete their memorable fight trilogy in September. Álvarez and Golovkin will resume their rivalry Sept. 17 after a four-year break, promoters Matchroom Boxing announced Tuesday. Álvarez already said he intended to take the fight while speaking at his invitational
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin will complete their memorable fight trilogy in September. Álvarez and Golovkin will resume their rivalry Sept. 17 after a four-year break, promoters Matchroom Boxing announced Tuesday. Álvarez already said he intended to take the fight while speaking at his invitational
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canelo Álvarez and Gennady Golovkin will complete their memorable fight trilogy in September. Álvarez and Golovkin will resume their rivalry Sept. 17 after a four-year break, promoters Matchroom Boxing announced Tuesday. Álvarez already said he intended to take the fight while speaking at his invitational
Continue Reading CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Trackhouse Entertainment has launched a program that will field a NASCAR Cup Series entry for renowned international race car drivers. Trackhouse is a venture of former driver Justin Marks and Grammy Award-winning rapper Pitbull. PROJECT91 could make Trackhouse a destination spot for global stars eager to compete in America’s most popular
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Cher Scarlett, ingeniera de software, había sido identificada erróneamente por la tecnología de escaneo facial antes, incluyendo un caso en el que podría haber aparecido un antepasado lejano en una foto. Por eso, cuando supo de una herramienta de reconocimiento facial en línea de la que no había oído hablar,
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