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By ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE For The Associated Press (Editor’s Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst mother of three kids shares how Title IX has help shape her life and career, and what needs to be done over the
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By ANN MEYERS DRYSDALE For The Associated Press (Editor’s Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst mother of three kids shares how Title IX has help shape her life and career, and what needs to be done over the
Continue ReadingGALVESTON TOURISM BUREAU, GETTY IMAGES, WTMJ, WFAA, CNN, POOL, ART RAY By Scottie Andrew, CNN CNN’s inaugural “Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom” concert was a moving commemoration of history and a joyous night of music. The Hollywood Bowl event celebrated Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the US. From icons
Continue Reading DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floods in Bangladesh continued to wreak havoc Monday with authorities struggling to ferry drinking water and dry food to flood shelters across the country’s vast northern and northeastern regions, officials and local media said. More than a dozen people died across the country since the monsoon began last week, authorities said.
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says the man convicted of killing two clerics in a stabbing attack in April at a revered Shiite shrine has been hanged. The report says the death penalty was carried out by hanging on Monday morning after the country’s Supreme Court upheld a verdict issued earlier by a
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A wildfire in southern New Jersey grew to at least 12,000 acres in size on Monday and is 70% contained, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Firefighters are battling the blaze at Wharton State Forest that is “fueled by dry and breezy conditions,” the service said
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By Gregory Clary, Sarah Fortinsky, Susannah Cullinane and Holly Yan, CNN A shooting near an unpermitted concert Sunday evening left a 15-year-old boy dead and several others wounded, according to police in Washington, DC. Several hundred people had gathered to hear music played from a truck on a street sidewalk, DC Police Chief Robert Contee
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Thousands of flights have been cancelled throughout the U.S. this holiday weekend. People like Eva Morales are catching flights in and out of Palm Springs International Airport. Before landing in Palm Springs, Morales flew from San Jose to Las Vegas. I asked her if she experienced any delays or cancellations, “Actually, no. And I was
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By DANIEL NIEMANN, PAOLA CORONA, JADE LE DELEY and HAU DINH Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany, airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how much gasoline he’s getting rise, too. But much
Continue Reading By DANIEL NIEMANN, PAOLA CORONA, JADE LE DELEY and HAU DINH Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany, airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how much gasoline he’s getting rise, too. But much
Continue Reading By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s new law barring sales of bullet-resistant vests to most civilians doesn’t cover the type of armor worn by the gunman who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket, a gap that could limit its effectiveness in deterring future military-style assaults. During the
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — What’s the price of peace? That question could be partially answered Monday night when Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctions off his Nobel Peace Prize medal. The proceeds will go directly to UNICEF in its efforts to help children displaced by the war in Ukraine. Muratov,
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday rejected calls for him to publicly demand the United States drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange. The Australian government has been under mounting pressure to intervene since the British government last week ordered Assange’s
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By the numbers, the Jan. 6 committee hearings attracted 20 million live viewers on opening night, 11 million for the first daytime session and nearly 9 million for Thursday’s third installment. Yet those traditional Nielsen company yardsticks don’t begin to measure the true reach of
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Si eres padre, probablemente hayas experimentado un sinfín de ansiedades acerca de si estás haciendo lo suficiente por tus hijos mientras crecen. ¿Qué pasa si tus hijos heredan tus hábitos negativos? ¿Qué pasa si dejas que tus hijos vean demasiada televisión o les das los alimentos equivocados? Preocuparte de que vas a
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring it under control appeared to outweigh Wall Street’s positive close on Friday. The price
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring it under control appeared to outweigh Wall Street’s positive close on Friday. The price
Continue Reading By Jonny Hallam and Helen Regan, CNN Two American volunteers fighting for Ukraine were taken into detention by Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk after being captured last week, according to Russian state media. US citizens Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, from Hartselle, Alabama, were interviewed by Russia’s RT
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — Roma, la ciudad eterna, ha sido invadida, conquistada y saqueada innumerables veces desde su fundación hace casi 2.800 años. Cada ataque dejó cicatrices en toda la ciudad, desde las ruinas del Foro Romano hasta la caverna del Circo Máximo, donde una vez corrieron los carros. La degradación moderna también ha hecho enfadar
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY and ERICA HUNZINGER Associated Press Title IX is best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment on campuses. But the landmark U.S. law covers a wide variety of topics and educational settings — and those continue to evolve. The law was passed by Congress and signed into
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