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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The family-friendly Universal release dropped a slim 41% from its record-making opening weekend. With $94 million from international showings,
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CNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Patricia Pouncey feels numb whenever she thinks about her daughter Nikita Washington’s tragic death last December. Washington, a Black mother from Detroit, died at Harper University Hospital one day after giving birth via cesarean section to her 12th child, a boy named Nathaniel. Pouncey, who is now raising Nathaniel
Continue ReadingCNN By Forrest Brown, CNN Two simple words can spark mouth-watering bliss or a series of blistering retorts in Texans: Breakfast tacos. In the Lone Star State, who gets the credit for these morning tortilla sensations can be a matter of habañero-hot debate. A highly contested Eater article in 2016 helped start a full-on Breakfast
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Two simple words can spark mouth-watering bliss or a series of blistering retorts in Texans: Breakfast tacos. In the Lone Star State, who gets the credit for these morning tortilla sensations can be a matter of habañero-hot debate. A highly contested Eater article in 2016 helped start a full-on Breakfast Taco
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Four out of the five US metropolitan areas with the lowest unemployment rates are in Florida, thanks to the state’s growing population, robust tourism activity and increased business investment. Miami had the lowest unemployment rate of metropolitan areas with more than 1 million people in February at 2.2%, tied with Birmingham,
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — He’s been the face of Mexico internationally for nearly five years and often the country’s leading voice in negotiations with top world leaders — including volatile ones, like former U.S. President Donald Trump. Now Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard is testing whether
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent House Republican leaders are moving behind the scenes to get their conference behind a plan that would raise the debt ceiling for one year with a slew of cuts and revenue raisers, a move intended to strengthen their negotiating position with the White House in the high-stakes standoff. The
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, Rebekah Riess and Zoe Sottile, CNN All passengers have safely disembarked a passenger ferry that ran aground on Saturday in Rich Passage near Bainbridge Island in Washington state. A total of 596 passengers and 15 crew members were aboard the ship, according to a tweet from US Coast Guard Pacific Northwest, which
Continue ReadingCNN By Jasmine Wright, Shawna Mizelle and Aileen Graef, CNN Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Sunday she has “a lot of questions” for the Biden administration about the circumstances around the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents. “I have a lot of questions about: Why were these documents lying around? Why did
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright, Shawna Mizelle and Aileen Graef, CNN Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Sunday she has “a lot of questions” for the Biden administration about the circumstances around the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents. “I have a lot of questions about: Why were these documents lying around? Why did this
Continue Reading By JEFF AMY Associated Press DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Investigators were gathering evidence Sunday at an Alabama dance studio where four people were killed and multiple others were injured during a shooting Saturday night at a teenager’s birthday party. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in Dadeville, Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement
Continue Reading By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s authorities say that at least 40 members of the security forces have been killed by gunmen in the county’s north. Officials said Sunday that dozens of others were injured. Six soldiers and 34 volunteer fighters were killed near the town of Ouahigouya on Saturday
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un grupo de 130 prisioneros ucranianos fueron devueltos del cautiverio ruso en un “gran intercambio de prisioneros de Pascua”, según el jefe de la oficina presidencial de Ucrania. Entre estos prisioneros se encuentran militares, guardias fronterizos, soldados o sargentos que fueron capturados en Bakhmut, Soledar, Zaporiyia y Jersón. Zelensky arremete contra
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By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence imaging can be used to create art, try on clothes in virtual fitting rooms or help design advertising campaigns. But experts fear the darker side of the easily accessible tools could worsen something that primarily harms women: nonconsensual deepfake pornography. Deepfakes are videos and
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its full-scale war more than a year ago. While
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK Associated Press One sheriff’s deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota on Saturday night that also killed the suspect in a domestic assault call. The Pope County Sheriff’s office says the deputy died at the hospital after the shooting
Continue Reading By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A Minnesota man dedicated to giving Muslim children a sense of belonging and pride is reaching children across the globe with a special “Ramadan Camp.” Amin Aaser is executive director of Noor Kids, based in Brooklyn Park. The camp is a free, daily online interactive program that offers games, stories,
Continue Reading By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Red Cross says Yemen’s warring sides have wrapped up a major exchange of prisoners linked to the country’s long-running conflict. The International Committee for the Red Cross said it “worked tirelessly to reunite about 900 former detainees with their families” in a three-day operation concluded
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director If you’ve filled out a survey at any point in the last 25 years, chances are you were asked two questions about your race and ethnicity: Whether you are of Hispanic or Latino descent, and then separately, if your race is White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American or
Continue ReadingBy Nima Elbagir, Tamara Qiblawi and Amarachi Orie, CNN Fierce fighting across Sudan has left hopes for a peaceful transition to civilian rule in tatters. Forces loyal to two rival generals are vying for control, and as is so often the case civilians have suffered the most, with dozens killed and hundreds injured. Doctors’ organizations
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