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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La trompa de un elefante es un órgano notable: una fusión de nariz y labio superior, capaz de moverse a través de una densa red de músculos. Es lo suficientemente fuerte como para levantar un tronco y lo suficientemente sensible como para realizar tareas delicadas como levantar un solo totopo
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By JOE McDONALD and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street held steady in premarket trading Friday as some of the nation’s biggest banks posted strong first-quarter profits one day after markets surged on reports of slowing inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials ticked up 0.1% and futures for the S&P 500 were essentially
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By JOE McDONALD and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street held steady in premarket trading Friday as some of the nation’s biggest banks posted strong first-quarter profits one day after markets surged on reports of slowing inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials ticked up 0.1% and futures for the S&P 500 were essentially
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN After police in Florida sought public help to locate Drake Bell on Thursday, the actor tried to find humor in the event post-scare. The former Nickelodeon star tweeted Thursday after the Daytona Beach Police Department announced he had been located and was safe. “You leave your phone in the car
Continue Reading By FREIDA FRISARO, DANIEL KOZIN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One of Florida’s busiest airports announced plans to reopen Friday morning, two days after an unprecedented deluge left planes and travelers stranded and turned Fort Lauderdale’s streets into rivers. Officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport completed final inspections after sunrise
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN Amelia Earhart’s achievements in the early decades of aviation captivated the world. The daring pilot still holds a grip on our imaginations nearly a century later — and now, Earhart fans can bask in her globe-trotting history back on her native Kansas soil. The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is scheduled to
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government on Friday approved a controversial plan to open the country’s first casino in the city of Osaka as it seeks to lure more foreign tourists. The casino resort is to include conference facilities, an exhibition hall, a hotel and a theater and is expected to
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government on Friday approved a controversial plan to open the country’s first casino in the city of Osaka as it seeks to lure more foreign tourists. The casino resort is to include conference facilities, an exhibition hall, a hotel and a theater and is expected to
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on inflation for more than a year and that more interest rate hikes are needed to get prices under control. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s governing board, did not specify how
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on inflation for more than a year and that more interest rate hikes are needed to get prices under control. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s governing board, did not specify how
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN Think Dracula and the cape, the fangs and bloodlust come to mind. On screen, perhaps the image of Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee or Gary Oldman. Nic Cage thought Dracula and saw Anne Bancroft in “The Graduate.” That’s according to Nicholas Hoult, who plays the titular servant to Dracula in “Renfield,” a
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CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, launched Friday at 8:14 a.m. ET aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The spacecraft separated from
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or Juice, launched Friday at 8:14 a.m. ET aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The spacecraft separated from the
Continue Reading BAGHDAD (AP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr says he will suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing “corruption” among some of his followers. He made the announcement on Friday. A group within the Sadrists, dubbing itself the “Owners of the Cause,” believes that al-Sadr is Imam Mahdi, a
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A Palm Desert gym owner is hoping he can revamp some of the gym equipment so it can be better utilized by his clients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Zack Adams owns Zack’s Personal Fitness in Palm Desert. He has been the owner of the gym for the last 17 years. A majority of Adam’s clients
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that could have buried oceans. The journey began with a morning liftoff by Europe’s Ariane rocket from French Guiana in South America. It will take the robotic explorer, dubbed Juice,
Continue Reading By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as part of a push to boost ties between two of the world’s largest developing nations. The meeting came on the second day of Lula’s visit to China,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as part of a push to boost ties between two of the world’s largest developing nations. The meeting came on the second day of Lula’s visit to China, his country’s most important trading partner and ally in
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Page, CNN Ari Aster would rather you didn’t read this. Don’t take my word for it — the writer-director of “Hereditary,” “Midsommar” and now “Beau Is Afraid” said as much himself. Speaking to CNN on a video call in the lead up to the release of his three-hour tantric Freud-gasm of a movie,
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut their spending at retail stores and restaurants in March for the second straight month, a sign consumers are becoming more cautious after a burst of spending in January. Retail sales dropped 1% in March from February, a sharper decline than the 0.2% fall in
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