By Jennifer Gray and Nouran Salahieh, CNN After parts of Texas and Florida were pounded with tennis ball-sized hail and damaging winds, the same storm system is still threatening to bring severe storms to the South on Thursday. There were more than 60 hail reports across the South on Wednesday, including of softball-sized hail about
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has called on Iran to reverse a death sentence handed down to Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German dual citizen and opposition figure accused of masterminding deadly attacks. German officials said they were not allowed to attend the hearing Wednesday at which the sentence against Sharmahd was upheld. Foreign Minister Annalena
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING and JOE MCDONALD Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone conversation Wednesday, their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago. The phone call lasted nearly an hour and was a significant
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have made post-midnight changes to their sweeping debt ceiling package to win over holdouts. Facing a revolt from Midwestern Republicans over doing away with biofuel tax credits that were just signed into law last year by President Joe Biden, Republicans relented and
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Authorities in Sweden have retrieved the payload of a research rocket launched from the country’s Esrange Space Center that landed by error in neighboring Norway. After lifting off Monday morning at 7:20 a.m. local time, the rocket entered a “non-nominal flight path,” taking a longer and more westerly trajectory than calculated,
Continue Reading By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British regulators have blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard over worries that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday that “the only effective remedy” to the substantial loss of competition “is
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say a firefight erupted during a raid of a suspected hideout of hostage-takers in the country’s south and six officers were killed. Separately, a military operation against militants in northwestern Pakistan killed two soldiers and two militants. The raid in southern Sindh province was part of an ongoing operation against
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 1990s are making a comeback, with scrunchies acceptable again, “Night Court” back on TV and fanny packs and flannel all the rage. But it’s not the ’90s until two of the most idiotic teenagers return, sniggering along the way. That’s right, Beavis and Butt-Head
Continue ReadingBy Hafsa Khalil, CNN Daniel Radcliffe and his long-term partner, actress Erin Darke, have had their first child. Scott Boute, a representative for Radcliffe, confirmed the birth to CNN on Wednesday, after the Daily Mail published photographs of the couple pushing a pram in New York earlier this week. The baby’s sex and date of
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Harry Belafonte, who died Tuesday at the age of 96, was an activist long before he became an artist, he once said. His political consciousness was shaped early on by the experience of growing up poor, the son of a Jamaican mother who worked as a domestic servant. During the civil
Continue ReadingCNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN It was no trouble securing stars to appear on a television special to celebrate Carol Burnett’s 90th birthday, according to the event’s executive producer Mark Bracco. Bracco and co-executive producer Linda Gierahn spent about a year putting the show together. When it came time to secure talent for the event,
Continue ReadingCNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas called the deal to acquire four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers “historic” for the franchise. Douglas spoke Tuesday on how the trade — which has not yet been finalized as the two teams work out the details — came
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN It’s Henry Cavill’s final turn as Geralt of Rivia in “The Witcher.” A teaser trailer for Season 3 of the Netflix series suggests “Everything Changes.” “Now, for the first time, I understand real fear,” Cavill says. According to an official synopsis by the streaming service: “As monarchs, mages and beasts of
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government has doubled its growth forecast this year for the Europe’s largest economy after the country made it through the winter without major energy problems. It said Wednesday that it now expects gross domestic product to grow by 0.4% — up from the 0.2% expansion it forecast in late January.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer First Republic Bank’s stock continued to slide Wednesday, an ongoing rout that has erased more than 50% of its value just this week on concerns about the bank’s financial health in the wake of two other bank collapses. Shares slumped nearly 20% in afternoon trading, following an even more
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN Matt Crocker, a day after he was unveiled by the US Soccer Federation as sporting director, told “CNN This Morning” on Wednesday that Gregg Berhalter, who coached the US Men’s National Team (USMNT) at last year’s FIFA World Cup, is a candidate to be re-hired as the team’s head coach. “Yes,
Continue ReadingCNN By Jill Martin, CNN Matt Crocker, a day after he was unveiled by the US Soccer Federation as sporting director, told “CNN This Morning” on Wednesday that Gregg Berhalter, who coached the US Men’s National Team (USMNT) at last year’s FIFA World Cup, is a candidate to be re-hired as the team’s head coach.
Continue ReadingBy Kyra Posey, CNN The ninth song on “Purple Rain,” Prince’s iconic 1984 album, included a lyric that sparked controversy and change. Hear more on the latest episode of “The Prince Mixtape.” The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Deion Sanders became the NFL draft’s first fashion icon by accessorizing a black and white track suit with loads of sparkling gold jewelry and dark shades when he took the call from the Atlanta Falcons before they selected him fifth overall in 1989. As memorable as
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said. Grossberg attorney Gerry Filippatos told CNN on Wednesday that he has given a spreadsheet to the special counsel’s team, detailing
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