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By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian tennis player Anhelina Kalinina refused to shake hands with Veronika Kudermetova, her Russian opponent, following the former’s victory in the semifinals of the Rome Masters in Italy on Friday. Speaking to reporters after the match at Foro Italico, Rome, Kalinina said, “We didn’t shake hands because the girl
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones and Heather Butts Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Around 90 light years away from our solar system is an exoplanet covered in volcanoes, around the same size as the Earth and potentially able to support life. And it’s the discovery of Canadian astronomers. “We
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A UN adviser says the world needs to be “vigilant” as artificial intelligence technology improves, allowing for more realistic-looking deepfakes. Deepfakes refer to media, typically video or audio, manipulated with AI to falsely depict a person saying or doing something
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By JEFF McMILLAN, KAVISH HARJAI and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press Legislation to restrict gender-affirming care is often pre-written and shopped out by a handful of interest groups. So-called model legislation has been used in statehouses for decades. Critics say model legislation allows a handful of far-right groups to create a false narrative around gender-affirming care
Continue Reading By JEFF McMILLAN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A nonprofit that describes itself as a collection of doctors and others uniting to “protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology” has become a significant presence in statehouses. Do No Harm got its start in early 2022 by focusing its criticisms of diversity initiatives in
Continue Reading By KAVISH HARJAI, JEFF McMILLAN and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Associated Press analysis has found that many of this year’s statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths are identical or very similar to some model legislation. The AP obtained the texts of more than 130 bills in 40 state legislatures from the public
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Katie Taylor is one of women’s boxing’s ‘Mount Rushmore’ figures. The undisputed lightweight world champion, Taylor holds 18 gold medals – including an Olympic gold – and sits second in the Ring’s women’s pound-for-pound rankings. Yet, at 36 years old, Taylor has never fought professionally in her native Ireland.
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — LaTomah Hauff stopped at the red-draped table on her way into Dean’s Classic Car Museum to jot her contact information on a sign-up sheet to hear more about Ron DeSantis. The 75-year-old retired speech pathologist had driven an hour to hear the Florida governor speak
Continue Reading By FOSTER KLUG, ADAM SCHRECK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Saturday in Japan for talks with the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies, a personal appearance meant to galvanize global attention as the nations ratcheted up pressure on Moscow for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine.
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Jim Brown’s legs, ever-churning and sturdy as tree trunks, helped propel him to fame on the football field. His voice once he left the gridiron — every bit as powerful. In many ways, Brown, who died Thursday night at 87, used his platform as one of the greatest football
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Jim Brown’s legs, ever-churning and sturdy as tree trunks, helped propel him to fame on the football field. His voice once he left the gridiron — every bit as powerful. In many ways, Brown, who died Thursday night at 87, used his platform as one of the greatest football
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” is perhaps the most highly anticipated video game of the year. (In fact, it won that very award in 2022 – the wait has been long.) And by all accounts, it’s living up to the hype: “Tears of the Kingdom,” released
Continue ReadingCNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” is perhaps the most highly anticipated video game of the year. (In fact, it won that very award in 2022 – the wait has been long.) And by all accounts, it’s living up to the hype: “Tears of the Kingdom,”
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are sitting down with a carefully chosen set of counterparts from other countries during their summit in Japan in an effort to expand the G7’s sway and to include voices from the so-called Global South.
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Quedan solamente tres jornadas para el final de la Ligue 1 de Francia y el PSG de Lionel Messi está ante las puertas de un nuevo campeonato local. El PSG se ubica en primer lugar de la liga francesa con 81 puntos y, si gana su partido de este domingo frente
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittney Griner stood for the national anthem before her first regular-season WNBA game since being jailed in Russia. Griner was outspoken for social justice in 2020 and didn’t take the court during the pregame anthem. But nearly a year behind bars in Russia changed her.
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By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden is seeking to rally regional cooperation against China on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Japan, while confronting a stalemate in Washington over how to ensure the U.S. avoids economic default. Biden is hoping to avoid an
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina Republicans jumped out on a limb this week when they passed a controversial new abortion ban. Democrats are now rushing to saw it off. The state GOP legislative supermajority’s decision to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the measure sharpened the stakes for
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — The low-slung car shook as I sped down a gravel-strewn rutted trail through the California desert, the vicious sound of its 10-cylinder engine, just behind my head, blasting in my ears. I was driving a $380,000 Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, and I couldn’t help laughing out loud. I reached
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CNN By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) — Members of the conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty are known for making impassioned and sometimes spicy speeches to school boards to complain that teachers are supposedly indoctrinating students. This can include mothers, often in the group’s trademark tee, standing at
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