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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittney Griner got a chance to shake off some rust last week when she played a preseason WNBA game for the first time since she was detained in Russia on drug-related charges. That’s all over now. She plays for real Friday night. Griner and the Phoenix Mercury visit the Los Angeles
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittney Griner got a chance to shake off some rust last week when she played a preseason WNBA game for the first time since she was detained in Russia on drug-related charges. That’s all over now. She plays for real Friday night. Griner and the Phoenix Mercury visit the Los Angeles
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Two employees of the US Mission in Nigeria have been found “alive and safe” days after an attack on a US convoy left seven others dead. The US Mission in Nigeria said Friday that those two employees were “under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra,” and that their
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — LeBron James proved he is human after all as the Los Angeles Lakers fell to a 108-103 Game 2 playoff loss against the Denver Nuggets. With the Lakers up by eight points early in the second, James had a clear run to the basket after being found by Rui
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By Sabrina Souza and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan teen who used a slingshot to ward off a kidnapper from his sister told CNN he “grabbed anything I could get” to save her. “It just felt like I was scared, and I had like something to do, cause if I didn’t (grab) it,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A bill that would allow certain killing of bears in Connecticut passed in the state Senate on Thursday. It passed 31 to 3. “We’re seeing an increasingly growing population and increasing dangerous human-bear interactions,” said Sen. Stephen Harding, a Republican who
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, Kate Sullivan, Kit Maher and Kyle Blaine, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has filed to run for president in 2024, according to the Federal Election Commission’s website. The filing comes ahead of a formal announcement that is expected to take place Monday in South Carolina. Scott, the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — It’s the 76th Cannes Film Festival and celebrities are flocking to the South of France hot off-the-runway — the airport runway that is. While to some, an arrivals terminal is simply a place to disembark an aircraft, collect luggage and stare blankly at international subway systems, to others, it’s the first
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Schueller Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A 10-year-old boy in Middletown was shot in the face with a gel pellet in broad daylight. It happened Tuesday on the child’s walk home from the school bus in the area of Grand and Pearl Street. Kids were walking down
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was felt in parts of New York and New Jersey early Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey told CNN. The earthquake occurred at 2 a.m. around northwest Yonkers and along the Hudson River in New York, and was felt in New Jersey, according to Randy
Continue Reading By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — Anyone who has spent a summer evening swatting away mosquitoes, or a summer day scratching mosquito bites, can agree: Mosquitoes stink. But the smells produced by humans are an important part of what draws mosquitoes to us. In a scientific report published Friday, scientists helped pinpoint the different chemicals
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — During Thursday’s meeting with the CEOs of large banks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told executives that more bank mergers may be necessary as the industry continues to navigate through a crisis, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. The comments from Yellen provide further evidence that
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — “Lo importante es entrar en el balotaje”, dijo la vicepresidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, en una extensa entrevista televisiva realizada en la noche de este jueves en la que ratificó que no será candidata en las elecciones presidenciales de octubre. Con esta y varias definiciones más, Fernández
Continue ReadingBy Doug Reardon Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — At the First Step Camp in Athens, Michael Hanlon walks among the tents that are erected on the private property behind an abandoned school. He and his chihuahua, Tiny, have lived at the legal homeless encampment for a month and it’s
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Washington, DC, metro police officer was arrested Friday on federal charges of misleading investigators about his communications with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio – including when the officer allegedly tipped off Tarrio about his impending arrest. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond faces an indictment accusing him of
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn has strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, saying the dispute over artificial intelligence is “a human obscenity.” Penn addressed the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike in a press conference for his new
Continue Reading By Sharon Braithwaite and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Deadly floods that have engulfed the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, killing at least 14 people, are another sign of the accelerating climate crisis, according to researchers. The floods come after years of severe drought in the region, which has compacted the soil, reducing
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Murrow Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A man who authorities say was illegally occupying the home of a deployed military officer has been arrested in DeKalb County, deputies say. Investigators with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office say Vincent Denard Simon was served with an Intruder Affidavit, ordering
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group has been working to obscure its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, including by trying to source the materials from Mali, where the group has a strong foothold, a US official told CNN. The official, citing US intelligence declassified within
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after mass shootings shook their country, Serbians have surrendered more than 15,000 weapons, more than 2,500 explosive devices, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, as part of a month-long amnesty announced by the government. Eighteen people were killed and 21 injured in May in two
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