Miquel Ros, CNN (CNN) — Ever since the “flight shame” movement began encouraging travelers to seek greener alternatives to jet planes, many in Europe have been looking to the continent’s extensive rail network to replace short-haul air travel. There’s definitely been progress. Airlines including Dutch carrier KLM are entering into rail partnerships on certain routes,
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By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Boston Red Sox pulled out a win on Saturday thanks to a little unorthodox baseball strategy. Manager Alex Cora enjoyed it, even if he couldn’t take credit for it. Reese McGuire’s safety squeeze with the bases loaded brought home Triston Casas, which proved to be
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Officials say Sudan’s military ruler has demanded in a letter to the U.N. secretary general that the U.N. envoy to his country be removed. A U.N. spokesman says the U.N. chief was “shocked” by the letter. Both the U.N. and the U.S. State Department expressed support for
Continue Reading By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Writer Ed Ames, the youngest member of the popular 1950s singing group the Ames Brothers, who later became a successful actor in television and musical theater, has died. He was 95. The last survivor of the four singing brothers, Ames died May 21 from Alzheimer’s disease, his wife, Jeanne Ames,
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — It felt like the beginning of the end of an era at the French Open when Rafael Nadal announced his absence from the tournament earlier this month. Having struggled with a hip injury since the Australian Open, Nadal – a 14-time champion at Roland-Garros – is missing the second
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By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ZEKE MILLER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and avert a potentially disastrous U.S.
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By Devon M. Sayers, Sharif Paget and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — New surveillance video shows newlyweds Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller driving down a road in Folly Beach, South Carolina, moments before an intoxicated driver crashed into them, killing the bride, law enforcement officials tell CNN. The video obtained by CNN shows the newlyweds
Continue Reading CNN, KYW By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania arrested two parents after finding their seven children living in what authorities described as “unsanitary” and “unsafe living conditions” – which included caged rats and feces on the home’s floor. Authorities responded to reports on April 23 of three children entering an abandoned trailer
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La Casa Blanca y los republicanos de la Cámara tienen un acuerdo de principio sobre un trato para elevar el techo de la deuda durante dos años y limitar el gasto, confirmó el sábado el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, lo que aleja a la nación un
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival’s prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial. “Anatomy of a Fall,” which stars Sandra Hüller
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ZEKE MILLER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and resolve the looming debt crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline, the
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ZEKE MILLER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal that to limit federal spending and resolve the looming debt crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline,
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Everton avoided relegation from the Premier League by the skin of its teeth on Sunday, earning a hard-fought 1-0 win over Bournemouth at a raucous Goodison Park. The outlook was bleak for Everton for quite some time after Harvey Barnes gave Leicester City a first-half lead against West Ham,
Continue Reading SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Julia Jimenez blasted a grand slam, Ellessa Bonstrom and Shelbi Ortiz also homered, and No. 15 seed Utah routed San Diego State 10-1 in five innings on Saturday to stay alive in the Salt Lake City Super Regional. The Utes’ win evened the best-of-3 series and forced a deciding game
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Cerraron las urnas en la segunda vuelta presidencial de Turquía en la que el presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan lucha por un tercer mandato histórico. Erdogan se enfrenta cara a cara con el líder de la oposición Kemal Kilicdaroglu, un burócrata de 74 años y líder del CHP de tendencia izquierdista. En la
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two horses have died the past two days following injuries at Churchill Downs, the 11th and 12th fatalities over the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Mare Kimberley Dream was euthanized after sustaining a distal sesamodean ligament rupture to her front leg during Saturday’s first race. Lost in
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In a tense and tight matchup of division leaders, Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers came out on top. Freeman extended his hitting streak to 16 games, Max Muncy and Miguel Vargas homered, and the NL West-leading Dodgers beat the MLB-best Tampa Bay Rays
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, Zoe Sottile and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, an unprecedented move following a legislative probe that faulted the third-term Republican for a yearslong pattern of corruption, including abusing his office’s powers, retaliating against whistleblowers and obstructing justice. Under
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, ZEKE MILLER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke directly Saturday evening as they raced to strike an agreement that would resolve the looming debt crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline and avert a catastrophic U.S. default. Biden
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