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By BEN FINLEY and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky and an area from California to South Florida endured more scorching heat. Pfizer confirmed that the large manufacturing complex was damaged by
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — China-based hackers breached the email account of US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns as part of a recent targeted intelligence-gathering campaign, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The hackers also accessed the email account of Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of State for
Continue ReadingBy Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Notifications popped up on Barbie Koelker’s phone for days after a trailer for the “Barbie” movie first came out. Friends were eager to know what she thought. “They know that I’ve fought for people to just take Barbie seriously,” Koelker says. The 38-year-old marketing executive in Los Angeles
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. These birth certificates belong to 33 children of Italian women who
Continue ReadingBy Kate Springer, CNN (CNN) — It’s something many couples dream about. But few actually do it. Matt and Leah Prior have quit their jobs, sold everything and on July 15 set off on a round-the-world overland journey with their two children: Jack, 3, and Charlotte, 1. Travel has always been part of the Prior
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Autoridades en México reportaron la desaparición de Catalina Vargas, madre buscadora e integrante del Colectivo Unidos por los Desaparecidos de León, en Guanajuato, un estado ubicado en el centro del país. Según la ficha difundida por la Fiscalía estatal este jueves, la mujer de 60 años fue vista por
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me” sign in a parked car, police and federal authorities said. The rescue occurred July 9 in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, when officers responded to a
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Bahou and Michael Glover Click here for updates on this story CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WXYZ) — Going out to eat together on a date — it’s something that’s easy to take for granted. But for one local couple, it was their last big wish. When Larry and Betty first saw each other, there
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A record heat wave stretching from California to Florida has caused dozens of deaths, filled some hospitals to pandemic levels and prompted government warnings about avoiding extended exposure to heat. But the federal agency charged with protecting you on the job can do little or nothing if
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — “They thought we couldn’t play so we went into every game with a huge chip on our shoulders and we went after teams. We reached out, grabbed them by the throat and tried to squeeze the air out of them.” Every dynasty has a beginning, that someone or something
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Legendary singer Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner. He passed away Friday at age 96. In a career spanning eight decades, Bennett wowed Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, performed live on
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Spain and Italy may still be among the most popular destinations for Europeans to take their vacations, but there are signs scorching weather in southern Europe has started to change travelers’ calculations on where to go in the future. According to the European Travel Commission, a Brussels-based association
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — This weekend, the movies belong to dolls and doom. It’s the cinematic event of the summer: Greta Gerwig’s splashy pink romp “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “emotionally devastating” three-hour epic “Oppenheimer” rolled out in theaters this week. Aside from their prestige-y creative teams, the films have little in common, but
Continue ReadingBy Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Unlike most biographical documentaries, “Stephen Curry: Underrated” benefits from having two very distinct windows in mind, both buttressing its underlying point: Curry as a barely recruited, under-sized high school prospect, before merging as a college star at Davidson; and his most recent title with the Golden State Warriors. Either
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Sure to draw additional attention because of questions surrounding Jamie Foxx’s health, “They Cloned Tyrone” turns out to be buzzworthy on its own with its conspiracy-minded, sci-fi-tinged twist on who might really be pulling the strings in urban neighborhoods. Slow to start, the movie taps into a genre
Continue ReadingCNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Legendary singer Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner. He passed away Friday at age 96. In a career spanning eight decades, Bennett wowed Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, performed live on
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — An animal advocacy group is calling for changes to the federal government’s wild horse wrangling operations after a roundup in Nevada left multiple stallions, mares and foals injured or dead. Wild Horse Education wants the use of helicopters to corral the horses to be outlawed and
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Just Stop Oil activists disrupted the Open Championship on Friday, the protest group confirmed. Three protestors ran onto the 17th hole at Royal Liverpool during the major’s second round, spilling orange powder and setting off a smoke flare before being led away by police. American golfer Billy Horschel, who
Continue Reading By Chris Stern, Fred Pleitgen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Local authorities in Germany said Friday that they are ending a search operation for what was previously believed to be a lioness on the loose in the suburbs of Berlin. “After examining several hints, there was not a single indication concerning a lioness or
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — España, una de las favoritas del Mundial de Fútbol femenino de la FIFA, sueña con repetir y mejorar en Nueva Zelandia su actuación en el mundial de 2019, que se jugó en Francia, cuando llegó a octavos de final. Para ello cuenta con una plantilla de jugadoras que en
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