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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court has found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home guilty of manslaughter, saying that the prosecution didn’t prove beyond reasonable doubt that the 76-year-old man committed premeditated murder. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge bench said Friday that David
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Experts say plans for a second congressional district in Alabama that gives a voice to Black voters are unlikely to win court approval. They say the Republican-backed plans don’t include a high enough share of Black voters to give their preferred candidate a
Continue ReadingBy FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian cruise missiles have destroyed farm storage buildings in the Odesa region. Ukrainian officials said three missiles hit early Friday. The Kremlin’s forces are expanding their targets following three days of bombardment of the region’s Black Sea port infrastructure. Other Russian missiles also damaged what officials
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Maxen has become the first male coach in a US men’s professional sports league to come out as gay. In an interview with Outsports, the Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength coach said he no longer wanted to lie, as well as hoping to inspire others by publicly coming out.
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CNN By Manveena Suri, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui, Tara John, Sahar Akbarzai and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on social media and prompted the country’s leader Narendra Modi
Continue ReadingVERDIGRIS, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and her three children were found dead in an Oklahoma home in what may be a murder-suicide. It happened Thursday in the Verdigris, an east Tulsa suburb. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Hunter McKee says a police officer driving nearby stopped after seeing fireworks coming from
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Wyndham Clark saw his Open Championship first round thrown into chaos by the unlikeliest of enemies: an iPad. Bogey-free and two-under par, June’s US Open champion had been cruising around Royal Liverpool on Thursday before he stepped up to the 14th tee, a 452-yard par four. Trouble brewed immediately
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Amsterdam’s city council has approved a proposal banning “polluting” cruise ships as part of the city’s latest move to clamp down on overtourism. A spokesperson for Amsterdam Deputy Mayor Hester van Buren, who has responsibility for the city’s port, told CNN that the council approved a
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters weary of economic pain and political turmoil handed Britain’s governing Conservatives two thumping defeats Friday in a trio of special elections that point toward likely defeat for the party in the next national election. The Conservatives avoided a wipeout by holding onto former
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Spain’s far-right Vox party looks set to continue its meteoric rise in Sunday’s general election, and it aims to use its growing influence to roll back decades of progress in women’s rights by blocking abortion access, repealing legislation on gender-based violence and shutting down the ministry of equality. The
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, Sharon Braithwaite and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his ambassador to the United Kingdom on Friday. The ambassador, Vadym Prystaiko, had criticized Zelensky over his reaction to recent remarks by British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who had suggested Ukraine had not expressed sufficient “gratitude” for Western
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — A commentator for Australian network Channel Seven has been criticized for a comment he made about Matildas star Katrina Gorry during the team’s 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland in the Women’s World Cup on Thursday. “Certainly, motherhood has not blunted her competitive instincts, that’s for sure,” David
Continue ReadingCNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has sets his sights on Bud Light, the latest development in what has turned into an ongoing crisis for the beer brand following its brief partnership with influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who is trans, four months ago. DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, suggested
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal (CNN) — The Biden administration later this month will host the National Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education as it tries to find ways to support colleges that want to promote diversity after a Supreme Court ruling gutted affirmative action. The summit is aimed at finding new ways to work diversity
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be months before it’s available. The pill is expected to be on shelves in early 2024. The American College
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) — Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Are you going to a double feature of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” this weekend? If so, you’re far from alone. The “Barbenheimer” craze, which has swelled in popularity over the last few weeks, is all but set to propel the box office to its best weekend in years. BoxOffice Pro,
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that he has never urged the public to avoid vaccination – but he said less than two years ago that he had approached strangers in public places to tell them not to get their
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Ryanair is planning to connect major airports in Ukraine to almost two dozen European capitals within weeks of the country’s airspace reopening when the war ends. Europe’s biggest budget carrier announced plans to base up to 30 new Boeing (BA) 737 MAX aircraft — worth over $3 billion
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Rex Heuermann has been charged with killing three women whose bodies were discovered along a stretch of Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in 2010, bound with belts or tape and wrapped in burlap. A married father accused by authorities of leading a double life, Heuermann faces three counts of first-degree
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