By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two meteor showers, the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, are both expected to peak during the evenings of July 30 and 31. They will have to compete with a bright moon that’s 95% full, but the Alpha Capricornids may still produce some scintillating fireballs that could outshine the moon.
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018. “Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Alabama said Friday they filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of an interstate highway. Carlee Russell was charged with false reporting to
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fate of U.S. trucking company Yellow Corp. isn’t looking good. After years of financial struggles, Yellow is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy and seeing customers leave in large numbers — heightening risk for future liquidation. While no official decision has been announced by the company,
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, cuestionó los comentarios de la directora de la Administración para el Control de Drogas (DEA) de EE.UU., Anne Milgram, de que dos grandes cárteles mexicanos de la droga operan en 100 países. Milgram testificó el jueves que 44.800 personas en más
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Sutton Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — Jeffrey Gibson, the Colorado-born, New York-based artist who is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, will represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, becoming the first
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The White House is watching rising gas prices “very carefully,” as President Joe Biden’s top advisers are briefing him regularly on the situation, a senior administration official told CNN. At present, top advisers to Biden believe the situation is steady, the official said, considering it’s the height of air
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita will replace its dirt training track with a synthetic surface as part of nearly $32 million in improvements planned as the venerable racetrack absorbs an influx of horses, trainers and jockeys from Northern California’s Golden Gate Fields after it closes later this year.
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A state agency has confirmed another issue involving a large roller coaster along the North Carolina-South Carolina border. The ride has been closed for weeks since a large crack in a support column was discovered. The North Carolina Department of Labor said Friday it’s been notified of a separate “weld indication,”
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami blasted prosecutors for an attempt to undercut a court order and try to take control of an oceanside condo belonging to a former Republican Congressman ahead of a high-profile trial connected to a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s government. David Rivera
Continue Reading By Fabiana Chaparro, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge has sentenced a Florida woman to more than four years in prison for swindling a Holocaust survivor out of his life savings after meeting him on a dating website. Peaches Stergo, 36, was sentenced Thursday, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment publication Variety, under fire this week for an article it published about former CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s interest in his old employer, revised the piece on Friday to reflect some of the complaints about it. None of its changes affected what was written
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The entertainment publication Variety, under fire this week for an article it published about former CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s interest in his old employer, revised the piece on Friday to reflect some of the complaints about it. None of its changes affected what was written
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors urged a judge to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail to stop him from tampering with witnesses before his criminal fraud trial, saying there are likely no conditions that the cryptocurrency entrepreneur will abide by to satisfy their concerns. “The defendant’s attempts to tamper with witnesses and interfere with
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal trial for a man who fatally shot 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue is approaching its conclusion as the defense makes its case that mental illness spurred the United States’ deadliest antisemitic attack. Lawyers for Robert Bowers are trying to persuade a federal jury to spare his life. A defense
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault but was acquitted of a third charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter during a trial
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have renewed calls for the public’s help to try to solve the gruesome stabbing death of a woman who was walking her dog at a popular park two years ago. Forty-year-old Katherine Janness was found just inside an entrance to Piedmont Park around 1 a.m. on July 28, 2021. She
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, anticipó en su discurso a la nación por el Día de la Independencia que solicitará al Congreso facultades legislativas durante 120 días para combatir el crimen organizado y los efectos del fenómeno de El Niño. La mandataria señaló este viernes que “para combatir el grave desafío
Continue ReadingBy Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Congress should stay out of the Supreme Court’s business and stop trying to impose ethics rules on justices and clerks, Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview published by The Wall Street Journal editorial page Friday. “Congress did not create the Supreme Court,” Alito said. “I know this is
Continue ReadingWXYZ By Alex Bozarjian and David Kalman Click here for updates on this story SOUTHFIELD, Michigan (WXYZ) — Some people in metro Detroit are estimated to be in the dark until Sunday as many are bracing for extreme heat Friday. The timing of the storm was not ideal and could be potentially dangerous for people
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