By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — An author doesn’t rule the bestseller lists for months without plenty of praise or plenty of controversy. Colleen Hoover, currently one of the most popular authors in the US, has attracted both in equal measure. Hoover writes contemporary romance and psychological thriller books geared toward female audiences. The 43-year-old
Continue ReadingBy AARON MORRISON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A masked white man carrying at least one weapon bearing a swastika fatally shot three Black people inside a Florida store Saturday in an attack with a clear motive of racial hatred, officials said. The shooting in a Dollar General store in a predominantly Black neighborhood left
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country’s role as the G20 host this year would focus on highlighting the concerns of the developing world, and has proposed the African Union to become permanent members of the forum. He made the remarks on Sunday at the
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation after a midair collision between two warplanes in the west of the country killed three pilots. According to the air force’s Telegram page, two L-39 training military aircraft collided on Friday during a combat mission over Ukraine’s western Zhytomyr region.
Continue ReadingEllie Stevens, CNN New York (CNN) — “One tall iced pumpkin cream chai tea latte please,” is an order that will soon become a staple at Starbucks stores across the country. As we enter the holiday drink season, lengthy Starbucks orders with brand-specific vocabulary will soon be gracing our ears as we sip our 7
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Rising trade barriers. Aging populations. A broad transition from carbon-spewing fossil fuels to renewable energy. The prevalence of such trends across the world could intensify global inflation pressures in the coming years and make it harder for the Federal Reserve and other central banks
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries and backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters, were tackling the remnants of three major wildfires in Greece Sunday, two of which have been raging for days. Greece has been plagued by daily outbreaks
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying troops crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing three Marines and injuring 20 during a multination training exercise, officials said. Three had been confirmed dead on Melville Island and five of the 23 on board were flown in
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By Parker Leipzig, CNN (CNN) — Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association. Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to censor library books in 2022, a 70% increase over the 619 requests in 2021. As attempts
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — It’s a nightmare scenario for anyone with a pet: taking them on a trip with you, and losing them. Paula Rodriguez is currently living that nightmare, after her dog, Maia, was lost by airport staff who were bringing her to her Delta flight at Atlanta airport – the busiest in
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A United States Marines Corps aircraft crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, injuring 23 Marines, several critically, officials said. Five of the injured were flown 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Melville Island to the mainland city of Darwin for hospital treatment, Northern Territory Police Commissioner
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The connections people experience with their loved ones don’t necessarily end after death, a recent Pew Research Center survey’s results suggest. Just over half of 5,079 surveyed American adults – 53% – reported ever having been visited by a dead relative in dreams “or some other form,” according
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Miho Nakashima stood in a two-piece bathing suit in Tokyo on Sunday next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her body painted head-to-toe in green leaves and brown branches. Her message was clear, and she repeated it standing at the heart of the Jingu Gaien park area,
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Yevgeny Prigozhin smiled as a crowd of adoring fans surrounded his black SUV on June 24 in Russia’s southern city of Rostov-on-Don and cheered him on. “You rock!” fans shouted while taking selfies with the chief of the Wagner mercenary group, who was sitting in the
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The remainder of the Miami Dolphins NFL preseason game against the Jaguars in Jacksonville, Florida, was suspended Saturday after Miami rookie wide receiver Daewood Davis suffered an injury and was carted off the field. Davis was hit by a Jacksonville linebacker and could be seen lying motionless on the
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three United States military personnel were taken to a hospital, one with critical injuries, after a U.S. aircraft crashed on a north Australian island Sunday during a multination military exercise, officials said. One of the injured was in a critical condition and other two were in stable conditions, rescue helicopter operator
Continue ReadingBy Irene Nasser (CNN) — North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. But it will still require them to do a one-week quarantine. The country has decided to “adjust the anti-epidemic degree in reference to the eased worldwide pandemic situation,”
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — One of only 15 competition prize editions ever published of a rare “Harry Potter” book, which nearly went up in flames earlier this year, will soon go up for auction. In 2012, a then-15-year-old Carina Haouchine, from Scotland, scored a winning copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The longest nationwide power outage in Kenyans’ memory remains a mystery as the government-owned power company blames a failure at Africa’s largest wind farm, which laid the responsibility on the power grid instead. Some of Kenya’s more than 50 million people saw power return almost 24
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Ah, en los días de gloria de los viajes, cuando los asientos eran más grandes, la comida era mejor y se podía cruzar el Atlántico en menos de tres horas. Desde el fin del Concorde en 2003, por supuesto, cruzar rápidamente el Atlántico ha sido cosa del pasado. Los vuelos entre
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