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By Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) – With modern life so jam-packed with activities and stimulation, it is hard to completely unplug and relax. But that’s something our brain needs to repair and restore itself. The one (mostly) sure-fire place for our brain to go for some downtime is slumberland. That’s why it’s crucial to get
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By Rob Frehse, Artemis Moshtaghian and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Two adults were killed and multiple students were injured after their bus “tumbled down a 50-foot ravine,” Thursday on Interstate 84 in Orange County, New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an evening news conference. The commercial bus was carrying 40 students from Farmingdale
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before he hit America, Rupert Murdoch ripped through Britain’s media like a tornado. His newspapers changed the political and cultural weather and swung elections. His satellite television channels upended the staid broadcasting scene. Journalists and politicians in the U.K. both hailed and reviled the
Continue ReadingBy Jasmine Wright Washington (CNN) — Allies of Vice President Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats are sending a clear message to their fellow party members who speculate that she should be replaced as President Joe Biden’s running mate in 2024: It’s time to stop it. “It’s not only a distraction, it’s offensive,” Maryland Gov.
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial. That’s after a military medical panel found that the man’s abuse in CIA custody had rendered him psychotic. A spokesman for the Guantanamo military commission said Friday the decision was rendered
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Whether she was advocating for equal pay and racial justice or just scoring a rare goal off a corner kick, Megan Rapinoe was always unabashedly authentic during her soccer career. As she prepares to step away, the 38-year old Rapinoe is showing a more vulnerable side, too. Rapinoe
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bipartisan coalition of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a proposal designed to cut food waste in half by 2030. The lawmakers submitted their legislation on Thursday and said it would improve collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and regional waste prevention and food recovery organizations. The lawmakers said the proposal
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Things may not have worked out between Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, but her relationship with his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift looks to be going along swimmingly. The member of the Jonas Brothers trio is in the midst of a divorce from the “Game of Thrones” star with whom
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of fatally shooting five people during a 2016 home invasion has been sentenced to life in prison. A Cook County judge sentenced 35-year-old Lionel Parks on Thursday. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Parks was convicted in July in the December 2016 killings at a drug dealer’s home on the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who attacked an Associated Press photographer and threw a flagpole and smoke grenade at police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison. Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan.
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering, according to military officials on both sides of the war and images from the scene in Crimea. The Russian
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s right-wing leaders have amplified their denunciations of a new feature film by Polish director Agnieszka Holland before its premiere in the country. “Green Border” is a harrowing exploration of human suffering in the border zone between Belarus and Poland. Its fictional characters include Polish security
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top court is deciding whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be decriminalized nationwide. The South American nation currently allows abortions only in cases of rape, an evident risk to the mother’s health or if the fetus has no functioning brain. The
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Kacie Rose Burns walked into the Florence jazz bar, alone. “I’ll go for one song and suss it out,” she thought, trying to quieten her nerves. Kacie slipped in at the back. The club was dark and busy, a few wall lights and neon signs illuminating people drinking, dancing
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Guests at Millie Bobby Brown’s upcoming nuptials shouldn’t wait for Jon Bon Jovi to hop on the mic. The “Stranger Things” star, who is marrying the rocker’s son Jake Bongiovi, recently told “Today” that her future father-in-law will not be performing at their wedding. “I feel like that’s
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — An unknown story by Truman Capote has been published for the first time, after it was discovered hiding in plain sight in a red notebook belonging to the acclaimed author. Capote, a famous American writer and novelist, was born in New Orleans in 1924 and died in 1984. His
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s order requiring the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres. The Thursday night ruling rejected a scaled-back plan announced last month by the Biden administration
Continue ReadingUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that Israel is “at the cusp” of a historic breakthrough leading to a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, without outlining a clear path over the significant obstacles facing such an accord. He struck an optimistic tone throughout his roughly
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are now banned by the Taliban from participating in sports, consists of about
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack Friday that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering, according to military officials on both sides of the war and images from the scene in Crimea. The Russian
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