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By Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A lucky youngster got the birthday gift of a lifetime when she discovered a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond in Arkansas. The budding gemologist discovered the diamond while celebrating her seventh birthday at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, according to a news release
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Brian Todd and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — As the manhunt for a convicted killer who slipped out of a Pennsylvania prison continues for the 10th day Saturday, authorities conducting an intense 24-hour operation now have nearly 400 officers on search efforts. Officials assigned additional law enforcement personnel to search for Danelo
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The son of a prominent conservative activist has been convicted of charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, bashed in a window, invaded the Senate floor and helped a mob disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. The Justice Department says 44-year-old Leo Brent Bozell
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. and the Canadian navies have sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait in a challenge to China’s sweeping territorial claims. The U.S. Navy says The USS Ralph Johnson and the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa sailed through the narrow band of ocean that separates China and self-ruled
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Joe Burrow is not only the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback, he is the leader of a draft class that in a short time is making a run to be one of the best. The 2020 QB draft class has had one of its own in the Super Bowl the past
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Leaders gathered here for the annual Group of 20 summit managed to agree on a joint statement laying out shared views on climate change and economic development but showed the fractures within the group by stopping short of explicitly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Diplomats had been
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Prince Harry arrived in the western German city of Duesseldorf on Saturday where he will open the Invictus Games, a competition for wounded, injured and ill service personnel and veterans. Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, was welcomed by the mayor, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, and about 100 cheering
Continue ReadingBy DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Another village near a major Greek city was ordered evacuated Saturday afternoon as authorities frantically shored up flood defenses against a rising river following torrential rain earlier in the week. Rescue crews were evacuating stranded residents from already flooded areas in the central region of Thessaly.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Follow live updates of a deadly, powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than 2,000 people and causing widespread damage in and around the city of Marrakesh. WHAT TO KNOW: — Morocco was shaken by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake late Friday — Morocco’s African Cup qualifier postponed because of quake —
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit. She vowed Saturday to “consolidate and deepen” relations as her government considers abandoning Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects. Neither government mentioned the initiative in brief statements after the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Lordstown, Ohio (CNN) — The massive Lordstown Assembly factory in Ohio, nearly the size of the Pentagon, more than 50 years old and nearly empty, is a reminder of the past strength of both General Motors and the United Auto Workers union. The much smaller, new electric vehicle battery factory next
Continue ReadingBy NOREEN NASIR, AARON MORRISON and AISHA I. JEFFERSON Associated Press The racist motivations of the white shooter who targeted and fatally shot Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, two weeks ago have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism against African Americans. Most hate crime victims in the U.S. are Black,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — As soon as Tracy Area Schools in Minnesota resumed charging for breakfast and lunch last year, students started dropping out of the program. Many of their families simply couldn’t shell out up to $2.65 for a meal each day. “We have some kids who didn’t eat because Mom and
Continue ReadingBy HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia will play its first home football game in 10 months on Saturday and the Cavaliers hope it is the high point of a long, emotional journey that started in a horrific way. Tributes and dedications for three players slain last Nov. 13 began
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Neymar hizo historia. Ha sido protagonista con la selección de Brasil por varios años, y aunque no ha podido levantar una Copa del Mundo, marcó un hito con su país: acaba de superar un récord histórico de la mayor leyenda brasileña de todos los tiempos. Con sus goles ante Bolivia
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Una jueza federal de Estados Unidos ordenó a Argentina pagar un monto de US$ 16.000 millones por la expropiación de la compañía petrolera YPF efectuada en 2012, tras concluir que esa medida causó afectaciones económicas millonarias a sus antiguos accionistas, de acuerdo con el fallo judicial publicado este viernes por
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Jimmy Lippert Thyden dice que siempre supo que era adoptado. También sabía que no había nacido en Estados Unidos, sino en Chile. Criado en Virginia por unos padres adoptivos muy cariñosos y comprometidos, dice que nunca le faltó de nada. Este hombre de 42 años, que sirvió en la infantería
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La Policía Metropolitana de Londres encontró y arrestó a Daniel Khalife, anunció la fuerza este sábado, marcando el final de una búsqueda de tres días del prófugo sospechoso de terrorismo que escapó de prisión este miércoles. “Los agentes de la Policía Metropolitana arrestaron a Daniel Khalife, quien escapó del HMP Wandsworth
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una madre de Mississipi pide una disculpa y que se despida a varios agentes del Departamento de Policía de Senatobia después de que su hijo de 10 años fuera detenido por orinar en un aparcamiento. LaTonya Eason, madre de Quantavious Eason, de 10 años, dijo que estaba en una cita
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Michelle Yeoh could soon become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the Oscar winner was among eight candidates nominated by the organization’s executive board. Her proposed membership is set to be ratified at an IOC session in Mumbai, India, next month. In March, Yeoh won best
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