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By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday his family “deserves to be supported just like every American family” in response to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s previous comments on gay marriage. “I will admit it’s a little bit difficult driving the family minivan to drop our kids off at daycare passing the
Continue ReadingMAINZ, Germany (AP) — German soccer club Mainz has terminated the contract of Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi following his social media posts about the Israel-Hamas war. The announcement came two days after El Ghazi disputed the club’s version of events when it lifted an earlier suspension. The 28-year-old El Ghazi previously played for PSV
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tensions are high in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Copa Libertadores soccer final following a brawl between fan clubs and a fierce police response on the Copacabana beach. The incident marred the excitement ahead of the game between Brazil’s Fluminense and Argentina’s
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his top advisers are warning Israel with growing force that it will become increasingly difficult for it to pursue its military goals in Gaza as global outcry intensifies about the scale of humanitarian suffering there. Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who departed
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Overall tobacco use among youths dropped slightly, by about 1%, since last year, largely driven by declines in e-cigarette use among high schoolers, according to data released Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration from the 2023 National Youth
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Aaron Pellish, CNN Indicted Rep. George Santos says he plans to run for his seat in 2024 even if he’s expelled from Congress and insisted that fabricating large parts of his life story would not have any impact on voters next year. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Manu Raju on
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — To borrow from one of their hits, it “Feels Good” to see Tony! Toni! Toné! still performing together. It’s been more than 25 years since D’wayne Wiggins, Raphael Saadiq and Timothy Christian Riley last toured together, and the trio recently spoke with CNN about being back on the
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed to take up a challenge to the federal ban on bump stocks, devices that essentially allow shooters to fire semiautomatic rifles more rapidly, discharging potentially hundreds of bullets per minute. Federal appeals courts have split on the legality of the ban. The decision to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even Christiane Amanpour felt it was odd that CNN’s best-known international journalist had little visible presence on the company’s North American network for the past several years. But that’s about to change. Amanpour will host a weekly hour starting Saturday, part of a revamped weekend
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Before Kim and Kanye or even Posh and Becks, there was Priscilla and Elvis Presley: A fashion-forward couple whose tumultuous relationship is still remembered for its distinctive style as much as anything else. Priscilla was just 14 years old when she was first introduced to 24-year-old Elvis during a
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million lawsuit against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge ruled Friday. The surprise decision by Newport News Circuit Court Judge Matthew Hoffman
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Lewiston, Maine, to mourn with a community where 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history. It’s the type of trip that is becoming far too familiar. “Too many times the president and first
Continue ReadingBy Charlie Clifford Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Thursday night marks exactly 10 months since Damar Hamlin’s heartbeat was restored on this field. The team of medical miracle workers led by the Buffalo Bills team doctors and University of Cincinnati’s Medical Center staffers working here that night are still trying
Continue ReadingBY EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya say heavy rains and flooding ravaged parts of the country, sweeping away homes and livestock and destroying roads and electric transmission lines. At least two people were killed and at least one was missing. One of the victims died after a house collapsed
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By Paul Murphy, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Eliza Mackintosh, Ivana Kottasová, Lou Robinson and Henrik Pettersson, CNN (CNN) — Israeli ground forces are closing in on Gaza City, the largest and most densely packed population center in the Palestinian enclave, satellite imagery and videos from open and official sources suggest. CNN’s analysis of the imagery helps shed
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw had left shoulder surgery Friday and anticipates being sidelined until next summer. The 35-year-old in a social media post wrote the surgery with Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache was to repair the glenohumeral ligaments and his shoulder
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association concerning the group’s allegations that the former head of New York’s Department of Financial Services tried to persuade banks and insurance companies to sever ties with the gun rights group. The New York Department
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Live Nation Entertainment has Taylor Swift and Beyoncé to thank for propelling the live concerts organizer to its strongest quarterly results to date. The parent company of Ticketmaster, which drew the wrath of Swifties and lawmakers after botching ticket sales for the wildly successful Taylor Swift Eras
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — The US has significantly strengthened its military posture in the Middle East amid concerns about the war between Israel and Hamas triggering a wider regional conflict. It has moved roughly 1,200 US service members to the region, alongside thousands of others aboard Navy carrier strike groups
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN, BASSEM MROUE and LEE KEATH Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday pushed back against growing U.S. pressure for a “humanitarian pause” in the nearly month-old war to protect civilians and allow more aid into Gaza, insisting there would be no temporary cease-fire until the
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