By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Rebecca Welch has become the first female referee to take charge of an English Premier League match, after she officiated Burnley’s 2-0 win against Fulham on Saturday. This is just the latest landmark for Welch, an experienced referee who made history in November as the first woman to
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By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A raffle ticket to win a new 1959 Chevrolet; credit cards with no magnetic strip; family photos in black and white: All tucked away behind a bathroom wall in the Plaza Theatre, untouched for decades. Until 65 years later, when contractors discovered a hidden space behind a crumbled wall
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Ninguna especie dura para siempre: la extinción es parte de la evolución de la vida. Pero al menos cinco veces, una catástrofe biológica ha envuelto al planeta, acabando con la gran mayoría de las especies del agua y la tierra en un intervalo geológico relativamente corto. El más famoso de estos
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Cinco palabras del famoso presentador del programa de entrevistas diurno, Maury Povich, ayudaron a los empleados del Zoológico de Denver a resolver el misterio de varios meses en torno a qué orangután engendró a la cría Siska: “¡Berani, tú eres el padre!”. La primavera pasada, cuando se confirmó el embarazo de
Continue ReadingOpinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — I swam competitively for 10 years between middle school and college. Most mornings, I’d get up at 5 a.m. to go to practice before classes started, then spend hours after school in the pool or the weight room. A lot of days I wouldn’t be outside in daylight at
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The journey from nowhere to an Olympic gold medal is a tale as old as time. Just as well-worn, but far less explored, are the stories about great athletes who realize they can’t make it anywhere unless they have a way to bankroll the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When TikTok took off in 2020 — with short dancing or comedy clips providing much-needed entertainment to many users at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — it launched a short-form video arms race. Suddenly, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other social platforms were rushing to roll out
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Amazon’s “recommended” algorithm is a powerful and mysterious force. One moment, it’s showing you Korean face moisturizers and affordable home office decor, and the next, it coughs up a handsome gay merman Christmas tree ornament with a “Black Lives Matter” sign, and your life is changed forever. A single
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — A maritime intelligence company says a drone has hit an Israeli-affiliated merchant vessel off the coast of India in the Arabian Sea. The British firm Ambrey said the attack on Saturday damaged the vessel but caused no casualties. The incident on the Liberian-flagged tanker occurred 120 miles southwest of the Indian
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian politician Yekaterina Duntsova hit a roadblock in her presidential campaign Saturday, when Russia’s Central Election Commission refused to accept her initial nomination by a group of supporters, citing errors in the documents submitted. Duntsova calls for peace in Ukraine and hopes to challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin. She said she would
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, indultó a un grupo de presos que cumplían ciertas condiciones, por ejemplo, a aquellos con condenas menores a ocho años y que ya hubiesen cumplido una cuarta parte de su pena, y para aquellos que eran reincidentes, el requisito fue haber
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic came to a standstill at noon Saturday as people across the country observed a minute of silence for the victims of its worst mass killing that left 14 dead and questions about the shooter’s motive. National flags on public buildings flew at half-staff and
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El obispo de la Diócesis Católica de El Paso, Mark J. Seitz, dijo a Amara Walker de CNN este sábado por la mañana que la legislación firmada recientemente por el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, puede obstaculizar los esfuerzos para abordar adecuadamente el aumento de inmigrantes en la frontera del estado
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The Premier League has its first female referee. Rebecca Welch blew her whistle to start the match between Fulham and Burnley on Saturday in a landmark moment for England’s top league. She was applauded by some fans as she emerged from the tunnel ahead of the match at Craven Cottage. Welch has
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams’ cause of death has been determined to be dental-related sepsis, according to an initial case summary report released by the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office. Williams died on September 12 in Tampa, Florida, following a construction accident, CNN previously reported. The 36-year-old sustained a work-related accident
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sophia A. Nelson (CNN) — It’s remarkable to see just how far Rudy Giuliani has fallen from grace. He’s come a long way from being the once celebrated “America’s Mayor” to now being held liable for defaming two Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. On Friday, a jury ordered Giuliani to
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — The family of Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai spent the past 11 weeks praying and pleading for the return of their loved ones, two American citizens believed to be held hostage by Hamas. On Friday, the news broke that Gad Haggai, a 73-year-old Israeli
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla is recalling more than 120,000 of its vehicles because unlocked doors may open during a crash, increasing the risk of injury, according to safety regulators. The defect affects some 2021-2023 Model S and X vehicles in the United States, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Jeremy Harlan, CNN (CNN) — Two paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide Friday in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was subdued by police and injected with ketamine in Aurora, Colorado, in August 2019. Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec had pleaded not guilty to the
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