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By VANESSA GERA and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.K. prime minister says the country is putting its defense industry on a “war footing” by increasing defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Rishi Sunak also pledges to send arms worth $620 million to Ukraine. A
Continue ReadingBy KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer Spending too many nights trying to fall asleep — or worrying there aren’t enough ZZZs in your day? You’re not alone. Nearly one-third of American adults say they don’t get the recommended seven to nine hours a night. Some of the major causes: Stress, anxiety and a culture that
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Opera singer Asmik Grigorian is at the peak of her career, but there’s one major opera venue she hasn’t yet performed at — New York’s Metropolitan Opera. That changes Friday when Grigorian will take the stage in the title role of “Madame Butterfly,” a role she’s
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Bunnie XO is not happy with how her husband, singer Jelly Roll, has been treated on the internet. In a clip from “Dumb Blonde” podcast shared on TikTok, she said the celebrated country artist “got off the internet because he is so tired of being bullied about his
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The National Enquirer’s former publisher has returned to the stand in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial. David Pecker is the first witness in the first-ever criminal trial against a former U.S. president. Prosecutors say Pecker worked with Trump and Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, on a “catch-and-kill” strategy to buy up
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to send an initial $1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate began debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans. The Justice Department has sued Idaho over its abortion law, which only allows a woman to get
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia llegó a un acuerdo de US$ 138,7 millones con más de 100 víctimas del deshonrado exmédico del equipo de gimnasia estadounidense Larry Nassar por las fallas iniciales del FBI en la investigación del caso de agresión sexual. Estos fueron los emotivos testimonios de Simone Biles,
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — William Strickland, a longtime civil right activist who worked closely with Malcolm X and Jesse Jackson, has died. He was 87. Along with his activism, Strickland was known for his scholarship. He spent 40 years at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, teaching political science and serving as
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al parecer ilustradores y diseñadores gráficos norcoreanos ayudaron a producir trabajos para estudios de animación estadounidenses sin que estas empresas lo supieran, lo que sugiere que episodios inéditos de algunos populares dibujos animados estadounidenses podrían incluir trabajos de una de las economías más cerradas del mundo. La revelación procede de
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and John Fritze, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency charged with protecting workers’ rights, will battle each other before the Supreme Court Tuesday, in one of numerous cases now pending in which major employers are questioning the NLRB’s powers and even its right
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Growing up in Chicago, Alicia Meneses Maples had two younger brothers who were born with disabilities. David was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called severe combined immunodeficiency, and Mario was eventually diagnosed with autism. Throughout her childhood, Meneses Maples’ mom would frequently stay at the hospital with David, while
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS and NICK PERRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war protests creating friction at universities across the United States escalated Tuesday as some colleges encouraged students to attend classes remotely and dozens faced charges after setting up tents on campuses and ignoring official requests to leave. The protests had been
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, habló en cadena nacional para hacer un balance de los tres primeros meses de su gestión. Rodeado por su equipo económico —encabezado por el ministro de Economía, Luis Caputo—, el mandatario informó en su discurso que “el sector público nacional registró durante el mes
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN) — La semana pasada, lluvias torrenciales sin precedentes dejaron bajo el agua partes de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos (EAU), paralizando la vida en Dubai y otros lugares. Las inundaciones causadas por el mayor diluvio registrado en los EAU fueron tan intensas que los satélites pudieron seguir viéndolas desde el espacio días después de
Continue Reading Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las ventas de viviendas unifamiliares de nueva construcción en Estados Unidos se dispararon en marzo a pesar de que las tasas hipotecarias se mantuvieron elevadas ese mes. Las ventas de viviendas nuevas, que representan alrededor del 10% del mercado, aumentaron un 8,8% el mes pasado a una tasa anual
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — In an April 22 story about the death of William Strickland, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of Malcolm X in two instances, erroneously referring to him as “Malcom.”
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Michigan woman was arraigned Tuesday on second-degree murder and other charges after prosecutors say she drunkenly cashed her SUV into a boat club that was hosting a child’s birthday party, killing the 4-year-old birthday boy and his 8-year-old sister and injuring several other people. Marshella Chidester, 66, did not
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump ‘s “eyes and ears” during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he promised the then-candidate that he would help suppress harmful stories and even arranged
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta was told that if he was charged with lying to the FBI, the former president would pardon him when he won a second term in 2024, according to notes from an interview with a witness in the federal classified documents investigation.
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