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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy that could remove the last allegation against her, nine years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the killing of her 21-year-old British roommate. The case involves alleged slander against a Congolese bar owner.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Lauren Fox and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — House lawmakers are returning to Washington to a contentious issue this week – an effort to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a major and controversial law that allows warrantless surveillance of foreigners but also sweeps up the communications of American citizens. House
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations migration agency says 38 migrants are dead and 22 others have been rescued from a shipwreck off Djibouti on a popular route to Yemen. Rescue teams searched for six other migrants who were thought to be on board. Djibouti is the main transit
Continue ReadingBy MOLLY QUELL and RAF CASERT Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that its member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change. Tuesday’s decision was a landmark ruling that sided with a group of Swiss women against their government in a case that
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of the total solar eclipse were told to pack their patience for the trip. In some areas, they needed it for up to 12 hours after the event started, inching their way
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street shifted toward modest gains early Tuesday as markets remain focused on U.S. inflation reports later this week and what it could mean for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.2% before the opening bell and futures for the
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri needed little debate before deciding to keep copies in high school libraries. The book is widely regarded as a classic work of dystopian literature about the oppression of women,
Continue ReadingBy Scott McLean, Umut Sevdi Tangor and Caitlin Danaher, CNN Istanbul/London (CNN) — Turkey has announced restrictions on exports to Israel after the Turkish foreign minister accused Israel of denying a request to airdrop aid to Gaza. In a statement Tuesday, the Turkish Ministry of Trade condemned Israel’s actions preventing access to “the most basic
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Play was suspended due to a very special brand of conditions at The Masters on Monday. The total solar eclipse plunged Augusta National Golf Club into darkness shortly after 3 p.m. local time in Georgia, bringing the major’s first practice round to a standstill as players, caddies and patrons
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio. The company said Tuesday that the agreement, if approved by the court, will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derailment
Continue ReadingST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say the driver of a semitrailer-truck rammed a police vehicle in southwestern Michigan, crashed it into a home, tried to flee and was fatally shot by an officer. The scene unfolded after St. Joseph Township officers responded to a request Monday evening to check on the welfare of
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Our weather pattern remains fairly unchanged. The area of low pressure which was helping to keep us cool has loosened its grip allowing for temperatures to sharply rise into the mid-to-upper 80s. We will see temperatures continue to rise this week as a result of high pressure building over SoCal. As a result of offshore
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel have announced tit-for-tat trade barriers as relations between them further deteriorate amid the war in Gaza. Turkey announced Tuesday that it was restricting exports of 54 types of products to Israel with immediate effect. Israel responded by saying it was preparing a ban on products from Turkey. Relations
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Close relatives of people with treatment-resistant depression are nine times more likely to develop depression that also does not respond to traditional treatment, a new study found. For people with treatment-resistant depression, also known as TRD, standard treatments such as psychiatric therapy and antidepressants may not work well, if at
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Issy Ronald and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Connecticut became the first Division I men’s college basketball team to win back-to-back championships since Florida 17 years ago, as the Huskies downed Purdue 75-60 in the NCAA title game Monday. “You can’t even wrap your mind around it because you just know how
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Almasy, Issy Ronald and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Connecticut became the first Division I men’s college basketball team to win back-to-back championships since Florida 17 years ago, as the Huskies downed Purdue 75-60 in the NCAA title game Monday. “You can’t even wrap your mind around it because you just know
Continue ReadingBy Steve Bennett, CNN (CNN) — When you think Caribbean, you think beaches. When you think Trinidad, though… not so much. This is the land of soca and Carnival, a booming oil sector and Nicki Minaj. Beaches? You travel elsewhere in the Caribbean for that. But should you? Trinidad’s beaches are, in actuality, as stunning
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — Puede que Beyoncé haya proclamado que su producción más reciente “no es un álbum country”, pero alguien se olvidó de informarle a las listas de éxitos. La superestrella ya hizo historia como la primera mujer negra en alcanzar el puesto número 1 en la lista de mejores álbumes country con su
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El FBI detuvo a un hombre este sábado después de que supuestamente hiciera planes para atacar iglesias en Idaho y jurara lealtad a ISIS, dijo el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos. Alexander Scott Mercurio, de 18 años, fue acusado de intentar proporcionar apoyo material o recursos a una organización
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Los fiscales especiales de Nuevo México afirman en un nuevo expediente legal que el comportamiento del actor Alec Baldwin en el set de la película “Rust” contribuyó a “comprometer la seguridad” que llevó a la muerte a tiros de la directora de fotografía de la película Halyna Hutchins en 2021. Los
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