By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Looking for a bite at your local mall? As US malls race to reinvent themselves, they’re turning to sushi conveyor belts, craft-beer membership clubs and Korean barbecue to replace burgers and fries. Over the last few decades, malls became the town center of many American communities. But
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Rather was synonymous with CBS News before the veteran anchorman left in bitterness in 2006, following a discredited report on then-President George W. Bush’s military service. On Sunday, he returned to the network for the first time in 18 years. He’s now 92 and
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A senior Qatari official has urged Israel and Hamas to show “more commitment and more seriousness” in cease-fire negotiations in interviews with Israeli media, as pressure builds to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Two people are dead in Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through the state, leveling buildings and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents. Hughes County Emergency Medical Services says one of the deceased was a child and that four other people were injured. Dozens of
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Iraq aprobó una nueva ley que penaliza las relaciones entre personas del mismo sexo con hasta 15 años de prisión, una medida condenada por defensores de los derechos humanos como el último ataque a la comunidad LGBTQ del país. El parlamento de Iraq aprobó este sábado un proyecto de ley que
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Elon Musk llegó a Beijing este domingo para una visita en la que se reunió con altos funcionarios comerciales, según el medio estatal chino CGTN. El director ejecutivo de Tesla se reunió con Ren Hongbin, jefe del Consejo Chino para la Promoción del Comercio Internacional, una agencia nacional de promoción del
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — LeBron James anotó 30 puntos y Los Angeles Lakers evitaron una eliminación en primera ronda de la serie de playoffs de la Conferencia Oeste contra los Denver Nuggets. James, cuatro veces campeón de la NBA, estuvo a la altura de las circunstancias, al igual que Anthony Davies, quien anotó 25 puntos
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is out to win votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump, unleashing mockery with the goal of getting under the former president’s thin skin and reminding the country of his blunders. Like a comic honing his routine,
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Just weeks ago, it seemed as if Jürgen Klopp was set to end his tenure as Liverpool manager with a flourish. The club was in contention to win the English Premier League, was favorite to win the Europa League and in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup. Adding three
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials in Ukraine say Russian drones struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure while ammunition shortages continue to hobble Kyiv’s troops in the more than 2-year-old war. The governor of Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv province said there were no
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La amenaza de fuertes tormentas que generan tornados continúa este domingo desde Missouri hasta Texas, donde es posible que se produzcan más tornados, lluvias intensas y granizo grande, mientras las comunidades en Nebraska e Iowa evalúan la destrucción que las tormentas ya han dejado. Un brote de tornados en Oklahoma durante
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, Kaanita Iyer, Kayla Tausche, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden took jabs at his predecessor and poked fun at his own age at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday as a sizable group of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the venue underscored the trouble his campaign
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Not long ago, senior citizens got the two biggest annual increases in their monthly Social Security checks that most had ever seen. But for many of them, the adjustments still weren’t enough to cope with the runaway inflation of earlier this decade and the continued high prices for food, housing,
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Dozens of people in northern Italy have raised their arms in the fascist salute to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution. Dressed in black, the neo-fascist supporters marched through northern Italian towns where Mussolini was arrested and executed at the end
Continue ReadingBy DARREN SANDS Associated Press No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of four historically Black Baptist denominations representing millions of people. That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, — the Southern city home to Christ Missionary
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press CHBAR MON, Cambodia (AP) — A funeral was held Sunday for 20 soldiers who died at an army base in southwestern Cambodia in a huge explosion of stored munitions that also wounded several others and damaged nearby houses. There has been no public explanation of what caused the Saturday afternoon
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press More workplaces are bolstering their volunteer programs, especially as employee demands grow for socially responsible employers and engagement. Nearly three in five companies surveyed by the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals reported increased opportunities for group volunteering last year. With National Volunteer Week in the rearview mirror, coworkers buoyed by
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for in-person connections, professional growth and altruistically inclined employers — career objectives that might be missing in conventional corporate atmospheres. The surge in interest coming out of the pandemic-era shutdowns that forced many Americans to
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Lebanon on Sunday as part of diplomatic attempts to broker a de-escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. Séjourné met with United Nations peacekeeping forces in south Lebanon and with Lebanon’s parliament speaker, army chief, foreign minister and caretaker
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN Venice (CNN) — Pope Francis has become the first pontiff to visit Venice’s contemporary art festival during a trip which saw him visit a female prison and rehabilitate the reputation of a pioneering American nun artist. The 87-year-old Pope traveled to the northeastern Italian city by helicopter on April 28, touching
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