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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. The shoebox-size satellite lifted off Saturday at 7:42 p.m. local time (3:42 a.m. ET) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s launch complex in
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Marie-Claire Martineau no podía dejar de pensar en Elaine Comerford. Era finales del verano de 1991. Marie-Claire estaba de vuelta en Francia, su país natal, tras un par de años trabajando en Japón y una temporada viajando por Europa en tren. Ahora Marie-Claire tenía 29 años y se sentía apática, insegura sobre
Continue Reading mondemanola (CNN Español) — Silvia Labayru pide prudencia con las palabras. A lo largo de los más de 40 años en los que contó una y otra vez su historia —en los juicios, en la prensa, entre los suyos–, fue encontrando cómo nombrar lo que vivió, cómo limpiarse de interpretaciones erradas y así también entender. Labayru
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a third-consecutive term for himself and his Hindu nationalist party. Many people lined polling stations before the start of
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Survivors searched through tons of earth and rubble by hand looking for missing relatives while a first emergency convoy delivered food, water and other provisions Saturday at the site of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua New
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: why climate change might make airplane turbulence worse, the best beaches in the United States just in time for Memorial Day and the record-breaking US pilot whose achievement was kept a secret for years. Our changing world The Laetoli footprints on the southern edge
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it set a new record for most travelers screened in a single day on Friday, according to a post from the agency on X, formerly known as Twitter. TSA officers screened 2,951,163 individuals at checkpoints nationwide, surpassing its previous record from November
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Chiu’s mother comes from a long line of Lithuanian Jews; his father is an immigrant from Hong Kong. For most of his life, the 42-year-old Southern Californian has felt like he “never completely belonged in either world.” It wasn’t until a few years ago, when
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Chiu’s mother comes from a long line of Lithuanian Jews; his father is an immigrant from Hong Kong. For most of his life, the 42-year-old Southern Californian has felt like he “never completely belonged in either world.” It wasn’t until a few years ago, when
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advance team of Kenyan police officials who were assessing preparedness before a multinational force is deployed to quell violence in Haiti is heading back home after the planned deployment was delayed over logistical issues. The team is due to arrive back from Haiti on Monday
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, Josh Campbell and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A judge in New Mexico denied Alec Baldwin’s motion to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter indictment against him in the “Rust” fatal shooting case, connected to the 2021 death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s attorneys had accused prosecutors of misconduct during the grand
Continue ReadingBy BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police say hundreds of Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the pages of Islam’s holy book, ransacking and burning his house and beating him before police officers rescued the man and his father. Police say the
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Surrounded by medics, Hibernian FC player Martin Boyle lay on the pitch after diving for the ball in a Scottish Cup quarterfinal earlier this year and landing awkwardly on his head – the then 30-year-old suffered a concussion – an injury he would later describe as having sent him
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La candidata presidencial de la Coalición Fuerza y Corazón por México, Xóchitl Gálvez, aseguró este jueves en un encuentro con medios internacionales que es optimista en cuanto a que el “voto oculto” dará una gran sorpresa el 2 de junio, cuando se celebren los comicios para elegir al presidente
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Novak Djokovic’s wait for his first title of 2024 continued after he lost in the semifinals of the Geneva Open on Friday, the warmup tournament to the French Open which begins on Sunday. The Serbian said he struggled with a stomach issue as he lost in three sets 6-4
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the last Monday in May. Businesses increasingly have chosen to stay open on the holiday, leading to what is now one of the biggest retail sales
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark hit what was a victory-sealing three-pointer to help lift the Indiana Fever to their first win of the season on Friday night against the LA Sparks. Clark connected with the deep shot from near the half-court logo to give her Indiana team
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. So you might want to pause summer vacation planning and consider what to look for in insect repellents. U.S. officials say to look only at EPA-registered repellents. But those are only
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — The mother of an Italian teenager set to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint has told of her “great joy” as she portrayed her son as an otherwise ordinary boy who enjoyed video games and pets. Carlo Acutis – whose computing skill helped him spread the message of
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The US is in an odd spot right now. By many metrics, the economy is doing well, but polls show that lots of Americans aren’t feeling it. CNN designed its own quiz to ask readers whether they are better off now, under President Joe Biden, or whether things were
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