By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer says, following a fractious few days over her political future. Starmer told reporters Friday that Diane Abbott, who has been a Labour
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — There’s nothing like getting lost in a good book, but one reader in Finland seems to have taken that to an extreme. Staff at a public library in Helsinki were rather surprised when a copy of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Refugees” was returned to them more
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Inflation in April remained at the same stubbornly high level as in March. That means costs continued to rise too fast for consumers, and the Federal Reserve has more work to do in its fight against rising prices. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — a closely watched inflation gauge that the
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By BRANDON BEYER, RUBÉN ROSARIO Click here for updates on this story PLANTATION, Florida (WSVN) — A trip to the Broward Mall in Plantation changed a woman’s life. Now she’s talking about the moment she was followed and attacked, as she prepares to take legal action against the shopping center. The woman, who was not
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Una de las aerolíneas más grandes de la India acaba de lanzar una nueva opción que permite a las viajeras ver dónde están sentadas otras mujeres al seleccionar los asientos para sus vuelos. Según un comunicado enviado a CNN, la aerolínea de bajo costo IndiGo Airlines está ofreciendo a las pasajeras
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Sharon Braithwaite, Inke Kappeler and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — European allies of former US President Donald Trump have rallied around him in support following his historic conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The conviction – which has been heralded as a somber moment for America with wide-reaching
Continue Reading By Sydney Bishop and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Bruhat Soma, 12, of Florida won the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night after defeating all seven other finalists and beating his final competitor in the Bee’s second-ever spell-off. Bruhat spelled 29 words correctly during that spell-off, while 12-year-old Faizan Zaki of Texas, spelled 20
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus this week. Campus, local and state police swarmed the protesters, and video showed officers telling people to leave, then taking away signs and part
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Police in riot gear surrounded arm-in-arm protesters Friday at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus this week. Campus, local and state police swarmed the protesters, and video showed officers telling people to leave, then taking away signs and part
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging higher Friday after the latest reading on inflation came in roughly as expected, leaving open the question of when Wall Street will get the lower interest rates that it craves. The S&P 500 was 0.2% higher in early trading, though it’s
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer In the familiar images that circulated after her June 1994 death, Nicole Brown Simpson appears frozen in place. She’s a statuesque blonde with a tense smile, silently escorting famous husband O.J. Simpson. She’s the breezy California beauty behind the wheel of her white Ferrari. And she’s the somber woman,
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer In the familiar images that circulated after her June 1994 death, Nicole Brown Simpson appears frozen in place. She’s a statuesque blonde with a tense smile, silently escorting famous husband O.J. Simpson. She’s the breezy California beauty behind the wheel of her white Ferrari. And she’s the somber woman,
Continue ReadingJULIA FRANKEL JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military confirmed Friday that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel launched its ground assault into the city on May 6, triggering an exodus of around 1 million Palestinians out of the city and throwing U.N.
Continue ReadingBy Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Actions, or in this case clothes, sometimes speak louder than words. On the final day of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial — in which a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records — Emily Ratajkowski was spotted wearing a not-so-subtle statement shirt. Snapped while taking
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The rain just keeps coming at the French Open. It has been delaying and postponing matches, jumbling the schedule and creating stress and uncertainty for the world’s best tennis players. More wet weather arrived Friday afternoon, suspending matches in progress on most courts, because only the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Slim Shady is back, back again. But, apparently, not for long. Eminem appears to be killing off his alter ego in his latest project, an album titled, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).” He has dropped the album’s first single, “Houdini,” which samples the Steve Miller
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of leading political figures, a digital civil rights group said Friday. Researchers at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN (CNN) — Most people don’t pick up a coloring book, paintbrush, poetry collection or museum membership for the health benefits — but maybe it’s time to start. Research shows that art experiences, whether as a maker or a beholder, transform our biology by rewiring our brains and triggering the release of
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Jerome Taylor, CNN Singapore (CNN) — The death of any Filipino citizen at the hands of another country in the South China Sea would be “very close” to an act of war, Philippines President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. warned Friday as his nation faces increasingly fraught clashes with Chinese vessels in
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By GAIL LEVY, KATHLEEN DITTON, KEVIN BOULANDIER Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A North Miami man was arrested after videos showing him abusing his dogs surfaced on social media, sparking public outrage. Juan Pablo Gaviria Arce, 22, was charged with two counts of third-degree animal cruelty with intent to
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