By 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
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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
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, though he has restricted their use so Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv after Russia made significant advances around the city in the
Continue ReadingBy Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India’s economy grew by more than 8% in the fiscal year that ended in March, according to data published Friday that gives a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi just hours before the country concludes its mammoth, weeks-long national election. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 8.2%, according
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El ejército israelí se encuentra en el centro de Rafah, confirmaron las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) en un comunicado este viernes, a pesar de la preocupación y el enojo internacional por su operación militar en la ciudad del sur de Gaza. La declaración de las FDI confirma lo que
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song “Waterloo,” on Friday got one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. The Order of the
Continue ReadingBy MAYA SWEEDLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey will choose candidates vying to replace Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has held the seat for more than 18 years. Menendez is currently on trial in federal court in New York on charges of corruption and has opted not to run in the
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN Singapore (CNN) — US and Chinese defense chiefs held rare talks in Singapore Friday touching on a host of fractious issues including Taiwan and China’s relationship with Russia as well as frictions in the South China Sea as the two powers navigate a contentious security landscape
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is adding Chinese online retailer Temu to its list of platforms facing the bloc’s highest level of digital scrutiny. Because it has more than 45 million users, Temu is being classed as a “very large online platform” under the the EU’s Digital Services
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Michigan woman is facing charges for allegedly having sex with an inmate and providing contraband while she worked as a corrections officer at a prison. Cara Wozniak, 33, of Milan, has been charged with committing a sex act with a
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