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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Never before has there been such anticipation ahead of a WNBA season. With the established talent already in situ and an exciting crop of players arriving from the college scene, it promises to be an intriguing time. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2024 campaign. How
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — El río Guaíba, en el estado brasileño de Rio Grande do Sul, se acerca una vez más a niveles récord de agua después de que las fuertes lluvias de esta semana azotaran la región que ya se estaba recuperando de graves inundaciones. El río, que fluye a lo largo de la
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Hundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta have been ordered out. The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo says residents in Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace need to leave by 4 p.m. An emergency evacuation warning
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Judge Juan M. Merchan was unnerved by the blistering start to Michael Cohen’s cross-examination, chiding Trump lawyer Todd Blanche at a sidebar for quizzing the witness about recent social media posts he’d made about the former president’s legal team. Blanche had opened cross-examination by confronting Cohen about a TikTok post in
Continue ReadingBy Brianna Chavez Click here for updates on this story LEHI, Utah (KSL) — Students at Lehi High School came together to help a teacher injured during class last Friday. The Lehi Police Department and the Alpine School District said it was an unfortunate accident. The teacher, whose name will not be released to respect
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A man arrested for shooting two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Los Angeles area last year has agreed to plead guilty to hate crimes and firearms offenses, the Justice Department announced. Jaime Tran, 29, will plead guilty to all charges against him, which includes two counts of hate crimes with intent to
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Bryan Maclean Howard, 41, faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter, the FHP said in a
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought Tuesday to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive, assuring them during a visit to Kyiv that they are not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid on its way
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WWJ) — Two young men were arraigned in Michigan last week for multiple wildlife violations, including killing and torturing animals, after officials received a tip and conducted a lengthy investigation. Nicholas Patnode, 19, and Zander Garrett, 20, appeared in Kalkaska County court after they
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun have the potential to create dazzling auroras that may be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California but also disrupt communications on Earth tonight and over the weekend, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — El mundo tendrá que esperar al menos una semana más antes de la esperada primera misión tripulada de la nave espacial Starliner de Boeing. El lanzamiento estaba previsto para el 17 de mayo después de un retraso previo, pero los equipos encontraron una pequeña fuga de helio en el módulo de
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston, Texas, and worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 95. Lawson’s longtime church, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, announced on its website that Lawson died Tuesday. Lawson
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship Dali experienced electrical blackouts about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore and yet again shortly before it slammed into the Francis Key Bridge and killed six construction workers, federal investigators said Tuesday, providing the most detailed account yet of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday, killing eight, on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. Bryan Maclean Howard faces eight counts of DUI-Manslaughter, the FHP said in a statement.
Continue ReadingBy Casey Gannon and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A third person has pleaded guilty in connection with an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who have been charged with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, court filings this week revealed. Irada Akhoundova pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found. Scorching temperatures were felt across large swaths of
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, Gregory Wallace and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The cargo ship Dali that crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March had a pair of catastrophic electrical failures minutes before the crash and had experienced two blackouts a day earlier, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — You missed your chance to possibly date Zayn Malik. In a new cover story with Nylon, the singer shared that when he was on the dating app Tinder, people didn’t believe it was really him. “Everyone accused me of catfishing. They’re like, ‘What are you using Zayn Malik’s
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until after a decade in the fold, after his family pleaded with him, after the FBI raided his office, apartment and hotel room, Michael Cohen testified Tuesday, that he finally decided to turn on Donald
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN) — El “Tiburón fantasma” y la “Manta raya” protegen el reino submarino. Parece el argumento de una próxima película de Marvel, pero en realidad es lo que podría ser el futuro de las defensas navales del océano Pacífico. “Tiburón fantasma” (Ghost Shark en inglés y “Manta raya” (Manta Ray) son los nombres
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