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By Yahya Salem, CNN (CNN) — Alice Munro, the Nobel Literature Prize winner best known for her mastery of short stories and depictions of womanhood in rural settings, has died in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 92. The news was confirmed to CNN “with great sadness” by a spokesperson at her publisher, Penguin Random
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The second season of “House of the Dragon” is coming and it’s war. HBO (which is owned by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery) released the official trailer for the forthcoming season Tuesday. “Raise your banners,” the caption on the trailer reads. “The official trailer is here.” Two
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. The makeover announced at
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says an instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the turboprop aircraft was still on the ground at a Texas military base. The instructor pilot was in a T-6A Texan II at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, when
Continue ReadingBy Mike Darnay Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, DC (KDKA) — The names of two fallen police officers from the Pittsburgh area were added to the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. last night. The names of Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire and McKeesport Police Officer Sean
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France after a three-year search. A prosecutor in Metz, France, confirmed Tuesday that Ian
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant species after attaching tiny backpacks to hummingbirds to understand migration patterns. Along the way, researchers also identified the longest hummingbird migration journey, which spans a
Continue ReadingBy Kerry Breen Click here for updates on this story MARYLAND (KDKA) — A Maryland dog named Nimble took home major titles at the 148th Westminster Dog Show after racing through the event’s agility competition, becoming the first mixed-breed dog to win the event. Nimble, handled by Cynthia Hornor, was named the Masters Agility Champion
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case will go to trial next month, a judge said Tuesday, denying a bid by lawyers for the president’s son to delay the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected Hunter Biden’s request to push the trial in
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who posted a Snapchat video last year threatening to shoot up a New Hampshire high school has been sentenced to a little over three years in prison. Twenty-six-year-old Kyle Hendrickson had pleaded guilty to charges of interstate threatening communications and possessing a firearm in
Continue ReadingBy PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — A court in Germany has convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine. The verdict in Björn Höcke’s trial comes months before
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A federal judge in Delaware has denied a request by Hunter Biden’s lawyers to delay his federal gun trial set for next month. U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika on Tuesday rejected Hunter Biden’s request to delay the trial until September, which his lawyer
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — El último intento de Donald Trump de poner fin a la orden de silencio en su contra en el juicio por pagos a Stormy Daniels fue denegado este martes por un tribunal de apelaciones de Nueva York. “Encontramos que el juez Merchan sopesó adecuadamente los derechos de la Primera Enmienda del
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Federal auto safety regulators are warning people not to stick decals on their steering wheels because they can be hurled at drivers if the air bags inflate in a crash. The warning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration comes after another driver was severely hurt by a flying emblem during a
Continue Reading Belén Liotti (CNN) — Los científicos lograron una hazaña. Identificaron una complejidad previamente desconocida en la comunicación de los cachalotes tras analizar miles de secuencias grabadas de sonidos de cachalotes con inteligencia artificial. Las variaciones en el tempo, el ritmo y la duración de las secuencias de estos sonidos de los cachalotes, llamadas codas, tejen
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years. When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest summer on record. But those records only go back to 1850 because they
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — After another reading of hotter-than-expected inflation, you’d think Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might be getting a little worried that the battle will go on much longer than expected. But Powell, for the most part, isn’t stressing ahead of Wednesday’s crucial Consumer Price Index data set to
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Este sábado se instó a miles de personas en todo Canadá a evacuar los incendios forestales, y el humo que emanan de ellos podría ser otro peligro que perdurará durante los próximos dos días, lo que resultaría en una mala calidad del aire y una visibilidad reducida. Aproximadamente 3.200 residentes en
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Days after their daughters’ decisions to relinquish their pageant titles, the mothers of former Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava are speaking out — in place of their daughters, who they say are still bound by non-disclosure agreements with the Miss USA organization. “The job
Continue ReadingRed Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The locations span across more than 20 states — cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento. Red Lobster has been struggling for some time. With lease and labor costs piling up in recent
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