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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — On college campuses across the country, a rallying cry of pro-Palestinian protesters has been “ Disclose, divest! We will not stop, we will not rest.” Now some are winning the first of those two demands: Promises to provide information about how much university endowment
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Fifty years ago, two Swedish married couples went on the most consequential double date in music history, changing pop for good at the Eurovision Song Contest. True, the bar wasn’t too high. 1974 was also the year that Paul Anka topped charts with “(You’re) Having My Baby,” a track
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new documentary showing the Indigo Girls’ rise and subsequent marginalization, Joel Edgerton finding himself in an alternate timeline of his character’s life in the limited series “Dark Matter” and a new “Pretty Little Liars” returns Thursday on Max. Brooke Shields is the unwitting
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A top Baidu public relations executive has reportedly departed the Chinese technology company after she drew public outcry over comments that were seen as glorifying a culture of overwork. Baidu’s head of communications Qu Jing implied in a series of social media videos that she
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Air Vanuatu has filed for bankruptcy protection a day after it cancelled all international flights, stranding thousands of travelers. The South Pacific state-owned airline had cancelled more than 20 flights to and from the Australian cities of Sydney and Brisbane, and the New Zealand city of
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins’ upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins’ upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s decision this week to make public his ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons did not come easily or lightly. It came after multiple rounds of phone
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Chimaine Pouteau, CNN (CNN) — Oakland’s airport has changed its name from “Metropolitan Oakland International” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” after a unanimous vote by the city’s Board of Port Commissioners on Thursday – despite a trademark lawsuit from neighboring San Francisco. “With the new name, the Port aims
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Stocks in Asia were mixed Friday after a rally on Wall Street that pulled the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Sydney and Seoul but rose in China, where investors were focused on the release of April inflation figures. In
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This December marks the centennial of Rod Serling, the late host and writer of the classic TV series “The Twilight Zone.” A newly published story by Serling is the latest to draw upon his traumatizing World War II service, for which he received a Bronze
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Alrededor de las 21:30 p.m. del 2 de febrero, un hombre con un casco entró en el edificio de departamentos de Ana María Knezevich Henao, en un barrio exclusivo de Madrid. Henao, que estaba de vacaciones en España procedente del sur de Florida, se encontraba en el edificio en ese momento
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The Coachella Valley Cannabis Alliance Network brought together professionals and residents from all over the valley to promote cannabis tourism. This comes a week after the federal government is considering rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug. A rescheduling of cannabis would impact dispensaries and marijuana businesses even here in California, where
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By Lauren Mascarenhas and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The New Hampshire man convicted of murdering his 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery was sentenced Thursday to 45 years to life in prison in a case that spurred an investigation into the actions of the child protective services system and rattled relations between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Continue Reading Paulina Nares (CNN Español) — El Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (Cenace) declaró este jueves un nuevo “estado operativo de alerta” en el Sistema Interconectado Nacional tras dos jornadas el martes y miércoles, registrados en varios estados de México, debido a la alta demanda de energía y a una caída en la capacidad de
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at Senegal’s main airport, injuring 10 people including the pilot, the country’s transport minister said Thursday. Passengers were evacuated from the burning aircraft and some described “complete panic” as they
Continue Reading By Hande Atay Alam and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees will shutter its East Jerusalem headquarters after the compound was set on fire by “Israeli extremists” while staff were inside, its chief said Thursday. In a statement on social platform X, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said the arson
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — En un nuevo episodio de tensión entre Washington, Georgetown y Caracas, el ministro de la Defensa de Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, consideró como una amenaza contra la paz regional la presencia del portaaviones estadounidense USS George Washington en el Caribe y, con un mensaje en su cuenta de X,
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