By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gays to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni issued a statement acknowledging the media storm that erupted about Francis’ comments, which were delivered behind closed doors to
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Este martes la Casa Blanca anunciará medidas para modernizar un obstáculo importante para la transformación de la energía limpia: la envejecida infraestructura eléctrica de Estados Unidos. La nueva iniciativa, impulsada entre el gobierno federal y 21 estados, tiene como objetivo realizar reparaciones y mejoras más rápidas en la red, comprometiéndose a
Continue ReadingBy Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes, it’s easier to be alone. At least that’s what Marnie and Michael, the main characters in David Nicholls’ new novel “You Are Here,” have thought for years — until their mutual friend Cleo organizes a multi-day group hike across the English countryside. “You Are Here” is, at its
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A former head of the Dutch spy agency and counterterrorism office is tipped to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister, leading a four-party coalition led by Geert Wilders’ hard-right Party for Freedom. Dick Schoof is a former head of the General Intelligence and Security Service and currently the top civil
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CNN By Brad Lendon and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — It looks like something out of the dystopian show “Black Mirror,” but it’s just the latest adaptation of robotics for the modern battlefield. During recent military drills with Cambodia, China’s military showed off a robot dog with an automatic rifle mounted on its back, essentially
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack has damaged a ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. A private security firm says radio traffic suggested the vessel took on water after being struck. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Tuesday, but suspicion immediately
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Highs topped out at 102 yesterday, and we’ll be close to that number again today. Along wit those hotter than normal conditions, breezy NW winds will continue in the evening hours, really between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. each evening. For that reason the Air Quality Watch south of the Salon Sea is again in
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says an initial investigation into a strike that sparked a deadly weekend fire in a tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has found the blaze was caused by a secondary explosion. A military official, speaking
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police fatally shot a stabbing suspect and wounded the person he was trying to stab after the suspect refused to drop his weapon. Police say officers were patrolling late Monday when they saw a male attempting to stab a male in the street and ordered the suspect to drop his weapon.
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The Desert Healthcare District will review a revised lease proposal for Desert Regional Medical Center. Tenet Healthcare is proposing to provide the following additions to the prior proposal from September 2023: Provides $650 million over 30 years to the Desert Healthcare District. Increases the upfront payment by Tenet from $75 million to $100 million, and
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgian lawmakers are debating a motion to override a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. The legislature controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party on Tuesday considered dismissing President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN Español) — España, Noruega e Irlanda reconocieron formalmente al Estado de Palestina este martes, tal como habían anunciado que harían días atrás, con mensajes en los que destacaron la necesidad de alcanzar una solución de dos Estados para poner fin al conflicto de Medio Oriente. “Es una necesidad perentoria si queremos entre
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Over two years ago, a 40-minute-long public plea made on Instagram Live rippled across social media. In the video, TikTok dancer Melanie Wilking and her parents claimed they had lost all contact with her 25-year-old sister, Miranda — now, Miranda Derrick — to a “religious organization” and that she
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry. T-Mobile will get U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets across several spectrum bands. T-Mobile will also enter into a new master license
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry has collapsed in India’s northeast due to heavy rain triggered by a tropical storm, killing 17 quarry workers and leaving 12 missing. Police said Tuesday that rescuers recovered the bodies of those killed in the quarry in Melthum, about 3.5 miles from the
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was mixed in quiet trading early Tuesday after the long Memorial Day weekend holiday. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.1%. U.S. Cellular jumped 5.6% after it announced that T-Mobile
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces the prospect of his ruling party’s worst election result ever. Yet he’s still likely be reelected as leader of Africa’s most advanced country after Wednesday’s national vote. Several polls have support for his African National Congress at below
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By Nectar Gan and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Hong Kong police have made their first arrests under a newly passed local national security law over social media posts deemed “seditious” by authorities, just days ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The city’s national security police on Tuesday arrested six people
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press A possible tornado damaged a school and homes in Pennsylvania, the latest in a series of powerful storms that swept much of the U.S. during the Memorial Day holiday weekend and killed at least 22 people. No injuries were reported, but there was roof damage Monday night
Continue ReadingBy Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — A Spanish court ordered FIFA and UEFA to stop anticompetitive conduct in their opposition of the breakaway European Super League (ESL) in a ruling on Monday. Judge Sofía Gil García ruled that soccer’s world governing body FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA have abused their position of power and
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