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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Happy day-after-summer-solstice. With any luck, if your employer has instituted a Summer Fridays policy, you’ll get to knock off work early or even take the whole day off. It’s always been a popular perk — because who doesn’t want to start their weekend early? However, the majority
Continue ReadingBy CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand lawmaker says the government will overhaul the gun laws tightened after the mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago. Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee told The Associated Press in an interview this week that the tighter gun laws put excessive
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam says it’s ready to hold talks with the Philippines to settle their overlapping claims to the undersea continental shelf in the South China Sea. Vietnam’s diplomatic approach, reported Thursday by the official Vietnam News Agency, contrasts with China’s increasingly assertive actions to
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Five people have been killed and dozens were injured when a fire that apparently started in crop stubble spread through settlements in southeastern Turkey. Officials say the blaze erupted in an area between the provinces of Diyarbakir and Mardin. Fanned by winds, it moved quickly through several villages. It was brought
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — High housing costs on Martha’s Vineyard are forcing many regular workers to leave and threatening public safety. Sheryl Taylor works as an administrator for Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School but says that each summer she has to leave the island or stay with friends because
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The skin gets flush with fever, the breaths grow short, the heart races, dizziness sets in. The helmet and goggles only make matters worse, trapping heat on the head and the eyes. There’s little to no escape from sweltering temperatures for construction workers like Eva Marroquin, who cleans work
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer Christen Press and Tobin Heath are back. OK, maybe not on the soccer field quite yet, but their popular YouTube and podcast series, the RE-CAP show, has returned just in time for the Olympics. The show was originally launched ahead of last year’s Women’s World Cup as both
Continue ReadingBy KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent their heartbreaks into happiness. Eight months later, they will toast the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become standard Boston celebratory fair, joined by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade through the city to mark
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower Friday after a retreat on Wall Street, where a drop in Nvidia stock pulled stocks lower. France’s CAC 40 dipped 0.1% to 7,661.64 and Germany’s DAX fell nearly 0.2% to 18,227.44. Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 0.3% to 8,251.91. The future for
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said it was difficult to return to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, for the Negro Leagues tribute game Thursday because of the onslaught of racism he experienced when he played there decades ago. In 1967, before he climbed up to the
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Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Angel Reese set a new WNBA record by becoming the first rookie in history to record seven consecutive double-doubles. The former LSU star had 16 points and a career-high 18 rebounds as she helped the Chicago Sky cruise to an 83-72 win over the Dallas Wings to end a
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Having grown up with food insecurity, Kimi Ceridon and her sister see how their childhood experiences continue to leave their mark on their lives. Ceridon looks back on how she would sneak off to her room with any extras she could come by. And now, she is protective of
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Joe Biden lo está lanzando todo contra Donald Trump. El presidente y su campaña están atacando al posible candidato republicano como un criminal y un racista que fue declarado responsable de agresión sexual y que ahora se está volviendo tan “loco” por su derrota en 2020 que ha quedado “desquiciado”.
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump propuso conceder “automáticamente” la tarjeta de residencia a los extranjeros que se gradúen en una universidad estadounidense, unos comentarios que rompen con sus esfuerzos por frenar la inmigración tanto legal como ilegal durante su mandato y que contrastan fuertemente con su incendiaria retórica antiinmigración durante la campaña
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Czech man has been detained in Croatia for allegedly allowing his 9-year-old child to take an explosive device from a military zone which later killed him. Police say that the 46-year-old man on Wednesday entered a restrictive military training ground without authorization where he allowed his child to pick up
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in northwestern Pakistan have registered a case against hundreds of people who attacked a police station and killed a man being questioned there on suspicion of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book. A police official said Friday that officers are trying to identify the people who attacked and burned the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has denied it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. The Moscow-based company, whose CEO is Russian, said in a statement that the Commerce Department’s decision, announced Thursday, would not affect its ability to sell
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England (AP) — Endurance swimmer Joan Fennelly is undaunted by frigid water and long distances, swimming year-round in the wild. But she takes extra precautions in her own backyard. The River Thames is one of Britain’s many waterways contaminated with sewage and agricultural pollution. “If it looks right, if
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Retired Italy star Roberto Baggio was robbed at gunpoint at his home while watching the national team’s game against Spain at the European Championship. At least five armed robbers burst into Baggio’s villa near the northern city of Vicenza at around 10 p.m. on Thursday, according to Italian media reports. One struck
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