By Joseph Ataman and Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Under the specter of conflict with Israel, a struggling economy and social discontent, Iranians headed to the polls on Friday for snap presidential elections that could be the most important for the country in decades. The sudden death of President Ebrahim
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A paddleboard and a dry bag belonging to a missing fisherman were found almost a dozen miles offshore, the U.S. Coast Guard said this Wednesday. Luciano Mercenari, 29, a skilled paddle boarder and fisherman left his home in the Cape Florida
Continue ReadingBy Shosh Bedrosian, Mark Prussin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — New York City fire officials say a lithium-ion battery from an e-bike started a fire in Brooklyn that left four people hurt and a building badly damaged. Fire crews pulled the e-bike out of the burning building Thursday
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden es tres años y siete meses mayor que el expresidente Donald Trump. En el debate que mantuvieron este jueves por la noche en CNN, la diferencia entre el actual presidente, de 81 años, y su contrincante, de 78, parecía mucho mayor. Biden, ronco y con poco
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — ¿Quién ganó el debate? Los votantes registrados que vieron el debate del jueves entre el presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump dicen que Trump tuvo un mejor desempeño, en proporción del 67% frente al 33%. Antes del debate, los mismos votantes decían que esperaban que Trump tuviera una mejor
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Drag has a long standing history in Palm Springs. While drag has existed for decades, the art-form really took off in the Valley in the 1980s during some of city’s first pride celebrations. Today, it stands as a pillar of our community and is a huge tourism driver. There are over 35 drag performances each
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Stahl Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A desperate fight for life for a young woman in Montgomery County. She needs a lung transplant but has been rejected by most hospitals. Follow the tubing to 22-year-old Jen Dunlea, who’s in the fight for her life, hooked up to tubing
Continue Reading By Aishwarya S. Iyer and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A super-rich Indian businessman took to social media to appeal for urgent blood donations for a critically ill puppy. Ratan Tata, 86, rose to prominence at the helm of the Mumbai-based conglomerate the Tata Group, where in 2008 he famously oversaw Tata Motors’ purchase of
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — Claudia Sheinbaum, ganadora de la elección presidencial de México, anunció este jueves los nombres de más integrantes de su futuro gabinete con lo que, hasta el momento, se conocen 12 de los titulares de dependencias que trabajarán a su lado para la transición con el gobierno del presidente actual, Andrés
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has welcomed a decision by an international watchdog to remove it from a so-called “gray list” of countries that have not fully implemented measures to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The decision, announced by the Financial Action Task Force in Singapore on Friday, could bolster foreign investments in Turkey.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Parliament will open on July 18 as he remains locked in negotiations with other parties to form a Cabinet well before then amid rifts in the new governing coalition. The talks to seal the final details of a multi-party
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Candidates in France are making their last campaign pushes for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election. The centrist government of French President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far right. Pollsters indicate that the anti-immigration National Rally
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles III, returned to her Gatcombe Park home on Friday morning, after a short stay in hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and a concussion, according to a royal source. The Princess Royal, 73, had been injured
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a 15-year-old boy of plotting an Islamic extremist attack on a Christmas market and given him a four-year sentence. The Cologne state court said Friday the boy was convicted of conspiracy to murder and disturbing the public peace by threatening crimes. The teenager was detained in November
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday — is promising more economic growth and social programs to eradicate poverty and prevent extremism in the vast West African desert nation, even though he is accused of corruption and
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — One of the largest ever collections of Princess Diana’s possessions to hit the market smashed estimates and sold for a total of $5.5 million, alongside other royal memorabilia, Los Angeles auction house Julien’s Auctions announced. Composed of more than 50 items, the collection featured several of Diana’s evening gowns,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Nathaniel Dye believes he probably won’t live to see Britain’s next election. But the music teacher diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer is doing everything he can to make sure the Labour Party wins this one. Dismayed by delays in his diagnosis by the National Health Service, the 38-year-old says
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Even before a jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the so-called “hush money” trial in New York, many Americans were surprised to learn that having a criminal conviction would not automatically disqualify someone from serving as president of the
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walgreens said Thursday that it plans to close a “significant” number of its roughly 8,600 stores in the United States. Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft,
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, se negó a comentar el debate celebrado este jueves en Estados Unidos entre el presidente Joe Biden y el ex presidente Donald Trump, calificándolo de asunto interno estadounidense. Cuando le preguntaron durante una conferencia telefónica este viernes sobre si el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin,
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