By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The partisan politics that have surrounded the federal and local responses to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to overshadow the committee aimed at examining – and learning from – the government’s response to the disease since the investigation’s start last year. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, a doctor who chairs the committee
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky defeated Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever 88-87 on Sunday in front of a star-studded crowd at the Wintrust Arena. WNBA Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes, New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson, rappers Chance the Rapper and Lil Durk and actor Jason
Continue ReadingBy Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — For millions of years, mighty baobabs have been standing sentry on three different landmasses, posing each other an existential question: Who came first? The giant trees, swollen of trunk and stubby of canopy, are unmistakable. Baobabs can live for more than 1,000 years, acting as the keystone species in
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El Comité Nacional Antiterrorista de Rusia afirma que la operación antiterrorista en Makhachkala y Derbent, en Daguestán, ha finalizado. Así lo informó este lunes el medio estatal TASS: “El 24 de junio, a las 08:15 (local), se canceló el régimen legal de la operación antiterrorista dentro de las fronteras administrativas de
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A United States Navy aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea for a show of force as Washington, Seoul and Tokyo released a joint statement on Monday condemning deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia. The nuclear-powered USS Theodore Roosevelt docked in the port of Busan
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un análisis surcoreano del contenido transportado por globos enviados a través de la frontera por Corea del Norte entre finales de mayo y principios de junio encontró parásitos y genes humanos en el suelo de los globos, lo que sugiere que Pyongyang puede haber estado utilizando heces humanas como fertilizante, dijo
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Una mujer que se alojaba en un safari zoológico francés fue atacada este domingo por varios lobos tras entrar en una parte del zoo a la que normalmente solo se puede acceder en coche. “Por suerte, el personal médico intervino muy rápidamente y pudimos salvar a esta persona”, declaró en rueda
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The 2024 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival announced its juried and audience award winners Sunday morning. The brunch took place inside the Renaissance Hotel in Palm Springs at 10:00 a.m., and ran until noon. Several awards and cash prizes worth $25,000 were presented, including five Academy Award® qualifying awards. They were all selected from
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave. Some pedestrians in Tehran are doing the same. They all believe they could get rich.
Continue ReadingReuters (CNN) — Barcelona, a top Spanish holiday destination, announced on Friday that it will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly drastic move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs and make the city liveable for residents. The city’s leftist mayor, Jaume Collboni, said that by November 2028, Barcelona will scrap the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Millions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest. One person died during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the West
Continue ReadingMillions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the Midwest. One person was killed during flooding in South Dakota, the governor said. From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the West to California, public
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan attends a banquet hosted by King Charles III, lays a wreath at Westminster Abbey or tours one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he will kick off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him:
Continue ReadingBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hawaii authorities say a professional lifeguard has died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing off the island of Oahu. City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguard Tamayo Perry, 49, died in the attack near Goat Island on Sunday. Shayne Enright of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department says
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — It was a classic case of going from the outhouse to the penthouse. Less than an hour before her semifinal at U.S. track trials, 400-meter runner Kendall Ellis was trapped in a porta-potty, banging on the door, screaming for someone to let her out. Thankfully,
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest winning week on Friday, even as Nvidia ’s stock cooled further from its startling, supernova run. U.S. futures and oil prices dropped. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index rose 0.7%
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — African countries have some of the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer. Growing efforts to vaccinate more young girls for the human papillomavirus are challenged by the kind of vaccine hesitancy seen for some other diseases. Misinformation can include mistaken rumors that girls won’t be able
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On Sunday the office of Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Californians will be able to watch his delayed “State of the State” address online this week. The pre-recorded speech will be available this Tuesday at 10 a.m. on the Governor’s website and streaming on platforms such as Youtube and Facebook. The address was originally scheduled for March but
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — An outside group is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the conservative policies promised by Republican Donald Trump. With a $100,000 grant from the influential Heritage Foundation, the American Accountability Foundation is digging into the backgrounds of key high-ranking government employees,
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