By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on federal agencies and Congress to take actions to curb the flow of fentanyl into the United States – an issue that has been a major theme of GOP attacks on the administration over the southern border. Biden will issue a national
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — On the surface, it looks like Americans are laying off the Big Macs, booze and even — gasp! — Starbucks. Earnings season for major food and beverage companies began just this week, but already we’re seeing how American spending habits are evolving in this era of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Esta cobertura en vivo ha finalizado. Para más noticias sobre Venezuela haga clic aquí. Manifestantes conducen sus motocicletas frente a miembros de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana durante una protesta contra el gobierno del presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro en Caracas el 29 de julio de 2024, un día después de las elecciones presidenciales
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El líder político de Hamas Ismail Haniyed murió en Teherán, Irán, en un ataque en horas de la madrugada con un proyectil guiado desde el aire contra el lugar en el que se alojaba, informó este miércoles por la mañana el medio de comunicación estatal iraní Press TV, citando
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Sixty-three days. That’s all it took for Xander Schauffele’s life and legacy to change forever. Yet the origins of the golfer’s golden summer stretch back almost four decades – seven years before he was born – to one fateful road in Germany. Long-tarred with the backhanded
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military says its leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, has survived a drone attack on an army graduation ceremony he was attending in the country’s east. The attack that killed five people Wednesday is the latest twist in the conflict Sudan has been going through since a popular uprising removed its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Tourists visiting Copenhagen this summer are encouraged to participate in unusual kinds of vacation fun, including plucking floating trash from the Danish capital’s waterways, cycling to its museums instead of going by car, or volunteering at an urban garden. All these activities are part of a new, four-week pilot
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British police said Thursday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that left three little girls dead and several more in critical condition. The charges came as the traumatized town of Southport cleaned up after a bout of far-right violence, and agitators fired up by anger
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Thursday as Tokyo’s benchmark plunged as the U.S. dollar sank against the yen. Regional investors are also digesting the rally on Wall Street that came on hopes U.S. cuts to interest rates will be arriving soon. A strong yen is a plus for Japan’s purchases
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CNN By Rob Picheta, Helen Regan, Kareem El Damanhoury and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said its political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an overnight strike in the Iranian capital Tehran, a major development that throws the war between Israel and the militant group into an unpredictable and dangerous new phase. Haniyeh’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group’s ties with allies around the region. He led its political hierarchy and had little military role, but Israel marked him for death after the surprise Oct. 7 attacks. Hamas says Haniyeh
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. has reported a 15-fold increase in its operating profit for the second quarter this year. The South Korean semiconductor and smartphone giant said Wednesday that its operating profit for the April-June quarter stood at 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion), up from 670 billion won reported in the
Continue Reading By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN Plantation, Florida (CNN) — A South Florida school district on Tuesday voted to give a 10-day suspension to an employee accused of allowing her transgender daughter to play on a girls’ high school volleyball team in 2022 and 2023 in violation of state law. The suspension of Jessica
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, dogs set on them, and other forms of torture and mistreatment. The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 “security detainees” as
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A person was killed in a crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian Tuesday night in Coachella. The incident took place around 10:40 P.M. off of Grapefruit Blvd. and Cesar Chavez St. The man was identified as Robert Villa, 37, of Coachella. Authorities said after the crash, the driver remained at the scene and called
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The Barracks Bar, an LGBTQ+ bar in Cathedral City, is scheduled to close permanently on Sunday, August 4th, but the details behind the closure are unclear. The Barracks Bar was a staple of the gay community, opening its doors for the first time in 1992 as “Wolf’s”. The bar later changed its name to Barracks, and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Amazon Prime Video’s “Like a Dragon: Yakuza,” which premieres in October, has all the glorious fare of a classic mobster story — bloody fistfights, beautiful women, expensive cars, muscle and flashy suits. Based on a popular Sega video game that debuted in 2005, the story centers around Kazuma Kiryu, a
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Ocurrió en Caracas el 9 de junio de 2016, cuando estaba allí para cubrir una serie de protestas violentas que habían estallado en Venezuela. Ese día soleado, mientras nuestro equipo de CNN caminaba hacia el edificio donde está la Asamblea Nacional para realizar entrevistas, notamos que un grupo de hombres se
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. “Don’t let anyone hit her,” she told the boy. “OK, Mama,” she remembers him replying. Much else was left
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The day they came to take her children, the young mother bundled them up against the cold. She asked her nearly 6-year-old son to take care of his younger sister. “Don’t let anyone hit her,” she told the boy. “OK, Mama,” she remembers him replying. Much else was left
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