Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — One person died and nearly 150 others were sickened after eating grilled eel prepared by a restaurant chain and sold at a department store near Tokyo, officials said. Among those sickened, two required hospitalization. Keikyu Department Store said 147 customers as of Monday had reported symptoms such as vomiting and
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Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The way Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tells it, the stakes of the coming presidential election are both astronomically high and strikingly simple. On one side, the former high school teacher and congressman says, is Vice President Kamala Harris – a serious, competent and experienced candidate whom he believes is aligned with
Continue ReadingDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a U.N. development agency came under gun attack in Pakistan’s volatile northwest but no one was harmed. The attackers ambushed the vehicle of the United Nations Office for Project Services in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in the Khyber
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — American pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik helped deliver the U.S. men’s gymnastics team’s first Olympic team medal since 2008. Nedoroscik went up last for the Americans in the final event. His score of 14.866 secured bronze for the U.S. Nedoroscik says he wanted to validated the decision to include
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer With the Paris Games underway, officials are keeping a close eye on the water quality of the Seine River. Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted river for more than a century. But the city spent a lot of money trying to clean it up for swimming events during the Olympics. A
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — While inflation in the US has been cooling since hitting a four-decade high, the temperature outside continues to climb. It’s been one of the hottest summers on record for much of the country and the planet, which last week experienced the hottest day in recorded history. But
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — A small clinical trial suggests that drugs like Ozempic could potentially be used not just for diabetes and weight loss but to protect the brain, slowing the rate at which people with Alzheimer’s disease lose their ability to think clearly, remember things and perform daily activities. The results need
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — The Marvel Cinematic Universe has roared back to life. After suffering a years-long dry spell that had fans and industry observers wondering whether the lucrative franchise was destined for irreversible decline, Marvel Studios showed that it still has plenty more gasoline left in the tank. “Deadpool & Wolverine” clawed through initial
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — U.K.-based oil giant BP PLC said it will reward shareholders to the tune of $7 billion this year through the purchase of its own stock, even as it reported a near 30% decline in profits in the first half of 2024. In a statement Tuesday, BP said its underlying replacement cost profit
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Tesla is recalling more than 1.8 million vehicles because of a hood issue that could increase the risk of a crash. Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla is recalling some 2021-2024 Model 3, Model S, Model X, and 2020-2024 Model Y vehicles because the hood latch assembly may fail to detect an unlatched hood
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Two meteor showers will light up the sky this week, creating a dazzling display in several corners of the world. The Southern Delta Aquariids were active overnight and the Alpha Capricornids — known for bright fireballs — could bring five meteors per hour tonight. Here’s what else you need
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Two meteor showers will light up the sky this week, creating a dazzling display in several corners of the world. The Southern Delta Aquariids were active overnight and the Alpha Capricornids — known for bright fireballs — could bring five meteors per hour tonight. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has upheld the central part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country’s increasingly bloated parliament. But in a ruling Tuesday, it overturned a planned change that two opposition parties feared could cost them their chance to send lawmakers to Berlin. The country’s last national election
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has chosen not to testify before a judge who went to Madrid’s presidential complex for a scheduled interview as part of an investigation into corruption allegations against his wife. The government’s legal officers later filed a complaint against the judge “in defense of the institution
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she fought at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant. Hafez posted on Instagram that she was “carrying a little Olympian one” hours after she had reached the round of 16 in women’s saber Monday. The 26-year-old fencer from Cairo upset Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Lululemon thought it had developed its next hit. But after its new leggings became the butt of endless jokes, the company will have to leave them behind. Lululemon pulled its newly-released $98 Breezethrough leggings line from its website and app after negative reviews and customer complaints about
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Georgia conservative Julie Adams spread conspiracies about election workers, concocted a baseless story about ballot couriers drinking beer and doing drugs while hoarding ballots, and boasted of her contentious relationship with local election officials. Then, in February, Adams was sworn in as a member of the Fulton County Board
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — They share a coach, a training pool and a friendly rivalry that’s pushed them both to new heights. On Monday night, they shared a podium – again – and a few tears, showing just how emotionally taxing Olympic competition can be when it takes place between friends. Mollie
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Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony — including angry comments from Donald Trump — took a legal turn Tuesday, with French prosecutors ordering police to investigate complaints of online abuse from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon who performed. DJ Barbara Butch said she suffered a torrent
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