AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and even burned. Her publisher and literary agency says O’Brien died Saturday after a long
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has died. She was 93. O’Brien died Saturday after
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Isabel Rosales, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines stranded an estimated half million passengers in its service meltdown last week, leaving many sleeping on floors of airports, frustrated and angry at their inability to complete their trips, unable to find their bags or get answers from the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for rape received a mixture of boos and applause when he was introduced before his opening match at the Paris Olympics. Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 of having sex with a 12-year-old girl in England. His
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Robert Downey Jr. is making his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe – but it’s not what you think. Instead of stepping back into his legendary Iron Man suit, the comic book character that he portrayed in over nine MCU movies, he will be playing Doctor Doom in a
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays traded right-handed reliever Jason Adam to the San Diego Padres for three minor-league prospects Sunday. Adam (4-2, 2.49 ERA, four saves) emerged as one of the top relievers available on the trade market. The Padres will send RHP Dylan Lesko, outfielder Homer Bush Jr. and catcher
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are entering the last 100 days of one of the fastest-moving and least predictable campaign seasons in memory, after a historic month upended the 2024 presidential race. The ground has shifted under both political parties since June 27, when President Joe Biden’s poor performance
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Alfredo Meza (CNN Español) — En la primera juramentación de Nicolás Maduro como presidente de Venezuela el 19 de abril de 2013, lo acompañaban en primera fila varios mandatarios latinoamericanos. Estaban los entonces presidentes Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina); Evo Morales (Bolivia); Dilma Rousseff (Brasil) y Raúl Castro (Cuba). Estrenaba en ese momento una nueva
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has revived his four-year-old false claim about how he and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz handled the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. Walz is among the Democrats whom sources say Vice President Kamala Harris is considering as a
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Marvel is back on top with “ Deadpool & Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a spot in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — A court in Libya has sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city. Thousands of people
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Three members of the Nelons, a Georgia-based family gospel group, were among seven people killed in a plane crash in Wyoming on Friday, according to a statement from the family’s management company. Kelly Nelon Clark, her husband, Jason Clark, and their daughter Amber Kistler died in the crash Friday afternoon, according to a statement by daughter Autumn Nelon Streetman, who was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The Palace of Versailles offers equestrian sports one of the most attractive venues of the Paris Olympics. On Sunday, riders and horses got a memorable gallop around the sumptuous-looking gardens where the team and individual eventing competition have taken place. Under a bright sun, about 40,000 fans enjoyed the
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Marvel is back on top with “ Deadpool & Wolverine.” The comic-book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first “Deadpool” ($132 million) and notched a spot in
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Experimentation is the basis of the scientific process — and it’s at the heart of what it means to be human and question the world around us. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors produced the first maps of the stars and practiced alchemy, the precursor to chemistry. Even Sir Isaac Newton,
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ debuts to $205 million, shattering R-rated record and becoming 8th biggest opening of all time.
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Inflation looks vastly different between these two beachside metropolises. The pace of home construction has been a deciding factor for both regions. The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater region in Florida recently saw the lowest inflation rate among 23 metropolitan areas across the country — 1.8% in the 12 months that
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee says tennis player Anhelina Kalinina withdrew from the Games because she caught a cold following rainy weather in Paris. She says they waited for competition to start on the courts, where it was raining Saturday, and she woke up Sunday with a sore throat. During the opening ceremony
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El diplomático Edmundo González Urrutia, de 74 años, es el candidato presidencial de la Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD), la alianza que concentra a los principales partidos y dirigentes de la oposición de Venezuela. Después de semanas de incertidumbre y de aspiraciones descartadas o inhabilitadas, González pasó de ser el nombre
Continue Reading Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Las protestas contra el turismo se han extendido por toda Europa este verano, con manifestaciones en los Países Bajos, Grecia y, por supuesto, España. A principios de julio, los manifestantes marcharon por zonas turísticas populares de la ciudad española de Barcelona rociando con pistolas de agua a los visitantes desprevenidos mientras
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