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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans may be finding it a little tougher to land a job these days, but not so much in one field in which salaries are climbing fast and employers are offering robust perks. Once a source of US economic resilience, the nation’s job market is now weaker than
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — US soccer star Alex Morgan waved an emotional goodbye to her professional career on Sunday, playing her final minutes in the San Diego Wave’s 4-1 loss to the North Carolina Courage. The 35-year-old, who announced her retirement from the sport last week, was substituted in the 13th minute –
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” a follow-up to Tim Burton’s 1988 classic, has landed with a bang, raking in an estimated $110 million in US ticket sales over its opening weekend, based on Comscore data. The “stellar domestic opening” is the second-highest ever for a movie in September, topped only by “It,”
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CNN By Christopher Lamb, Helen Regan and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Dili, East Timor (CNN) — Pope Francis arrived in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor on Monday for the penultimate stop of the 87-year-old leader’s marathon trip through Asia and the South Pacific. Thousands of Timorese lined the streets of the capital Dili
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker had the thousand-yard stare of a man who had been through an emotional roller coaster on Sunday afternoon — and he was on the winning side. “That was probably one of the top two or three most draining games I’ve ever been a part
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Los Angeles, you’re next. Paris raised the game for the Paralympics with more than 4,000 athletes and 2.4 million tickets sold. Now the challenge for U.S. organizers is to top it with another breakout moment for para sports. Craig Spence, a spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee, says the IPC’s goal is to
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s Defense Ministry has announced joint naval and air drills with Russia starting this month, underscoring the closeness between their militaries as Russia presses its grinding invasion of Ukraine. The ministry said Monday the “Northern United-2024” exercises would take place in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk farther north,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Another Sunday of NFL Week 1 action, another mountain of storylines to pick through after wall-to-wall drama. The opening slate of games for the 2024 NFL season is almost in the books, with only Monday Night Football between the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers to come. It
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A van apparently packed with migrants veered off a road and hit a lamp post in Croatia while speeding to escape police, injuring 14 people. Police say the accident happened in eastern Croatia when police tasked with stopping illegal entry into Croatia spotted a van with Swiss license plates that had
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writers MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — She eulogized John Gaudreau through tears that would not be held back, her stories punctuated by sniffles, even an occasional laugh about falling in love with a young man with a mohawk, and the immeasurable heartbreak over a life that ended “way too soon.” Meredith Gaudreau had more
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A poignant phrase will likely echo Wednesday at the World Trade Center when 9/11 victims relatives remember loved ones lost in the 2001 attacks. The words ‘I never got to meet you’ are the sound of generational change at ground zero. Relatives solemnly read out the names of the
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — The United States is in the midst of both hurricane and wildfire season. And US homeowners are likely keeping their fingers crossed that they and their families will be spared — not just physically, but also financially. A quarter of US homeowners (26%) said they are financially
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief is urging voters to be wary of “strongman” politicians and personalities “that throw glitter in our eyes” as more elections loom in a busy electoral calendar this year. Volker Türk didn’t mention leaders or countries by name. But he alluded to a schedule that includes
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch onto a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon. The four different iPhone 16 models will all come equipped with special chips needed to
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch onto a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon. The four different iPhone 16 models will all come equipped with special chips needed to
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El papa Francisco llegó este lunes a la pequeña nación del sudeste asiático de Timor Oriental para la penúltima parada de un viaje maratónico por Asia y el Pacífico Sur para el líder de 87 años. Miles de timorenses se alinearon en las calles de la capital, Dili, mientras el papamóvil
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean truth commission says it found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions at government-funded facilities where thousands of so-called “vagrants” were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s. The report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission came
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Footage from Memphis police cameras show a starkly different scene of the January 2023 beating that ended Tyre Nichols’ life than the reports from the officers who delivered the blows. Nichols screamed for his mother while five officers beat him about a block from where he lived with his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Potential jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights are being asked whether heavy media coverage and video of him being beaten to death could influence their ability to be fair. Jury selection began Monday in Memphis for the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MASYAF, Syria (AP) — Syria’s health minister says the number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes has risen to 18, with dozens more wounded. It’s the largest death toll in such an attack since the beginning of the war in Gaza 11 months ago. Israel regularly targets military sites in Syria linked
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