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By Sara Smart, Homero De la Fuente and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest in an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, the NFL team said in a statement. Pearsall “is in serious but stable condition,” the 49ers confirmed. A 17-year-old boy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice-presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her immigrant mother. That image of her white, Christian husband making the spicy cuisine of her
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By Niamh Kennedy, Ibrahim Dahman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — The much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began Sunday. While a first group of babies received polio vaccinations in Gaza on Saturday, the program officially started a day later in Gaza’s “middle areas,” according to the UN’s agency for
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Lynzi Judish had decorated nearly every corner of her New York home, from the ceiling of her dining room to the tiny crow’s nest on her top floor. All that was left to spruce up was the inside of her refrigerator. So Judish started “fridgescaping,” or decorating the inside
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A few months ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was one of the few prominent Republicans consistently keeping his distance from Donald Trump, whose brash style seemed to be the antithesis of a brand of politics Cox had carefully cultivated that centered on unity and respect. Cox did not
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The wreckage of a Russian helicopter carrying 22 people that went missing in the country’s Far East on Saturday was discovered Sunday, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry announced. None of those on board survived, emergency services told Russian state media TASS on Sunday. The Mi-8T helicopter had 19
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall’s election for president and other top offices. While that’s nothing new, the potential for noncitizens to register or vote has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Citing an influx of immigrants in recent years at the U.S.-Mexico border, Republicans have raised concerns
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the most recognizable faces of the heart-wrenching hostage crisis that sparked the Israel-Hamas war, has died at the hands of his captors, according to the Israeli military, bringing a crushing end to a tireless and high-profile international campaign by his parents to secure his release. The
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Poor water quality in the River Seine has once again interrupted Paris’ summer of sport with the postponement of the Paralympic triathlon competitions. Hours before the events were scheduled to start on Sunday, World Triathlon released a statement saying that the latest tests revealed a “decrease in water quality”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Just hours after a dawn air raid alarm rang through the city, Zaporizhzhia schoolchildren have celebrated the traditional first day of school. With the front just 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, the war is never far from the minds of teachers and families. Because of a ban on large
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Brutalist,” a three-hour post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor architect rebuilding a life in America, is a fantasy. But filmmaker Brady Corbet wishes it weren’t. Corbet said at the Venice Film Festival Sunday that the film is about “the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Being the world’s most prodigious eater wasn’t quite the life or the career that Joey Chestnut had planned for himself when he was studying engineering and construction management at San Jose University, but a lobster-eating contest changed everything. He already had a reputation for being the fastest around his
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The NCAA has banned Oklahoma State football from using QR codes on player helmets, the school announced on Saturday. In a move that Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy had called a “revolutionary step forward,” the school announced earlier this month that a 1.5 square inch QR code decal would be applied to the
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — While Taylor Swift is on the bleachers watching her boyfriend Travis Kelce play for the Kansas City Chiefs, she has already started drawing up plays for the team, according to quarterback Patrick Mahomes. “She’s really interested in football and she asks a lot of great questions,”
Continue Reading CNN By Alex Stambaugh, Nectar Gan and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military said it has recovered the bodies of six hostages killed by Hamas militants in Gaza – including an Israeli-American captive – dealing fresh heartbreak to relatives who fear time is running out for loved ones seized by the militants more than
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We kicked off Labor Day weekend with warm, but pleasant conditions yesterday. Similar conditions are on tap for today. Moisture levels across the valley are expected to be down slightly compared to yesterday. Expect some extra moisture tomorrow, though, with slight chances for scattered showers returning in the mountains on Labor Day. If you’re planning
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German leaders have paid tribute to the three people killed in the Aug. 23 knife attack by a suspected Islamic extremist that has pushed immigration back to the top of the country’s political agenda. Eight people also were wounded in the attack at a “Festival of Diversity” marking the 650th anniversary of
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants have killed three Israeli police officers when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days. The shooting early Sunday took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly been focused on urban
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A medication that is currently used for chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes has been found to reduce the risk of worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death in certain people with heart failure, according to a new study. The medication, finerenone, could be an effective therapy in
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Ha sido un día duro. Lo peor que puedes hacer es ir a por las galletas con pepitas de chocolate que saben como las que siempre comía tu familia cuando eras niño, ¿verdad? No necesariamente, dice Jennifer Rollin, fundadora de The Eating Disorder Center en Rockville, Maryland. Comer impulsado por
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