By Matt Stiles and Byron Manley, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths. As temperatures rise, CNN is tracking extreme heat conditions and the potential risk for Americans each day. To help prepare Americans
Continue ReadingBy BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press When Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, a headline on an Associated Press article read, “Immigrants’ son wins National Spelling Bee,” with the first paragraph noting the champion “speaks his parents’ native Indian language at home.” Those details would hardly
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturday at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant. Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a hopital legal adviser whose entry into the competition had been cheered
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Emergency responders are moving survivors of a massive landslide feared to have buried scores of people to safer ground as tons of unstable earth and tribal warfare, which is rife in the Papua New Guinea Highlands, threaten the rescue effort. The South Pacific island’s government meanwhile
Continue ReadingSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tommy Splaine lined a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning and Arizona rallied from a three-run deficit to beat Southern California 4-3 on Saturday night in the Pac-12 baseball tournament championship game. The championship game was the final Pac-12 game for the conference as we know it, with
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brendan Hines-Ike scored a goal for the first time since his MLS debut and Brad Stuver had six saves to help Austin FC to a 1-1 tie with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night. Austin (6-4-5), which opened the season with a five-game winless streak, in unbeaten with two
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is once again under the spotlight after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star flag whose description as a rare banner marking Illinois’ 1818 admission to the Union is disputed. The flag’s acquisition
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Aaron Judge hit another long home run at Petco Park, Marcus Stroman pitched six strong innings to keep the Yankees’ pitching hot streak going and New York won its second straight against the San Diego Padres, 4-1 on Saturday night. Judge’s two-run shot off Dylan
Continue ReadingBy ERIN HOOLEY Associated Press LISLE, Ill. (AP) — It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum’s Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada, spotted earlier in the day by a visitor. A lucky few saw the cicada Friday at the arboretum
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — José Ramírez homered for the second straight game and the Cleveland Guardians extended their winning streak to eight, beating the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 Saturday night. It is Cleveland’s longest winning run since its AL-record, 22-game run in 2017. It is also the first time
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Chilean authorities have arrested a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official on suspicion of starting devastating wildfires that killed more than a hundred people earlier this year. The two suspects were charged with arson resulting in death on Friday, according to the National Prosecutor’s Office. A
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chinese and Japanese leaders were set to arrive in Seoul and meet with South Korea’s president separately on Sunday, a day before they gather for their first trilateral meeting in more than four years. No major announcement is expected from Monday’s trilateral South Korea-China-Japan meeting.
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Scattered severe storms continued in Oklahoma and forecasters issued a tornado warning for some parts of the state Saturday night, as some heat records were broken during the day in South Texas and people were warned of triple-digit temperatures over the long holiday weekend. The National
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, Aaron Pellish and Steve Contorno, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was loudly and consistently booed throughout his speech Saturday at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, particularly when he asked attendees to “nominate me or at least vote for me.” The heckling began the moment the former president took
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — A fire erupted in a baby care center in India’s capital and killed six infants. Fire officer Suresh Kumar says six newborns were rescued from the blaze Saturday night and taken to a nearby hospital in Vivek Vihar district in east Delhi. The fire on the first floor of the center
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Scattered severe storms continued in Oklahoma and forecasters issued a tornado warning for some parts of the state Saturday night, as some heat records were broken during the day in South Texas and people were warned of triple-digit temperatures over the long holiday weekend. The National
Continue ReadingCINCINNATI (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has been playing with a bruised hamstring and has been told to take it easy on it, manager Dave Roberts said Saturday. Ohtani was injured when he was hit by a pickoff throw during the Dodgers’ last homestand, Roberts said. The question was raised with the
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Waves of fans streamed into Scottsdale Stadium an hour before the start, anticipation building each minute closer to first pitch. They came to see the Pac-12 baseball championship game. They got a dose of history with it. With Arizona and Southern California atop the marquee,
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention on Saturday night, with many in the crowd shouting insults and decrying him for things like his COVID-19 policies, running up towering federal deficits and lying about his political record. When he took the stage,
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Scattered severe storms continued across parts of Oklahoma on Saturday with the risk of possible tornadoes lasting into the night, as some parts of South Texas broke heat records and people were warned of triple-digit temperatures over the long holiday weekend. Memorial Day is the unofficial
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