By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be determined for Hollywood. The Universal Pictures release opened on
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump continues to make false claims about his New York trial. Trump frequently speaks to media cameras before entering and after exiting the Manhattan courtroom where he is facing charges of falsifying business records.He has peppered his hallway remarks with inaccurate assertions about a variety
Continue ReadingBy JUAN ZAMORANO and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanians began voting Sunday in an election that has been consumed by unfolding drama surrounding the country’s former president, even though he is not on the ballot. As the sweltering sun beat down over the normally sleepy Central American nation, voters lined up
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected. After earlier signs of progress, the outlook appeared to dim as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed
Continue ReadingBy Alessandra Freitas and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man is seeking a court order so he can depose a woman he was dating who traveled to Colorado to get an abortion, in a case that may have ramifications in the ongoing legal battles over abortion rights. Collin Davis, a resident of Brazos County,
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — It was a normal end to the school day in late April for Acie Holland III, an eighth grader at Glen Hills Middle School in Glendale, Wisconsin. He followed his routine and got on the school bus to go home. The bus driver joked with students, Holland said, before
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The move Sunday escalates a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
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A First Alert Weather Alert remains in effect through Sunday evening for windy conditions that could impact your plans. A strong area of low pressure is bringing gusty winds and cooler temperatures along with the threat of reduced visibility and poor air quality. A Wind Advisory will stay in effect through 8:00 p.m. Sunday. Travelers,
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — More storms were moving through the already saturated Houston area on Sunday, where flooding from heavy rains has led to the rescue of hundreds of people from homes, rooftops and roads. “It’s going to be raining through the day and some of the
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The move Sunday escalates a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
Continue ReadingBy ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo’s ruling party has won a majority of seats in the West African nation’s parliamentary election. Provisional results announced late Saturday show the ruling Union for the Republic party won 108 out of the 113 parliamentary seats. The vote was rejected by the opposition as part
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state killed at least 60 people and another 101 were reported missing, according to Sunday’s toll from local authorities. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 80,000 people from their homes.
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) — A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the country’s recent history. It’s the latest stop on his campaign tour that has mobilized thousands across Hungary’s rural heartland. Some 10,000 people gathered Sunday in
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The move Sunday escalates a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old boy handed himself in to police after admitting that he attacked a German politician on Friday. Police say that Matthias Ecke, the candidate for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the upcoming European elections, was attacked when putting up campaign posters. According to Saxony Police,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — It’s six months before Election Day, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump are locked in a presidential rematch. The race is highly in flux as many voters are only just beginning to embrace the reality of the 2024 contest. Wars, trials, the independent
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s spaceflight program may reach a significant milestone Monday night with the launch of its Starliner spacecraft, carrying — at long last — two NASA astronauts to orbit. The mission, dubbed the Crew Flight Test, could take off as soon as Monday at 10:34 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close. The move Sunday escalates a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants attacked it, while the defense minister claimed Hamas wasn’t serious about a cease-fire deal and warned of “a powerful operation in the very near future
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry. European carmakers are losing ground to subsidized Chinese electric vehicles. Diplomats fret about alleged Chinese spies in European capitals. And China’s continued defense trade
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