By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is addressing concerns about the working conditions for some Capitol Hill aides. She’s announced a $45,000 minimum yearly salary for House staffers. She also has teed up for a vote next week a resolution that would pave the way for staffers to join a
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By Issy Ronald and Amanda Davies, CNN Last year, following a season-long duel that ended with himself and Lewis Hamilton level on points ahead of the final Grand Prix, Max Verstappen was crowned world champion in Abu Dhabi in the most dramatic of circumstances. Although Hamilton had built up a commanding lead, a late safety
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By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN When Ukraine successfully targeted Russia’s prized warship last month with anti-ship cruise missiles, it had some help from the United States. Ukrainian forces, having spotted the Russian warship in the Black Sea, called their American contacts for confirmation that it was in fact the Moskva, sources familiar
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN A Great Dane has been crowned the world’s tallest living dog by Guinness World Records. Two-year old Zeus from Bedford, Texas stands at a whopping 1.046 meters (3 feet, 5.18 inches), making him the tallest dog in the world. He officially received the paw-some plaudit on March 22, after his height
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By Radina Gigova, Tara John and Anna Chernova, CNN Sofia Sapega, a Russian law student arrested with her Belarusian dissident boyfriend last year when Belarus forced a Ryanair airliner to land, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for inciting social hatred, Russian state news agency TASS reports. “The court finds Sapega guilty on
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amara Walker, Jade Gordon, Holly Yan and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Extra food. Special privileges that other inmates didn’t get. Those are some of the clues that support the belief that Alabama corrections official Vicky White and murder suspect Casey White had a romantic relationship before both disappeared last week, said Lauderdale County
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Después de producir tornados dañinos en varios estados, un sistema de tormentas volátiles continúa moviéndose por todo el paÃs. Por más de una semana, una parte de Estados Unidos estuvo bajo la amenaza de tormentas severas. Y este viernes, un nuevo sistema amenaza a 70 millones de personas en todo el sureste
Continue ReadingBy Simon Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Investigators in Clackamas County are looking into what they describe as a disturbance at a workplace that ended in a man’s death. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Once they arrived, they found an
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MADRID (AP) — Novak Djokovic has eased to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hubert Hurkacz in the Madrid Open quarterfinals. The three-time champion in Madrid had little trouble on the outdoor clay against Hurkacz. Djokovic will face either Rafael Nadal or Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals. They play later Friday with fans keen to see
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A powerful tornado captured on camera, pincers vs. tentacles, and a toddler steals the show during a wedding. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Nature’s fury on display A surveillance camera captured a tornado ripping trees out of the ground as it passed through Andover, Kansas. Seizing the spotlight
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A powerful tornado captured on camera, pincers vs. tentacles, and a toddler steals the show during a wedding. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Nature’s fury on display A surveillance camera captured a tornado ripping trees out of the ground as it passed through Andover, Kansas. Seizing the spotlight
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN Dave Chappelle has a frightening encounter on stage, a toddler steals the show during a wedding, and a powerful tornado is captured on camera. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Scary moment during comedy show Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked during a stand-up performance at a comedy festival in
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN Dave Chappelle has a frightening encounter on stage, a toddler steals the show during a wedding, and a powerful tornado is captured on camera. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Scary moment during comedy show Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked during a stand-up performance at a comedy festival in
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A powerful tornado captured on camera, pincers vs. tentacles, and a toddler steals the show during a wedding. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Nature’s fury on display A surveillance camera captured a tornado ripping trees out of the ground as it passed through Andover, Kansas. Seizing the spotlight
Continue ReadingBy Austin Mabeus, CNN A powerful tornado captured on camera, pincers vs. tentacles, and a toddler steals the show during a wedding. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Nature’s fury on display A surveillance camera captured a tornado ripping trees out of the ground as it passed through Andover, Kansas. Seizing the spotlight
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Stocks ended the day lower in a volatile session Friday. A solid jobs report was not enough to fully convince investors to look for bargains following Thursday’s more-than-1,000-point plunge. The Dow fell nearly 100 points, or 0.3%. Nike was one of the biggest drags on the blue chips,
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The Queen, Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have sent birthday wishes to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son Archie. Archie is celebrating his third birthday Friday in California with his parents and younger sister Lilibet, while members
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story GRANDVIEW, Missouri (KCTV) — Police in Grandview are trying to catch a man who reportedly lured a child from a park Thursday morning and sexually assaulted her. They’re also investigating an indecent exposure just the day before that could be related. KCTV5′s Betsy Webster talked
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling Friday, despite a strong report on the U.S. jobs market, as Wall Street’s top worry remains whether the economy can withstand the sharp rises in interest rates set to slam into it. The S&P 500 was 1.8% lower in early trading after
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By Marianne Garvey Kim Cattrall has moved on from her days in “Sex in the City,” but Samantha Jones is still with her. Cattrall, who played the sex-positive, powerful publicist Samantha in “Sex and the City” for six seasons and two movies, spoke with Variety for its Power of Women issue and said she hasn’t
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