By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Tom Cruise, one of the top movie stars in Hollywood, is about to have the biggest opening weekend of his career. “Top Gun: Maverick” — the sequel to the 1986 blockbuster — lands in theaters for the Memorial Day weekend. Cruise is reprising his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, the
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Top Gun: Maverick” took off at the box office this weekend — setting a new record in the process. The sequel to the 1986 blockbuster, which has Tom Cruise reprise his most iconic role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, made an estimated $156 million domestically for its four-day opening weekend, according
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Julia Buckley, CNN Summer in the northern hemisphere is hotting up, travel chaos reigns, and tourists are intent on having some “revenge travel.” And in Venice, that makes for a perfect storm of visitors behaving badly. The past couple of weeks have seen a slew of tourist transgressions in the city, from skinny dipping in
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McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the contamination of a water cooler used by a small college baseball team in Kansas. The boy has been charged with endangerment and criminal damage to property for allegedly pouring paint into Kansas Wesleyan’s water cooler during a doubleheader against Bethany College
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McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the contamination of a water cooler used by a small college baseball team in Kansas. The boy has been charged with endangerment and criminal damage to property for allegedly pouring paint into Kansas Wesleyan’s water cooler during a doubleheader against Bethany College
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Drawing on Stathead data, Stacker compiled a top 10 list of players in the NBA Finals whose team outscored their opponent the most when the player was on the court.
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Stacker highlights what players achieved the milestone of scoring more than 40 points multiple times in NBA Finals history, using data from Stathead.
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Think inflation is hitting you hard? The price of new sports venues is through the (retractable) roof—and Stacker found that we, the public, are footing much of the bill.
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Gas prices are painfully high this Memorial Day weekend as millions of Americans hit the road for the unofficial start of summer. The $4.60-a-gallon average price for regular gas an all-time high — and pump prices are also very elevated on an inflation-adjusted basis. Real (that is, inflation-adjusted) gas prices
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden ha reconocido que es poco lo que puede hacer sobre el control de armas sin el apoyo de los republicanos en el Congreso, para detener los horribles tiroteos masivos que ocurren en Estados Unidos con una frecuencia alarmante. Durante un viaje la semana pasada a Buffalo, Nueva
Continue ReadingBy Colby Hentges, CNN ‘SNL’ goodbyes, a “Don’t Say Gay” graduation speech, little league dance moves, and a pair of topless rescues. These are the must-watch videos of the week. ‘SNL’ farewells from three cast members During the season finale of “Saturday Night Live,” several longtime cast members said their goodbyes. Proud of his curls
Continue Reading SANTUARIO DI CASTELMONTE, Italy (AP) — Dutch cyclist Koen Bouwman won the 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia and Richard Carapaz kept hold of the leader’s pink jersey heading into the final two days of the race. Bouwman edged Mauro Schmid and Alessandro Tonelli in a sprint to the line at the end of the
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By Adrienne Broaddus, Bill Kirkos and Amanda Musa, CNN Like many children across America, Jayden Perez had practiced what to do in a mass shooting at his school. But the 10-year-old never thought it would happen. On Tuesday, it did. Just 90 minutes after he and his family celebrated his making the honor roll at
Continue Reading By Adrienne Broaddus, Bill Kirkos and Amanda Musa, CNN Like many children across America, Jayden Perez had practiced what to do in a mass shooting at his school. But the 10-year-old never thought it would happen. On Tuesday, it did. Just 90 minutes after he and his family celebrated his making the honor roll at
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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers will increase their presence on the road this Memorial Day weekend, starting Friday.
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By Nora Neus, Melissa Alonso and Claire Colbert, CNN An 11-year-old survivor of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, feared the gunman would come back for her so she smeared herself in her friend’s blood and played dead. Miah Cerrillo spoke exclusively to CNN about her horrific experience that day inside the classroom
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN Hold on to your hats, royal fans — we’re a week out from the Platinum Jubilee long weekend of celebrations. When it comes to a party, the royals know how to put on a show, and thankfully, after all the uncertainty of the past couple of years, this
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez Nueva York (CNN Business) — En la tienda de comestibles, los compradores han visto aumentar los precios de los alimentos al ritmo más rápido en décadas. Sin embargo, el precio de un favorito caliente, jugoso y asado no se ha movido en varias de las principales cadenas: pollos rostizados. A pesar de un aumento anual del 16,4% en
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When Dr. David Schonfeld’s daughter came home and told the story of a lockdown drill at school, she talked about making jokes with other students while her class hid in a closet for 30 minutes. Schonfeld, a pediatrician and director of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children’s
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN When Dr. David Schonfeld’s daughter came home and told the story of a lockdown drill at school, she talked about making jokes with other students while her class hid in a closet for 30 minutes. Schonfeld, a pediatrician and director of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children’s
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