By Heather Chen, CNN Angry protesters who stormed the official residences of Sri Lanka‘s President have forced him to flee the country, but his sudden departure has plunged the South Asian state deeper into crisis. Demonstrators furious about economic mismanagement and a spiraling financial crisis have demanded that both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, Amy Woodyatt, Nectar Gan, Rukshana Rizwie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Sri Lanka woke on Sunday to an uncertain future, with both its President and Prime Minister set to step down after thousands of protesters stormed their homes in fury over the nation’s crippling economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to resign
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Kerwin Webb said he knows the terror that young Black men experience when being pulled over by police. Webb said tensions are often high and adrenaline is rushing because in too many cases, Black people have lost their lives during police encounters. So he understands why Jayland Walker led Akron,
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By Allison Hope, CNN When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, rolling back nearly 50 years of abortion rights, the threat of more to come cast a shadow on many, particularly those in the LGBTQ community. Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion made clear the threat may be substantive. “In future cases, we should
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Emiko Jozuka, and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Japanese voters headed to the polling stations on Sunday for an election billed as a defense of democracy, just two days after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail. Abe was shot in broad daylight on Friday in the central city
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Story by Reuters United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he had discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine during more than five hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and raised concerns over Beijing’s alignment with Moscow. Both diplomats described their first in-person talks since October as “candid”, with the meeting
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By Harry Enten, CNN I haven’t been on a vacation in 10 years. Part of the reason, admittedly, is I’m a workaholic. The other part is I hate flying. I despise the lines, the cramped seats, the security — all of it feels like a giant waste of time. Usually, I keep these feelings to
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Carlos Santana hit his first home run since being acquired by Seattle, lining a two-run shot off Toronto starter Alek Manoah that lifted the Mariners to a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays. Seattle won its seventh straight and has won 15 of its past 18.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw polished his All-Star credentials with 7 2/3 strong innings of five-hit ball, and Freddie Freeman delivered the tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers have won six straight. Kershaw yielded
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Damion Lowe’s own-goal two minutes into second-half stoppage time game Orlando City SC a 1-0 victory over Inter Miami CF after a lengthy weather delay. Lowe had the ball carom off his leg past goalkeeper Drake Callender, who had one save for Inter Miami (6-8-4). Pedro Gallese had one save for
Continue Reading SANDY, Utah (AP) — Lalas Abubakar scored a goal in the 89th minute to help the Colorado Rapids earn a 2-2 draw with Real Salt Lake. Real Salt Lake (8-5-6) grabbed a 1-0 halftime lead in the fourth minute of stoppage time on a goal by Jefferson Savarino. RSL took a two-goal lead when Justin
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Defender Teenage Hadebe scored in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time after Jesús Ferreira’s goal eight minutes earlier had give FC Dallas the lead and the Houston Dynamo earned a 2-2 draw. Ferreira kept pace with Austin FC’s Sebastián Driussi with his 11th goal of the season — one behind front-runner
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call of his life. The man on the other end, an FBI agent, told Devin that the seemingly legitimate software developer he’d hired the previous summer was a North
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Cucho Hernández got the go-ahead goal in his Columbus debut after substitute Derrick Etienne scored twice in a 12-minute span of the second half as the Crew rallied to beat the Chicago Fire 3-2 and extend their unbeaten streak to six. Hernández, a 23-year-old Colombian who scored five league goals last season
Continue Reading By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a tying single in the eighth inning and a winning two-run single that capped a three-run 10th, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees 6-5. Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead with RBI doubles in the
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Substitute Derrick Etienne scored twice in a 12-minute span of the second half and Cucho Hernández delivered the game-winner in his debut as the Columbus Crew rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire. Etienne cut a two-goal deficit in half in the 63rd minute and scored the equalizer in the
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Si Marvel Studios tiene problemas, son claramente del tipo de clase alta. Su última secuela, protagonizada por Doctor Strange, acumuló más de US$ 950 millones en todo el mundo, y la más reciente, “Thor: Love and Thunder”, también parece destinada a hacer llover dinero. Sin embargo, el éxito comercial
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer High Connection won the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby by 1 3/4 lengths Saturday, giving trainer Bob Baffert his second victory on the card in his return to competition after serving a 90-day suspension. “What a way to come back,” said Baffert, whose punishment by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Damian Lillard agreed to a two-year extension that keeps him with the Portland Trail Blazers through the 2026-27 season. A person with knowledge of the negotiations, speaking to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the terms were not announced, said the deal is worth $225
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Vázquez scored in the 20th minute and FC Cincinnati held on for a 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls, despite losing two players to red cards in the second half. Vázquez’s ninth goal of the season gave Cincinnati (7-7-5) the lead, but Lewis Morgan scored the equalizer for the
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