By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine if they could bottle a potion called “Just Serena.” That was Serena Williams’ succinct, smiling explanation for how she’d managed — at nearly 41, and match-rusty — to defeat the world’s second-ranked player and advance Wednesday to the third round of a U.S. Open
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Incluso el día en que el presidente Joe Biden lanzó su advertencia más estremecedora hasta el momento de que la democracia está en grave peligro, Donald Trump se burló de cómo podría usar un nuevo mandato en la Casa Blanca para erosionar aún más ese derecho de nacimiento fundamental de los estadounidenses.
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — The Italian soccer league has announced a number of energy saving measures. The Lega Serie A says stadiums will only be allowed to be lit for a maximum of four hours. It also reduced the amount of time floodlights could be fully turned on before kickoff from 90 minutes to an hour.
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Labor Day weekend is usually the final goodbye to summer, but for roughly a third of the country, temperatures could reach record levels this holiday weekend. “September is kicking off with scorching temperatures throughout the western US, as highs are once again anticipated to threaten daily and even monthly records
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon has lost the first round in its effort to overturn a historic union victory at a Staten Island facility. A National Labor Relations Board officer who heard Amazon’s objections recommended that the vote be upheld. In April’s closely watched election, warehouse workers at the Staten Island facility known as
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By Rebecca Cairns, CNN Trundling around the hallways of Hong Kong’s Cyberport innovation hub, the little Rice Robot is on a mission. The stocky white cuboid resembles Star Wars’ R2D2 robot in its build, but has the wide-eyed expression of Pixar’s WALL-E. It’s delivering drinks to patrons of the HFT Life cafe in a compartment
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Adapted from a film short into a movie, “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” exhibits the strain of the magnification process — as premises go, feeling a little light in terms of the collection plate. The central performances, however, make this dark satire awkwardly watchable, with Sterling K. Brown and
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Adapted from a film short into a movie, “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” exhibits the strain of the magnification process — as premises go, feeling a little light in terms of the collection plate. The central performances, however, make this dark satire awkwardly watchable, with Sterling K. Brown and
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Although devoted to Armie Hammer and his family, the title “House of Hammer” evokes thoughts of British horror films released under the Hammer label from the 1950s to the ’70s, which doesn’t feel coincidental. That’s because this three-part Discovery+ docuseries is unfortunately presented as if it were a horror movie,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Although devoted to Armie Hammer and his family, the title “House of Hammer” evokes thoughts of British horror films released under the Hammer label from the 1950s to the ’70s, which doesn’t feel coincidental. That’s because this three-part Discovery+ docuseries is unfortunately presented as if it were a horror movie,
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says Iran has once again briefly seized an American sea drone before letting it go. Tehran says its navy seized two drones before releasing them. A spokesman for the Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet acknowledged the incident on Friday to The Associated Press. He declined to immediately
Continue Reading By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Hours after yet another assessment by outside observers that China’s crackdown in its far-west Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stepped up to a podium to go on the offensive. “The so-called assessment you mentioned is orchestrated and produced by
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The mayor of Spain’s southern town of La Línea de la Concepción says an oil slick from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship off Gibraltar has reached a nearby Spanish beach. Juan Franco told reporters the slick was worrying but not a tragedy. The leakage
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Minneapolis (CNN Business) — La economía de Estados Unidos añadió 315.000 puestos de trabajo en agosto, superando las expectativas de los economistas pero muy por debajo del informe de julio, cuando el empleo aumentó en 526.000 puestos revisados. La tasa de desempleo del país subió al 3,7% desde el 3,5%, y la
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN An Iraq War veteran and former Democratic Party official on Friday criticized the presence of US Marines in the backdrop of President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, during which he issued stinging political criticism of Republicans. “We need to make sure that our military is as removed from politics as possible
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN An Iraq War veteran and former Democratic Party official on Friday criticized the presence of US Marines in the backdrop of President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, during which he issued stinging political criticism of Republicans. “We need to make sure that our military is as removed from politics as possible
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium teammates Jan Vertonghen and Michy Batshuayi were on the move Friday. They’re leaving Champions League teams to join new clubs ahead of the World Cup. Vertonghen moved home to join Anderlecht and play in the Belgian league for the first time aged 35. Anderlecht says the veteran defender signed a two-year
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers slowed their hiring in August in the face of rising interest rates, high inflation and sluggish consumer spending, all of which have weakened the outlook for the economy. The government reported Friday that the economy added 315,000 jobs last month, down from 526,000 in
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — United States defender Sergiño Dest is hoping to get more playing time ahead of this year’s World Cup in Qatar after joining Serie A champion AC Milan on transfer deadline day. Milan also has the right to buy Dest from Barcelona at the end of the season-long loan deal. The World Cup
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN For centuries, people in the sunny Mediterranean would get up after long, leisurely meals and take a walk, often to the town square to see neighbors and socialize. Walking is so much a part of that lifestyle it is listed as a foundation of the über-healthy Mediterranean diet. That may be
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