By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin is churning through the Caribbean Sea as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warn residents to prepare for floods and landslides. The storm was centered 275 miles south of the Dominican Republic at midafternoon Monday and had maximum sustained winds
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By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The dazzling success of weight-loss drugs in the United States is leading to lower interest rates in Denmark, home of one of their biggest manufacturers, according to the Nordic country’s biggest bank. Sales of Wegovy — which, clinical trials have shown, can help people lose 15% of their
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Ikea is opening a new store in downtown San Francisco Wednesday, bucking the trend of retailers closing in the city. Ikea will be the anchor tenant for a new mixed-use development on Market Street with retail, offices, restaurants and entertainment. City leaders are hopeful that the home
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has pledged to keep up military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes during talks in Athens with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also voiced willingness Monday to help with post-war rebuilding. Zelenskyy flew to the Greek capital for his fourth visit to a
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, Tim Lister and Maria Kostenko, CNN London/Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine is in talks with some of the world’s biggest insurance companies to cover ships traveling to and from its ports in the Black Sea — a crucial step toward a full resumption of vital grain exports around the globe. Work on an
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By WMAR STAFF Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WMAR) — Camp Spark with the Baltimore City Fire Department is about getting young girls interested in jobs within the department. The young women participate in real-world firefighting drills, such as putting on and off the gear, handling a live fire hose, and participating
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Charlize Theron knows she may be looking a bit different these days, and she’s perfectly fine with that. The actress told Allure magazine in a recently published interview: “My face is changing, and I love that my face is changing and aging.” Still, she told the publication, “people
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Pamela Anderson has a more natural look these days for a reason. The former “Baywatch” star says she now wears little to no makeup compared to when she was on the series in the early ’90s. Anderson told Elle that back then, “I just went along with what
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By Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — The House Freedom Caucus released a letter Monday morning warning they won’t back a short-term spending bill that funds the government at last year’s levels unless they get major concessions that have no chance of passing the Senate, highlighting a major problem for House Speaker Kevin
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By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton, Rob Shackelford, Lauren Mascarenhas and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Hilary has triggered flooding, heavy rains and powerful gusts across parts of the western US and Mexico, transforming streets into raging rivers and forcing some residents to flee, and leaving others in need of rescue, even after the storm weakened
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — People who survived Covid-19 early in the pandemic, before there were vaccines, continued to be at higher risk for a slew of health problems for up to two years after they got over their initial infections, compared to others who didn’t test positive, a new study finds, and that
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Alisha Ebrahimji, Taylor Romine and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A Southern California clothing store owner was shot and killed after an argument about a rainbow Pride flag hanging outside her business, police said, as the LGBTQ+ community continues to face violence and threats across America. Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton, 66, died
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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Amateur sleuths with a taste for the supernatural will be glued to their screens next weekend in a bid to try and discover the truth behind Scotland’s biggest mystery. “Monster hunters” from as far away as Japan and New Zealand will be tuning in to livestreams of Scotland’s Loch
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By John Sinnott, Patrick Sung and Matias Grez (CNN) — Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales has admitted he “made a mistake” by giving Spain star Jennifer Hermoso an unwanted kiss on the lips after the 33-year-old received her gold medal following the team’s Women’s World Cup final victory over England on Sunday.
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Handing your baby a phone or tablet to play with may seem like a harmless solution when you’re busy, but it could quickly affect their development, a new study has found. Having anywhere from one to four hours of screen time per day at age 1 is linked with
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Mason Greenwood is to leave Manchester United following the conclusion of an internal investigation into the allegations made against the 21-year-old. In February, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that charges of attempted rape and assault filed against the striker in October 2022 had been dropped, as had a charge of
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Tenor Freddie De Tommaso, who at 28 became an overnight sensation nearly two years ago after stepping in for a star who had taken ill, is so in demand that he sometimes has to turn down roles. The tenor, who studied at the Royal Academy
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The head coach of Spanish second division soccer team Sporting Gijón has apologized for remarks he made which likened talking to women in discos to scoring goals. “In the end, a goal is like girls in the disco,” said Miguel Ángel Ramírez at one point during his post-match press
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has sworn in a new Cabinet of 45 ministers with a promise to fast-track reforms aimed at improving lives in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country. Tinubu swore the ministers in on Monday in the capital, Abuja, and charged them with
Continue ReadingPLUM, Pa. (AP) — Local officials say three houses will be torn down and 10 homes remain uninhabitable after a house exploded earlier this month in western Pennsylvania and killed six people. The investigation determining the origin and cause of the Aug. 12 explosion is ongoing, Allegheny County officials said over the weekend. The blast
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