SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is whirling north of Puerto Rico as a very large Category 3 storm, with forecasters noting it would remain in open waters through this week while on a path toward Atlantic Canada. The storm was located some 535 miles south of Bermuda on Tuesday. It had winds
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s is getting rid of one of its biggest perks. The fast food chain is eliminating its self-serve soda machines by 2032 at its US restaurants, the company said, explaining that the change will make the experience consistent for customers and crew across the chain. For decades,
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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi have both expressed their intentions to remain with the Phoenix Mercury next season and to play at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Mercury’s season ended on Sunday, as the team missed the playoffs for the first time since 2012. Phoenix finished last
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CNN By Melissa Bell, Daria Martina Tarasova and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — They are created with one single aim in mind: to be destroyed as quickly as possible. And in that, the steelworks company behind them boasts, these decoy weapons are remarkably successful: hundreds have been targeted by Russian forces almost as soon as
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A sweeping study of sex abuse by priests and others within the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century. The study published Tuesday involves 510 people accused of misconduct and over 900 victims affected. The report, commissioned by
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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Summer has ended and kids are back in school. However, Covid-19 cases are on the rise, along with key metrics like hospital admissions. New variants are constantly appearing, and the arrival of fall could also bring increases in influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory diseases. What steps
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — La selección argentina visitará este martes a su par de Bolivia en La Paz por la segunda fecha de las Eliminatorias de la Conmebol, rumbo al Mundial de 2026. En el debut, el conjunto dirigido por Lionel Scaloni derrotó 1 a 0 a la selección de Ecuador como local,
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BADENDIECK and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say an American researcher who was pulled out of a deep Turkish cave after becoming too sick to climb out on his own was doing well in a Turkish hospital. Rescuers from across Europe helped save Mark Dickey, 40, who suffered internal
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE and MARC LEVY Associated Press POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante stole a rifle from a garage and fled a homeowner’s gunfire, authorities said Tuesday as police closed roads in a rural stretch of southeastern Pennsylvania, told residents to lock their doors and set up a new search area
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By Zoe Whitfield, CNN (CNN) — “Photographing a rapper was not on my agenda,” said Michel Haddi, the French-Algerian photographer whose new project is a heavyweight monograph dedicated to the late Tupac Shakur. “But when I moved to America it was different,” he continued. “(Rap) became my culture.” During a career spanning more than 30
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for her “Anti-Hero” music video on a night full of surprises. “This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me,” Swift said in her acceptance speech. “I can’t
Continue ReadingBy ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Despite having great soft skills, workers with a history of food service work may be overlooked as not having relevant experience when it comes to other careers. These workers, however, often have transferable skills that make for excellent employees, particularly in the fast-paced tech environment. Here are some real stories
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Bill Gates fue a ver a Elon Musk en 2022, con la esperanza de convencerlo de que donara más de su dinero, como lo había hecho el fundador de Microsoft. La reunión salió mal, según la nueva biografía de Walter Isaacson, “Elon Musk”, que llega a las tiendas este martes.
Continue Reading By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tim Burton has hit out at “disturbing” artificial intelligence (AI), comparing its use in imitating his distinctive style as “like a robot taking your humanity, your soul.” The prolific director behind movies “Edward Scissorhands,” “Corpse Bride” and “Beetlejuice” made the comments during an interview with British newspaper The Independent
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Shawn Fain is one of the most important people in the US economy today. A year ago, almost no one knew who he was. The new president of the United Auto Workers union, sworn into office less than six months ago, could lead strikes by 145,000 members
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Google goes to court today to face the Justice Department and a group of states that accuse the company of antitrust violations in its massive search business. The tech giant has maintained that consumers simply prefer its tools over competitors, but some of its rivals allege Google is illegally
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that human rights are in a state of collapse in Afghanistan more than two years after the Taliban returned to power. Turk told the
Continue Reading By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — It turns out that luxury London hotels are like buses. You wait ages for one to open, and then two, or in this case several, come at once. After being beset by delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 1 Hotel Mayfair, the first London location for the 1 Hotels
Continue ReadingFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Fans cheered Germany’s basketball team on its return home after winning the World Cup for the first time. The team went direct from a long-haul flight from the Philippines to an event Tuesday morning at a sponsor’s headquarters in Frankfurt. Tournament MVP Dennis Schröder says he hopes the World Cup win
Continue Reading By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — At the foot of a dune in a nameless corner of the Sahara Desert, a woman falls to the ground. Ahead, a caravan of wandering souls snakes away. She calls for help and a young man – a boy, really, aged by what he’s seen and done – peels
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