Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El rapero Nashawn Breedlove, más conocido por aparecer en una batalla de rap contra Eminem en la película de 2002 “8 Mile”, murió a los 46 años. Su madre, Patricia Breedlove, confirmó su muerte en un post en Facebook publicado este martes. “Con el corazón encogido comparto la noticia del
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish artist who was given a pile of cash by a museum in northern Denmark to create a piece for its exhibition on labor conditions two years ago submitted two empty canvases, causing an uproar. Jens Haaning’s lawyer said on Wednesday that his client
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By Caitlin Danaher, Benjamin Brown and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Armenian soccer player Henrikh Mkhitaryan has called on international leaders to “stand up against ethnic cleansing” in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the Caucasus Mountains that is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but is home to around 120,000 ethnic Armenians,
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — A new book by economist Melissa Kearney makes a readily apparent but still-provocative argument: Children raised by two married parents do better than children raised by single parents. The difference, Kearney argues, isn’t just financial (although the money matters a lot); the “two-parent privilege,” as her book calls it, is also about
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for the longest U.S. spaceflight — a result of the extended stay. The trio landed in a remote area of Kazakhstan,
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By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the pull of the planet’s gravity for the first time in more than a year. Rubio and his two Russian colleagues — cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin — parachuted to a landing in Kazakhstan
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A 13-year-old girl from China has won a gold medal in stakeboarding at the Asian Games. Cui Chenxi says she’s now looking forward to next year’s Paris Olympics. The gold medal was one of many for the host nation on Day 4 of the two-week event.
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A prominent Belgian bishop says that the Vatican has been snubbing pleas for years to defrock a former bishop who sexually abused children. Bishop Johan Bonny says the matter has led to massive frustration with the highest Roman Catholic authorities. Disgraced bishop Roger Vangheluwe was brought down
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Only 3 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries shop around during open enrollment, according to a 2022 analysis, and only 1 in 10 Medicare Advantage enrollees voluntarily switch plans. But a 2020 analysis of Medicare Advantage plan choices found that more than half of beneficiaries overspent by more than $1,000 due to
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By Tami Luhby and Sydney Topf, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a wonderful experience there, learning his letters, numbers and colors, as well as social skills
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British police say that a 15-year-old girl has been stabbed to death while on her way to school and a 17-year-old male suspect has been arrested in connection with her death. The Metropolitan Police said that officers were at the scene at around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday around two minutes after receiving reports
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La final de la US Open Cup de este miércoles entre el Inter Miami y el Houston Dynamo tiene en la previa una gran incógnita, y no es quién se llevará el título, sino con la presencia o no de Lionel Messi. El delantero y figura del equipo está
Continue ReadingRHENEN, Netherlands (AP) — Giant panda Fan Xing began a long journey home on Wednesday — to a country she has never visited. The 3-year-old was given a ceremonial send off Wednesday from Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands, where she was born, for the first leg of her journey to China, where she will join
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Baltimore anunció una orden de detención contra un sospechoso buscado por el asesinato de Pava LaPere, de 26 años, CEO de la startup EcoMap Technologies, que fue encontrada muerta en un apartamento del centro de Baltimore este lunes con signos de traumatismo craneal por objeto
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s city government says Christian Thielemann has been chosen as the new general music director of the city’s Staatsoper, months after Daniel Barenboim ended his three-decade reign. The state culture minister announced Wednesday that the 64-year-old German conductor will take the job at the Staatsoper, or State Opera, next year. Thielemann previously
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in Crimea. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says there was coordinated with the help of American and British security agencies. She says NATO satellites
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Dos soldados ucranianos se apiñan en torno a un controlador de dron en la oscuridad, con los rostros iluminados únicamente por su pantalla. “Oh, algo está ardiendo”, dice uno de ellos. Acaban de lanzar una bomba sobre un objetivo ruso. El asalto nocturno forma parte de una ofensiva ucraniana coordinada
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A surge of saltwater is creeping up the Mississippi River toward New Orleans, threatening to pollute the drinking water of around 800,000 people. Officials are working to quickly find solutions before the end of October — when the saltwater is expected to infiltrate several treatment plants and make tap
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Corea del Norte decidió “expulsar” al soldado del Ejército estadounidense Travis King, que había cruzado a ese país desde Corea del Sur durante una visita a la zona de seguridad conjunta en julio, informó este miércoles el medio estatal KCNA. “El órgano competente de la RPDC decidió expulsar a Travis
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Betsy Klein, Rob Picheta, Gawon Bae, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — US Army Private Travis King is on a flight back to the United States after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, according to State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller.
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