CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There are two Donald Trump criminal trials now taking place. There’s the one in a Manhattan courtroom, where a judge, attorneys for both sides and prospective jurors are making strenuous efforts to lay the foundation of the fair trial to which the ex-president and every other citizen
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history. And they’re just part of a star-studded roster the Americans have assembled for
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Hayley Erbert is back dancing after brain surgery. The professional dancer recently joined her husband, “Dancing With the Stars” champion and judge Derek Hough on the opening night of their “Symphony of Dance” tour in Melbourne, Florida. Video shared on social media shows Erbert, sporting a pixie hair
Continue ReadingBy JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Jerry Seinfeld’s upcoming Netflix comedy will be featured during this weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach as rookie Linus Lundqvist will drive a car painted to look like a Pop-Tart in recognition of the movie “Unfrosted.” Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 8 will be painted in the texture of
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Breeding Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport police officer is getting a gift that will change her life. Her cousin is donating a kidney to her. Between March of 2022 and July, Shreveport police Officer Samantha Gwin started having some health issues. “I just went to
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By Moeri Karasawa, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 minutes. On Tuesday, a commuter reported to station staff in Tokyo that a 40-centimeter (16-inch) snake had
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. America’s right-wing forces would have you believe that they are the courageous entities standing up for free speech. But, as they try
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Shreveport police say the death of a man early Tuesday morning in the 500 block of Kemper Street, which is in the Cedar Grove neighborhood, was accidental. Police said the man was walking and carrying a gun then tripped and fell,
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — There’s sweat on your brow. You start to feel your heart beat a little faster. The acrobatics you feel in your stomach are tumbling just enough to make you mildly queasy. You get a little wobbly in the knees as the anxiety, stress and anticipation shoot through every limb
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — USA Basketball unveiled the player roster Wednesday for the men’s team that will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Three years after the Tokyo Olympics saw several of top US players sit out the Games in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2024 edition of the “Dream Team”
Continue ReadingCNN en Español (CNN Español) — Con motivo de los 10 años de la muerte de Gabriel García Márquez, recordamos algunas de las frases del repertorio mágico del prodigioso escritor colombiano a lo largo de su vida. Dicen que yo he inventado el realismo mágico, pero solo soy el notario de la realidad. Incluso hay
Continue ReadingOpinion by David M. Perry (CNN) — The hardest thing about getting into college should be actually getting into a college. Academic success in high school, compelling extracurriculars, a strong essay, good scores on standardized tests, learning how to learn — these are where the challenges ought to lie. But instead in America, the hardest
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Emert Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Former mountain Congressman Madison Cawthorn appears to be facing a charge after witness video showed him on the side of a Florida interstate following a crash with a trooper. Alethea Shapiro shared a video of the wreck’s aftermath on TikTok.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant accepted “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him, the actor said Wednesday after the agreement was announced in court. Grant said he reluctantly settled because of a
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major show of Caspar David Friedrich’s iconic landscapes that marks the 250th anniversary of his birth is opening in Berlin, where he made his breakthrough and where a 1906 exhibition kicked off an enduring revival of interest in the German Romantic master. The show at the
Continue Reading By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — In Justine Kurland’s photographs, shot across the American West, trains silently pass through the picture plane: Burnt red and yellow railroad cars emerge from tree-lined curves, bisect flat plains and disappear into the mouths of tunnels; weathered freight cars yoked together both dot the terrain and demarcate it. The
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International says it has documented widespread abuses, including torture and deprivation of medical care, in detention facilities holding thousands of suspected Islamic State members and their relatives in northeast Syria. The centers and camps hold about 56,000 people, the majority of them children and teens. They
Continue ReadingBy JOSH JACQUOT Edmunds Sometimes you need to buy a car you’ve never seen. And there may be powerful reasons to do so. Buying a vehicle online and sight unseen allows you to potentially shop the nation’s entire inventory of cars rather than what just happens to be sitting around at your local dealership. That’s
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles has revealed that she thought “the world is going to hate me” after withdrawing from the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Call Her Daddy podcast released on Wednesday, Biles spoke about how she was affected by “the twisties” during the
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than two decades ago, Kate Hudson took on the role of one of the most celebrated music fans to ever hit the silver screen: Penny Lane in “Almost Famous.” It is required viewing for record obsessives — and for Hudson, an extension of a
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