SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state has assured allies bordering the Black Sea they can depend on his country’s support to make the region more secure, prosperous and integrated. Addressing the attendees of the Second Black Sea Security Conference in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, via a video feed on Monday, Anthony Blinken
Continue ReadingBy ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have identified three new species of giant kangaroo that lived from 5 million to 40,000 years ago, one of which is around double the size of the biggest kangaroos alive today. The giant kangaroos are from the genus Protemnodon, and would have demonstrated more variability in shape, range
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday. CEO Elon Musk detailed the plans in a memo sent to employees. The layoffs could affect about 14,000 of the 140,473 workers employed by
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By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla is reportedly cutting more than 10% of its global staff of 140,000. The cuts for the company, which had nearly doubled its overall headcount since the end of 2020, is just the latest example of the effects of more competition and softer demand in the electric
Continue Reading By Stephanie Busari, Eve Brennan, Sarah Dean and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — As Sudan marks the grim anniversary of a year-long conflict, aid agencies have warned that the country teeters on the edge of collapse, facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world. Islamic Relief, a humanitarian and
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A shooting outside a New Orleans nightclub over the weekend has prompted renewed calls from city officials for changes to a pending Louisiana law allowing people to carry concealed handguns without a permit. The shooting took place late Sunday in the city’s Warehouse District. One person
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El racionamiento de agua potable en la ciudad de Bogotá, que comenzó el jueves y que afecta también a otros municipios a los que presta servicio la Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá (EAAB) continúa este lunes, según informó la alcaldía de la ciudad. La medida busca ahorrar 2.000
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first day of Donald Trump ‘s historic hush money trial ended Monday after hours of pretrial motions and an initial jury selection process that saw dozens of prospective jurors excused after they said they could not be fair or impartial. The court ultimately adjourned without any
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is absent from the court Monday with no explanation. The 75-year-old Thomas also is not participating remotely in arguments, as justices sometimes do when they are ill or otherwise can’t be there in person. Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’ absence, saying that his colleague would still
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend has ratcheted up tensions in the oil-rich Middle East yet again, threatening to send fuel prices skyward if the conflict escalates and disrupts global supplies. Iran launched scores of missiles toward Israel late Saturday in retaliation for a suspected
Continue ReadingBy Jon Kipper Click here for updates on this story ST. PETERS, Missouri (KMOV) — When you drive down Interstate 70 in St. Peters, you now see faces. Faces of real people. “So artistic. He was my singer, my painter,” said Dawn Carpenter. People who had families and friends who loved them to death. “She
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Renowned author Salman Rushdie has revealed more details about the knife attack that left him blind in one eye, telling CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday that he had a “premonition” of the event just days beforehand. Giving his first television interview since he was stabbed several times on stage
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One man was hurt after a crash on Highway 54 at the Madison Street Overpass in Jefferson City on Sunday night.
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to go forward against a Black Lives Matter activist who led a protest in Louisiana in which a police officer was injured. Civil rights groups and free speech advocates have warned that the suit threatens the right to protest. The justices on Monday rejected an
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Claudia Otto and Chris Stern, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Germany should overturn its 150-year old ban on abortions and make terminations legal within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a government-appointed panel of experts said on Monday. The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine was set up by the German government
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Millions of people in the central US are facing severe thunderstorms early this week that will pack damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes as a wide-reaching storm system strengthens and tracks across the country. Parts of Nebraska and Kansas are in a Level 3 of 5 risk
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CNN Exclusive: By Amanda Davies and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Since evolving away from tennis, Serena Williams has become a prolific investor inside and outside the sporting world with stakes in soccer club Angel City FC and golf franchise Los Angeles Golf Club (LAGC) alongside her other ventures. And the 23-time grand slam champion
Continue Reading Exclusive: By Amanda Davies and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Since evolving away from tennis, Serena Williams has become a prolific investor inside and outside the sporting world with stakes in soccer club Angel City FC and golf franchise Los Angeles Golf Club (LAGC) alongside her other ventures. And the 23-time grand slam champion told
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