By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — People across the United States will be looking to the sky on Monday to witness a total solar eclipse. Others will be listening to it. And to Harvard University astronomers working to transform the rare sight into sound, the eclipse should create a symphony. “We mapped the bright light
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By Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Two Russian strikes have killed at least seven people in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, officials said, as Kyiv continues to urge allies for more air defenses. At least one person died and three were injured in a strike on Kharkiv on Saturday afternoon, according to
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Power restoration efforts in Maine and New Hampshire have entered yet another day as more than 100,000 homes and businesses remain in the dark several days after a powerful spring storm. Maine’s largest electric utility warned on Saturday that service will not be restored for some customers until Monday or Tuesday
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By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — As darkness envelops millions of people during Monday’s total solar eclipse, spectators will hold their cellphones skyward to capture the moment. But could the surge in cell usage cause networks to go dark? Across city centers and rural towns, network providers and public officials say they are preparing for
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CNN By Ray Sanchez and Alaa Elassar, CNN New York (CNN) — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled buildings across parts of the Northeast Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, with tremors felt from Washington, DC to New York City to Maine. It was the third largest earthquake recorded in the area in the
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CNN By Ray Sanchez and Alaa Elassar, CNN New York (CNN) — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled buildings across parts of the Northeast Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, with tremors felt from Washington, DC to New York City to Maine. It was the third largest earthquake recorded in the area in the
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By Alli Rosenbloom and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — College basketball star Caitlin Clark has a fan in beloved actor and sports fanatic Jason Sudeikis. The “Ted Lasso” star attended Friday’s Final Four NCAA women’s basketball match to watch Clark’s team, the Iowa Hawkeyes, play the Connecticut Huskies. The No. 1 Hawkeyes earned a return
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday. Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, has been confirmed as the new holder of the title by Guinness World Records. It follows the death of the Venezuelan record-holder, Juan Vicente Pérez, this
Continue ReadingOpinion by Noah Berlatsky (CNN) — Action movies are a predictable genre, both in terms of narrative arc (the underdog struggles, is apparently defeated…then wins!) and in who gets to be the hero blasting and punching their way along that narrative arc. Director Dev Patel’s preposterous fever dream of a revenge martial arts extravaganza, “Monkey
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El USGS registró 28 réplicas después del raro sismo de magnitud 4,8 que sacudió el norte de Nueva Jersey este viernes por la mañana y la réplica más grande golpeó a Gladstone a 5.30 pm ET con una magnitud de 3,8. Los sismólogos llaman “sismo principal” al mayor temblor ocurrido en
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By Sarah Dewberry, Alaa Elassar and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Police in Doral, Florida, have identified the suspected gunman they said was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers following a dispute at a bar early Saturday that ended with a security guard dead, an officer shot and six innocent bystanders injured in
Continue ReadingBy GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Recruitment letters have overwhelmed one long shoe box, along with a backpack set aside for the frontrunners. ZaKiyah Johnson will eventually get around to reading them, her mother believes, though it could be a while before the highly prized basketball recruit responds to those
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of threats posed by right-wing populists Saturday as he addressed a gathering of center-left European parties ahead of the European Parliament elections. Scholz arrived in Romania’s capital Bucharest for a conference of the Party of European Socialists, whose bloc in the European Parliament,
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The bear scientists shot in the Canadian arctic in 2016 was a biological mystery. It looked like a grizzly bear, complete with long claws and a prominent snout, but most of its fur was white. Call it a pizzly or maybe a grolar bear. Either way, scientists determined the
Continue ReadingCONWAY, Arkansas (AP) — Police in central Arkansas say they shot a man after he fired at officers from inside a business at a shopping mall. The man was taken to a hospital and later died there. Conway police say officers responded to a report about a man who had driven a vehicle into a
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has mobilized tens of thousands of supporters and outlined a plan to unite the country and bring an end to the populist leader’s 14-year hold on power. At the center of the Saturday demonstration, the latest in
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Generó poca atención: otro asalto ruso en el este de Ucrania, a través de campos áridos y llenos de viruelas, enfrentado con una resistencia ágil y decidida. En un ataque que desafió la lógica, una columna blindada rusa avanzó pesadamente por campo abierto cerca de la aldea de Tonenke en Donetsk
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes, engineering experts say skyscrapers are built with enough flexibility to
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has permanently ordered an Orlando city commissioner to stop interacting with a 96-year-old constituent that she is legally accused of defrauding. Circuit Judge Heather Higbee ordered the injunction in a civil case against Regina Hill on Friday. Hill was indicted last month on charges of elderly exploitation, identity fraud
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — In a community of genocide perpetrators and survivors outside the Rwandan capital of Kigali, more than half of 382 residents are women. Their collaboration on projects such as basket weaving has united many of them in a government-run reconciliation village, one of nine
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