CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against a prominent political activist who attempted to challenge President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in last year’s election. Former presidential hopeful Ahmed Altantawy was taken into custody by security forces at the court in Cairo after the ruling was issued Monday. That’s according
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CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — US golfer Harry Higgs, who plays on the PGA Tour’s developmental tour, delivered a powerful speech on Sunday after winning the Visit Knoxville Open in which reflected on how best to honor Grayson Murray following his death at the weekend. Murray’s death was announced by the PGA Tour
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WBZ By Celina Tebor, Paradise Afshar, Samantha Beech and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — A suspect was arrested Saturday after six people – including four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 – were stabbed in separate attacks that Massachusetts authorities say are likely connected. The girls, who were attacked at a movie theater,
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Two 15-year-old girls were hurt on Sunday afternoon after an accident with a waverunner at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Sarah El Sirgany and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Rafah, Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday an airstrike that killed dozens of people at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, was a “tragic error.” “Despite our best effort not to harm
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve flown this weekend or are hopping on a flight today, it’s likely you’re making history. Passenger traffic at US airports is on pace to make this Memorial Day weekend the busiest on record, according to Transportation Security Administration screening data. Following record-setting traveler data for Friday (2.951
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed. State media said the rocket carrying the satellite exploded after liftoff Monday evening due to a suspected engine problem. The failed launch came hours after leaders
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By Sydney Bishop and Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Two cruise ships set sail for the sea from Baltimore this weekend for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Sea left Baltimore on Saturday for a five-night voyage to Bermuda, according to Port of Baltimore Director Jonathan
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — US golfer Harry Higgs, who plays on the PGA Tour’s developmental tour, delivered a powerful speech on Sunday after winning the Visit Knoxville Open in which reflected on how best to honor Grayson Murray following his death at the weekend. Murray’s death was announced by the PGA Tour on
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The original “Bachelorette” Trista Sutter says there’s nothing to see here after recent social media posts from her husband caused concern among their followers. Over the weekend, Sutter posted a photo on Instagram of her, husband Ryan Sutter and their two children enjoying some beach time and explained
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Las fuertes tormentas que azotaron la mitad oriental de Estados Unidos el domingo crearon un clima tan peligroso que fue el día de tormentas severas más activo del año. Según los datos del Centro de Predicción de Tormentas, el domingo se registraron al menos 632 informes preliminares de condiciones meteorológicas adversas desde
Continue Reading By Diana Pearl (CNN) — A decade ago, Lilly Pulitzer’s bright prints were omnipresent on college campuses across the US, and a pop-up for its 2015 collaboration with Target in New York’s Bryant Park drew crowds of Millennial shoppers at the height of their modern preppy obsession. That same year, sales grew 22 percent. Fashion
Continue ReadingBRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man will be arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges including assault with the intent to murder after six people, including four girls at a movie theater, were stabbed in separate attacks, officials said. Jared Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark, a town on Martha’s Vineyard, was arrested Saturday night after a police
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Having a baby is energetically much more expensive than commonly thought, according to new research. In fact, over the course of a pregnancy, creating and carrying a little one takes 49,753 dietary calories — the equivalent of 199 Snickers candy bars each containing 250 calories, said Dr. Dustin Marshall, a
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: Cheese rolling. Cheered by several thousand spectators, scores of reckless racers chased 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheels of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England. The
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The testimony in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial is all wrapped up after more than four weeks and nearly two dozen witnesses, meaning the case heads into the pivotal final stretch of closing arguments, jury deliberations and possibly a verdict. It’s impossible to say how
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes miss the mark. Hmong, Armenian, Black Arab and Brazilian communities in the U.S. say they are not represented accurately in
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — School’s out, you’re on vacation and you’re looking to catch some live music to take full advantage of the summer’s longest days of the year. Thankfully, there are many options! If you find yourself in London in August, you can catch Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. In Japan this July?
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, with many students out of school and office workers enjoying the day off. The federal holiday, falling on the last Monday of May, honors members of the US armed forces who died serving their country in wars. This year, Memorial Day
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