LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense ministry says a World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane has crashed near an air force base in eastern England. The pilot was killed. The ministry confirmed the death Saturday of a Royal Air Force pilot “in a tragic accident” near RAF Coningsby, an airbase. There was no immediate word on
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — Even before the house lights dim, the cinema experience is well under way, with one concession-stand food holding top billing. Its roasty, buttery aroma fills the lobby, a smell that’s both unmistakable and, often, core memory-inducing. A kernel smacks the side of a stainless steel kettle, a hint
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By Maria Kostenko and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured after a Russian strike hit a large hardware store in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, according to officials. Among the dead is a 12-year-old girl, police said Sunday. The attack came as Russian forces continue to advance in
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La emblemática Torre Eiffel de Francia aumentará el precio de sus entradas en un 20%, según informa BFMTV, filial de CNN, para ayudar a cubrir los costos de las obras de renovación y las pérdidas financieras durante la pandemia de coronavirus. Una entrada de adulto que incluya un viaje en ascensor
Continue ReadingCAPE MAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, N.J. (AP) — Animal welfare officials say a dolphin stuck in a New Jersey creek for more than a week has died after a rescue attempt they say was attempted as a “last resort.” The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said crews first tried to herd the bottlenose dolphin out of Skeeter
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — I was lucky enough to catch an awesome glimpse of the northern lights from my own home this month when the biggest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades made auroras visible at latitudes much farther south than usual. Despite living in the light-filled streets of central London, my smartphone
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La señal del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, esta semana de que está abierto a las conversaciones de paz debe considerarse con amplias advertencias y con el peso de la experiencia pasada de Ucrania -y de Occidente- con la diplomacia rusa. El viernes hubo mucho revuelo en torno a la negociación,
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration said Saturday. More than 2.9 million travelers were screened at U.S. airports on Friday, surpassing a previous record set last year on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Record warmth this winter fueled a deadly tornado outbreak across parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas in March. Then tornadoes killed multiple people and injured at least 35 others in Iowa. Recent twisters have even struck in places unaccustomed to them, such as one near Los
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By Steve Contorno and Aaron Pellish, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will address the Libertarian Party’s convention Saturday, an unconventional stop for a presumptive Republican nominee but also illustrative of his campaign’s intensifying concern over third-party candidates. Trump is expected to deliver a pitch to Libertarians focused on their shared grievances
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies say they have moved toward agreement on a U.S. proposal to squeeze more money for Ukraine from Russian assets frozen in their countries. But they left a final deal to be worked out ahead of a
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Powerful storms across Texas and Oklahoma obliterated homes and struck a highway travel center where drivers had rushed to take shelter, leaving thousands of people without power and a wide trail of damage Sunday. A sheriff said at least five people were dead in one rural
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La NASA lanzó el primero de dos satélites de investigación que medirán cuánto calor se pierde en el espacio desde el Ártico y la Antártida. El satélite del tamaño de una caja de zapatos despegó este sábado a las 7:42 p.m., hora local (3:42 a.m. ET) a bordo de un cohete
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s signaling this week that he is open to peace talks should be viewed with vast, overshadowing caveats, and the weight of Ukraine’s – and the West’s – past experience of Russian diplomacy. Friday saw a wealth of noise about negotiation, in the same
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: why climate change might make airplane turbulence worse, the best beaches in the United States just in time for Memorial Day and the record-breaking US pilot whose achievement was kept a secret for years. Our changing world The Laetoli footprints on the southern edge
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it set a new record for most travelers screened in a single day on Friday, according to a post from the agency on X, formerly known as Twitter. TSA officers screened 2,951,163 individuals at checkpoints nationwide, surpassing its previous record from November
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Chiu’s mother comes from a long line of Lithuanian Jews; his father is an immigrant from Hong Kong. For most of his life, the 42-year-old Southern Californian has felt like he “never completely belonged in either world.” It wasn’t until a few years ago, when
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advance team of Kenyan police officials who were assessing preparedness before a multinational force is deployed to quell violence in Haiti is heading back home after the planned deployment was delayed over logistical issues. The team is due to arrive back from Haiti on Monday
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, participó este sábado de un acto en la provincia de Córdoba para celebrar un nuevo aniversario de la Revolución de Mayo, en la que se conmemora el inicio del proceso que culminó en la independencia argentina. Finalmente, el evento no contó con la firma
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Surrounded by medics, Hibernian FC player Martin Boyle lay on the pitch after diving for the ball in a Scottish Cup quarterfinal earlier this year and landing awkwardly on his head – the then 30-year-old suffered a concussion – an injury he would later describe as having sent him
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