By Mostafa Salem and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A police officer at the Israeli Embassy in the Serbian capital Belgrade was shot in the neck with a crossbow in a suspected terror attack on Saturday, CNN affiliate N1 reported. The police officer shot the attacker who later died, according to N1. The officer has
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bookstore in San Francisco is sending boxes of LGBTQ+ books to places in the country where they are banned. The effort at Fabulosa Books seeks to counter increasing attempts by conservative advocacy groups and lawmakers to get the materials out of public schools and libraries. The bookstore started
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bookstore in San Francisco is sending boxes of LGBTQ+ books to places in the country where they are banned. The effort at Fabulosa Books seeks to counter increasing attempts by conservative advocacy groups and lawmakers to get the materials out of public schools and libraries. The bookstore started
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CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — A group of major record labels is suing two AI startups, alleging they wrongfully used popular artists’ work to train their systems to produce copyrighted music without their consent. The Recording Industry Association of America – the trade group on behalf of labels including Sony Music Entertainment,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island man has been arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated after authorities say he crashed his SUV into a nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine others, police said Saturday. Suffolk County Police said Steven Schwally, of Dix Hills, had been speeding through the
Continue ReadingOpinion by Steve Vladeck, CNN (CNN) — It was no great surprise to close watchers of the Supreme Court that the justices on Friday narrowed one of the principal criminal statutes that federal authorities have used to prosecute those who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. After all, the justices largely signaled which way they
Continue Reading By CNNE staff, Catherine Nicholls and Duarte Mendonca (CNN) — A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money laundering in cases linked to the Panama Papers and Operation Car Wash scandals. Judge Baloísa Marquínez ordered the lifting all the precautionary measures made against the defendants, who have not been named. She said one
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable and pumped-up universe of Donald Trump’s supporters, the debate suddenly crystalized the worries of many Americans, a portion of President Joe Biden’s
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Politics typically comes with plenty of spin. Even something seemingly unyielding or absolute like a number can get squished and twisted like putty. As such, flashy economic data points extolled by candidates always come with plenty of asterisks, caveats and “yes, buts.” In this election cycle, those qualifiers have
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. UNESCO said in a statement Saturday that devices are a remnant of the Islamic State militant group’s rule over the area. The mosque is famous
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) –Beryl está en curso de colisión con la península de Yucatán en México. Luego, la tormenta se moverá por el Golfo de México e impactará partes del noreste de México y el sur de Texas este fin de semana. Trayectoria del huracán Beryl en vivo: dónde está en tiempo real
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action in college admissions one year ago has opened the door for numerous legal challenges against race-based grant programs, internships and scholarships across the country. Many of those lawsuits are being filed by conservative groups who insist that it’s unconstitutional to design and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven’t technically entered annual fire season but already the number of blazes reported has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will be the most devastating in decades. The Pantanal is fed by tributaries of the Paraguay River and is mostly located
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s ruling center-right Reform Party has chosen Climate Minister Kristen Michal to replace outgoing leader Kaja Kallas as prime minister of the Baltic country. The unanimous decision to nominate Michal was made Saturday following a closed-door meeting by the party’s governing board, only two days after the European Union tapped
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — As Donald Trump narrows his options for a potential running mate, two politicians known to be on his list are from Florida, leaving open a scenario where his vice presidential nominee would have to move if the Republican ticket wins. The U.S. Constitution prohibits a president and vice president from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments around the United States is a condensed version of the Scripture passage in
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By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Lolo Jones has achieved much during a storied sporting career. The American is one of the few athletes to have competed at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, transitioning from an elite track and field hurdler to the bobsled with aplomb. On Friday she added to her list
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas, has indicted two county jail guards on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate at the jail in Fort Worth. The indictments dated Tuesday charge 48-year-old Joel Garcia and 37-year-old Rafael Moreno Jr. in the April death of 31-year-old former Marine Anthony Johnson Jr.
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, said it canceled 407 flights affecting 49,000 passengers after the maintenance workers union announced it went on strike. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association said its members started to strike Friday evening because the airline’s “unwillingness to negotiate with the union” made it inevitable. The surprise strike affecting
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Sí, otra vez. El mes de julio y con él la avalancha de memes del julio favorito de internet: Julio Iglesias. Desde hace semanas que los usuarios de las redes sociales están calentando motores con chistes del cantante español. Junio, hay que decirlo, también estuvo inundado de memes de
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