LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen is resting, taking light exercise and undergoing physiotherapy after spending three nights in the hospital after he toppled off a London stage during a fight scene earlier this week. The 85-year-old veteran actor thanked the public for their many messages of support following his fall at the Noel Coward
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By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Leading shipping groups have urged governments “with influence” to put a stop to Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea after a second freighter sank this week. At least three seafarers have been killed in the attacks so far. The latest sinking is likely to have led
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El rapero estadounidense Travis Scott, cuyo nombre legal es Jacques Bermon Webster, fue arrestado e ingresado en la cárcel del condado de Miami-Dade en la madrugada de este jueves, según muestran los registros de la cárcel del condado. Scott ingresó en la cárcel a las 4:35 de la madrugada y enfrenta
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Romania’s president has withdrawn from the race to become NATO’s next secretary general. It leaves outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte all but certain to head the world’s biggest military organization from October. President Klaus Iohannis’s office said in a statement Thursday that Romania’s security council has
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Conservative Virginia Congressman Bob Good is asking for patience as he hopes the final ballot count from Tuesday’s primary will allow him to fend off a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Good chairs the hard-right House Freedom Caucus. He trailed state Sen. John McGuire by a little more than
Continue ReadingBy TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish rescuers say that a cruise ship has rescued 68 migrants and found five bodies in a wooden dinghy that was drifting off the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. An oil tanker first spotted the drifting boat south of the island of Tenerife. Authorities diverted the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits slipped last week. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 238,000 from a 10-month high of 243,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which evens out weekly ups and downs, rose
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Filipinas acusó a la Guardia Costera de China de lanzar un “asalto brutal” con armas blancas durante un enfrentamiento en el mar de China Meridional a principios de esta semana, una escalada importante en una disputa que amenaza con arrastrar a Estados Unidos a otro conflicto global. Las imágenes publicadas
Continue ReadingBy Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Demand for scent detection dogs is on the rise. Conservation Dogs of Hawaii (CDH) is an Oahu nonprofit that launched a biosecurity program this spring. This canine detection team scours a ship looking for pests. “A detection dog is a sniffer dog
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By Rebekah Riess, Carlos Suarez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Musician Travis Scott was arrested and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail early Thursday morning on charges of trespassing property after being given a warning and disorderly intoxication, county jail records show. Scott, whose legal name is Jacques Bermon Webster, a hip-hop artist with hits
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By Kaila Nichols, CNN (CNN) — In the first few minutes of her new documentary film, the writer and director Lagueria Davis pays a visit to her aunt, Beulah Mitchell. At Mitchell’s house, they look through a room filled with boxes of dolls stacked up to the ceiling. Davis — who says in the documentary she
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By Andres Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A Metro Detroit group is demanding state lawmakers pass a package of bills that would overhaul tobacco use in Michigan, including banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products. The Detroit Wayne-Oakland Tobacco-Free Coalition, comprised of elected officials, DPSCD board members,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El Centro Carter informó este miércoles que acordó con las autoridades electorales de Venezuela participar como observador en las elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio. La unidad de prensa de la organización promotora de la democracia fundada por el expresidente de Estados Unidos Jimmy Carter dijo a CNN que
Continue ReadingBy Sara Powers Click here for updates on this story DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — Three more victims from the shooting at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills have been released from the hospital, officials said. On Wednesday, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office announced that three victims, a 4-year-old boy, a 42-year-old
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Stonehenge monuments that have stood for thousands of years appear unscathed after climate protesters were arrested for spraying orange paint on them, an official said Thursday. Workers cleaned the stones and the roughly 4,500-year-old monument was visibly undamaged, said Nick Merriman, the chief executive of English Heritage.
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it’s more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better. The company said Thursday that it’s already replaced 95% of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America
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McDonald’s has revealed the details of its highly anticipated $5 value meal, which the fast food chain hopes will rev up sluggish sales and lure back customers who have cut back.
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Elon Musk told advertisers last year to “go f**k yourself.” This year, he is showcasing a much different attitude. The erratic billionaire, realizing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Columbia murder suspects accused of a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in June of 2023 have been extradited back to Boone County. According to the Boone County Sheriff Office online inmate roster, Alqueze Jones, Deazes Turner and Deljuan Turner were booked in the Boone County Jail Wednesday night. They were arrested
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A young German-Austrian heiress has realized her plan to redistribute almost all of her assets to organizations that are devoted to protecting the climate, improving education and health care, or supporting gender equality among other issues. Marlene Engelhorn, 31, had asked a group representing 50 diverse citizens in Austria earlier this year
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