By George Ramsay and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — A nine-year-old motorcycle rider from Argentina has died after crashing during a practice session at the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo, Brazil. Lorenzo Somaschini was participating in the first free practice session of the Jr Cup on Friday when he had a fall and was immediately
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is criticizing France for running up excessive debt, a stinging rebuke at the height of the election campaign where President Emmanuel Macron is fighting off challenges of the extreme right and the left. France was among seven nations that were warranted by
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Michael Mosley, médico y conocido presentador de televisión británico, fue hallado muerto a principios de mes tras practicar senderismo en la isla griega de Symi a temperaturas abrasadoras. Pero ahora se suma a una serie de muertes y desapariciones de turistas en Grecia, que sufre una fuerte ola de calor a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Juneteenth was on Wednesday and several celebrations for the holiday were held throughout Columbia. This year, organizers were awarded nearly $24,000 for festivities through grant applications, which is the most the city has awarded for the holiday. Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the United States. A member of one of
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The father of a Malaysian man who attacked a police station and killed two police officers last month has been charged with inciting terrorism. His Singaporean wife and three other children were also brought to court to face charges. Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, faces four charges including promoting
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THIS MORNING: Warm to start in the lower 70s. Temperatures quickly warm to the 80s by noon. TODAY: Mostly sunny with a spot shower or storm through sunset. Highs in the low 90s with a heat index in the upper 90s. EXTENDED: The heat and humidity are here to stay as upper high pressure continues
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — In what is likely to be his final appearance at Queen’s, Andy Murray earned a hard fought first-round victory over Alexei Popyrin on his 1,000th ATP Tour appearance. Murray again indicated this week that it’s unlikely he will continue playing tennis beyond the summer, telling the BBC that it
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Most politicians try to avoid slips, stumbles and undignified photos. Not Ed Davey. The leader of Britain’s centrist Liberal Democrats has turned the country’s general election campaign into a showreel of self-deprecating fun. Davey has tumbled off a paddleboard into England’s biggest lake, screamed atop a rollercoaster,
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Matthew Briggs was still at school when he made soccer history, becoming the youngest player to feature in the English Premier League. The teenage sensation was just 16 years and 65 days old when he made his debut in arguably the toughest league in the world, coming on as
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — If the Supreme Court undermines the prosecution of hundreds of people accused of joining the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump and his allies are poised to promote that ruling as a rebuke of the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute members of the pro-Trump mob. But even
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By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — “I collect barf bags” is not a complete sentence. The grammar is there, but it demands further explanation. To make sense of this singular hobby, a “because” or a charitable “and” is needed to steer listeners through the bewilderment of hearing that set of words, arranged in that way, for the very first
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una megaiglesia del área de Dallas aceptó este martes la dimisión de su pastor Robert Morris tras las acusaciones de una relación inapropiada con una niña de 12 años que salieron a la luz la semana pasada. En una declaración obtenida por WFAA, afiliada de CNN, la Junta de Ancianos
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Police in the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have rounded up 11 people, including an independence leader. They have been detained on suspicion of having a role in deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where Indigenous Kanak people have long sought to break free from France. New Caledonia’s prosecutor said
Continue ReadingBy FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth. So how are North Korean soldiers continuing to wander over the line separating North from South, causing South Korea to fire warning shots for the third
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nadine Pinede (CNN) — The proverb “tout moun se moun,” in Haitian Creole means that everybody is somebody. Everyone has a story. Everyone should be treated with respect and dignity. That wise saying notwithstanding, throughout history, our most fundamental freedoms, our bodily integrity and the right to think and speak our truths, have
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By Larry Madowo and Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Award-winning Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold rose to international fame when his debut album “Gold” reached number seven on the Billboard World Charts. Since then, the 37-year-old has released four more albums, amassing hundreds of millions of streams worldwide. Behind the scenes, however, he has been quietly
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in the Southern Hemisphere, shining a new light on the early evolution of marine mammals. The greatest mass extinction event in the fossil record – known as “The Great Dying” – occurred
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Manila has accused China of injuring Filipino personnel and damaging Philippine vessels during a South China Sea collision earlier this week, as tensions simmer over territorial disputes in the resource-rich and strategically important waterway. The Philippines and China have both blamed each other for
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — With just over a month before the Paris Olympics, Louis Vuitton celebrated the beauty of humans and their skin in a star-studded menswear showcase at the headquarters of U.N. cultural agency UNESCO in Paris. Models wearing garb in all the hues of human flesh paraded around
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — El feriado del 19 de junio, el Día de la Emancipación o Juneteenth, conmemora el fin de la esclavitud en Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, el país todavía enfrenta problemas sistémicos de racismo e injusticia. Esas dificultades recobraron visibilidad el debate nacional de 2020 y durante las protestas masivas de Black Lives Matter
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