MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A malfunctioning steam room at a YMCA in Rhode Island pumped out so much steam that it triggered an a sprinkler system alarm, prompting an evacuation. In a statement, the Middletown Police Department said officials rushed to the Newport County YMCA in Middletown around 9 a.m. Saturday for a possible explosion
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Ross Levitt, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal investigation is underway after a Southwest Airlines flight plunged toward the ocean off the coast of a Hawaiian island. The incident occurred April 11 aboard Southwest Flight 2786, but only came to light publicly on Friday after Bloomberg reported Southwest sent a memo to pilots about the incident. Bloomberg
Continue Reading
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Former Arsenal player Kevin Campbell has died aged 54 after a “short illness,” the Premier League club announced on Saturday. Campbell played 228 times for Arsenal in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the English First Division title (the predecessor to the Premier League), the FA Cup and the European
Continue ReadingGREENWOOD LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter has found a potential buyer for his New York castle after the sprawling lakefront property had its price tag slashed by more than half. The property, known as Tiedemann Castle, went into contract with a buyer in late May after the asking price
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has dismissed a cease-fire offer for Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “propaganda” as she wraps up a Group of Seven summit that saw a deal reached for a $50 billion loan to Ukraine. The Russian president
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE, NICK INGRAM and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — On Father’s Day, Kansas residents Jen and Whitney Wilson will pack up their three young children and head to the home of a childhood friend for a picnic to celebrate the man who helped make their family possible. Like other
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE, NICK INGRAM and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — On Father’s Day, Kansas residents Jen and Whitney Wilson will pack up their three young children and head to the home of a childhood friend for a picnic to celebrate the man who helped make their family possible. Like other
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister has demanded an “urgent explanation” after police officers were filmed ramming a runaway cow with their car. Footage published on social media showed a cow running in a residential road being hit by a police car, getting up and then being hit again. The Surrey Police force said it
Continue Reading
By Lauren Izso, Ibrahim Dahman, Eyad Kourdi and Andrew Raine, CNN (CNN) — Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces says, in one of the deadliest single incidents involving its troops since October 7. The IDF said the incident was still under review but preliminary findings suggested an
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An explosion in southern Gaza killed eight Israeli soldiers, the military said Saturday, making it the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months. The attack, coming more than eight months into a grinding war that shows few signs of ending soon, was likely to fuel new calls
Continue ReadingOpinion by Miriam Krinsky, Chris Kemmitt and Adam Murphy (CNN) — Our legal system guarantees individuals facing trial on criminal charges an impartial jury of their peers. Unfortunately, that guarantee isn’t being honored in every case or courtroom across our country. In Alameda County, California, District Attorney Pamela Price recently unearthed evidence that appears to back allegations of deeply troubling and discriminatory
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian leaders have ousted Frantz Elbé, the beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police, following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs. A government official not authorized to speak to the media told The Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press After days of intense flooding in Florida, that state and many others are bracing for an intense heat wave, while the Pacific Northwest will experience unseasonably cold weather and there is a potential for late-season snow in the Rocky Mountains early next week. The chaotic weather map includes the possibility of
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — El verano comienza técnicamente la próxima semana y mostrará a EE.UU. de lo que es capaz en un mundo que se calienta debido a la contaminación por combustibles fósiles y sin el fenómeno de El Niño. Se avecina un calor prolongado que batirá récords en una zona del país que hasta
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1900s, Antarctica became a hot spot for explorers undertaking intrepid but dangerous expeditions. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men set off aboard the HMS Endurance in 1914. But Endurance became trapped in ice, documented in dramatic images by the crew’s official photographer.
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Spain kicked off its Euro 2024 campaign with a statement 3-0 win over Croatia to earn a vital three points in the tournament’s ‘Group of Death.’ La Roja was out of the blocks rapidly and made Croatia pay for a sluggish start. First-half goals from Álvaro Morata, Fabián Ruiz
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later. The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June 1940
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s main political rivals are now partners in government after they came together in a last-ditch coalition deal that ensured President Cyril Ramaphosa was dramatically reelected with cross-party support. The agreement was only sealed on the sidelines of a marathon parliamentary session on
Continue ReadingOpinion By Holly Thomas (CNN) — If you’ve ever sat through a period drama wondering what everyone else is up to while the romantic leads dominate 90% of the screen time, then “Bridgerton” Season 3 Part 2 is for you. It’s not that Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton (or Polin, as the internet insists on calling them) don’t
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German police say they shot to death an Afghan man after he fatally attacked a compatriot and later wounded three people watching the televised opening game of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in a town in the east of the country. The 27-year-old man fatally wounded another Afghan with a “knife-like object”
Continue Reading