AP Business Writer Shares of Trump Media, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, jumped 5% at the opening bell Friday after the first U.S. presidential debate, with some investors believing it could become a bigger mouthpiece for the former president if he is re-elected. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clashed
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — Joe Biden, de 81 años, quien busca la reelección en Estados Unidos, tiene el récord Guinness a la persona más vieja en ser electa como presidente de EE.UU.: asumió el 20 de enero de 2021 con 78 años y 61 días. ¿Quiénes le siguen? Aquí el listado. Analista de
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Frank Bensel turned up a pair of aces on back-to-back holes in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open. The 56-year-old Floridian holed out on the fourth and fifth holes on Friday morning. While consecutive holes-in-one are exceedingly rare, it’s also unusual for a course to have
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El acrónimo TERF —del inglés Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist— puede traducirse como feminista radical transexcluyente. Designa, en términos coloquiales y despectivos, según la RAE, a quienes rechazan incluir en el movimiento feminista a las personas transgénero, uno de los colectivos fuertemente vulnerables a la marginalización y violencia, según la ONU.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Maetzold Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents to avoid swimming, surfing and playing in ocean waters at 18 area beaches due to high bacteria warnings on Thursday, June 27. The warning covers the following beaches: Santa Monica
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — John Nears looked forward to the trip to South America for years. The vacation was planned by John’s wife Pam, in anticipation of John’s upcoming retirement. Pam mapped out the route, researched the trains and almost – but not quite – booked the flights. Then everything got derailed. Pam
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By Mike Darnay, Ross Guidotti, Chris Hoffman, Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cleanup is underway throughout the Pittsburgh area as several communities were hit with suspected tornado damage on Wednesday evening. Four tornadoes have been confirmed in the Pittsburgh area so far through surveys or debris signatures, National
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. “They call us, they say that if we do anything, say anything, they’re going to disappear us. They threaten not just us, but
Continue ReadingOSSEO, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police say a sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot during a rural traffic stop in the second killing of an on-duty Michigan deputy in less than a week. State troopers later shot and killed the shooting suspect during an exchange of gunfire. State police say the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s deputy
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer control any land, have lost many prominent leaders and are mostly out of the world news headlines. Still, the group continues to recruit members and claim responsibility for
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By Web staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — Opening night of the NBA Draft and another Baltimore success story is playing out in the first round as Carlton “Bub” Carrington was selected with the 14th pick. Portland made the selection, but Carrington was then dealt to the Washington Wizards
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s lower house has approved President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic overhaul bills, sealing a much-needed legislative victory for the libertarian leader after six months of bruising negotiations and raucous protests that had raised questions about his ability to govern. Milei’s landmark legislation, which seeks to trim Argentina’s fiscal deficit and
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease. Friday’s Commerce Department report showed that consumer prices were flat from April to May, the mildest such performance in more than four years. Measured from
Continue ReadingBy John MacLauchlan Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A paddleboard and a dry bag belonging to a missing fisherman were found almost a dozen miles offshore, the U.S. Coast Guard said this Wednesday. Luciano Mercenari, 29, a skilled paddle boarder and fisherman left his home in the Cape Florida
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Prices in the US didn’t rise in May, lending a welcome reprieve to cost-wary Americans and helping to bring inflation even closer to normal levels. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index — a closely watched inflation gauge that the Federal Reserve uses for its 2% target — was unchanged
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By Shosh Bedrosian, Mark Prussin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — New York City fire officials say a lithium-ion battery from an e-bike started a fire in Brooklyn that left four people hurt and a building badly damaged. Fire crews pulled the e-bike out of the burning building Thursday
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By Stephanie Stahl Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A desperate fight for life for a young woman in Montgomery County. She needs a lung transplant but has been rejected by most hospitals. Follow the tubing to 22-year-old Jen Dunlea, who’s in the fight for her life, hooked up to tubing
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, Ethan Cohen and Katherine Dautrich, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s decision not to run for reelection creates a unique situation for Democrats and Democratic voters in which the person who won party primaries is no longer the party’s candidate. Biden won the pledge of nearly every delegate during the
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By Aishwarya S. Iyer and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A super-rich Indian businessman took to social media to appeal for urgent blood donations for a critically ill puppy. Ratan Tata, 86, rose to prominence at the helm of the Mumbai-based conglomerate the Tata Group, where in 2008 he famously oversaw Tata Motors’ purchase of
Continue ReadingOpinion by Todd Graham (CNN) — In a presidential debate, I’m expecting to leave the event with more knowledge about future policymaking than when the debate began. In the first 2024 presidential debate in Atlanta on Thursday night, the performances of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump failed to live up to that expectation. Here’s how
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