By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — The soft, pink blob stares at the camera with glassy eyes — before pulling its face into a dimpled smile. While it might look like the stuff of nightmares, this tiny robot covered in living skin could mark a step forward in the quest to make robots more human-like. It’s
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — ¿Quién ganó el debate? Los votantes registrados que vieron el debate del jueves entre el presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump dicen que Trump tuvo un mejor desempeño, en proporción del 67% frente al 33%. Antes del debate, los mismos votantes decían que esperaban que Trump tuviera una mejor
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — “Un plan concreto para la inmigración. Una solución”. “Ya estamos cansados de esta economía y queremos que cambie”. Esas dos frases pronunciadas por latinos en Los Ángeles ante la consulta de CNN resumen bien las expectativas de la población hispana de cara al debate presidencial de este jueves entre Biden
Continue ReadingBy Aishwarya S. Iyer and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A section of roof at New Delhi’s airport collapsed following heavy rain on Friday, crushing one man to death and injuring eight others in the latest high profile infrastructure disaster to dent India’s image. “Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Above all, Joe Biden’s allies have wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage this week to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat’s physical and mental acuity. But on the biggest stage in U.S. politics on Thursday, Biden did not meet their modest expectations.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila says top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will meet in Manila next month to strengthen strategic ties and discuss regional concerns. The July 8 meetings announced Friday comes at a time of escalating concerns over China’s actions
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MOKOPANE, South Africa (AP) — Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching. The idea is that radiation detectors already in place at national borders would detect the horns and help authorities arrest poachers and traffickers. The
Continue ReadingCANTON, Mass. (AP) — Who was John O’Keefe, the man whose death led to a Massachusetts murder trial attracting national attention? For 16 years he was a Boston police officer, but to those who loved him, he was Johnny or J-J, and some affectionately called him the Godfather. His girlfriend Karen Read, now accused of
Continue ReadingCANTON, Mass. (AP) — The woman accused of ramming her luxury SUV into her boyfriend and callously leaving him on the ground before a snowstorm had dated the Boston police officer briefly when they were in their 20s, and they reconnected after the pandemic. Long before she was charged with murder in the death of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French voters are called to the polls this weekend for an exceptional moment in their political history. Sunday is the first round of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no majority emerging at all. The second
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s halting debate performance has led some in his own party to begin questioning whether he should be replaced on the ballot before November. There is no evidence Biden is willing to end his campaign. And it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace him unless he
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer As they travel around Alaska on a long-planned vacation, Ike and Susan Riffel stop now and then to put up stickers directing people to “Live Riffully.” It’s a way for the California couple to honor the memories of their sons, Melvin and Bennett, who died in 2019 when a Boeing 737 Max
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden es tres años y siete meses mayor que el expresidente Donald Trump. En el debate que mantuvieron este jueves por la noche en CNN, la diferencia entre el actual presidente, de 81 años, y su contrincante, de 78, parecía mucho mayor. Biden, ronco y con poco
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters faced a choice between
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump debatieron este jueves en Atlanta en el primer cara a cara del ciclo electoral de 2024. Ambos hablaron sobre una variedad de temas. Estas son algunas de las frases más destacadas: “Puse a tres grandes jueces de la Corte Suprema
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of migrant families in New York City are facing a summer of uncertainty for their school-aged children. The city limits migrant families to 60 days in a shelter before they need to reapply or secure their own housing. That means navigating their children’s educational needs even during the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy, although not without some bumps along the way. Shedding bad habits from the Soviet past are crucial to to Ukraine’s goal of joining the European Union and NATO. Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago starkly clarified the stakes of
Continue ReadingAssociated Pres KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine’s budding democracy. Now, as a soldier battling Russia, he’s had to put those aims on hold as he fights alongside some of
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By Betsy Klein, Kasie Hunt, MJ Lee, Lauren Fox and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s debate performance has set off alarm bells among top Democrats, leaving some to openly question whether Biden can stay atop of the Democratic ticket. “He seemed a little disoriented. He did get stronger as the debate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police blocked off a portion of Sixth Street near the 800 block on Thursday night. Police were outside of what appeared to be a duplex, with one of the front doors to the residence that appeared to have been removed. SWAT Team members were at the scene and entered the residence
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