By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Premier League clubs have voted in favor of keeping video assistant referees (VAR), the league announced Thursday. VAR has been under huge scrutiny since it was introduced to the Premier League at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. Last season, VAR came under even greater scrutiny as officials made
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Thirty years later, some members of the cast of “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” reunited with star Whoopi Goldberg on “The View.” Goldberg was beloved in her portrayal of Deloris van Cartier, a woman who in the 1992 film “Sister Act” poses as a nun while
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The search is continuing Friday for missing British journalist, writer and doctor Michael Mosley, who popularized a type of intermittent fasting known as the 5:2 diet. He disappeared on the Greek island of Symi on Wednesday after going for a walk alone. The police, fire brigade coast guard and
Continue ReadingBy TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Leaders of the United Methodist Church have expressed regret over last week’s decision by the branch in Côte d’Ivoire to leave the union following the church’s decision to repeal a long-standing ban on LGBTQ+ clergy but pledged to accept it. The developments were the latest in
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By Ruta Ulcinaite Click here for updates on this story FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (WXYZ) — A canopy at the Citgo gas station at 10 Mile and Middlebelt roads in Farmington Hills fell and caused a fire Wednesday afternoon. According to the Farmington Hills Fire Department, the cause was a chaotic shot of weather including
Continue ReadingAitana Ocana (CNN Español) — Los eurodiputados cobran un salario mensual de 10.075,18 euros brutos (unos US$ 10.961,44), dietas y cuentan con un presupuesto de € 28.696 al mes (unos US$ 31.187) para contratar asistentes, de acuerdo con los datos del Parlamento Europeo. Sin embargo, una parte de este sueldo bruto está sujeto a un
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is teaming up with Grubhub as it tries to boost sales after a challenging quarter. The coffee chain said on Thursday that most of its beverages and food will be available through the delivery provider starting in June. Today, the partnership is live in Pennsylvania, Colorado
Continue ReadingBy KAREN HENSEL, DANIEL COHEN Click here for updates on this story SOUTH FLORIDA (WSVN) — Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day — marking the beginning of the end of World War II. It’s estimated less than 1% of the 16 million Americans who served in the conflict are still alive. 7s Karen Hensel
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN Thursday he believed the new policy allowing the Ukrainian military to carry out limited strikes inside Russia with US munitions will be “very, very helpful to the Ukrainians going forward.” “[W]hat we have done is provided Ukraine the ability to counter fire, to fire back at those Russian
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s July 4 election is less than a month away. The campaign has already produced drama and disputes, even before the parties unveil their manifestos with detailed lists of promises in the coming days. This week saw Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Labour Party rival,
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CNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday, moving before the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to lower borrowing costs as inflation recedes following years of rate hikes. The first ECB rate cut in nearly five years takes the benchmark rate in the 20
Continue ReadingBy Scott McKane Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) — Agents with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, are on pace to set a record for the amount of fentanyl seized in Utah this year. With most kids out on summer break, officials say now is the time for
Continue ReadingSANNERVILLE, France (AP) — British paratroopers, who parachuted into the historic D-Day drop zone in Normandy to recreate the airborne part of the battle that started 80 years ago and had led to the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany have been met by French customs and passport control upon landing. Paratroopers who had landed
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer An air traffic’s controller’s faulty assumption that a Southwest Airlines jetliner would take off from a Texas airport before a landing FedEx plane reached the runway caused the planes to come within less than 200 feet of colliding in thick fog last year, federal investigators said Thursday. The National
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By Melanie Porter Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSTU) — A bear was tranquilized and safely relocated to central Utah after it was discovered sitting in a tree in a neighborhood near the Utah State Capitol. The animal was reported in the Marmalade neighborhood near 247 W. Reed Avenue
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspects nuclear and related facilities under safeguard agreements. Most agreements are with countries that have committed to not possessing nuclear weapons. The IAEA is the verification authority to enforce the Treaty on
Continue Reading By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — At least 150 people were killed and 200 injured in an attack by rebel forces in Sudan, local officials and witnesses said, in the latest atrocity in the year-long war that has displaced more than 7 million people. Eyewitnesses told CNN Thursday how fighters from Sudan’s
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Retired NASCAR driver Tighe Scott, his adult son and two other Pennsylvania men are facing felony charges stemming from confrontations with police during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol. Scott and three Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, residents were arrested Wednesday by the FBI. Court records did not list attorneys
Continue ReadingBy Meredith Bruckner Click here for updates on this story ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WWJ) — Corey Harris, 44, went viral in May when he appeared in a virtual hearing for a suspended license charge while driving his car. On Wednesday, Harris appeared before the same judge seen in the video for a pre-trial hearing at
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mark David Chapman, who was convicted of murdering musician John Lennon. Personal Birth date: May 10, 1955 Birth place: Fort Worth, Texas Birth name: Mark David Chapman Father: David Chapman, former sergeant, US Air Force Mother: Diane Chapman, nurse Marriage: Gloria (Abe) Chapman
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