DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has named the small nation’s new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah will become next in line to the throne. That’s according to a report Saturday night from the state-run KUNA news agency. The 71-year-old Sheikh Sabah
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Europe’s biggest club soccer game got a taste of America when rocker Lenny Kravitz performed at Wembley Stadium before kickoff at the Champions League final. The 60-year-old Kravitz performed shortened versions of three songs in a six-minute set in the center of the field before Real Madrid played Borussia Dortmund. Kravitz, whose
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Ron Edmonds has died. He was 77 and died Friday night in Virginia. Edmonds was new to the job covering the Reagan White House when the president went to a Washington hotel in March 1981 to give a speech. Edmonds was in place for an exclusive series
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — Military forces from the United States and nearly three dozen countries have wrapped up the largest annual joint training exercise in Africa after two weeks in Tunisia, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco. During African Lion, the U.S. military showcased part of what they offer countries facing
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A statue of a bearded man striding forward was crafted from black basalt over 2,000 years ago during the Ptolemaic dynasty. Now, it’s finally set to return to Libya, where it was looted during British occupation in World War II, according to the Cleveland Museum of Art. The museum,
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By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was convicted this week of 34 counts of felony business fraud in connection with hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. Trump will be sentenced on July 11 and has pledged to appeal the conviction. The guilty verdict,
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By Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese transferred their already storied collegiate rivalry into the professional ranks of the WNBA on Saturday, and it was Clark who came out on top. The 2024 No. 1 draft pick scored 11 points as the Indiana Fever defeated the Chicago Sky
Continue ReadingBy YONAT SHIMRON Religion News Service HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their parents fanned out across several rows of crops to pluck strawberries from beneath crowns of green leaves. Later, the children sliced the berries they had gathered and added bananas, kale
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts teacher who staged a mock slave auction and used the N-word in a 5th-grade class has been placed on leave, according to a letter sent to parents by the school’s superintendent. The incidents took place at Margaret Neary Elementary School, according to CNN affiliate WCVB, and were
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CNN By Aditi Sangal and CNNE’s Karen Esquivel On June 2, Mexicans will vote to pick their next president in a historic race that could see a woman take the top job for the first time. In addition to the presidency, there are more than 20,000 positions to fill and an estimated 70,000 candidates vying
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By Simone McCarthy, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy arrived in Singapore Saturday for a previously unannounced appearance at a summit of defense chiefs from across the Asia-Pacific as Ukraine’s troops scramble to counter a major Russian advance into its northeast. Zelensky’s surprise attendance at the gathering is
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement Saturday as the school withheld the diplomas of four seniors over their involvement with a pro-Palestinian encampment. The disruption to the rainy two-hour outdoor ceremony was brief, with shouts, boos and
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and MARCOS ALEMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to El Salvador to attend President Nayib Bukele’s inauguration to a second term. The delegation led by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is a sharp break from the White House’s past criticism of
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CNN By Kevin Liptak and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, according to a statement from the Obama and Robinson families. She was 86. “As a sister, aunt, cousin, neighbor, and friend to so many, she was beloved beyond words by countless others whose
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Months after singer Cassie Ventura filed suit against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, his life looks very different. The man who rose from an intern at a record label to building his own music empire in Bad Boy Records, was once a beloved figure
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By Benjamin Brown and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that the conditions for ending the country’s war in Gaza “have not changed,” raising questions over a peace proposal laid out by US President Joe Biden which he said Israel submitted. During a speech Friday, Biden said Hamas had been
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — For anyone who watched the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from afar, the vast devastation could have been captured by a single heartbreaking news interview. A reporter from Gulf Coast TV station WKRG stopped Hardy Jackson as he walked the streets after the towering flood receded in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Continue ReadingRIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the 2018 death of an anti-gang activist during a dispute over a memorial for the activist’s slain daughter. Prosecutors say Annmarie Drago entered the plea Friday in a Long Island courtroom and is expected to be sentenced to five years
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Reynolds this week unveiled arguably the most anticipated and sure-to-be coveted merchandise tied to his upcoming film “Deadpool & Wolverine”: the movie’s novelty popcorn bucket. Said to be designed by Deadpool himself, the bucket, modeled after Wolverine, features a large opening akin to the quick-healing mutant’s wide-open mouth,
Continue ReadingBy JEFF LATZKE Associated Press MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Michael McDowell ran a lap at 138.598 mph Saturday to take the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It’s the third pole for McDowell’s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first since he announced he will
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