By Joe Brandt, Kyle Burton Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Pride Month was already off to a record-breaking start in Philadelphia as the world’s largest Pride flag, measuring 400 feet long, made a citywide tour on Friday and closed out the month of May. On Saturday, Philadelphia set another record
Continue ReadingBy Katie Houlis, Mark Prussin Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS, WLNY) — Protesters erected a new encampment on Columbia University’s campus Friday, but social media video shows security broke it up. It happened just as the school’s annual alumni reunion weekend was getting underway. There was no word on any
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By Juli McDonald Click here for updates on this story CARLISLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Investigators in Carlisle are asking neighbors and businesses to check surveillance video and please come forward if they know who destroyed the pride display in the center of town. “Here in the Carlisle community, it’s an inclusive community and we want
Continue ReadingDENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska (AP) — Park officials say a Malaysian climber likely died of exposure and altitude-related illness as he sheltered in a snow cave at the top of Denali, North America’s tallest mountain in Alaska. Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska on Saturday identified the climber as 36-year-old Zulkifli Bin
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti has arrived to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as prime minister. A transitional council seeking to pave the way for an election in Haiti named Garry Conille this week. He replaces interim prime minister Michel Patrick Boisvert. A
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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana high school senior experiencing homelessness recently graduated at the top of his class with the highest-earned GPA. Elijah Hogan, 19, was named valedictorian of Walter L. Cohen High School in New Orleans and graduated May 24 with a 3.93 GPA, he told CNN. Hogan, who became
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) A section of Route 19 in Hermann will close on Monday for a bridge replacement project. The Missouri Department of Transportation is reminding drivers that Route 19 over Frene Creek will close for all traffic starting June 3 and going through mid-August. A post on X states a detour sign will direct
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines plane that departed from Vancouver, Canada, was removed from service to undergo a deep cleaning after several passengers who had been on the same cruise ship reported feeling unwell on the Houston-bound flight, according to the airline. The 25 sickened passengers who complained of nausea on
Continue ReadingDUBAI, 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 ReadingOpinion by Timothy C. Parlatore (CNN) — In the run-up to Thursday’s verdict in former President Donald Trump’s document falsification trial, there was a concerning rumbling within the legal community criticizing defense lawyer Todd Blanche for having had the temerity to represent Trump. This disapproval came after a number of articles in recent years have reported
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
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nicole Hemmer (CNN) — When comedian Jerry Seinfeld is in a nostalgic mood, he apparently laments the loss of two things that once reigned in the United States: “an agreed-upon hierarchy” and “dominant masculinity.” He revealed those longings in a recent interview with Bari Weiss, editor of The Free Press, as they talked about the
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