Essay by Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — About 20 years ago, I was a young man with a new job in an unfamiliar city. Some nights, turning off the lights in my one-bedroom apartment, I felt the crushing weight of loneliness. I even said the phrase out loud a few times. The crushing weight of
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The UK’s ambassador to Mexico has left his post after a video was posted on social media that purportedly shows him brandishing an assault rifle near an embassy employee. The Financial Times reported that Jon Benjamin was traveling in Sinaloa and Durango, two states in northern Mexico where drug cartels have a
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute computer trouble nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years. Two NASA astronauts were strapped in the company’s Starliner capsule when the countdown automatically was halted at 3 minutes and 50 seconds
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By Kevin Dotson and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Buffalo Bills have signed Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Gable Steveson to a contract, the team announced Friday. The Bills listed Steveson, a gold medalist in the 125kg weight class at the Tokyo Olympics, as a defensive tackle. “I have been fortunate to compete at the
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Chad Daybell was sentenced to death Saturday upon the recommendation of the jury that convicted him of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the killings of his first wife and two children of his second wife. Daybell was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths
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By Maggie Wong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — During the 11 years Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been in power, he’s unintentionally kicked off numerous food and travel trends, from boosting the sale of bao in Beijing to accelerating the sale of an English pub. But when it comes to the official state dinners he
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TODAY: Isolated showers linger through early afternoon but most stay dry today. Highs reach at or just below 80 degrees. TOMORROW: Sunday begins dry before showers and storms track in from the west in the early afternoon. These will already be fizzling out as they arrive so most of us manage to stay dry through
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The University of Virginia has reached a $9 million settlement with the families of three college football players who were killed in a 2022 mass shooting after a school field trip, school officials and attorneys for the families and victims announced Friday. Attorneys told CNN in
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister faced growing pressure Saturday after U.S. President Joe Biden announced a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza, with many Israelis urging Benjamin Netanyahu to embrace the deal but far-right allies threatening to collapse his government if he
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The guilty verdict against Donald Trump in his New York hush money trial is a momentous news story in itself. What’s far less clear, and what no polling can predict, is the effect it will have on voters’ willingness to support Trump in the presidential election. That’s not for a
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — One of freestyle skier Jay Riccomini’s priceless life moments came this year in Switzerland, when he was recognized on the podium for a third-place finish in a major global competition. It was a breakthrough performance — and the announcer used his correct pronouns. “I
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A daughter of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt filed paperwork to legally remove “Pitt” from her name on the day she turned 18. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt submitted a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 27 to change her name to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Continue ReadingOpinion by Allison Hope (CNN) — Billie Eilish’s new song, “Lunch” is the definitive queer anthem of 2024. At the beginning of Pride Month and in the throes of yet another exhaustive legislative season with LGBTQ people under attack, the paradox of queer celebration and terror dance in the shadows of the ferociously sexy and affirmative “Lunch.” From her new album, “Hit
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Few teams have faced down Real Madrid in a Champions League final with as much conviction as Borussia Dortmund displayed at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. In the end, however, the result was the same as it always is. Despite suffering and defending for the vast majority of the
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials in Ukraine said Russia pummeled the country’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack, injuring at least 19 people. The Ukrainian military reported that it had downed 35 out of the 53 missiles launched across the country overnight on June 1. Forty-six out of 47 attack drones were
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez (CNN Español) — La UEFA Champions League es el torneo de clubes de fútbol más prestigioso de Europa. En ella se concentran los mejores equipos en busca de la copa de los campeones, la histórica Copa de Europa. Actualmente, hay un solo rey que se encuentra en solitario en la cima de campeones,
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban official said that at least 20 people were killed as a river ferry sank in eastern Afghanistan. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province said that the boat sank Saturday morning when crossing a river in Mohmand Dara district, killing 20 people including women
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Cricket is the second most popular sport around the globe – it has over one billion fans – but one market it has failed to crack is the US. That is despite cricket’s first ever international match having been played in Manhattan in 1844. And now, 180 years later,
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China says it will be “‘hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war because of problems with arrangements. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Friday that “China’s hopes appear to be hard to meet at the meeting.” Mao also said “there is still a clear gap between the arrangements for
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis police are searching for motive as they investigate a pair of shootings Thursday night that left two people dead – including an officer hailed as a hero – and also wounded four others. Minneapolis Officer Jamal Mitchell, 36, was one of two people killed by a
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