Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data. According to the city, the 5-euro tax was paid 485,062 times over the
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The brownish, once-polluted River Seine in Paris isn’t the glitziest or most glamorous, especially in a city filled with iconic landmarks. But for Chase, it’s hoping the waterway will be a showstopper. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, which officially starts next Friday in the French capital, the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars. Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars. Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold
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Jefferson City hopes to use millions in federal funds to increase its stock of affordable housing as demand increases.
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CNN By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent (CNN) — It has been nearly a week since gunfire erupted at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, resulting in an injury to the former president, the death of one attendee, Corey Comperatore, and severe injuries to two others. And although the images
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A United Nations panel of human rights experts has called on Belarus to release the Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of the country’s most respected rights group, who has been behind bars for three years. Ales Bialiatski’s imprisonment came amid a widespread crackdown on opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko after mass
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Months beforehand, some Pennsylvania lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle that was used in the assassination attempt against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The legislation stalled, but that was no surprise. For years, the state’s political divisions between Democrats and Republicans have made it difficult to either strengthen or relax
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned two alleged members of a Russian cybercriminal gang that has claimed responsibility for a slew of hacks against US critical infrastructure providers, including a cyberattack in January that caused a tank at a Texas water facility to overflow. Treasury posted photos of
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Primary elections are just around the corner, and so is the deadline to register to vote absentee.
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El máximo tribunal de las Naciones Unidas dijo este viernes en una opinión consultiva que la ocupación israelí de la Ribera Occidental y de Jerusalén Este es ilegal, en una opinión sin precedentes que pide a Israel que ponga fin a su ocupación de décadas en los territorios reclamados por los
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A boot camp on a California ranch could help improve internet access on U.S. tribal lands. Tribal Broadband Bootcamps have brought together 72 tribal nations from across the U.S. to learn more about how to build sustainable broadband networks. Indian Country has historically struggled with internet access. The boot camps come as the
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Emma Tucker and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Arielle Mitton’s world turned upside down when she learned the $50,000 she borrowed to pay for surrogacy had disappeared from her escrow account. “That was the hardest day for me,” she told CNN in a video chat. “I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep.” Her
Continue ReadingBy Paul Hollingsworth Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The ongoing heat wave in Europe, with temperatures soaring well past 40 C (104 F) in some areas, has caused the closure of tourist attractions and landmarks, including the Acropolis in Athens. “Temperatures keep rising as we saw this June when
Continue Reading By Natasha Chen, CNN Anaheim, CA (CNN) — Cyn Carranza buffs, cleans, waxes and scrubs Disneyland floors starting at midnight, so that guests coming the next morning feel as if no one had been there before them. But after her shifts working near a sparkling Sleeping Beauty Castle, she went “home” to a car, for
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Adidas has apologized for “any upset or distress caused,” after releasing an ad campaign for some retro sneakers based on a model first released during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Munich Olympics are infamous as the event in which 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and murdered by the
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La falla cibernética global de Crowdstrike que causó interrupciones en aerolíneas, empresas y servicios de emergencia este viernes podría ser la “mayor interrupción de tecnologías de la información de la historia”, según el experto en ciberseguridad Troy Hunt. “No creo que sea demasiado pronto para decirlo: esta será la mayor interrupción
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court has sentenced a presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison and banned him from contesting elections for life, in the latest move to stifle opponents of President Kais Saied in the upcoming October election which critics call a sham. The court found Mraihi guilty
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks are soaring this year, but that could soon change as election chaos takes the market on a rollercoaster ride. The S&P 500 is up more than 15% since January and hasn’t fallen by 2% in more than 353 trading sessions. That’s the longest such streak
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Adidas said Friday that it is “revising” its campaign for running shoes inspired by a design dating back to the time of the 1972 Munich Olympics, which has drawn criticism from Israel over the involvement of supermodel Bella Hadid. The German-based sportswear company has been advertising the SL72 sneakers, which it describes
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