By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After judges of the world’s first AI beauty pageant unveiled 10 finalists last month, the inaugural Miss AI has now been crowned. Meet Kenza Layli, a Moroccan lifestyle influencer who hopes to bring “diversity and inclusivity” to the AI creator landscape. With nearly 200,000 Instagram followers, and a further
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday’s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country’s ethnic variety instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. “It was a moment of joy, a light at the end of the tunnel,” Loven Bensimon said about the
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN En Español) – El capitán de Uruguay, José María Giménez, dijo tras el partido que los jugadores intentaban defender a sus familias y calificó de “desastre” el incidente con los aficionados. “Déjenme decirles algo: deberían haber tenido cuidado porque hay familias en la tribuna”, dijo Giménez a la cadena oficial en español.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly – as some struggle to access food, gas and medical care. Nearly 1.3 million homes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The presidential residence of Gabriel Boric, the leftist millennial leader of Chile elected three years ago in the wake of public unrest over income inequality, shares a street in downtown Santiago with an overwhelmed homeless shelter. The sight of cardboard boxes and blankets strewn across sidewalks in Boric’s bohemian
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The National Cancer Institute in Kyiv was busier than usual after a Russian missile struck Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital this week, forcing the evacuation of dozens of its young patients battling cancer. Russia’s heaviest bombardment of the Ukrainian capital in four months severely damaged Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital on Monday,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Es la semana culminante de Wimbledon, el torneo de tenis más prestigioso del mundo, y las imágenes y sonidos habituales están a la vista: Jugadores compitiendo vestidos de blanco. Famosos bien vestidos en el palco real. Aficionados comiendo tazones de fresas con nata. Y… gemidos. Muchos gemidos. Si has visto
Continue ReadingBy Jillian Sykes and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A 2-year-old Arizona girl died after her father left her asleep in a car during a heat wave on Tuesday, police said. An initial investigation indicates the toddler’s father arrived home while she was asleep in the car, and he left her there with the vehicle
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Una familia de Needville, Texas, lleva tres días sin electricidad tras el paso del huracán Beryl este lunes. La familia, compuesta por cuatro miembros y un perro, intentaba mantenerse fresca con un ventilador conectado al generador, pero el calor era excesivo. Este miércoles, la familia de Jennifer Purswell compró un aparato
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Sooyoung Rhee, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — As the issue of overtourism sweeps cities and countries around the world, authorities in South Korea have announced stricter controls and measures to protect a historic traditional village district in downtown Seoul from throngs of tourists, who have flooded its streets and caused
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone. The Coast Guard says its crew detected three vessels approximately 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands.
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A staggering 24 hours that cracked the political foundation of Joe Biden’s reelection bid leave him facing the most high-pressure presidential news conference in modern history on Thursday. The stakes for Biden’s solo appearance at the conclusion of the NATO summit multiplied by the hour as his political
Continue ReadingTUGUEGARAO, Philippines (AP) — A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck early Thursday morning, killing 11 people and injuring six others in a northern Philippine town. All the dead were riding the small truck, which was rammed on the side by the bus early Thursday, causing it to lose control and smash onto a
Continue ReadingAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a fresh opportunity Thursday to try to prove to the American public that he’s capable of serving another four years after his shocking debate flop threw the future of his presidency into doubt. But Biden is not known as a master of the big
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention were trying to create a new governing framework for the fledging United States of America. They knew they needed SOMEONE to be at the helm of the federal government. Someone had to be in position to see that the laws legislated by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Considering her choices in this year’s rapidly approaching presidential election, Rochelle Jones thinks both major party candidates should step aside. “They just need to get somebody that’s going to run this country right, that don’t have any health issues, that care about us people,” the 39-year-old culinary worker at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking for restitution for the families of 34 people killed in a scuba dive boat fire in 2019 off the California coast. Jerry Boylan’s criminal negligence as captain of the Conception led to the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Thursday’s restitution hearing in federal court
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised new efforts to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election. But an AP analysis of two consecutive polls
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Western states are warning of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave. California’s top fire official says so far this year, the state has responded to more than 3,500 wildfires that have scorched nearly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin ‘s defense attorney questioned a crime scene technician over what he suggested were shoddy and subpar searches for the live ammunition that ended up in the actor’s revolver and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. On the second day of Baldwin’s New Mexico involuntary manslaughter trial, Judge Mary
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