By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Normani had to cancel her planned performance at Sunday’s BET Awards after injuring herself during rehearsal. The singer said she was “frustrated” and “disappointed” in a statement posted to the Instagram stories portion of her verified Instagram account. “I wanted to get on here and give you guys
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pentagon official won’t say whether U.S. military bases in the Middle East, Africa or the Indo-Pacific are at increased force protection levels similar to bases in Europe. The U.S. military has raised the security protection measures it’s taking at its bases throughout Europe, asking service members to be more
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. Erdogan’s comments on Monday followed the rioting in the central Kayseri province that erupted after reports that a Syrian refugee there had
Continue ReadingMASONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say five members of a family from Georgia who were visiting Cooperstown, New York, for a baseball tournament died when their small plane crashed in a rural part of the state. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Piper PA-46 crashed around 2 p.m. Sunday after taking off from Albert
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — SZA might be known for hit songs like “Kill Bill” and “Snooze,” but the R&B star unveiled another impressive skill beyond music that drew high praise from gymnastics superstar Simone Biles. The multiple Grammy winner showed off her nimble athletic abilities during a friendly handstand contest with Biles
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term for sexually assaulting a minor. A judge at the Sarhali District Court in southern Nepal sentenced Ram Bahadur Bamjan — believed by some to be the reincarnation of the founder of Buddhism —
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CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Christian Edwards, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party led the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, taking it closer to the gates of power than ever before. After an unusually high turnout, the RN bloc clinched 33.15% of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. The center-right Conservatives took power during the depths of the global
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal appeals court will allow the Department of Education to proceed with lowering millions of student loan borrowers’ monthly payments in July as the Biden administration faces two legal battles over the repayment plan known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education), which launched last year. Two
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The British Army says three runaway horses have been captured after bolting through the streets of central London. The incident Monday began when one horse was spooked by a bus and two others tossed their riders. The Army says one horse had minor injuries but didn’t require further treatment and neither soldier
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La disputa más seguida de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos este año —un caso que cuestiona si el expresidente Donald Trump puede reclamar inmunidad por cargos federales de subversión electoral— también tiene el potencial de ser una de las más difíciles de analizar en tiempo real. Entre la petición inicial de
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By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — A British startup may have found the answer to one of the frustrations of driving an electric car — waiting around for the battery to charge. Nybolt, based in Cambridge, has developed a new 35kWh lithium-ion battery that was charged from 10% to 80% in just over four
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Three military horses from the prestigious Household Cavalry have been recovered after bolting through central London on Monday morning. In scenes that appear to be similar to an instance in April, five soldiers were conducting a routine exercise with six horses from the Household Cavalry Mounted
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Eating higher levels of ultraprocessed food may shorten lifespans by more than 10%, according to a new, unpublished study of over 500,000 people whom researchers followed for nearly three decades. The risk went up to 15% for men and 14% for women once the data was adjusted, said study
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been convicted for the second time of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke plans to run for governor in the eastern state of Thuringia in September. German news agency dpa says he was fined Monday for
Continue ReadingBy Jean Casarez, Eric Levenson, Faith Karimi and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly driving into her police officer boyfriend and leaving him to die in January 2022, in a case featuring accusations of a vast police cover-up
Continue ReadingOpinion by Stevie Van Zandt (CNN) — I support law enforcement. I’m an independent, “law and order” liberal. My friend, former New York Police Department detective Kevin Schroeder, and I proudly hold a huge fundraiser for law enforcement charities in the US every year in New York City. I count many friends on the job. I also have
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Every year, three days before the US of A sets the skies alight with impressive fireworks displays as part of nationwide Independence Day celebrations, its friendly neighbor to the north pays tribute to its own origin story. That’s right, we’re talking about Canada Day. Many of us Canadians celebrate
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For more than three decades, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay rights movement. Through the AIDS crisis, the murder of Matthew Shepard, the historic civil-rights advances that included marriage equality, and mostly recently the backlash
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court extended the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, reducing the chance that Trump could be tried before the November election. In a historic ruling, the justices said Monday for the first time that former presidents can be shielded
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