AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Canyon Barry is a part-time basketball player. His full-time job is system engineer for a defense and space contractor. Barry has an undergraduate degree in physics and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering. So, is he a rocket scientist? A nuclear physicist? Those questions elicit a slight chuckle and
Continue ReadingAP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles has spent the last decade-plus redefining what is possible in gymnastics. The American star has had five skills named after her in the Code of Points after completing them in competition. There’s a chance Biles could add a sixth element at the Olympics, where she has submitted
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings fell slightly last month, a sign that the American labor market continues to cool in the face of high interest rates. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that that vacancies were down to 8.18 million from 8.23 million in May. The U.S. economy and job market have
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Job opportunities are slowly disappearing in the US, and hiring has screeched to its slowest pace in a decade (aside from the pandemic plunge). That’s making more workers hold tight to the job they’ve already got. The good news: Those jobs don’t appear to be nearing the chopping block.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lawyer for Ilya Yashin says the prominent Kremlin critic has been moved to an unknown destination from his prison where he was serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine. The statement on the Telegram messaging app by Tatyana Solomina gave no further details. However,
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Dozens of firefighters in northern Greece are battling a cross-border wildfire following a deadly blaze in neighboring North Macedonia. Authorities said Tuesday that two air tankers and a helicopter helped the firefighters hold back a fire from reaching a forest on the Greek banks of Lake Doiran which is shared by
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It is not easy to be an outsider in country music, but Orville Peck has made a career out of it. On his third album, “Stampede,” his spirit has led to collaborations with everyone from Willie Nelson and Elton John to Mickey Guyton and Beck. Pulling from a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s currency has lost 30% of its value the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation’s economy. Mamo Mihretu, governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia,
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Diageo, one of the world’s biggest drinks makers, has reported its first drop in sales since the pandemic, as cash-strapped consumers cut back on spending. The maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Casamigos tequila and Guinness beer is the latest consumer business to report a hit to sales as
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Air New Zealand has ditched a key target to reduce its carbon emissions by 2030, citing delays in deliveries of new fuel-efficient aircraft and costly low-carbon jet fuels. The airline said in a statement on Tuesday that it had been hamstrung in recent months by “the availability of new
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By Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — John Portmann, a professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, was born as Thomas James Delehanty – a fact he didn’t know until a few years ago. He also didn’t know his mother’s name was Therese and his father was called Thomas. Nor was he aware that
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Charity Lawson is opening up about her time as a contestant last year on “Dancing with the Stars.” The former “Bachelorette,” who got her start coming in fourth place on Season 27 of “The Bachelor” with Zach Shallcross, recently spoke about her time on the dance competition series
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By Ivana Kottasová and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The United Kingdom was left shaken after three children were stabbed to death and eight others were injured in a knife attack in Southport, in one of the worst assaults against children in the country in decades. The attack took place at a Taylor Swift themed
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By Evan Perez, Steve Contorno and Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s remarks to the annual Bitcoin conference on Saturday were delayed for about an hour after two individuals were removed from the premises for “not following proper entry protocols,” the United States Secret Service said. The two individuals were credentialed, the
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Es el momento que todo el mundo esperaba. Poco más de tres años después de que un sorprendente caso de “twisties” la obligara a retirarse del intento del equipo de Estados Unidos de defender su oro en gimnasia por equipos, Simone Biles vuelve a estar bajo los focos de una
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Fue una celebración para la posteridad, o al menos para la fama viral. El surfista brasileño Gabriel Medina se enfrentaba al japonés Kanoa Igarashi, el hombre que lo había vencido en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, y buscaba que esta vez la historia fuera diferente. El brasileño no solo consiguió derrotar al
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — An inquest has heard that one of the three women killed at their family home just north of London earlier this month was still alive in the main doorway with a crossbow bolt in her chest when police arrived. The 10-minute hearing at Hertfordshire Coroner’s Court in Hatfield heard that Hannah Hunt,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Fears of an escalation in the simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have prompted some airlines to cancel flights to Lebanon, but business is proceeding as usual at the Beirut airport, where many travelers Tuesday have greeted the warnings with a shrug. Lebanon is bracing for a retaliatory strike after
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — El candidato republicano a la vicepresidencia, el senador J. D. Vance, tiene un historial haciendo comentarios despectivos hacia las personas sin hijos, según muestra una revisión de sus comentarios por parte de CNN KFile. Eso incluye sus ahora infames comentarios sobre las “mujeres con gatos sin hijos” en una serie de
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