Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this summer targeting “crisis pregnancy centers” that Healey calls strictly “anti-abortion.” The federal lawsuit by the Washington-based American Center for Law and Justice says the initiative, which warns people against seeking help from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Angelina Jolie portrays renowned opera singer Maria Callas in a film premiering at the Venice Film Festival Thursday. From Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, “Maria” focuses in on her life in Paris in the 70s before her death at 53. Jolie has made a grand entrance on the docks of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to move the trial to a larger city during a hearing Thursday, citing the widespread media coverage of the case and the impact that coverage can have on potential juror
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president and other top offices. The ballot questions will give voters a chance to directly decide some consequential issues, instead
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born. Thanks to livestream video, scientists studying the den on a craggy hillside in Colorado are learning more about these enigmatic — and often misunderstood —
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about 15 million years ago when it was preyed upon by two animals: a crocodile and a
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris faces the next test in her presidential bid on Thursday with her first unscripted interview with a major media outlet since becoming the Democratic nominee. Harris will be hoping to extend the momentum she’s conjured at the start of her campaign – and to avoid the types
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By Helen Regan, Robert Shackelford and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Almost 4 million people in southern Japan were urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and dangerous storm surges. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a rare
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced 92 additions to its list of Americans banned from entering the country. That includes some journalists who formerly worked in Russia and American law enforcement and business figures. A ministry statement said the bans were imposed because of the so-called Russophobic course of the Biden Administration. It
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado drove in Masyn Winn with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres. Winn reached on a single off Robert Suarez (8-2), who came in to pitch the ninth. Rookie Victor Scott II kept the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors are defending their case against Republicans accused of plotting to overturn the results of the close 2020 presidential race in Arizona after defense attorneys painted them as politically motivated. An Arizona judge is considering requests from at least a dozen people to dismiss charges of forgery, fraud and conspiracy.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan as the latter wound up a three-day visit to Beijing with the stated aim of keeping communications open in a relationship that has become increasingly tense in recent years. Sullivan said on Thursday that the United States
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has approved a proposal that could make undocumented immigrants eligible for affordable housing assistance under a state program offering loans to first-time homebuyers. It is now up to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to decide whether to sign the bill into law. The bill has led to contentious debate
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Honduras anunció este miércoles su intención de dar por terminado el tratado de extradición que el país había firmado el 15 de enero de 1912 con Estados Unidos, según lo informó en un comunicado el canciller de la República, Enrique Reina. El anuncio lo hizo el funcionario
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Al día siguiente de que el presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden abandonara la carrera presidencial y apoyara a Kamala Harris para convertirse en la candidata presidencial demócrata, CNN informó que Beyoncé dio su aprobación para que la vicepresidenta usara “Freedom” como su canción oficial de campaña. Por lo tanto,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. Stand News had been one of the city’s
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By Breanna Wilson, CNN Khyargas Lake, Mongolia (CNN) — Traveling to western Mongolia’s Khyargas Lake from capital Ulaanbaatar isn’t for the faint of heart. The drive is roughly 1,800 kilometers (about 1,118 miles), which can take anywhere from one to three days to cover, depending on how comfortable you are behind the wheel on this
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Durante décadas ha habido algunas peleas familiares públicas bastante incendiarias, pero ninguna más conocida como la de Liam y Noel Gallagher, los hermanos detrás de la banda de britpop de los 90 Oasis. Después de todo, ¿quién más puede decir que discutió con su hermano durante 15 minutos sobre quién es
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CNN By Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy this week during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. An individual physically blocked Trump’s team from accompanying him during the Monday visit, two Trump campaign
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and how those spaces should be used instead. The nation is the latest to embrace a movement to abolish colonial-era symbols as it reckons with its past
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