Associated Press ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar’s body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay. Her mother sought help from a doctor, who suspected that growing inside of the 14-year-old Catholic
Continue ReadingULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. His visit Tuesday was Putin’s first to a member country of the International Criminal Court since it issued the
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — It will now be more expensive to visit New Zealand’s lakes, mountains, bike trails and wineries as the country is increasing its International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) from NZ$35 ($22) to NZ$100 ($62) from October 1. “International tourism also comes with costs to local communities, including additional
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported. The entertainer died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to Variety, citing his son Jim Moret, a chief correspondent for Inside Edition. CNN
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Two people have been rescued after a terrifying night at sea as six-meter (20-foot) waves tossed their stricken yacht nearly 200 miles (322 kilometers) off Australia’s eastern coast as they drifted at speed towards New Zealand. Authorities were first alerted to the crew’s crisis around 1 p.m.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice Film Festival regular Luca Guadagnino was back on the Lido to debut his new Daniel Craig film “Queer” on Tuesday night. A festival favorite, Guadagnino had to forgo a splashy red carpet premiere for the sexy tennis drama “Challengers” last year, when the studio delayed its release amid
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Two people have been rescued unharmed Tuesday after spending a night aboard a disabled yacht in the heavy seas off the Australian coast. The 60-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were rescued at 7:30 a.m. from their 62-foot yacht. It had been abandoned 185 miles east of the New South Wales state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration last week set a
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer After $1 billion at the box office, 11 Oscar nominations and two major wins, including for Joaquin Phoenix, it’s easy to forget the handwringing over “Joker.” In the lead up to its release in October 2019, the Todd Phillips film hit a cultural inflection point that had divisions forming before most had
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president will devote almost all of their remaining time and resources to just seven states. They
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — A man sitting in his van after fixing a coffee machine inside a supermarket in the college town of Boulder was the first person killed. In just over a minute, nine more people died in a barrage of gunfire inside and outside the store in 2021 as the shooter targeted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis were plunged into grief and anger this weekend after the military said six hostages were killed by their captors in Gaza just as troops were closing in on their location. The rage sparked massive protests and a general strike — the most intense domestic pressure on Israeli
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is trying to crush Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ persona as a force of change and to destroy her personal credibility as a potential president as their still-fresh competition careens into the final nine weeks before Election Day. In recent days, the ex-president has unveiled a broad
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 13, police said. The students and parents were at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in the eastern province of Shandong just before 7:30 a.m.,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Audits from the City of Columbia ABC 17 News received show some pools received a three-star rating in 2024. Superintendent for the Activity and Recreation Center Cavelle Cole-Neal said the city completes one audit in the winter, one in the spring and one at each pool during the summer months. According to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in his sleep at a Los Angeles hospital, his son Jim Moret told news outlets. Moret
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By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will testify publicly before Congress next week about his controversial nursing home advisory from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, informed sources and a House subcommittee say. As CNN reported earlier, Cuomo, who testified in June behind closed doors before members of the
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CNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. The US flew the aircraft to Florida on Monday, according to two US officials. It’s the latest development in what
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Gloria Zarza Guadarrama le dio a México su primera medalla de oro en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París 2024. La atleta mexicana, de 40 años, se coronó en lanzamiento de bala F54, con una marca de 8,06 metros, por delante de la brasileña Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes y la uzbeka Nurjon
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Londres (CNN) –– Volkswagen está evaluando cerrar fábricas en Alemania por primera vez en sus 87 años de historia, mientras profundiza los recortes de costos en medio de la creciente competencia de los fabricantes de vehículos eléctricos de China. En un comunicado emitido este lunes, el fabricante de automóviles alemán, uno de los
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