By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Former Manchester United and Atlético Madrid striker Diego Forlán is set to make his professional tennis debut in November, when he will compete in an ATP doubles event in his native Uruguay. The 45-year-old, who retired from soccer in 2019, will play alongside men’s singles world No. 101 Federico
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns’ ever-changing quarterback situation is in motion again. With starter Deshaun Watson out for the season because of a ruptured Achilles tendon and backup Dorian Thompson-Robinson dealing with a finger injury, Cleveland is signing QB Bailey Zappe from Kansas City’s practice squad. Zappe started eight games for
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By Brynn Gingras, Kara Scannell, Laura Dolan and John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been indicted on 16 federal counts of sex trafficking and international prostitution in New York, and is accused of leveraging “a network of employees, contractors and security professionals” while he led
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book. “There is a mishmash of bits and pieces, a traditional
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its economic outlook for the United States this year, while lowering its expectations for growth in Europe and China. It left its forecast for global growth unchanged at a relatively lackluster 3.2% for 2024. The IMF expects the U.S. economy — the world’s
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The children of embattled mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are publicly supporting him amid the music producer’s legal battles. Quincy Brown, 33, and his siblings Justin, 30, Christian, 26, Chance, 18 and 17-year-old twins Jessie and D’Lila Combs, all shared a statement and photo of themselves together on social
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris presentó este martes nuevas propuestas económicas dirigidas a los hombres latinos, en un intento por aumentar el apoyo entre un bloque de votantes clave antes del día de las elecciones. El plan tiene como objetivo “reducir costos, aumentar la propiedad de viviendas, expandir oportunidades laborales y garantizar que
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — High inflation has mostly been defeated around the world, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, providing a surprisingly upbeat assessment on prices after warning only three months ago that progress on reducing inflation had stalled. “It looks like the global battle against inflation has largely been won, even
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The number of abortions in the United States is on the rise two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, but shifting policies are changing the way women access them. In the spring of 2024, from April to June, there were an average of about 97,500 abortion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a report released Tuesday. Women did so by traveling out of state or by having prescription abortion pills mailed to
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will be knighted in Sweden for their role in enabling the Scandinavian country to join the world’s largest military alliance. It was a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Blinken and Stoltenberg
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has deepened as authorities insist the aircraft had been de-registered in Kyrgyzstan. Just who was flying the Ilyushin Il-76 at night over war-torn Darfur remains in question. The aircraft previously
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By Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Broadcast television licensing is not ordinarily a hot topic during a presidential election. But Donald Trump’s threats are not ordinary, either. In the past two years, Trump has called for every major American TV news network to be punished, according to a CNN review of his speeches
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says the Islamic State militant group’s leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group’s other senior leaders. U.S. officials said two American service members were injured in the joint raid overnight Monday that was conducted by U.S. and Iraqi troops.
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Target is slashing prices on more than 2,000 items, marking the second time this year that the retailer cut customer costs as it attempts to attract inflation-weary shoppers ahead of the holiday shopping season. Some prices have dropped effective immediately on a number of items, including home
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By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — TGL, the high-tech indoor golf league spearheaded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, is set to tee off at last on January 7, 2025, after a schedule was released Monday. Originally slated to begin in January 2023, the televised venture was delayed by two years after the inflatable dome
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LABUHAN HAJI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, and local residents refused to allow them onto land. The blue-painted boat has been floating off
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia voters are once again expected to play a pivotal role in the presidential election on Nov. 5, even as many are focusing on recovering and rebuilding from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Both Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump have visited Georgia in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home. The Lee brothers are the sons of Lee Kuan Yew, modern Singapore’s founding father.
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