By Matias Grez, CNN It’s fair to say that most Liverpool fans will be looking forward to seeing the back of this season. After an energy-sapping quadruple chase last term, Jurgen Klopp’s team appears to have run out of steam and ideas as it languishes in eighth place in the Premier League and has been
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By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak Sunday at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals. Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the city’s Western Wall, the holiest place where
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN All Boston residents are now eligible for tuition-free schooling at six community colleges — regardless of their age, income or immigration status — under a new plan announced by the city government. City officials announced the expansion of its “Tuition-Free Community College Plan” in a Wednesday news release. The program provides
Continue ReadingBy Caolán Magee, CNN Photos by Sarah Tilotta, CNN Cori Conlon grew up thinking Protestants were “the bad guys.” They went to different schools, played different sports, had different flags, and sang different songs. She said she was oblivious to the complexities of Northern Irish politics, but knew only one thing: to stay away from
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang The Covid-19 virus may have originated from humans, a Chinese scientist has claimed. The genetic sequences of viral samples taken from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan — thought to be the ground zero site of the pandemic — were “almost identical” to those of patients infected with the coronavirus, suggesting that
Continue ReadingBy Ben Wedeman, CNN “God protects me,” says 73-year-old Tamara. She’s one of the few people who have stayed in the town of Konstantinivka, eastern Ukraine. “If there is a need, God will save me. If not,” she adds with a shrug, “it is what it is.” Tamara has lived in the same flat for
Continue ReadingBy Ben Wedeman, CNN “God protects me,” says 73-year-old Tamara. She’s one of the few people who have stayed in the town of Konstantinivka, eastern Ukraine. “If there is a need, God will save me. If not,” she adds with a shrug, “it is what it is.” Tamara has lived in the same flat for
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN For years, dreams of my teeth cracking, loosening or falling out plagued my sleep. Loved ones of mine have repeatedly dreamed of flying, rolling away in a self-operating car, or running late for school or work. These aren’t typical nightmares, which usually happen once. They’re some of the most common recurring
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, Larry Register and CNN’s Beijing bureau, CNN China said Sunday it was simulating precision attacks on key targets in Taiwan as the military drills it launched in response to the island president’s meeting with the US House Speaker entered a second day. The mock drills included “tactical maneuvers” by the Chinese navy,
Continue Reading MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A residential building in the port city of Marseille has collapsed in a loud explosion, and a fire within the rubble is hindering rescue efforts. Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan said that two neighboring buildings partially came down and one was in danger of collapsing, further complicating rescue efforts. The explosion happened
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Putting his eggs in one basket proved fruitful for one Virginia man who purchased not one, but 20 winning lottery tickets with the same numbers. Alexandria resident Fekru Hirpo purchased 20 identical tickets, all with the four-digit combination of 2-5-2-7, from a gas station in Arlington, according to a Wednesday news
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull down the statue of Saddam Hussein in front of his
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Kostyantin Gak, Natalie Gallón and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A group of 31 Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families months after they were taken from their homes and moved to Russian-occupied territories. A CNN team on the ground in Kyiv watched as the last of the children climbed off a
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Kostyantin Gak, Natalie Gallón and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A group of 31 Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families months after they were taken from their homes and moved to Russian-occupied territories. A CNN team on the ground in Kyiv watched as the last of the children climbed off a
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SEATTLE (AP) — Joshua Atencio and Raúl RuidÃaz scored second-half goals to spark the Seattle Sounders to a 3-0 victory over St. Louis City. The Sounders (5-1-1) improved to 6-1-4 all-time against expansion teams at home. Seattle’s only loss against first-year teams came against LAFC in 2018. Seattle handed St. Louis City (5-2-0) its second
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Diego Rubio scored in the second half, William Yarbrough made it stand up and the Colorado Rapids earned their first win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. Neither team scored until Rubio took a pass from Darren Yapi and found the net in the 68th
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Jennifer Feldman, CNN Two police officers and another person were killed in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop in northwestern Wisconsin on Saturday, authorities said. The gunfire erupted after an officer from the Chetek Police Department conducted a traffic stop in Cameron around 3:38 p.m. local time, according to
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Two Wisconsin police officers were killed in a shooting during a traffic stop on Saturday. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says it is investigating the shooting Saturday afternoon in Cameron, Wisconsin. The state justice department says in a statement that an officer from the Chetek Police Department conducted a traffic stop
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN A team of South Korean spies and American private investigators quietly gathered at the South Korean intelligence service in January, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea. For months, they’d been tracking $100 million stolen from a California cryptocurrency firm named Harmony, waiting for North Korean
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A suspect reportedly attempted to stab a Sedalia Police officer Saturday afternoon. Officers responded to reports of a robbery in the 800 block of Ruth Ann Drive around 3:45 Saturday afternoon, according to a news release. The report came from an anonymous caller who said they were robbed at gunpoint. The call
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