By Ray Sanchez, CNN Semiautomatic gunfire echoed in the hallways of The Covenant School, making a distinct noise teachers there would not soon forget. That was more than 14 months ago — before three children and three adults were gunned down on Monday in the stately stone school connected to Covenant Presbyterian Church, atop a
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Semiautomatic gunfire echoed in the hallways of The Covenant School, making a distinct noise teachers there would not soon forget. That was more than 14 months ago — before three children and three adults were gunned down on Monday in the stately stone school connected to Covenant Presbyterian Church, atop a
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By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tommy Novak scored a goal and added three assists to lead the Nashville Predators over the St. Louis Blues 6-1. Luke Evangelista had a goal and two assists; Cody Glass and Colton Sissons also scored; and Juuse Saros made 21 saves for the Predators. Nashville kept
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has captured the attention of basketball fans with her historic performance in the NCAA Tournament. Iowa’s sensational guard will try to finish off the unprecedented run she’s led the Hawkeyes on with a championship when they face LSU on Sunday in the title game.
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has taken issue with how her team’s style is characterized, apparently taking aim at Iowa coach Lisa Bluder for suggesting rebounding against the Gamecocks was like “going to a bar fight.” A day after the Hawkeyes ended the undefeated defending national
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting a controversial plan to revamp the country’s legal system, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suspension of the changes earlier in the week. The protesters gathered Saturday in Tel Aviv for the 13th weekly demonstration, raising Israeli flags and banners against plans to weaken
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest Saturday after Ukraine’s top security agency said he was suspected of justifying Russian aggression, a criminal offense. It was the latest move in a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kaley Cuoco is flying high after giving birth to her first child. The star of “ The Flight Attendant ” and “ The Big Bang Theory ” said on Instagram Saturday that she and fellow actor Tom Pelphrey now have a daughter named Matilda Carmine Richie Pelphrey. “The new light of
Continue ReadingBy Jai-Leen James, CNN Cinnamon, a goat, and Felix, a 1-year-old bulldog mix, are an unlikely duo, but best friends, nonetheless. The four-legged friends enjoy spending time together — eating, playing, and sleeping. And now, they can continue those things together at their new forever home. The pair was brought to Wake County Animal Center in Raleigh,
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By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 18 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and stunning people
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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Wolverhampton needed a late goal from Daniel Podence to earn a point against relegation-fighting rival Nottingham Forest with a 1-1 draw in the Premier League. Forest looked on course for the win at the City Ground after Brennan Johnson’s 38th-minute goal. But Podence evened the score in the 83rd to see
Continue Reading MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teenager and an Atlanta woman won the overall men’s and women’s divisions Saturday at a footrace across the longest of 42 highway bridges over water in the Florida Keys. Vaclav “Vance” Bursa, 15, of Big Pine Key, Florida, finished first overall in the annual 7 Mile Bridge Run, posting
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN A group called Ultima Generazione or Last Generation have poured what they described as a charcoal-based black liquid into the water of the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome. The group posted a video on Twitter, showing three men and a woman inside the
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN As a child in the 1980s, I visited the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England, to learn about the Scandinavian seafarers. The museum stank — and the stench was deliberate. Visitors to the attraction were — and still are — treated to the unsavory odors of a Norse village: a cesspit,
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Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Italians who use English and other foreign words in official communications could face fines of up to €100,000 ($108,705) under new legislation introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party. Fabio Rampelli, a member of the lower chamber of deputies, introduced the legislation, which is supported by the
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine and Andy Rose, CNN A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content, must be placed back onto shelves within 24 hours, according to an order filed Thursday. Seven residents sued county
Continue Reading By JAVIER CORDOBA Associated Press LIMON, Costa Rica (AP) — In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle adventures in Costa Rica’s interior, locals try to be home by dark and police patrol with high-caliber guns in the face of soaring drug violence. Costa Rica logged a record 657 homicides
Continue Reading JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday. Sadai Banowan, which means women’s voice in Dari, is Afghanistan’s only women-run station and started 10 years ago. It has eight staff, six of them female.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Un país dirigido por un criminal de guerra acusado está a cargo del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU. Por difícil de creer, es el turno de Rusia de asumir la presidencia del poderoso organismo, que está encargado de mantener la paz y la seguridad mundial. El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
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