Troubles crowd in on Trump as he prepares for address
President Donald Trump is getting ready to address the nation on Thursday evening, but the speech comes as his political troubles are piling up.
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Texas flooding surges as rescuers pull people from rising waters
The National Weather Service in San Antonio said a “large and deadly flood wave” was barreling down the same river wrecked by floods last summer when two dozen children and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic.
US could get a new nickel under bill passed by the House
Without the penny, the nickel has presumably gained some value. It could also get a new look.
These US cities have the world's worst air quality as wildfire smoke settles in
It may be awhile before conditions improve.
Can vinegar kill cyclospora? How to wash produce amid parasite outbreak
A produce-linked parasite that can cause uncomfortable (and at times dangerous) bouts of "explosive" diarrhea is causing people to think twice before snacking on berries or mixing up a salad.
Le avisó a su madre que lo habían deportado de EE.UU. y estaba en Venezuela. Minutos después, quedó sepultado bajo escombros
Por Susana Erazo, CNN en Español Oswadeliz Núñez, una madre venezolana, recuerda haber discutido con su hijo Daniel cuando, a los 24 años, decidió hacerse un tatuaje. Hoy cuenta que aquel primer enojo terminó convirtiéndose en la señal que necesitaba cuando, días después de los terremotos en Ve...
Del fanatismo al acoso: ¿qué son los “sasaeng” en el mundo del k-pop?
Por Cristopher Ulloa, CNN en Español Acampan afuera de sus residencias privadas, graban y generan contenido, envían regalos inapropiados, compran pasajes en los mismos vuelos de avión e incluso reservan habitaciones en los mismos hoteles. ¿El objetivo? Estar más cerca de sus ídolos, aunque eso ...
Two more of Brad Pitt’s kids want to ditch his surname
By Lianne Kolirin, Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Two more of Brad Pitt’s children have applied to legally drop his surname. The star’s daughter Zahara, 21, and son Maddox, 24, are both seeking to remove Pitt from their legal names, according to court documents filed in California. They cited p...
Monkey with orange lips identified as newfound species
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new species of monkey with distinctive orange lips and a deep roaring call has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Colobus congoensis, known to local people as Likweli, is just the fifth new monkey species scientists have identified in Africa ...
Not everything you see online has to apply to you
By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Scrolling on TikTok during a break one day, I watched a content creator named Kara make a vegan bean soup recipe to boost her iron levels during her menstrual period. “All my anemic girlies this one is for you,” the young woman from central Florida, who goes by ...
Water main break floods West Hollywood streets, traps cars
(KTLA) - A broken water main sent water gushing from an apartment building and turned nearby streets into rivers in West Hollywood early Thursday morning. The break was reported around 3 a.m. near Holloway Drive and Sunset Boulevard. "It's a rupture of one of the significant mains that goes throu...
Troubles crowd in on Trump as he prepares for address
President Donald Trump is getting ready to address the nation on Thursday evening, but the speech comes as his political troubles are piling up.
Trump fires new Seattle prosecutor less than an hour after appointment
Rogoff was sworn in Wednesday morning, but said he received an email from the Trump administration informing him of his termination while waiting in the lobby of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Un meteorito que impactó una casa en Nueva Jersey hace dos años contenía aminoácidos de origen extraterrestre
Por Ashley Strickland, CNN Un meteorito de más de 1 kilogramo que se estrelló contra el techo de una casa en Nueva Jersey hace dos años podría arrojar luz sobre la existencia de agua antigua en el sistema solar. Observadores en Nueva York, Nueva Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island y Pensilvania...
Live updates: Flash Flooding Emergency along Pedernales River for Gillespie, Blanco counties
The City of Kerrville issued a shelter-in-place Thursday morning with heavy rain causing reported evacuations early Thursday morning.
Senate panel to hear witnesses on Blanche confirmation with attorney general nominee’s path razor-thin
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Several witnesses will testify on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about whether Todd Blanche should be confirmed as US attorney general. Blanche fielded hours of questions from the Senate panel yesterday, acknowledging there were some errors in...
Violaciones de derechos humanos en El Salvador podrían constituir delitos de lesa humanidad, dice Amnistía Internacional
Por CNN en Español Las detenciones arbitrarias, la falta de un debido proceso, los tratos inhumanos al interior de las cárceles o las muertes en los centros penales son resultado del régimen de excepción y “podrían” constituir delitos de lesa humanidad, según un informe de Amnistía Internaciona...
Advisers debate how much to declassify and reveal in Trump’s primetime election speech
By Kevin Liptak, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is expected to use his primetime address Thursday to reveal what he will claim is new information related to foreign efforts to influence US elections, though how much to reveal has been the subject of intense internal debate in...
I’ve spent years studying economic data. These Americans taught me what ‘affordability’ really means
By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — A Reporter’s Notebook from four cities, 5,000 miles, three dozen interviews and the people I can’t stop thinking about. We were a few minutes into a drive when Jolene Simecek said something that left me speechless. She was steering me through Parma, Ohio, nar...
Mexico asks U.S. state attorneys general to investigate migrant deaths in ICE custody
By Fabiola Sánchez / Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexico formally requested that U.S. state attorneys general criminally investigate cases of migrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids, the Mexican government said Tuesday. The request follows th...
'Jurassic Park' actor Sam Neill's cause of death revealed by agent
Neill's rep also confirmed the actor will be honored at a private family memorial on his New Zealand farm.
Over a third of Americans use credit card rewards for essentials
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Retail sales last month rose less than expected
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Spending at US retailers last month was weaker than expected, despite the World Cup drawing tourists from around the world and online sales events. Retail sales rose 0.2% in June from the prior month, the Commerce Department said Thursday, down sharply fr...
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Hal Williams, 'Sanford and Son' and '227' actor, dies at 91
Veteran actor Hal Williams, best known for his roles on the sitcoms "227" and "Sanford and Son," has died at age 91, according to his manager.
The best way to watch the World Cup is in Spanish
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Giovanni Canales only knows one way to watch the World Cup: In Spanish on Telemundo. Canales, 24, was raised in Rhode Island by a father who formerly played for the Honduran national team. And in his household, the Spanish-language network’s spirited soccer commen...
Putin’s false claim of the capture of one Ukrainian town exposes the slow pace of Russia’s bloody advance
By Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — It is the fate of just one town, over a year, but provides a rare insight into Russia’s ill-fated war of choice. The slow and costly infiltration of Kostyantynivka, key to Moscow’s advance in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas a...
CNN and Bangor Daily News to host July 23 debate for Maine Democrats running to replace Graham Platner
By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — As Maine Democrats scramble to find a new nominee for the state’s highly consequential US Senate race, CNN will host a debate in partnership with the Bangor Daily News on Thursday, July 23, two days before 601 delegates gather at a convention to choose a new candida...
Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its longest sleep ever — and it’s 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion kilometers) from Earth. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft went into a planned...
Switch out your outgrown school uniform at 16th Annual Uniform Swap
It's almost back to school season in the borderland, and the 16th Annual Uniform Swap returns this weekend at Eastlake High School, with several resources for parents who need to get their kids ready for the new school year. The uniform swap is expecting to have about 10,000 uniform pieces. ...
Zelensky enfrenta protestas por la destitución del ministro de Defensa de Ucrania a pesar de los avances militares
Por Tim Lister, Daria-Tarasova-Markina y Victoria Butenko, CNN En medio de una profunda remodelación del Gobierno en Ucrania, el ministro de Defensa del país, Mykhaylo Fedorov, ha perdido su puesto, a pesar de los recientes éxitos militares contra la invasión rusa. Su destitución provocó prot...
For some in US, insurance makes up nearly 20% of housing cost: survey
LendingTree examined data from the U.S. Census Bureau and federal housing agencies to define the home insurance burden in 50 states.
Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle
Associated Press Seattle (AP) — President Donald Trump fired the new top US prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between the courts and the president over the powerful posit...
Revelan la causa de la muerte del actor Sam Neill
Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español El actor Sam Neill, fallecido el lunes a los 78 años en Sydney, Australia, murió de neumonía, según informó su representante en un comunicado. Philip Grenz, representante del actor, dijo en el comunicado, divulgado por la publicación US Weekly, que “desde e...
Heavy wildfire smoke blankets Midwest and Northeast
Thousands of visitors were told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area accessible only by boat as wildfires send dangerously heavy smoke over the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this week.
El DHS suspendió y luego restableció los controles de tráfico de ICE, mientras busca frenar los tiroteos y las críticas
Por Andy Rose, Priscilla Álvarez y Michael Williams, CNN Ese era el problema que se suponía que la designación de un nuevo alto funcionario en el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, el DHS, iba a solucionar. El apoyo a la intensa atención que la administración Trump prestó al control de la in...
Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 16 de julio
Por CNN en Español Un Trump furioso revoca la suspensión de los controles de tráfico de ICE. La guerra con Irán se ha convertido en una batalla por un peaje. Sheinbaum tacha de “política” acusación de la DEA sobre nexos con carteles. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la v...
Más de 100 demócratas de la Cámara votaron para bloquear miles de millones de dólares en ayuda militar a Israel
Por Annie Grayer, CNN Más de 100 demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes votaron a favor de bloquear miles de millones de dólares en ayuda militar a Israel; un esfuerzo que, aunque finalmente no prosperó, puso de manifiesto la creciente división dentro de su partido respecto a esta cuestión. ...
Captain describes haunting scene where boat sank near Alcatraz with 20 on board
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) - Witnesses on boats who saw a vessel with 20 people on board capsize and sink near Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay Tuesday said some of the victims swam for their lives. Others may have been trapped inside the large cabin cruiser when it sank 130 feet down, witnesse...
One of the world’s most prominent hospitals is testing how AI can revolutionize health care
By Clare Duffy, CNN Rochester, Minn. (CNN) — Preparing to meet with a patient can require Mayo Clinic internal medicine physician Dr. Alexander Ryu to sort through dozens, or even hundreds, of pages of medical records. Many patients visit the renowned clinic looking for a third or fourth opin...