A year only lasts 17.5 hours on the ‘hell planet’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for…
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Awash in illegal marijuana, Oregon looks at toughening laws
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi gets a grand welcome to Saudi Arabia and promises a ‘new era’ in Chinese-Arab relations
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping with a lavish reception in the…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub mass shooting told medical staff ‘he was sorry,’ court document says
By Aya Elamroussi and Raja Razek, CNN After allegedly killing five people and injuring more than a dozen others, the 22-year-old suspect in a mass…
Continue ReadingSeis horas de caos en Perú: de la disolución del Congreso a la detención de Pedro Castillo y la asunción de la primera presidenta del país
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Horas de confusión y caos se vivieron en Perú este miércoles cuando una jornada que se esperaba…
Continue Reading FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $69B merger
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s planned $69 billion takeover of video…
Continue ReadingDoria Ragland ‘regrets’ failing to make daughter Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, more aware of racial prejudice
By Sophie Tanno and Max Foster, CNN Doria Ragland has described how she realized Prince Harry was “the one” for her daughter Meghan in…
Continue ReadingPeru’s new president rules out elections, as predecessor Castillo remains detained
By Claudia Rebaza, Karol Suarez, Tara John and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte ruled out early elections on Thursday,…
Continue ReadingBiden administration awards $36 billion to save the pensions of 357,000 union workers
By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration awarded $36 billion Thursday to prevent cuts to the pensions of roughly 357,000 union workers and…
Continue Reading Gimme shelter: fewer homes being built as builders pull back
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilders have pumped the brakes on new single-family home construction this year, a trend…
Continue ReadingExclusiva: el Gobierno de Biden evalúa el pedido de Ucrania de acceso a las controvertidas bombas de racimo almacenadas en EE.UU.
Juan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — Funcionarios y legisladores ucranianos han instado en los últimos meses al Gobierno de Joe Biden y a…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the prisoner exchange that freed Brittney Griner
By Chandelis Duster, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday was freed from Russian detention after a prisoner exchange for convicted arms dealer…
Continue ReadingThis artist is exhibiting a nightmarish display of intestines around the world
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The artist Samara Golden has spent months painting guts — lurid, swollen, sinuous forms in bloody red, purplish-blue or a…
Continue ReadingTras la eliminación en octavos de final del Mundial de Qatar, Luis Enrique deja de ser el entrenador de España
Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Real Federación Española de Fútbol comunicó este jueves que Luis Enrique dejó de ser el entrenador…
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Lawsuit seeks end to NY’s ban on jurors with felony records
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York civil rights organization has sued the state’s court system seeking to overturn a…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner’s release celebrated by basketball world
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s loved ones and extended basketball family were ecstatic when news broke about her release…
Continue Reading 5 officers charged in police van injury case appear in court
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Five Connecticut police officers have appeared in court for the first time since being charged with cruelly…
Continue ReadingLa Federación Portuguesa de Fútbol rechaza los informes de que Cristiano Ronaldo amenazó con abandonar el Mundial
olivertapia (CNN) — La Federación Portuguesa de Fútbol (FPF) negó este jueves que el delantero estrella Cristiano Ronaldo haya amenazado con…
Continue Reading 131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN
AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO & SAM MEDNICK ASSOCIATED PRESS BENI, Congo (AP) — A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least…
Continue Reading Yellen, Malerba become 1st female pair to sign US currency
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has unveiled the first U.S. currency…
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