Silvio Berlusconi Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of billionaire and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Personal Birth…
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Tony Awards Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Tony Awards which honor achievements on Broadway. June 11, 2023 – The 76th Tony…
Continue Reading Hundreds of people feared dead as boat capsizes in Nigeria
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Hundreds of people, including wedding guests, are feared dead in north-central Nigeria after a…
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France accuses Russia of faking websites to sow confusion and disinformation about Ukraine war
PARIS France’s government has accused Russia of a long-running online manipulation campaign that included impersonating the websites of leading…
Continue Reading NATO leader says Ukrainians are making progress and advancing against Russian forces
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukrainians are “making progress, making…
Continue Reading Republicans delay vote on University of Wisconsin budget after promises to cut diversity funds
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have suspended a vote on funding for University of…
Continue Reading Death toll from Kenya cult tied to pastor surpasses 300, with more exhumations planned
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The number of people who died after a Kenyan pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has…
Continue Reading Mexican president picks veteran diplomat to be next foreign minister
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has named the country’s current ambassador to Chile as the next foreign relations secretary to…
Continue Reading Two children injured after acid poured onto Massachusetts playground slides
By Laura Ly and Kelly Murray, CNN (CNN) — Two children were left with “burn like” injuries when they came into contact with a pool chemical…
Continue Reading Minibus slams into parked pickup truck killing 15 in southern Egypt
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a speeding minibus slammed into a parked pickup truck in southern Egypt killing at least 15 people. It said…
Continue Reading ‘Avatar 3’ pushed to 2025 and Disney sets two ‘Star Wars’ films for 2026
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” may have finally arrived in theaters in 2022, but that long parade of…
Continue Reading Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake in Ecuador
By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador was found to be alive and knocking on her…
Continue Reading US grocery prices rose in May. Here’s what got more expensive
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — US grocery prices ticked up in May after dipping in March and April. Inflation in America…
Continue Reading CPI report: US inflation is coming back down to Earth
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — US inflation is leaving those sky-high days behind: Consumer prices in May rose at the slowest…
Continue Reading Growing number of small businesses worry about inflation and the economy’s future
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — A greater number of small businesses are worried about inflation and future business conditions,…
Continue Reading Why is inflation cooling — and why isn’t it coming down more
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — May’s closely watched Consumer Price Index showed Tuesday that inflation has been cut by more…
Continue Reading Treat Williams, ‘Everwood’ and ‘Deep Rising’ star, dead at 71
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Treat Williams, a veteran actor who starred in the TV dramas “Blue Bloods” and “Everwood,” died Monday…
Continue Reading Mississippi officer who shot 11-year-old is suspended without pay
By Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The Mississippi police officer who wrongfully shot an 11-year-old after the boy called 911 for help has been…
Continue Reading Instant Pot maker seeks bankruptcy protection as sales go cold
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Continue Reading Michigan State endowment fund buys 79% stake in Detroit’s iconic Fisher Building
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State University’s $3.9 billion endowment fund has become the majority investor in the…
Continue Reading Monahan tells US lawmakers that PGA Tour was left on its own to fend off Saudis
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Continue Reading UN nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The largest nuclear power plant in Europe faces “a relatively dangerous situation” after…
Continue Reading In court, Trump faced charges with no cameras present. Outside, he campaigned for all to see
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump gave a wave and thumbs up to crowds gathered outside…
Continue Reading At least 103 wedding guests killed when boat capsizes in northern Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police say a boat carrying residents returning from a wedding has capsized in northern…
Continue Reading Fox News sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter over Twitter series, reports say
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fox News sent Tucker Carlson a “cease-and-desist” letter over his new Twitter series, Axios reported…
Continue Reading Justice Department settles with Kentucky school district over racial harassment
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says a Kentucky school district has agreed to make…
Continue Reading What to expect when Trump appears in federal court in Miami to face felony charges
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Donald Trump makes his first appearance in a Miami federal court on Tuesday facing 37 counts related to the…
Continue Reading Tour boat capsize in underground cave wasn’t the first, agency says; passenger recounts ordeal
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Soon after a tour boat flipped over during a tour of a dimly lit cavern system in upstate New York, members of…
Continue Reading Creative ice cream flavors could make this a sweet, savory, scoop-worthy summer
By KIM COOK Associated Press Who’s up for some ice cream that tastes like ranch dressing? Maybe a creamy scoop of Everything Bagel? Like any…
Continue Reading Buttigieg vows federal help to fix collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia
By MARC LEVY Associated Press U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised Tuesday to help repair the East Coast’s main north-south…
Continue Reading Israeli military raid kills 1 Palestinian, 4 people wounded in separate West Bank shooting attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that an Israeli military raid into the northern West Bank has sparked a gunfight with militants…
Continue Reading Cambodian leader says people who don’t vote will be barred from being candidates in future elections
By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s long-serving leader says his government will amend the…
Continue Reading Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is releasing what it says are newly declassified examples of how…
Continue Reading Tina Turner musical on national tour gains extra meaning in the wake of the rock icon’s death
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first national tour of Broadway’s “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” makes its…
Continue Reading Nigeria president-backed legislators elected leaders of parliament
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s ruling party has retained leadership of the country’s parliament with the…
Continue Reading Poland seeks ally in Greece in campaign for World War II reparations
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Senior Polish officials say they plan to expand a campaign to seek massive World War II…
Continue Reading US lawmakers ask Biden Administration to punish South Africa for alleged support for Russia
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers wants the Biden Administration to punish South…
Continue Reading Playground slides doused with pool acid, injuring 2 children
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Two children suffered what were described as “burn-like injuries” after playing on slides that had been doused with…
Continue Reading Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake in Ecuador
By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador was found to be alive and knocking on her…
Continue Reading Stellantis recalling over 354,000 Jeeps worldwide; rear coil springs can detach while they’re moving
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling more than 354,000 Jeeps worldwide because the rear coil springs can fall off while they’re being…
Continue Reading German commission backs restitution of Kandinsky painting owned by Bavarian bank to Jewish heirs
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An independent German commission is recommending the restitution of a painting by Wassily…
Continue Reading Beijing criticizes new US sanctions on companies over pilot training, weapons development
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has criticized new sanctions imposed by the United States on companies believed to…
Continue Reading At least 46, including children killed in DRC displacement camp
By Ingrid Formanek, Zahid Mahmood and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 46 people, including 23 children, were killed and six were wounded…
Continue Reading The Beatles are releasing their ‘last’ record. AI helped make it possible
By SYLVIA HUI and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an…
Continue Reading Turkey says it’s ready to open consulate in city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to open a consulate in Shusha, a city that Azerbaijan took…
Continue Reading COVID-19 inquiry in UK asks whether ‘terrible consequences’ could have been avoided or reduced
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mammoth three-year public inquiry into Britain’s handling of COVID-19 has opened. It is…
Continue Reading John Fru Ndi, leader of Cameroon’s main opposition party and critic of president, dies at 81
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Continue Reading Lower house of Japan’s parliament passes bill to promote LGBTQ+ awareness, but not guarantee rights
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament has passed a bill to promote awareness of LGBTQ+…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: How to use ChatGPT to plan your next trip
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Continue Reading Leader of Belarus says he wouldn’t hesitate to use Russian nuclear weapons to repel aggression
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared Tuesday that his country had already received some of Russia’s tactical…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 13: Trump, Highway collapse, Student loans, Book bans, NBA
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A California-based startup is on a mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space, arguing medicine may…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 13: Trump, Highway collapse, Student loans, Book bans, NBA
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A California-based startup is on a mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space, arguing medicine may…
Continue Reading Microsoft’s media literacy program aims to empower internet users and combat online misinformation
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People are hungry for accurate and reliable information online and may just need help to find…
Continue Reading Drug deal likely sparked Denver mass shooting after Nuggets’ NBA win, police say
By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets’ first NBA…
Continue Reading Polish broadcaster TVN says state regulator holding up license renewal
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A leading independent television broadcaster in Poland is expressing concern that the state…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St higher as US inflation cools
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday after a cooler reading on U.S.…
Continue Reading India-controlled Kashmir hit by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported, officials say
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s National Center for Seismology says a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern India-controlled Kashmir region…
Continue Reading Three people killed in Nottingham attack, UK police say
By Catherine Nicholls, Niamh Kennedy and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed in a sprawling attack in the central English city…
Continue Reading At least 9 injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police say, soon after Nuggets’ NBA title win
By Tina Burnside, Andi Babineau and Lucy Kafanov, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Denver, police…
Continue Reading UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations Development Program says it’s secured an insurance coverage to start a…
Continue Reading Philippine villagers flee ashfall, sight of red-hot lava from erupting Mayon Volcano
By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Philippines (AP) — Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities…
Continue Reading Nikola Jokic’s hometown in Serbia celebrates Denver Nuggets’ 1st NBA title
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press SOMBOR, Serbia (AP) — It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor…
Continue Reading Rights group: World Bank, Jordan use flawed formula for aid to kingdom, excluding some poor people
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading rights group says the World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed” algorithm to…
Continue Reading Chinese man arrested over anti-US graffiti at US Consulate in Hong Kong, police say
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested a man who allegedly spray-painted graffiti on the wall and gate of the…
Continue Reading Nottingham police say man fatally stabbed 3, stole van and ran down 3 more in English city
By JILL LAWLESS and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say a knife-wielding assailant stabbed two college students to death…
Continue Reading Thousands evacuated in India and Pakistan as Cyclone Biparjoy approaches
By SIBI ARASU and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Pakistan’s army and civil authorities are planning to evacuate 80,000…
Continue Reading Austrian man arrested in Afghanistan after traveling there in May
BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian Foreign Ministry says an Austrian man is being held in Afghanistan after he traveled to the country earlier this year.…
Continue Reading As a stolen silver sleuth, German curator returns heirlooms Jewish families lost in the Holocaust
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Matthias Weniger put on a pair of white cloth gloves and carefully lifted a tarnished silver…
Continue Reading South Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press KOWACH, South Sudan (AP) — Martha Nyanguour didn’t have time to bury her husband, son or granddaughter when…
Continue Reading Cases of check fraud escalate dramatically, with Americans warned not to mail checks if possible
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Check fraud is back in a big way, fueled by a rise in organized crime that is forcing small…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asia markets higher ahead of US inflation, Fed rates decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update and a Federal…
Continue Reading Myanmar junta suspends aid access to a million people in state devastated by Cyclone Mocha
By Helen Regan and Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s ruling junta has suspended humanitarian access to western Rakhine state, where more…
Continue Reading Russian accounts admit Ukrainian forces are making some gains in heavy fighting
By Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Maria Kostenko, Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian and Ukrainian forces are reporting intense fighting along…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it plans to make an all solid-state battery as part of ambitious plans for battery…
Continue Reading ‘Hair,’ ‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams dies after Vermont motorcycle crash
DORSET, Vt. (AP) — Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie…
Continue Reading Putin threatens to seize more of Ukraine to block attacks on border regions
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order his troops to try to…
Continue Reading Body pulled from wreckage of collapsed section of I-95 in Philadelphia identified as truck driver, official says
By Nouran Salahieh, Celina Tebor, Lauren Mascarenhas and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — The body recovered from the wreckage of the Interstate 95…
Continue Reading 30,000 Haitian kids live in private orphanages. Officials want to shutter them and reunite families.
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS-DU-SUD, Haiti (AP) — Mylouise Veillard was 10 when her mother dropped her off at an orphanage in…
Continue Reading Palestinian President Abbas begins China visit as Beijing seeks larger role in Mideast
BEIJING (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has begun a visit to China that comes as Beijing is seeking a larger role in Mideast politics…
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Amazon plane crash: Oldest sister praised for ‘heroic role’, search continues for missing rescue dog Wilson
By Stefano Pozzebon, Ruba Alhenawi, Maria Plaza and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The oldest of four children who survived a plane crash in the…
Continue Reading US military says helicopter accident in northeastern Syria left 22 American troops injured
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States military says a helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend has…
Continue Reading Walt Nauta is the latest Trump loyalist to face potential jail time after working for him
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court Tuesday, he was joined by a man…
Continue Reading Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a…
Continue Reading Transgender and nonbinary people are often sidelined at Pride. This year is different
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kara Murphy, a transgender woman helping to organize the Union County Pride in a suburb of…
Continue Reading Lawsuit pits young climate change activists against a fossil fuel-friendly state at trial
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young people challenging Montana officials over inaction on climate…
Continue Reading US consumer price growth slowed last month as inflation shows signs of steady decline
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to…
Continue Reading California Gov. Newsom spars with Fox News host Hannity over Biden, immigration and the economy
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sparred with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night,…
Continue Reading Florida woman told 911 dispatcher she felt threatened before fatally shooting neighbor through door
By Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A Florida woman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her neighbor, a Black mother…
Continue Reading Amazon plane crash: Oldest sister praised for ‘heroic role’, search continues for missing rescue dog Wilson
By Stefano Pozzebon, Ruba Alhenawi, Maria Plaza and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The oldest of four children who survived a plane crash in the…
Continue Reading Nuggets take home 1st NBA title in rugged 94-89 win over Heat
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Confetti flying in Denver. The Nuggets sharing hugs while passing around the NBA championship…
Continue Reading Iran’s president begins Latin America tour with stop in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — In his first visit to Latin America, Iran’s hardline president has met with his Venezuelan counterpart and declared…
Continue Reading Bus driver facing charges in crash that killed 10 wedding guests denied bail in Australian court
CESSNOCK, Australia (AP) — Police allege a bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled on its side in heavy fog, killing 10 wedding…
Continue Reading Chicago-St. Louis Amtrak travel getting upgraded from current 90 mph to 110 mph
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Amtrak travel between Chicago and St. Louis is about to get 15 minutes quicker thanks to a high-speed…
Continue Reading McCarthy and conservatives reach a truce to allow House to move forward on bills
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared Monday to have resolved, for now, an…
Continue Reading Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch says Navajo law enforcement teams that fanned out over…
Continue Reading Amid fight over Covenant school shooting records, medical examiner releases autopsy report
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An autopsy report says the shooter who killed three children and three adults at a…
Continue Reading Pat Sajak announces ‘Wheel of Fortune’ retirement, says upcoming season will be his last as host
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pat Sajak is taking one last spin on “Wheel of Fortune,” announcing Monday that its upcoming season will be his last as…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands of dead fish wash up on a Texas beach due to low oxygen levels
QUINTANA, Texas (AP) — Tens of thousands of dead fish washed up on the Texas Gulf Coast over the weekend. They covered the shoreline with rotting…
Continue Reading Relatives fight for custody of kids who survived plane crash and weeks in Amazon jungle
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A custody battle has broken out among relatives of four Indigenous…
Continue Reading 2 active-duty Marines plead guilty to Capitol riot charges
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Two men who were active-duty members of the Marines Corps when they stormed the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty on…
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