By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time in 50 years, a spacecraft is preparing to launch on a journey to the moon. The uncrewed Artemis I mission, including the Space Launch System Rocket and Orion spacecraft, is targeting liftoff on August 29 between 8:33 a.m. ET and 10:33 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space
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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer Defending WNBA champion Chicago and Connecticut meet Sunday in the WNBA playoffs for the third straight year and a second straight time in the semifinals. The teams are 1-1 in those matchups, but for the past year, the Sky have dominated the Sun. Chicago won last season’s playoff series
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By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer Defending WNBA champion Chicago and Connecticut meet Sunday in the WNBA playoffs for the third straight year and a second straight time in the semifinals. The teams are 1-1 in those matchups, but for the past year, the Sky have dominated the Sun. Chicago won last season’s playoff series
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — En aproximadamente 46 horas, el cohete Artemis I estará listo para despegar en un vuelo no tripulado alrededor de la Luna, y la NASA está contando los minutos. La cuenta regresiva comenzó oficialmente a las 9:53 a.m. del sábado, según un tuit de la cuenta Artemis de la NASA. La cuenta
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer has made a record 19 saves and his team has given the Bundesliga a sliver of hope by holding Bayern Munich 1-1. Bayern had 33 attempts at goal and could only beat Sommer once as Leroy Sané finally equalized in the
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer has made a record 19 saves and his team has given the Bundesliga a sliver of hope by holding Bayern Munich 1-1. Bayern had 33 attempts at goal and could only beat Sommer once as Leroy Sané finally equalized in the
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Turns out eagles have to fly commercial sometimes, too. Passengers at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina had an unexpected interruption to the tedium of the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint when a bald eagle, perched on its handler’s arm, spread its wings in the security line on Thursday. The
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump responded Friday to a judge’s request that he elaborate on his request that the court appoint a “special master” to oversee the review of evidence recovered from the search of his Mar-a-Lago residence with a 12-page filing that touched briefly on the newly released affidavit the FBI
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN In 1968, NASA astronaut Bill Anders captured a photo while aboard Apollo 8 that changed the way we see our planet: Earthrise. The iconic photo shows a perspective of Earth as seen from near the lunar surface. It might be easy to take dreamy sunrises or glowing full moons for granted
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing, Michigan, voted to unionize Thursday, becoming the first of the fast-casual chain’s 3,000 locations to organize. The workers at the Lansing Chipotle voted to form a union with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In a release Thursday, the union said that workers are
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CNN By Rob Picheta, CNN When a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, killing 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the eyes of the West immediately turned to her father, Alexander Dugin — the ultra-nationalist philosopher credited with being the “spiritual guide” to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. But Dugina herself played a smaller,
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El papa Francisco instaló formalmente a 20 nuevos cardenales en el Vaticano el sábado, cuatro provienen de América Latina. Se trata de Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, arzobispo metropolitano de Manaos, en Brasil; Paulo Cezar Costa, arzobispo metropolitano de Brasilia; ¡Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, arzobispo emérito de Cartagena de Indias, en Colombia; y Adalberto
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN In just around 46 hours, the Artemis I rocket is set to take off for an uncrewed flight around the moon — and NASA is counting down the minutes. The countdown officially started at 9:53 a.m. on Saturday, according to a tweet from NASA’s Artemis account. The countdown started once the
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN As the war in Ukraine has passed the six-month mark, US and European officials say Ukraine has successfully used a method of resistance warfare developed by US special operations forces to fight back against Russia and bog down its vastly superior military. The Resistance Operating Concept was developed in 2013 following
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Por primera vez, un menor da positivo a viruela del mono en la ciudad de Nueva York. Sin embargo, el comisionado de salud de la ciudad indica que el riesgo para los niños sigue siendo bajo. La ciudad publicó datos de casos de viruela del mono el jueves que incluían un
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A millennia-old Egyptian artifact was found in a shipment to the port at Memphis, Tennessee, officials say. US Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the artifact on August 17, according to a news release published Thursday. It had been shipped to Memphis, Tennessee from Europe, officials confirmed. Customs officers collaborated with
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN After years of lobbying by advocates, Anaheim finally designated its Arab-American enclave as “Little Arabia” on Tuesday. In a statement, Anaheim’s spokeswoman told CNN the city plans to follow up the designation with in-depth research. “The Little Arabia designation recognizes an area of our city we’ve always celebrated as part of
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — ¿Te gustaría agregar un poco de condimento en polvo de gusano de la harina con tu comida? Es una pregunta que pronto escucharás en la mesa, o al menos esa es la esperanza de los científicos de la Universidad Wonkwang de Corea del Sur. Los investigadores In Hee Cho y Hyeyoung
Continue Reading SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Manchester United’s stand-in captain Bruno Fernandes has made it back-to-back wins for Erik ten Hag’s team by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League. Fernandes steered in a cross from Diogo Dalot in the 55th minute as United followed up Monday’s win over Liverpool
Continue Reading SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Manchester United’s stand-in captain Bruno Fernandes has made it back-to-back wins for Erik ten Hag’s team by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League. Fernandes steered in a cross from Diogo Dalot in the 55th minute as United followed up Monday’s win over Liverpool
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