By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Conan O’Brien is opening up about his decision to honor a commitment he made to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Several performers have canceled performances at the renowned and historically bipartisan arts institution after President Donald Trump criticized
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A British woman was found guilty Friday of breaching a buffer zone outside a UK abortion clinic, in a case that attracted concern from the Trump administration over “freedom of expression” in the country. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, from Bournemouth, a town on the southern English coast, was convicted of
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CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often. Top executives in the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, known as OCIO, have been tasked with cutting 50%
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors added two additional criminal charges against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, one month before he is set to go to trial in New York. Prosecutors charged Combs with an additional count of sex trafficking and one additional count of transportation to engage in prostitution relating to “Victim-2,”
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has issued a list of demands Harvard University must meet as a condition for receiving almost $9 billion in grants and contracts, federal money that is being threatened during an investigation into campus antisemitism. In a letter to Harvard’s president on Thursday, three
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina Carmen Álvarez Rivero, senadora nacional por el PRO, habló este viernes en La Mañana de CNN con Nacho Girón luego de su votación en contra de los pliegos de Ariel Lijo y García-Mansilla a la Corte Suprema y dijo que “la sesión fue para desgastar a Milei”. En CNN Radio, la legislador
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By GHAITH ALSAYED Associated Press ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is expanding its authority in the country. The fighters left the predominantly Kurdish northern neighborhoods of Sheikh Maksoud and
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What’s in a suit? According to curators busy prepping the newest Met Gala exhibit, a whole lot more than tailoring: history, culture, identity, power and, most of all, self-expression. “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” this year’s spring show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute,
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What’s in a suit? According to curators busy prepping the newest Met Gala exhibit, a whole lot more than tailoring: history, culture, identity, power and, most of all, self-expression. “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” this year’s spring show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute,
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police on Friday charged Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault following an 18-month investigation sparked when four women alleged they had been assaulted by the controversial comedian. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Brand, 50, faces one count of rape, one of indecent assault, one of
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By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European NATO allies and Canada on Friday said they are willing to ramp up defense spending but are cool on American demands for the size of their military budgets, particularly given U.S. President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary was never fully committed to the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday, a day after his government announced a decision to quit the global tribunal for war crimes and genocide. Speaking on state radio, Orbán offered justification for why Hungary did
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — One was a young teenager in Ohio whose family was moving to Texas. Another was a college kid at Kansas looking for help with his swing. And then there was Scottie Scheffler, a 6-year-old in New Jersey whose mother had taken a C-suite job at
Continue ReadingBy DeJanay Booth-Singleton Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WWJ) — Five people charged in a sextortion scheme that led to a Michigan teen’s death have pleaded guilty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The five individuals were identified as Dinsimore Guyton Robinson, 29, of Huntsville, Alabama, Kendall Ormond London, 32, of Lithonia,
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — A hawk that terrorized a sleepy English village for weeks was finally captured on Thursday, ending a string of around 50 attacks that landed a 75-year-old man in the hospital, disrupted postal deliveries, and stole two woollen beanies belonging to a 91-year-old man. The male Harris’ Hawk was
Continue ReadingPor Samantha Delouya, CNN Los aranceles podrían obstaculizar la construcción de viviendas en EE.UU., en un momento en que el país necesita construir millones de casas nuevas para satisfacer la creciente demanda. La fuerte disminución de la asequibilidad de la vivienda en los últimos cuatro años ha afectado a muchos estadounidenses, y el presidente Donald
Continue Reading By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip early Friday, as Israel sent more ground troops into the Palestinian territory to ramp up its offensive against Hamas. At least 17 people, some from the same family, were killed after an
Continue ReadingPor Alicia Wallace, CNN La economía estadounidense añadió 228.000 puestos de trabajo en marzo, una cifra mayor de la prevista y un aumento respecto a los 117.000 empleos sumados en febrero, según los datos de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales publicados el viernes. La tasa de desempleo subió al 4,2% desde el 4,1% del mes
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US economy added a stronger-than-expected 228,000 jobs in March, a significant increase from February’s revised gains of 117,000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. The unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.2% from 4.1%. Economists were expecting job growth to slow to 130,000 in March and
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU, ELAINE KURTENBACH and DIDI TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tax on all U.S. imports next week, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs that delivered the strongest response yet from Beijing to the American leader’s
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By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL (AP) — Dancing and consoling hugs. Wild whoops and anguished screams. Tears, both of joy and rage. Reaction to the court verdict ousting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday was a vivid window into the nation’s deep political divisions, as tens of thousands
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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — After giving a red carpet welcome this week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza, Hungary announced it would quit the court. Should Hungary follow through with its withdrawal from the
Continue ReadingPor CNN Radio Argentina Diego Guelar, exembajador argentino ante Estados Unidos y China, analizó el viaje del presidente Javier Milei a Estados Unidos y el impacto político a nivel regional y global del aumento de aranceles por parte del gobierno de Donald Trump. En CNN Primera Mañana, afirmó que los aranceles son “un tsunami y
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CNN By David Goldman and John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks were battered by a steep sell-off Friday after China retaliated against the United States for President Donald Trump’s tariffs in a tit-for-tat that escalates a global trade war. The Dow plunged by 2,231 points, or 5.5%. The broader S&P 500 was
Continue ReadingPor Juliana Liu y Nectar Gan, CNN China anunció este viernes que impondrá aranceles del 34% a todas las importaciones procedentes de Estados Unidos a partir del 10 de abril, cumpliendo así su promesa de contraatacar tras la escalada de la guerra comercial global del presidente Donald Trump. El mandatario anunció este miércoles aranceles adicionales
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