By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters demanding the abolished monarchy be restored and the former king be made the head of state of the Himalayan nation demonstrated in Nepal Thursday. The protesters, waving flags and chanting slogans, demanded the return of the king and the restoration of
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By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet Mbata, who has sold African literature at the Nuria Bookstore for more than 30 years
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The Imagine Eleven concert series is kicking off the 2025 season 6 p.m. Sunday in Coleman Hawkins Park with the classic rock band, Swift Kik
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Today, light rain will continue on and off throughout the morning hours. By lunchtime, skies will begin to dry out before a chance of isolated thunderstorms returns later this evening. Afternoon highs will be in the low 70s, which is still well below average for this time of year. Winds will be light from the
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By Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, CNN Washington (CNN) — United Airlines and JetBlue Airways announced an agreement Thursday morning to share frequent flier benefits and sell tickets on each other’s websites. If approved by regulators, the deal, called “Blue Sky,” would allow United’s MileagePlus members and JetBlue’s TrueBlue members to earn and redeem miles on
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By Matt Rehbein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s use of an obscure portion of immigration law to detain and attempt to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is likely unconstitutional, according to an order issued Wednesday by a federal judge in New Jersey. Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and permanent US resident, is “likely
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. (BBW) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $15.3 million. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.17. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
Continue Reading ST LOUIS (AP) — ST LOUIS (AP) — Caleres Inc. (CAL) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $6.9 million. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of 21 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 22 cents per share. The footwear wholesaler and retailer posted revenue
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Paris-Saint Germain (PSG) manager Luis Enrique and his family suffered the ultimate heartbreak in 2019, when their nine-year-old daughter Xana died after a battle with cancer. It was a tragedy that rocked the entire soccer community and one which stays front and center in the 55-year-old’s thoughts today. For
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Want to immigrate to America, but don’t want to wait years going through the legal process? Soon you’ll be able to register for a “gold card” visa. The new card will replace the government’s EB-5 immigrant investor visa program, which grants green cards to immigrants who make a $1.8
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has recently made significant changes to how Covid-19 vaccines are approved and the groups they are recommended for. For the past few years, the federal government has broadly approved and recommended an updated Covid-19 shot
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Steven Jiang y Jessie Yeung, CNN Un doble golpe de Estados Unidos corre el riesgo de romper la ya frágil tregua de la guerra comercial entre Washington y Beijing, ya que tanto empresas tecnológicas como estudiantes chinos recibieron golpes impactantes por parte de la administración Trump este miércoles por la noche. Visto desde
Continue ReadingLisa Morrow, CNN (CNN) — Turkey may be famous for its kebabs, but the popular dish is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Turkish cuisine. Covering over 300,000 square miles, the European destination’s rich and diverse food is largely thanks to its landscape. Plateaus and plains of fertile soil formed by
Continue ReadingBy Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Last October, four female eastern lowland gorillas were airlifted from their home in Kasuhgo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and released 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast in Virunga National Park. Less than a year later, they have all successfully integrated into a group of wild gorillas, in what
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Carlos Alcaraz fought back from a slip-up in the second set against Hungary’s Fábián Marozsán to reach the French Open third round, eventually winning 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. After a strong start, Alcaraz wavered in the second set and Marozsán pounced to level the scores, but the Spaniard soon
Continue Reading DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American flag was hoisted outside of the long-shuttered U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus on Thursday, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government. The U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, who has also been appointed special envoy to Syria, arrived to inaugurate the residence, Syrian
Continue ReadingPor Chris Lau, Rubén Correa y Mateo Rehbein, CNN El Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT por sus siglas) anunció el cierre de su oficina de DEI, uniéndose a un grupo de universidades que buscan reducir sus programas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión ante la campaña antidiversidad del presidente Donald Trump. En una carta publicada en
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By FU TING, KANIS LEUNG, and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese students studying in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that some of them would have their visas revoked. The U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students,
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By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Jesús Velázquez still has his old John Starks jersey at home. He remembers the New York Knicks going to the NBA Finals in 1994, Patrick Ewing’s infamous “finger roll” in 1995 and all the on-court fights with the Miami Heat. Last Friday night, Velázquez was one of hundreds of
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Florida has yet again laid claim to being a hockey state after the Florida Panthers clinched their third consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearance following a 5-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday. The Panthers got off to an inauspicious start,
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Washington 9 Seattle 3 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Toronto 12 Athletics 0 Final Tampa Bay 13 Houston 3 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 4 Final Atlanta 9 Philadelphia 3 ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS Final New York 111 Indiana 94 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Edmonton
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Thursday, May. 29. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, May. 29. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, May. 29. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Thursday, May. 29. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Russia dramatically intensified missile and drone attacks across Ukraine this month in an effort to sap Ukrainians’ morale – but it is also stepping up ground attacks in many areas along the long frontline, according to Ukrainian officials and analysts. Some of those attacks have succeeded, with Ukrainian units
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The search for a missing 64-year-old man was suspended Thursday because of unsafe conditions after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before. The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Behind the monumental court ruling that blocked most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs is a small wine company run by a father-and-daughter duo. VOS Selections – a small, New York-based wine company – was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit which prompted a three-judge panel at the US
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — All season long, the Oklahoma City Thunder displayed dominance unlike any other team and that all culminated with their first trip to the NBA Finals in 13 years. The Thunder blew out the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-94 to win the Western Conference Finals in five games and will play for
Continue ReadingAnálisis por David Goldman y Matt Egan, CNN El fallo de este miércoles de un tribunal federal estadounidense contra la autoridad del presidente Donald Trump para imponer algunos de sus aranceles más amplios también puede haber asestado un duro golpe a toda la agenda económica del presidente. La principal política económica de Trump ha sido
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