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Month: May 2025

Social media platform X

X temporarily down for thousands of users

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was briefly inaccessible for thousands of US users early Saturday, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks internet disruptions. The site appears to have resolved the outage, as DownDetector reports are down to 690 as of 11:30 a.m. ET. Users in the United

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Arson suspected as power outage in southeast France disrupts final day of Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, France (AP) — French authorities believe arson may have played a role in a power outage Saturday in southeast France that threatened to jeopardize the Cannes Film Festival’s closing celebrations, including the much-anticipated Palme d’Or ceremony. Power was restored hours before the ceremony, around 3 p.m. local time, as music began blasting again from

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¿Qué tienen de especial los gatos naranjas? Los científicos descubrieron que son ‘freaks’ de la naturaleza

Por Amanda Schupak, CNN Un nuevo estudio podría haber descubierto qué es lo especial de los gatos naranjas, aunque quizá no sea lo que se cree. Los gatos pelirrojos son conocidos entre los dueños de gatos por ser particularmente amigables y enérgicos. Sin embargo, para los genetistas, la singularidad de estos gatos domésticos reside en

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The double-sided antler comb is in surprisingly good condition

Anglo-Saxons buried a mysterious vessel over a millennium ago. Archaeologists discovered its contents

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial discovered in a mound between 1938 and 1939. The fragments of the sixth century Byzantine bucket have fascinated researchers since

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Jeanine Pirro steps into spotlight with response to murders of Israeli embassy staffers

By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum. Pirro’s response to the young couples’ murder

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Colleges are canceling affinity graduations due to anti-DEI policies. Here is how students are preserving the traditions

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Elyse Martin-Smith began meeting with her classmates at Harvard University last summer to plan the annual Black student graduation hosted by a campus group she leads. The ceremony was set to be a celebration of Black culture, featuring musicians, poetry readings, messages about the historic struggle for racial

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final N.Y. Yankees 13 Colorado 1 Final Miami 6 L.A. Angels 2 Final Philadelphia 9 Athletics 6 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 6 Baltimore 5 Final Minnesota 5 Kansas City 4 Final Houston 2 Seattle 1 Final Chicago White Sox 10 Texas 5 Final Baltimore 2 Boston 1 Final Tampa

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, May. 24. 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

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, May. 24. 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

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, May. 24. 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

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, May. 24. 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

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Rusia lanza ataques con misiles y drones contra la capital ucraniana, horas después del inicio del intercambio de prisioneros

Por Kathleen Magramo y Svitlana Vlasova, CNN La capital de Ucrania, Kyiv, fue objeto de un ataque ruso a gran escala con drones y misiles durante la madrugada de este sábado, apenas horas después de que Rusia y Ucrania iniciaran un importante intercambio de prisioneros. Al menos 15 personas resultaron heridas en varios distritos de

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