June 2025

Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian air bases is a lesson for the West on its vulnerabilities

June 5, 2025 8:41 am Associated Press

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press The targets were Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers and command-and-control aircraft, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The weapons were Ukrainian drones, each costing under $1,000 and launched from wooden containers carried on trucks. “Operation Spiderweb,” which Ukraine said destroyed or damaged over 40 aircraft parked near air bases across

Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the US. Here’s what to know

June 5, 2025 8:32 am Associated Press

Associated Press President Donald Trump has banned travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries and restricted access for those from seven others, citing national security concerns in resurrecting and expanding a hallmark policy from his first term that will mostly affect people from Africa and the Middle East. The ban announced applies to

Shaq and Iverson team up to revive Reebok from obscurity in the Netflix docuseries ‘Power Moves’

June 5, 2025 8:30 am Associated Press

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson once clashed on the court in the 2001 NBA Finals, but now the basketball legends are joining forces to revive the Reebok brand they helped make iconic. In the Netflix docuseries, “Power Moves,” which premiered this week, the Hall

See St. Joseph: festivals, fairs and performances

June 5, 2025 8:00 am News-Press NOW

The Dance Arts Center is celebrating 40 years at the “40 and Fabulous” dance recital.

The University of Michigan released a statement on Wednesday saying that officials "strongly condemn any actions that seek to cause harm or threaten national security" and that they have "received no funding from the Chinese government in relation to research conducted by the accused individuals."

Counter-terrorism expert weighs in on fungus allegedly smuggled into Michigan

June 5, 2025 7:58 am CNN Newsource

By Heath Kalb Click here for updates on this story ANN ARBOR, Michigan (WWJ) — Two people, Yunqing Jian, a 33-year-old postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, are accused of smuggling a dangerous pathogen called “Fusarium graminearum” through the Detroit Metro Airport last summer. The Chinese nationals are charged

There's an unusual new attraction on Cape Cod this summer. It's the "Staples rock

“Staples rock” in Massachusetts is the new summer attraction on Cape Cod. “A must see!”

June 5, 2025 7:54 am CNN Newsource

By Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story ORLEANS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — There’s an unusual new attraction on Cape Cod this summer. It’s the “Staples rock,” a boulder in the parking lot of the Staples store on Route 6A in Orleans, Massachusetts. The rock has gone viral and has become so popular it

The Berkeley Historical Society is confronting the city's troubled past when it comes to Japanese Americans with a special exhibit entitled "Roots

Berkeley exhibit lists city’s Japanese American residents who were taken during WWII

June 5, 2025 7:51 am CNN Newsource

By John Ramos Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KPIX) — The Trump administration said it is deporting immigrants because they pose a threat to national security. That’s the same reason given for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Now, a national monument in the form of a book

El nuevo canciller de Alemania se reúne con Trump por primera vez. ¿Por qué es importante en este momento?

June 5, 2025 7:49 am CNN Newsource

Por Sebastian Shukla y Nadine Schmidt Friedrich Merz, el recién nombrado canciller alemán, se sentará en el Despacho Oval el jueves para su primera reunión presencial con el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump. La reunión se produce en un momento en que una serie de asuntos internacionales de gran importancia vuelven a cobrar protagonismo. Trump ha

A group of homeless people in West Berkeley was awakened Wednesday morning by a swarm of police and city workers

Berkeley homeless encampment cleared in surprise sweep

June 5, 2025 7:48 am CNN Newsource

By John Ramos Click here for updates on this story BERKELEY, California (KPIX) — A group of homeless people in West Berkeley was awakened Wednesday morning by a swarm of police and city workers, arriving to clear out a long-standing encampment. No notice was given that the sweep was coming, and advocates said it’s a

As the Trump administration announces its travel ban, many Afghans’ hopes are shattered

June 5, 2025 7:47 am Associated Press

By MUNIR AHMED, REBECCA SANTANA and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — When news of the Trump administration’s travel ban came down including word that Afghanistan was on the list, Negina Khalili’s phone lit up with questions from her family still in Afghanistan and Qatar: What would it mean for them? Were their hopes

A firefighter attends a site of a drone attack in Pryluky

A Ukrainian firefighter rushed to the scene of a Russian drone attack. He found his wife, daughter and grandson dead

June 5, 2025 7:46 am CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová and Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — When the chief of the local fire department was called to a scene of a Russian strike in the central Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, he and his brigade found five people were killed and nine injured after a drone hit a residential building. Among the

“Se recortan pensiones por discapacidad o se congelan jubilaciones, pero hay exenciones impositivas y beneficios fiscales”

June 5, 2025 7:46 am CNN Newsource

Por CNN Radio Argentina Esteban Pulón, diputado del Partido Socialista por Santa Fe, se refirió a la media sanción de la actualización de los haberes jubilatorios y restitución de la moratoria previsional así como a la emergencia en salud pediátrica. En CNN Primera Mañana, afirmó que fue una jornada como “productiva, pero atravesada por tensiones

Europe cuts interest rates as inflation drops below target

June 5, 2025 7:42 am CNN Newsource

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Central Bank on Thursday cut its main interest rate again, citing slowing price rises. The widely anticipated move takes the ECB’s main rate to 2%, from 2.25% previously, and marks the eighth time the central bank has slashed borrowing costs since last June as inflation has

Missouri Senate backs aid for tornado victims and Kansas City Chiefs and Royals

June 5, 2025 7:26 am Associated Press

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Thursday approved a plan to provide over $100 million in aid for tornado-ravaged St. Louis and authorized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to continue playing in Missouri in

Missouri Senate backs aid for tornado victims and Kansas City Chiefs and Royals

June 5, 2025 7:26 am Associated Press

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Thursday approved a plan to provide over $100 million in aid for tornado-ravaged St. Louis and authorized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to continue playing in Missouri in

Missouri Senate backs aid for tornado victims and Kansas City Chiefs and Royals

June 5, 2025 7:26 am Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Thursday approved a plan to provide over $100 million in aid for tornado-ravaged St. Louis and authorized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to continue playing in Missouri in new or improved stadiums.

Missouri Senate backs aid for tornado victims and Kansas City Chiefs and Royals

June 5, 2025 7:26 am Associated Press

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Thursday approved a plan to provide over $100 million in aid for tornado-ravaged St. Louis and authorized hundreds of millions of dollars worth of incentives to try to persuade the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals to continue playing in Missouri in

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) said the spill leaked about 2000 gallons of diesel fuel into the water.

2000 gallons of diesel fuel overflowed into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, MDE says

June 5, 2025 7:25 am CNN Newsource

By Adam Thompson, Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two diesel tanks from Johns Hopkins Hospital’s third-party vendors overfilled and caused an overflow of diesel fuel into the Inner Harbor in Fells Point on Wednesday. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) said the spill leaked about 2000 gallons

2000 gallons of diesel fuel overflowed into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, MDE says

June 5, 2025 7:25 am CNN

WJZ By Adam Thompson, Christian Olaniran Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two diesel tanks from Johns Hopkins Hospital’s third-party vendors overfilled and caused an overflow of diesel fuel into the Inner Harbor in Fells Point on Wednesday. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) said the spill leaked about 2000

Teacher in Nigeria loses dozens of relatives and pupils in devastating floods

June 5, 2025 7:25 am Associated Press

By TAIWO ADEBAYO and YUNUSA UMAR Associated Press MOKWA, Nigeria (AP) — On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, now reduced to sludge and shattered wood by devastating floods. The Islamic teacher, clutching only the threadbare clothes he escaped with,

Oday Dabbagh had a memorable four months playing for Scottish side Aberdeen.

Representing nation is one of the ‘greatest honors,’ says history-making Palestinian soccer star Oday Dabbagh

June 5, 2025 7:14 am CNN Newsource

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Not many players could take a more perfect penalty: the ball confidently drilled into the top-left corner, a near-impossible save for any goalkeeper. That was how Palestinian forward Oday Dabbagh executed one of the most high-pressure scenarios of his career to date, helping his Aberdeen side to a shootout

Referente de los jubiladores: “Estamos luchando por un salario diferido, que nosotros ya lo hemos pagado”

June 5, 2025 7:05 am CNN Newsource

Por CNN Radio Argentina Nancy Yulán, docente jubilada y referente de la marcha de los miércoles, se refirió a la media sanción de la actualización de los haberes jubilatorios y restitución de la moratoria previsional. En CNN Primera Mañana, afirmó que “es un escándalo los niveles de crueldad, de cinismo y de hipocresía de todos

Black-colored plastics used in electronics are leaching flame retardants into kitchen utensils

Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants

June 5, 2025 7:00 am CNN Newsource

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching from electronic products during recycling, a study has found. “A product with one of the highest levels of flame retardants were

Indonesia arrests foreign nationals in Bali on drugs charges that could carry the death penalty

June 5, 2025 6:18 am Associated Press

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on the tourist island of Bali on Thursday announced the arrests of several foreign nationals, including an Australian, an Indian, and an American, on suspicion of possessing narcotics, charges that could carry the death penalty. Customs officers at Bali’s Ngurah Rai

Inside a historic church painted with murals that reflect searing social commentary

June 5, 2025 6:15 am Associated Press

By PETER SMITH Associated Press MILLVALE, Pa. (AP) — When the scaffolding came down inside the unassuming hilltop church near Pittsburgh, it revealed a raging storm of biblical proportions. A wide-eyed Moses holds the Ten Commandments aloft in righteous fury, ready to shatter the tablets when his followers abandon God for a golden calf. Lightning

What it takes to clean industrial soot and grime from a Pittsburgh church’s murals

June 5, 2025 6:08 am Associated Press

By PETER SMITH Associated Press MILLVALE, Pa. (AP) — How do you conserve 80-year-old murals that have accumulated decades’ worth of soot, salt and other deterioration? Slowly and carefully, using everything from scientific analysis to seaweed extract to everyday tools — like cosmetic sponges and shish kebab sticks. That was the approach taken by a

More measles exposures are happening at airports and tourist destinations. Here’s what travelers need to know

June 5, 2025 6:00 am CNN Newsource

By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,100 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, and the highly contagious virus has put people at risk while they wait in ERs and doctor’s offices — but also at a Shakira concert in New Jersey, at a mall in Minnesota, at a

Haliburton (No. 0) has had key moments for the Pacers' 2025 NBA playoff run.

NBA Finals: What to know as OKC Thunder and Indiana Pacers battle for title

June 5, 2025 5:40 am CNN Newsource

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The 2025 NBA playoffs have been ones to remember with shock results, historical big comebacks and the traditional heavyweights struggling. And at the end of a thrilling postseason, it is two teams with vastly different stories in the Finals. The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers will face

Nanne Ruuskanen (pictured) was mistakenly left out of Finland's women's national soccer team instead of 51-year-old Stina Ruuskanen (not pictured).

Finland women’s soccer manager apologizes for mistakenly calling up retired 51-year-old instead of 23-year-old

June 5, 2025 5:39 am CNN Newsource

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The manager of Finland’s women’s national soccer team has apologized after mistakenly calling up a 51-year-old with the same surname as a 23-year-old who she meant to select. Outi Saarinen called up former player Stina Ruuskanen for the team’s game against Serbia this week, instead of Djurgården defender Nanne

Smijan Radíc's 2014 pavilion now lives in Bruton

Designing the Serpentine Pavillion is an architect’s dream job. Meet the woman behind this year’s building

June 5, 2025 5:36 am CNN Newsource

By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — Even on a grey, drizzly morning in London, entering this year’s Serpentine Pavilion — the 25th architectural structure to be erected in Kensington Gardens — will bathe you in a warm glow. Packed in between curved wooden beams, translucent honeyed yellow square panels filter the weak sunlight into

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