By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — For many middle-aged and older people, getting a driver’s license was their first taste of long-awaited freedom –– and one they seized as soon as they could. But many of today’s teens are putting off this rite of passage, data shows. Nearly 40% of teens delayed getting their license
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Fear and anxiety over a loved one missing overseas can be compounded by a lack of access to local officials and basic information, as well as time differences or language barriers. But some basic steps can – and should – be taken if you fear someone has been caught
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Mega Millions is getting a makeover — including more than doubling the price of a ticket — as the multi-state lottery game aims to improve players’ odds and dish out bigger jackpots. The lottery, which is available to play in 45 states plus Washington, DC, and the
Continue ReadingPor John Fritze, Tierney Sneed y Devan Cole, CNN La Corte Suprema autorizó el viernes al presidente Donald Trump a congelar temporalmente millones de dólares en subvenciones a los estados para abordar la escasez de docentes. Es la primera victoria de la administración en el alto tribunal desde que volvió a la Casa Blanca en
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Millennials will soon have their first video-gamer saint when Carlo Acutis is canonized later this month, but auctioning off relics purported to be tied to “God’s influencer” online is a no-go, according to an Italian archbishop. The statement comes after an anonymous vendor tried to sell strands of
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Opinion by Dr. Josh Green (CNN) — America’s children are in danger. Measles outbreaks are spreading in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and beyond, threatening lives, overwhelming health-care resources and exposing vulnerable communities. Texas alone has confirmed more than 400 measles cases and the death of the first child from measles in our country in more
Continue ReadingPor Bryan Mena y Alicia Wallace, CNN Los aranceles masivos que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció el miércoles para docenas de socios comerciales se presentaron como “recíprocos”, por su simple objetivo de igualar los aranceles que otros países imponen a Estados Unidos. Pero la metodología detrás del intento de Trump de reequilibrar
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Detroit Pistons completed one of the NBA’s greatest turnarounds on Friday as their 117-105 win against the Toronto Raptors secured their spot in the playoffs, just one season after they finished as the league’s worst team with a dismal 14 wins. No other NBA team has ever reached
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “The White Lotus” Season 3 finale is upon us and, of course, there are some wild theories floating around the internet that may come to pass during Sunday’s sure-to-be wild closing episode. Some of those theories border on full-throttle conspiracies, others are just straight-up ridiculous, and the rest just
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Nectar Gan, CNN Los oficiales militares chinos, con uniformes marrones, se despliegan entre hileras de árboles jóvenes, echando tierra en fosas recién cavadas. La cámara enfoca a los líderes de mayor rango, uno por uno, por orden de rango. Pero un rostro prominente brilla por su ausencia. El segmento de noticias, emitido el
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Grass fires continued to wreak havoc at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday as practice and qualifying sessions were halted three times when three separate blazes broke out. The dramatic scenes came after Friday’s practice session had seen four red flags, two of which were due to trackside fires,
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The former student who shot and killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville in 2023 meticulously researched and planned the violent act for years, says a summary of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s investigation. Investigators pored over sketches and writings on thousands of pages
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena and Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The massive tariffs that President Donald Trump announced for dozens of trading partners Wednesday were pitched as “reciprocal,” simply aiming to match the tariffs other countries charge the United States. But the methodology behind Trump’s attempt to rebalance trade has nothing to do with the tariff
Continue ReadingBy Arit John, CNN (CNN) — A trio of election results this week have Republicans confronting a new reality: not only are they facing political headwinds as the party in power but simultaneously grappling with a dramatic reversal in the partisan preferences of the country’s most reliable voters. For years, Republicans were seen as the
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CNN By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In this week’s roundup of travel news: visiting the Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years after the World War II battle, the riskiest part of your airplane flight, plus new tourist taxes around the world. Passports, visas and entry fees We live in an age of unprecedented travel
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN San Antonio (CNN) — They say everything is bigger in Texas, so it’s only fitting that Saturday’s men’s Final Four in San Antonio is super-sized. For the first time since 2008 – also played in San Antonio – and only the second time ever, the four No. 1 seeds have made
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In this week’s roundup of travel news: visiting the Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years after the World War II battle, the riskiest part of your airplane flight, plus new tourist taxes around the world. Passports, visas and entry fees We live in an age of unprecedented travel freedom,
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb is shedding light on royalty that once ruled the region over 3,600 years ago. Archaeologists discovered the massive limestone burial chamber, which has multiple rooms and a decorated entryway, in January in Abydos, Egypt. But the lavish tomb’s intended occupant remains a mystery.
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The 28-year-old who gunned down three third graders and three staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville “used a great deal of manipulation” to conceal the extent of her mounting mental health struggles from her parents and therapists for years while planning a mass shooting, a police investigative
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By Gene Norman, Karina Tsui, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Severe thunderstorms and relentless rain are triggering catastrophic flooding across the middle of the US this weekend, as areas already hit hard by a recent string of storms and tornadoes remain in the path of this current system. The storms have killed at least 16
Continue ReadingPor Mariya Knight, Max Saltman, Sophie Tanno y Kosta Gak, CNN Un ataque ruso con misiles en Krivói Rog, la ciudad natal del presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, mató este viernes al menos a 19 personas, entre ellas nueve niños, uno de los ataques más mortíferos de este año en un conflicto que no muestra
Continue ReadingPor Sarah Ferris y Haley Talbot, CNN Los líderes del Partido Republicano del Senado dieron un paso clave para impulsar la multimillonaria agenda del presidente Donald Trump en el Congreso, desencadenando al mismo tiempo una guerra dentro del partido sobre cómo pagarla. Los republicanos en Washington se están moviendo con urgencia para entregar a la
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Birmingham, UK (CNN) — Will Timms is a very busy man. The pest controller spends his days criss-crossing Britain’s second-largest city to remove rats, cockroaches and other unwanted creatures from people’s homes. Lately, Timms’ phone has barely stopped ringing as some 17,000 metric tons of garbage have piled up on Birmingham’s
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By Mariya Knight, Max Saltman, Sophie Tanno and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian president’s home city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday killed at least 19 people, including nine children, one of the deadliest strikes this year in a conflict that shows no sign of a swift end despite
Continue ReadingPor David Goldman, CNN Estados Unidos tiene un nuevo impuesto sobre prácticamente todos los artículos que cruzan su frontera: 10%. El arancel universal entró en vigor este sábado a las 00:01 hora del este de Estados Unidos, después de que el presidente Donald Trump firmara un decreto a principios de semana que exige un impuesto
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By George Ramsay and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — Ilona Maher is among the most popular rugby players, if not athletes, on the planet, and within her fan club happens to be someone who blazed a trail before her. Ruby Tui, a two-time Olympic medalist and Women’s Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand, has
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Christian Edwards, CNN Esta semana, un tribunal francés declaró culpable a la figura de la extrema derecha Marine Le Pen de malversar millones de euros de fondos de la Unión Europea y le prohibió postularse a un cargo político durante cinco años, lo que la dejó fuera de la carrera presidencial de 2027
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CNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Sweeping job cuts and reorganizations taking place at the US Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leave the United States “weaker as a nation,” Dr. Peter Marks told CNN on Friday. Marks, the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s
Continue ReadingPor Jeremy Herb, Jeff Zeleny, Kayla Tausche y Phil Mattingly, CNN Los nuevos y radicales aranceles del presidente Donald Trump se enfrentan a diversas reacciones: una caída de los mercados, represalias extranjeras, la ira de las empresas estadounidenses y el escepticismo del presidente de la Reserva Federal y de algunos aliados en el Congreso. Hasta
Continue ReadingPor Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español Costa Rica otorgó la condición de solicitantes de refugio a 16 migrantes de nacionalidad china deportados por Estados Unidos el 20 y el 26 de febrero pasado, informó este viernes la Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería de la nación centroamericana. El grupo forma parte de 200 personas deportadas
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