By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story CHIMNEY ROCK & BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Thanks to work by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), a new stretch of Highway 9 from Bat Cave to Chimney Rock is a thrill for locals now that the road is open and ready
Continue ReadingPor Jennifer Hansler y Sophie Tanno, CNN Una segunda ronda de conversaciones de alto nivel entre delegaciones de EE.UU. e Irán sobre el programa nuclear de Teherán concluyó en Roma este sábado, en medio de un moderado optimismo sobre una posible vía diplomática. Las negociaciones del sábado se llevaron a cabo una semana después de
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By Marc Liverman Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Leicester woman is describing the terrifying moments she witnessed her neighbor’s house fully engulfed in flames after hearing multiple explosions coming from a home on April 18. West Buncombe firefighters said the three residents inside the home on
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By Kosta Gak, Catherine Nicholls, Victoria Butenko and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a brief Easter ceasefire in his war with Ukraine, a declaration met with skepticism in Kyiv as the war enters a crucial phase and US-led negotiations stall. Putin said “all hostilities” would halt between 6 p.m. Moscow
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: the original “motor hotel” sits abandoned, the world’s busiest airports are ranked, and how to move abroad without messing it up. Birth of the motel Hotels and guesthouses have existed for centuries. But the motel was born in 1925 when an architect named Arthur
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When astronomers search for evidence of life beyond Earth, what signs are they seeking? Would clues be traced to microfossils trapped within ancient Martian rocks, swim in waters of an ocean world, or lead to an Earth-like twin thought of as Planet B? Or perhaps a technosignature, a signal
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Holy Week and Easter marks the high point of the Christian calendar. It is an intense period of prayer and reflection and a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of celebrations, presiding at several long public liturgies as Catholics mark the suffering,
Continue ReadingPor CNN Español Al menos 105 incendios continúan activos en México, de acuerdo con el reporte más reciente de la Comisión Nacional Forestal (CNF) actualizado el viernes por la noche. Más de 4.800 efectivos combaten los fuegos, que han consumido al menos 54.427 hectáreas en el territorio mexicano, detalla el informe de la comisión. En
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CNN, WCTV, @MIAMERP, TMX, BRYCE VANCE, GABRIEL SANTORO, @miamerp/TMX By Dalia Faheid and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — As multiple rounds of gunfire erupted near Florida State University’s student union minutes before noon on Thursday, students ran away from the campus trying to get to safety as the sound of emergency sirens grew louder. Just
Continue ReadingPor Kosta Gak, Catherine Nicholls, Victoria Butenko y Ivana Kottasová, CNN El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, declaró este sábado una “tregua de Pascua” en la guerra que mantiene contra Ucrania, una declaración recibida con escepticismo en Kyiv mientras la guerra entra en una fase crucial y las negociaciones lideradas por EE.UU. se estancan. Putin
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — “Everybody’s working for the weekend,” according to Canadian rock band Loverboy. If you work a traditional five-day workweek, you might relate to that feeling. But if someone is in a constant loop of dreading Monday through Friday and only looking forward to days off, it might not be the
Continue ReadingPor Michael Williams, CNN La administración Trump intensificó esta semana su campaña por retratar al hombre de Maryland deportado erróneamente a El Salvador como un miembro de una pandilla con un historial violento que, según dicen, “nunca regresará” a Estados Unidos. El último intento por presentar a Kilmar Ábrego García como un miembro violento de
Continue ReadingPor Christopher Lamb, CNN El vicepresidente de EE.UU., J. D. Vance, se reunió este sábado con altos funcionarios del Vaticano para conversar tras las duras críticas del papa Francisco a la política de inmigración de la administración Trump. El Vaticano dijo que durante la reunión tuvo lugar un “intercambio de opiniones” sobre migrantes, refugiados y
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Dončić was so upset he was being traded by the Dallas Mavericks in February that he threw and cracked his phone upon hearing the news, he revealed in an interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrews. “It still works,” he smiled during the interview, which was
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Comedian Tim Dillon isn’t expecting a certain member of the British royal family to stream his newly released stand-up special on Netflix. And he thinks the same logic should apply to Democrats who may fault him and other entertainers for President Donald Trump’s return to power. “You can’t go
Continue ReadingBy Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN (CNN) — Before you hop out the door this Easter Sunday, it may be worth checking what’s open as some places aren’t cracking their doors. Easter falls on April 20 this year. While it’s not a federal holiday, it’s widely observed across the US, and many businesses either close or shorten
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — For Billy Moges, the fight with a Washington, DC-area school district over the reading of LGBTQ+ books in elementary school is a matter of faith. “We have no hate for anyone,” said Moges, one of the Christian parents who sued Maryland’s largest school district over the policy in a
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, is due to return to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit will turn 70 on Sunday. The scientist invented the first object patented in space — called the Capillary Beverage, Space Cup or
Continue ReadingPor Manuela Castro, CNN en Español “Match, match, match”, el teléfono no para de sonar. Minutos atrás, ella y su amigo se propusieron un desafío: abrir la aplicación de citas y ver cuántas “coincidencias” logra cada uno, en un mismo período. Lo hacen por diversión y “por amor a la ciencia”, dicen, pero el resultado
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — US Vice President JD Vance met senior Vatican officials on Saturday for talks that follow sharp criticism by Pope Francis of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. The Vatican said that during the meeting an “exchange of opinions” took place concerning migrants, refugees, and prisoners. The vice president, a
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Gary Shapley, whom President Donald Trump named acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week with the support of Elon Musk, will no longer serve in the role, sources told CNN — a win for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s office, which
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By Issy Ronald and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles Dodgers’ designated hitter and global superstar Shohei Ohtani announced Saturday on Instagram that he and his wife Mamiko welcomed a baby girl – the couple’s first child. “I am so grateful to my loving wife who gave birth to our healthy beautiful daughter,” Ohtani
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration this week escalated its efforts to portray the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador as a gang member with a violent history who they say is “never coming back” to the United States. A renewed push to cast Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a violent member
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is ready to recognize Russian control of Crimea as part of the US proposal to drive an end to the war with Ukraine, an official familiar with the framework told CNN on Friday. Crimea, southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since it
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By Bryn Stole, CNN Berlin (CNN) — It’s 2 a.m. and hundreds of people are lined up outside Berlin’s legendary techno club Berghain. Forget the Philharmonic or the Neue Nationalgalerie — this is Berlin’s most famous cultural institution, and throngs of black-clad dance freaks are hoping to make it past the club’s notoriously selective bouncers.
Continue ReadingPor Allison Cho y Ramishah Maruf, CNN En Flushing, Queens, frutas y verduras frescas, salsas de soja y snacks con sabor a algas se alinean en los pasillos del supermercado Chang Jiang. Chang Jiang se encuentra entre una hilera de tiendas en esta comunidad de mayoría asiática, donde los coloridos escaparates lucen letreros en chino
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — For hundreds of thousands of people every year who dream of studying or researching in the United States, a student visa is the golden ticket. Now, for hundreds of people already at US colleges and universities, it is turning into a one-way ticket back to their home countries as
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — As Rory McIlroy sunk to his knees in celebration, the party of all parties was about to begin. McIlroy ended his long wait to win the Masters last Sunday, joining an exclusive list of golfers to complete golf’s career grand slam – winning each of the
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, Aaron Fisher and Katherine Jennings, CNN (CNN) — The campus of Florida State University was bustling as the noon hour approached Thursday, with students walking between classes, anticipating their final exams and graduation day just a couple of weeks away. Then, the tranquility was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Students fled
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is defined by “biological sex” under the country’s equality law – excluding transgender women – in a case that is expected to impact accommodations for trans women in bathrooms, hospital wards, sports clubs and more. The court ruling
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