New Jersey authorities have rescued over 120 dogs that were part of a suspected dogfighting ring run at a compound in Cumberland County. Police executed search and seizure warrants on multiple properties in the early morning Wednesday, according to a news release from the Humane Society of the United States. “Dogs and puppies were found…
With one game remaining in the storied college career of Iowa guard Caitlin Clark, the national player of the year is focused on the task at hand but expects a “wave of emotion” no matter the outcome in Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament final. “I don’t have many emotions of, like, this is the end for…
The popular weight loss drug Wegovy seems to provide more health benefits for people who have diabetes and a common kind of heart failure than just helping take off the pounds, according to a new study. The study, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed how the drug helped people with Type…
President Joe Biden may face complications getting on Ohio’s 2024 general election ballot unless Democrats make changes or the state legislature takes action, according to a letter issued by the office of Ohio’s secretary of state, Frank LaRose. According to Ohio law, there is an August 7 deadline “to certify a presidential candidate to this…
Cole Brings Plenty, the “1923” actor who went missing last weekend, was found dead Friday in a wooded area in Kansas, police and his family said. The actor, 27, was last seen in the early morning hours of March 31 leaving the Lawrence, Kansas, area in a white Ford Explorer, according to a “missing” flier…
When Diane Gayeski, a professor of strategic communications at Ithaca College, receives an essay from one of her students, she runs part of it through ChatGPT, asking the ai tool to critique and suggest how to improve the work. “The best way to look at ai for grading is as a teaching assistant or research…
Tennessee could soon become the latest state to require public school students to watch a three-minute ai-generated video on fetal development created by an anti-abortion group. The state Senate passed the legislation, commonly known as the “Baby Oliva Act,” in a 21-6 vote Thursday and the bill is now headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s…
Two Russian strikes have killed at least seven people in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, officials said, as Kyiv continues to urge allies for more air defenses. At least one person died and three were injured in a strike on Kharkiv on Saturday afternoon, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional military…
College basketball star Caitlin Clark has a fan in beloved actor and sports fanatic Jason Sudeikis. The “Ted Lasso” star attended Friday’s Final Four NCAA women’s basketball match to watch Clark’s team, the Iowa Hawkeyes, play the Connecticut Huskies. The No. 1 Hawkeyes earned a return to the women’s NCAA tournament national championship game after…
Editor’s Note: Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) is a freelance writer in Chicago. The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion on CNN. Action movies are a predictable genre, both in terms of narrative arc (the underdog struggles, is apparently defeated…then wins!) and in who gets to be the hero blasting and punching their way along that…
Residents in Copenhagen’s famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following multiple deadly shootings. After tolerating the illegal sale of cannabis for more than 50 years in the former army barracks claimed by hippies during the 1970s,…
When it comes to the storied legacy of “Saturday Night Live,” most would agree that Kristen Wiig is up there with the greats. The hilarious and lasting characters she created during her seven-year tenure on the long-running NBC sketch show stand among the best ever seen on the show. This weekend will see Wiig’s fifth…
Sixty-eight teams began March Madness, and now it is down to just four. The men’s NCAA tournament semifinal stage is here and after almost three weeks of grueling action the best of the best remain. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of a must-watch Final Four fixtures. The four teams left in the men’s…
The controversial late foul call that proved pivotal in Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn in the women’s Final Four sparked some outrage on social media with stars like LeBron James and Angel Reese weighing in. However, UConn players voiced their frustration but refused to use it to explain their defeat. No. 3 UConn was trailing…
A doctor at a field hospital for detained Palestinians at Israel’s Sde Teiman army base has described “deplorable conditions” and “routine” amputations due to handcuff injuries, according to an exclusive report from the newspaper Haaretz. In a letter to Israel’s attorney general and defense and health ministers, obtained by Haaretz, the doctor said the conditions at…
As the Supreme Court turns toward a series of politically charged disputes in its final arguments later this month, it is wrestling with a backlog of controversies on guns, elections and transgender rights that will thrust its conservative majority into the middle of another turbulent presidential contest. Up ahead are arguments over whether former President…
Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes advanced in the women’s NCAA tournament and will face South Carolina — the top overall No. 1 seed and undefeated this season — in Sunday’s title game at the Final Four at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Iowa will be playing for national title game after edging out…
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Former President Donald Trump recently ramped up his attacks against the daughter of the judge presiding over his hush-money criminal trial in New York, and repeatedly cited her Democratic ties in a new attempt this week to remove the judge from the case. Judge Juan Merchan then broadened an already-existing gag order Monday after Trump vilified Merchan’s daughter with a combination of accurate information…
At least 11 people – including 10 University of South Carolina students and a bus driver – were injured when a charter bus crashed in southern Mississippi Friday afternoon on the way to New Orleans for a fraternity formal, according to the university. “The University of South Carolina was informed tonight of an accident in…
Ecuadorian police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday night to arrest a former vice president seeking asylum there, in an escalation of tensions that Mexico decried as “an outrage against international law.” Mexico’s foreign minister said the country would break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador after the arrest of former Ecuadorian Vice President…
A storm system moving through the Western United States will move through the Rockies and into the Plains over the weekend, bringing intense winds stretching from the Southwest to the Upper Midwest. Wind alerts are in effect for nearly 25 million people across 15 states from Arizona to Minnesota. The greatest threat of 100 mph…
A team of rescuers are working to save an orca calf that has been stranded for nearly two weeks in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island, off the west coast of Canada. The calf became stranded in the Zeballos lagoon after its mother got trapped on a sand bar in the lagoon’s shallow waters and died on…
By Heather Chen, CNN Here’s how to help humanitarian efforts in Gaza and Israel. From CNN staff The US received Israel’s report on the deadly strike on a World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy in Gaza and is “reviewing it very carefully,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. There are “no plans” for the US to conduct an…
Crews on Friday recovered the body of a third construction worker who died in the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore as divers continue searching for additional victims who officials believe are trapped under the wreckage. Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval’s body was found Friday morning, officials said. The discovery came amid salvage efforts to haul…
The family of a man who was killed in a Northern California mass shooting and his brother, who was injured in the attack, filed two lawsuits against a mushroom farm and one of its owners after the January 2023 shooting that left seven people dead, an attorney announced Friday. Jose Perez, 38, and his brother…
In a formal written statement on Friday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the wildly inaccurate claim that the participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol “carried no weapons” – and then, three hours later, said he was retracting the claim because he had learned he was incorrect. The claim that…
