Starmer resigns as UK prime minister, triggering leadership race
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday he will resign as Labour Party leader and step down after two turbulent years in office, ending a premiership that began with a historic parliamentary majority but unraveled under...
Best wishes
“I wish you all the best in your future legal endeavors and in life.” See if you can guess where the above quotation came from. Yes, I know a version of this line is in all sorts of documents. It’s probably deeply ingrained in the artificial intelligence that’s taking...
Texas judge releases grisly evidence from murder trial of Karmelo Anthony
MCKINNEY, Texas (CN) – A Texas judge publicly released grisly evidence Friday evening in the fallout of Karmelo Anthony’s murder conviction in the stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet. Collin County District Judge John Roach...
Colombians head to the polls in a tense, decisive runoff
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (CN) — On Sunday, Colombians will elect their future president in what could become a pivotal election, with most polls favoring a far-right right political outsider, Abelardo de la Espriella ahead of the ruling Pacto Historico’s candidate, the...
Ukrainian officials criticize Polish president’s decision to strip Zelenskyy of honor
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A decision by the Polish president to strip Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland’s highest state honor was beneficial to Moscow, which has an interest in seeing Kyiv in conflict with its allies, Ukrainian officials...
Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight
Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks — a grim milestone that could affect whether the United States can keep its measles-free designation. More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state’s first outbreak began on June 20, 2025....
US reaches World Cup knockout round and wins its group with 2nd straight victory, 2-0 over Australia
SEATTLE (AP) — Christian Pulisic’s injury absence didn’t hurt the United States one bit. The Americans advanced to the knockout round of the World Cup without their injured star forward, beating Australia 2-0 on Friday for their second straight...
James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including ‘Cheers’ and ‘Friends,’ dies at 85
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Burrows, who helped create volumes of laughter as director of more than a thousand episodes of such classic television comedies as “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Friends” and “Will and Grace,” died Friday. He was 85. His family confirmed his death in a...
Crowds gather in Chicago to celebrate Juneteenth, new presidential library
CHICAGO (CN) — Nearly a century and a half after millions flocked to Chicago’s Jackson Park for the World’s Fair, crowds swarmed the park’s marshy mainland Friday afternoon in celebration of a new presidential library. After years of delays in...