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NEW YORK (AP) — James Gunn’s “Superman” showed staying power in its second weekend at North American box offices, collecting $57.3 million in ticket sales and remaining the No. 1 movie in cinemas, according to studio estimates Sunday. None of the week’s new releases — “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Smurfs,” and “Eddington” — came close to touching Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ superhero success. “Superman” dipped 54% from its domestic opening, an average decline for a big summer film.In two weeks, “Superman” has grossed $406.8 million worldwide, a good start for the movie DC Studios is banking…

Ocean views often get the glory. But lakes offer some of the most picturesque natural landscapes in the US. From nature preserves to mist-shrouded mountains, lush forests and turquoise lagoons, these waters beckon visitors with their stunning scenery. The regions also offer hiking, camping, swimming, kayaking, boating and fishing. But one thing they all have in common – they are gorgeous, and many are under-the-radar. Though we would normally count California and Nevada’s Lake Tahoe and Oregon’s Crater Lake in the mix, we’re sharing some incredibly stunning lakes across the country you may not be as familiar with. Big Bear Lake,…

CNN  —  China brain tech rivals Musk’s Neuralink China brain tech rivals Musk’s Neuralink 01:35 “I want to eat” popped up in Chinese characters on a computer at a public hospital in central Beijing. The words were formed from the thoughts of a 67-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, who is unable to speak. The demonstration, captured on video in March by Beijing Radio and Television Station, was part of a clinical trial involving five patients implanted with a coin-sized chip called Beinao-1, a wireless so-called brain computer interface (BCI) – a technology…

CNN  —  Ecuador’s most notorious drug kingpin has been extradited to the United States, a month after he was recaptured following a prison escape that sparked a wave of violence across the country. Jose Adolfo Macias, better known as “Fito,” was transferred Sunday from a maximum-security prison in the port city of Guayaquil to the city’s airport, where he was handed over to US officials who arrived earlier to carry out the extradition process, according to Ecuadorian prison authorities. A US Department of Justice plane arrived in Guayaquil around 12:45 p.m., local time, and departed with the gang leader after…

by Donald Wood Last updated: 3:50 PM ET, Fri July 18, 2025 As part of an effort to curb overtourism, the port of Barcelona in Spain announced plans to limit the number of cruise passengers that can pass through the terminal.According to Reuters.com, Barcelona’s city hall and port authority announced on Thursday they had reached an agreement to reduce the number of cruise terminals from seven to five by 2030. “For the first time in history, limits are being placed on the growth of cruise ships in the city,” Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni told Reuters.City officials revealed that Barcelona saw…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 5:25 PM ET, Fri July 18, 2025 With lower income Americans struggling amid a worsening economy and growing inflation, airlines are betting big on premium passengers to navigate the current U.S. economic swing.It’s a strategy the airlines followed after the pandemic in order to sure up revenue and insulate themselves from economic fallout – and its working amid the country’s current economic woes once again. Carriers that have premium seats aboard their planes are maintaining profitability at the moment, despite a slump in travel demand, per a report from Reuters. This is due largely to…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:50 AM ET, Sat July 19, 2025 Delta Air Lines is set to expand the use of artificial intelligence to determine airfare after testing a pilot program which used AI to set 3 percent of the airline’s airfare, but privacy advocates and government officials are concerned that it could lead to price hikes and discriminatory pricing. The airline was one of the first to consider using AI to determine airfare, a measure that was announced back in 2023 by the airline’s president, Glen Hauenstein. They’ve partnered with Israeli company Fetcherr to use AI to set prices.…

CNN  —  On the morning of July 4, an American marketing professor was walking towards his ex-wife’s house in Athens to pick up their two young children. It should have been an unremarkable, if strained visit – the couple had apparently been disputing the terms of custody arrangements. But Przemyslaw Jeziorski never made it to the front door. In broad daylight, in this typically quiet, suburban neighborhood of Greece’s capital, he was shot multiple times at close range, according to police. Jeziorski died where he fell, police said, his body riddled with gunshot wounds seen in grim photographs taken in…

Few companies have grown as quickly as Tesla, especially just before and after the company launched the Model 3, its first affordable EV. “We scaled Tesla in 30 months from $2 billion in revenue to $20 billion in revenue,” Jon McNeil, the former president of Tesla who is now co-founder and CEO of DVx Ventures, told the crowd at TechCrunch’s All Stage event in Boston. It wasn’t McNeil’s first time scaling companies, nor would it be his last. Previously, he founded six different companies, and after Tesla, he joined Lyft as COO before starting his own venture firm, where he’s…

CNN  —  Four-year old Razan Abu Zaher gave up her fight for life on Sunday. She died at a hospital in central Gaza from complications brought on by hunger and malnutrition, according to a medical source. Her skeletal body was laid out on a slab of stone. At least 76 children in Gaza have died of malnutrition since the conflict began in October 2023, as well as ten adults, the Palestinian health ministry says. According to the World Health Organization, most of these occurred since Israeli authorities imposed a blockade at the beginning of March. Razan was one of at…