By Julia Hollingsworth and Chandler Thornton, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the country confirmed one coronavirus case — the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in the community since February. Ardern told a press conference Tuesday authorities were assuming it was the contagious Delta variant, although genome sequencing
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if some signs are to be believed. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump “undermined” the US’ 2020 agreement with the Taliban by pushing for US forces to leave Afghanistan without the Taliban meeting the conditions of the deal. The Trump administration’s “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” outlined a
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business It’s been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the takeover of Afghanistan by the militants. On Tuesday, Facebook reiterated its ban on accounts praising, supporting, or representing the Taliban from its platforms, including WhatsApp and
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Those unvaccinated against Covid-19 aren’t just risking their own health — they’re also jeopardizing medical care for others and fueling a surge that’s forcing more students to quarantine, doctors say. Covid-19 hospitalizations have doubled over the past three weeks, with 83,693 people hospitalized this week, according to data
Continue Reading By Ben Tinker, CNN When my husband and I were counting down the days to the birth of our son last year, one of my best friends shared this quote with me: “Making the decision to have a child — it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The busy Kabul street looks almost as if nothing has changed. People rush by, as shopkeepers arrange their colorful merchandise, and police direct traffic. There’s one big change, though: There are almost no women here. Since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital on Sunday, women
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, Ellie Kaufman and Mike Conte, CNN White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said the Taliban have committed to providing a “safe passage” for civilians looking to flee Afghanistan as he defended the US’ chaotic withdrawal from the two-decade conflict. Sullivan said the military is in discussions with the Taliban
Continue Reading By Ben Burnstein, CNN The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is particularly disheartening to Americans who fought there. Across 20 years of combat, almost 800,000 troops deployed to the war zone — many of them more than once. Images of the American withdrawal and questions about the war’s legacy now aggravate long-held frustrations that have been
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Poppy Harlow’s father taught her to love the law profession. “As a little girl,” the CNN anchor recalled, “I would sit with him at the kitchen table and he would take apart a camera or a printer and say ‘Look, Poppy, this is where they infringed a patent.’ ‘This is
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN More adolescents have received Covid-19 vaccinations in the past two weeks — representing about a fifth of all new vaccinations in the United States, data suggest. Public health experts call the increase in vaccinations good, but the cause may be grim. The rise in Covid-19 vaccinations among adolescents parallels an increase
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business It’s been two days since Kabul fell to the Taliban and social media giants are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the takeover of Afghanistan by the militants. On Tuesday, Facebook reiterated its ban on accounts praising, supporting, or representing the Taliban from its platforms, including WhatsApp and
Continue Reading By Jill Martin, Kay Jones and Eric Levenson, CNN The NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders announced Monday that the franchise will require fans to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination to attend home games this season at their gleaming new Allegiant Stadium. The vaccine mandate will go into effect September 13, the date of the team’s first
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN An incoherent strategy to rebuild Afghanistan, flush with resources but lacking cohesive leadership and a well-defined mission, doomed the 20-year US reconstruction effort that saw American taxpayers pour $145 billion into projects that were often unsustainable, corrupt, and forced through on unrealistic timelines. The conclusions from the latest
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN With a mini-reunion of key players from “Big Little Lies” at its core, “Nine Perfect Strangers” combines a book by Liane Moriarty with Nicole Kidman and writer-producer David E. Kelley, then surrounds them with an equally impressive cast. The series is another one of those riddles wrapped in a mystery,
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, Tara John, Tim Lister and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Afghanistan’s former President, Ashraf Ghani, is in the United Arab Emirates, its foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday. News of his whereabouts comes days after he fled Kabul as the Taliban closed in on the city. “The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Those unvaccinated against Covid-19 aren’t just risking their own health — they’re also jeopardizing medical care for others and fueling a surge that’s forcing more students to quarantine, doctors say. Covid-19 hospitalizations have doubled over the past three weeks, with 83,693 people hospitalized this week, according to data
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Oren Liebermann and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Factions within the Biden administration are embroiled in a blame game over why the US government didn’t act sooner to withdraw American citizens and Afghans who helped the US over two decades of war, leading to a rushed and dangerous evacuation. Military officials have
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz Boyd Camper was set to join the ranks of those pleading guilty in the January 6 insurrection when the federal judge overseeing the case abruptly postponed the plea hearing over questions about whether Camper really believed he did anything wrong. “Then this plea doesn’t go forward,” Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace has strengthened into a tropical storm again, threatening the Caribbean with mudslides and flooding. That includes vulnerable Haiti, which just suffered an earthquake and may now face driving rains. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace has strengthened into a tropical storm again, threatening the Caribbean with mudslides and flooding. That includes vulnerable Haiti, which just suffered an earthquake and may now face driving rains. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Grace has strengthened into a tropical storm again, threatening the Caribbean with mudslides and flooding. That includes vulnerable Haiti, which just suffered an earthquake and may now face driving rains. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Top health officials in the Biden administration are coalescing around an agreement that most Americans should get Covid booster shots eight months after becoming fully vaccinated, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CNN. The plan, which is still being developed, would involve administering third shots beginning in mid- to late
Continue Reading By John Duffy, CNN When a young man I work with in my therapy practice headed off to college in 2019, his future looked bright. He made friends, joined a fraternity, and reported to his parents that he was adjusting well, thriving socially and doing well in classes. The reality was much darker. He stopped
Continue Reading By Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Abdul Basir Bina and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Najia was at home with her three young sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door. Najia’s daughter Manizha, 25, knew they were coming — her mother had told her they’d done the same
Continue Reading By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Around 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been impacted by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday morning, according to UNICEF. The quake left at least 1,941 people dead and more than 6,900 injured; that toll is expected to rise in the coming
Continue Reading By Jennifer Henderson and Polo Sandoval, CNN Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and placed on a ventilator, according to a tweet over the weekend from his official account. In an tweet on August 10, Burke, a Covid-19 vaccination critic, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus, and said, “Thanks be to
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins, CNN By the time images of desperate Afghans clinging to American warplanes began emerging from Kabul on Monday morning, President Joe Biden had conceded to aides he had little choice but to interrupt his stay at Camp David to return to the White House. He had been
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN If you want to visit one of America’s national parks, there’s an essential item you must bring: face masks. Showing that even wilderness areas aren’t free from the reach of the Covid-19 Delta variant, the National Park Service announced Monday that it is immediately enforcing mask rules. Visitors, employees and contractors
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US by volume, has drained at
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Mike Conte and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Now that the Taliban are in control of Kabul, Ismail is afraid to leave his house. “I’m under the threat,” he told CNN on Monday, “I’m like a prisoner.” Ismail — whose last name is being withheld to protect his safety — is one
Continue Reading CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to New York City, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Nearly all pandemic travel restrictions were lifted in June in New York state (including New York City) as 70% of New Yorkers 18 or older
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Well, that was quick and yet not. Ryan Reynolds’ latest film “Free Guy” just came out and already there is talk of a sequel. Over the weekend, Reynolds took to his verified Twitter account to confirm it. “Aaannnnd after 3 years messaging #FreeGuy as an original IP movie, Disney confirmed
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins, CNN By the time images of desperate Afghans clinging to American warplanes began emerging from Kabul on Monday morning, President Joe Biden had conceded to aides he had little choice but to interrupt his stay at Camp David to return to the White House. He had been
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First it was “Fear,” then it was “Rage,” now it is “Peril.” That is the title of the highly anticipated third book about President Trump from legendary journalist Bob Woodward, this time written with co-author Robert Costa, a Washington Post national political reporter. “Peril” is scheduled for release
Continue Reading By Ian Berry and Kerry Flynn, CNN Business Falls. Collapses. Chaos. Those are some of the words splashed across the front pages of newspapers in the US and around the world after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul. Reflecting on Monday’s front page, USA Today Editor-in-Chief Nicole Carroll told CNN Business, “There
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN As he hit the campaign trail this weekend to fight the Republican-led effort to oust him, California Gov. Gavin Newsom leaned into the microphone with a message for all the disengaged Democrats who might be inclined to ignore the September 14 recall election. “Though we defeated Trump, we
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Free Guy,” an action comedy from Disney’s 20th Century Studios starring Ryan Reynolds, opened to an estimated $28.4 million at the North American box office this weekend. That number was a bit of surprise: Industry experts predicted the film would make closer to $20 million in the region. “Free Guy”
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and Alta Spells, CNN As students return for the first day of school in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the district’s leadership has confirmed that a 16-year-old student has died of complications from Covid-19. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of a 16-year-old Andrew Jackson High student from Covid complications,” Lancaster
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jennifer Hansler, CNN President Joe Biden will address the crisis in Afghanistan from the White House on Monday afternoon as he faces mounting questions about his administration’s apparent failure to prepare for the collapse of that nation’s government. Biden had remained at the wooded Camp David presidential
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr, Jason Hoffman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Violence erupted at the Kabul airport as US forces shot and killed two armed men who fired on them Monday, the Pentagon said, as the US resumed temporarily suspended operations at the airfield after clearing crowds off the runways. As the chaos at the airport and
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Anna Coren and Nic Robertson, CNN Hundreds of people poured onto the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport, desperately seeking a route out of Afghanistan on Monday, after the Taliban’s sudden seizure of power sparked a chaotic Western withdrawal and brought to a crashing end the United States’ two-decade
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Food stamp benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels, on average, starting in October — the largest increase in the program’s history, the Biden administration announced Monday. The boost, which advocates say is long overdue, stems from an update to the Thrifty Food Plan, which determines the benefit amounts of the
Continue Reading Opinion by Dan Schulman, Robert F. Smith and Rich Lesser for CNN Business Perspectives Amid the national reckoning over racial inequality, corporations and foundations across the country have pledged roughly $11 billion to support causes that promote racial equity. Yet to date, only about half of that promised amount — roughly $5.8 billion — appears
Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by
Continue Reading By Matt Rivers and Jack Guy, CNN A tropical storm system is threatening to unleash flash flooding and mudslides on the area of Haiti where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed almost 1,300 people on Saturday. Tropical Depression Grace was approaching the southern coast of Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, early Monday bringing
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh and Lauren Lau, CNN Business Major international airlines are scrambling to reroute flights away from Afghan airspace as the country falls to the Taliban, disrupting passenger services to India, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. On Monday, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates and Flydubai all announced changes to flights to or over
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Hyatt is expanding its reach in luxury resorts, betting that pent-up demand following the pandemic will boost demand for upmarket leisure travel. The US hotel group said in a statement Sunday that it has agreed to buy luxury resorts operator Apple Leisure Group from private equity firms KKR and KSL
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the country, entering Kabul on Sunday as former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the United States evacuated its embassy. Now, many US veterans are expressing frustration and disappointment
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the country, entering Kabul on Sunday as former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the United States evacuated its embassy. Now, many US veterans are expressing frustration and disappointment
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Some students don’t want to go back to in-person school, and it doesn’t have anything to do with coronavirus. For them, in a virtual classroom, there’s less room for bullying, harassment and toxic social situations. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, a milestone in the insurgent group’s assumption of control over capital city Kabul. One unit shared pictures of the palace interior — intact, but empty and apparently abandoned
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economic recovery is slowing down — and it’s not just the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19 that has economists and government officials on alert. Chinese officials on Monday released new data on industrial production, investment and retail sales for July showing signs of weakness in the economy.
Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by
Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by
Continue Reading By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Just last week, US intelligence analysts had predicted it would likely take several more weeks before Afghanistan’s civilian government in Kabul fell to Taliban fighters. In reality, it only took a few short days. On Sunday, Taliban militants retook Afghanistan’s capital, almost two decades after they were driven from Kabul by
Continue Reading By Mayra Cuevas, CNN A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti August 14th, causing widespread destruction, killing at least 2,100 people and injuring thousands more. Humanitarian officials worry about how quickly aid can be deployed and how Haitians will be affected as the country is still grappling with the assassination in July of President Jovenel Moise.
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Last year was Europe’s hottest on record, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Meteorological Society, which also found 2020 to be among the three hottest years globally. The UK Met Office, which contributed to the report, said record had been broken “by a considerable amount.” Average temperatures in
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Texas Supreme Court sided with Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday in a ruling that temporarily blocks mask mandates recently issued in San Antonio and Dallas, though local officials said they will continue to enforce at least a portion of the mask mandates. The Texas high
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By Paul Devitt, Angus Watson and Nectar Gan, CNN Thousands of protesters defied coronavirus lockdowns to hit the streets of Australia’s largest cities on Saturday, as the country recorded its highest single-day caseload since the pandemic began. The states of New South Wales (NSW) — home to Australia’s most populous city, Sydney — and Victoria
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. With futuristic speed, Afghanistan is being sent back in time, to what is often called a “dark age” of Taliban domination. The Afghan population is bearing witness with digital age
Continue Reading By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As Taliban forces seize control in Afghanistan, global news outlets are struggling to stay safe and continue reporting. But local journalists could be at greater risk. The Committee to Protect Journalists has warned that Afghan journalists face extreme dangers amid the Taliban takeover. On Sunday, the militants took control of
Continue Reading By Kay Jones and Alaa Elassar, CNN A Texas man is dead and another person was injured after a double-decker party boat capsized in bad weather Saturday night on a lake north of Houston, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said in a statement. The boat capsized at 8:12 p.m. during a strong thunderstorm on
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Taliyah Rice returns next week for her final year of high school in suburban Chicago. She’s anxious about going back to in-person learning, but it has little to do with coronavirus fears or first-day jitters. Taliyah is mostly worried about facing social pressures she hasn’t had to deal with in more
Continue Reading By Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business As Taliban forces seize control in Afghanistan, global news outlets are struggling to stay safe and continue reporting. But local journalists could be at greater risk. The Committee to Protect Journalists has warned that Afghan journalists face extreme dangers amid the Taliban takeover. On Sunday, the militants took control of
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Melanie Zanona, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday in a briefing for Senators that terrorist groups like al Qaeda could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than the two years defense officials had previously estimated to Congress because of the recent, rapid Taliban takeover
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other foreign personnel to evacuate Afghanistan as Taliban fighters entered Kabul. The rapid fall of Afghanistan’s national forces and government has come as a shock to Biden and senior members of
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Three New York district attorneys’ offices are urging the state attorney general’s office either to delay or withhold from publicly releasing transcripts and other materials from its investigation that found former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, concerned that doing so now may “hinder” their ongoing criminal
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood and Devan Cole, CNN The United States is pulling out all US personnel from its embassy in Kabul over the next 72 hours, including top officials, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN on Sunday. The withdrawal of embassy personnel marks a rapid acceleration of the process that had only been
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN Bárbara Abadía-Rexach spent months appearing in webinars and radio shows talking to Puerto Ricans about why they should identify as Black or more than one race on the 2020 Census. “If you are constantly being described as non-White, why would you still choose White?” said Abadía-Rexach, a Black Latina and member
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Don’t expect any 200 mph trains that rival Europe and Asia’s best, or even cheaper fares. Transportation experts think the infrastructure bill could be the start of a turning point for the disadvantaged state of US rail travel. But the bill doesn’t change the fallout of Americans looking past rail
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Tim Lister, Angela Dewan and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, a milestone in the insurgent group’s assumption of control over capital city Kabul. One unit shared pictures of the palace interior — intact, but empty and apparently abandoned
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Jen Christensen, CNN Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday they have submitted initial data to the US Food and Drug Administration to support the use of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine. The booster dose elicited a significantly higher antibody response against the initial strain of coronavirus and the Delta and Beta
Continue Reading By Cyril Vanier and Jo Shelley, CNN It’s been years since Haji and his wife have had a good night’s sleep. “All night, my wife wakes up,” says Haji. “She’s scared. If [she hears] somebody is coming, she calls me, ‘Haji, someone is coming!’” His wife says the first thing she does is hide the
Continue Reading By John Harwood The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play with economic fire. The test comes in the upcoming showdown over raising the federal debt limit, a painful political chore that periodically falls to Congress when the Treasury exhausts the amount
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers of Afghans living in the United States. “There was a sense of hope, of wanting to help, and wanting to do more and do better and go back to the
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mizgon Darby was an 18-year-old college freshman when she started a journal 20 years ago giving voice to the growing numbers of Afghans living in the United States. “There was a sense of hope, of wanting to help, and wanting to do more and do better and go back to the
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, the world has watched as the Taliban has swiftly taken back control of the country, entering Kabul on Sunday as former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country and the United States evacuated its embassy. Now, many US veterans are expressing frustration and disappointment
Continue Reading By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business The heads of some of the largest minority business advocacy groups on Capitol Hill are praising key elements of the latest infrastructure bill, which is currently being debated in the House after passing with bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday. “This was a win for us in a big
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 3:40 p.m. ET] At least 227 people have died after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Saturday morning, according to the country’s civil protection service. [Original story, published at 2:11 p.m. ET] At least 29 people have died after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Saturday morning,
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Over the last week, the Taliban has made significant gains across Afghanistan and now control over half of the country’s provincial capitals. Cities like Kandahar, Herat and Kunduz are among those now under control of the Taliban, whose fighters are circling ever closer to the capital, Kabul. CNN spoke to Afghans
Continue Reading By AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN The US Geological Survey said it’s likely that casualties are “high” after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Haiti Saturday morning. “High casualties are probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” according to the USGS. Haiti’s Civil Protection told CNN there have been fatalities and damage. The earthquake was about 12 kilometers
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN A coyote attacked a small child on a Massachusetts beach, prompting fears of a rabies infection, according to the National Park Service. The incident occurred on North Herring Cove Beach within Cape Cod National Seashore on Wednesday evening. The child who was bitten was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with non-life-threatening
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By John Sinnott, CNN Manchester United paraded new signing Raphaël Varane before its match against Leeds United at Old Trafford on Saturday and then treated the French international to an impressive win in its first match of the new Premier League season. Varane, who has joined the Manchester club from Real Madrid until June 2025
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Audi’s latest concept car, the skysphere, will be able to drive itself, the company claims. But the real hook is that, as it changes from human driving to self-driving, the body of the skysphere expands by 10 inches from end-to-end. The concept car’s long hood extends forward and the steering
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is working to finalize an agreement with Qatar to temporarily house thousands of Afghans who worked with the United States and their families and are fleeing their country as the security situation deteriorates, according to a source familiar with the ongoing discussions. The source said it could be
Continue Reading By Sarah Braner, CNN “I was told to go home and rest, that everything would be fine in two weeks. Sadly, those two weeks for me have never come,” said Chimére Smith, 39, one of many Americans fighting long Covid. According to multiple studies, long Covid may affect up to a third of Covid-19 patients.
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo is set to leave Juventus this season, manager Massimiliano Allegri said in a news conference on Friday. The Portuguese forward joined the Italian club on a four-year deal for a reported $117 million transfer fee in 2018 but has less than one year left on his current contract. “Yesterday,
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Not since Real Madrid’s famous ‘Galácticos’ squad of the 2000s has a single club boasted so much individual talent. Paris Saint-Germain’s dramatic capture of Lionel Messi — which will undoubtedly go down as one of the most shocking in football history — capped off what had already been an incredible summer
Continue Reading By Lisa Drayer, CNN Are you struggling with a midafternoon energy slump lately? Or maybe it’s during a midmorning meeting or before dinner prep when you feel you need a push. We have all experienced times when we feel we are dragging, both physically and emotionally. The good news is, there are lots of ways
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden is facing multiple August crises with Afghanistan on the verge of collapse, Covid-19 patients overwhelming hospitals in some states, persistent inflation concerns, an uncertain path forward for his sweeping infrastructure agenda and surging attempted border crossings. It’s a far cry from the celebrations of July, where the White
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Michael Kagan, a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says the cancerous lymph nodes in his neck are like a “ticking time bomb.” But there’s little he can do. MountainView Hospital, where he was scheduled to have his procedure last week, has put all surgeries requiring an overnight stay
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is working to finalize an agreement with Qatar to temporarily house thousands of Afghans who worked with the United States and their families and are fleeing their country as the security situation deteriorates, according to a source familiar with the ongoing discussions. The source said it could be
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Millions of guests visit Disney theme parks each year, and most of them probably loathe waiting 90 minutes to ride “Peter Pan’s Flight.” So now Disney is rolling out a new service that will help park goers streamline their visits and cut down on wait times. “Genie” — which debuts
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Americans are extremely worried about the Delta variant and the spike in Covid-19 cases. A key survey of consumer confidence plunged in August below where it was in April 2020 when the first Covid-19 outbreak slammed the brakes on the US economy. The University of Michigan said that
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN An Arkansas father of a 1-year-old hospitalized with Covid-19 is telling people to get vaccinated so another parent doesn’t have to face the uncertainty and fear that he’s living with. When Carter Butrum started showing cold-like symptoms last week, his parents got him tested for Covid-19. That test came back negative,
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By Alta Spells, CNN A doctor in Middle Tennessee began his message with a stark and simple warning. “No beds. There are no beds.” Dr. Geoff Lifferth, Chief Medical Officer at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, detailed the overwhelming impact of the Delta variant on the state’s healthcare facilities in a Facebook post,
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN With the Biden administration expected to announce that booster doses will be needed for most people who received the Covid-19 vaccine, many people have questions: Are boosters safe? Does the fact that we may need boosters mean that the vaccine isn’t working? And who should get them? To get the answers,
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN The medal-bite is a familiar photo opportunity for winning athletes at the Olympic Games. But one Japanese mayor took it a step further after he bit a softball player’s gold medal without permission, causing widespread public outrage. Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura was shown removing his covid-mask and biting into the medal
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