By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The backlash to the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf intensified as Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, opened an investigation into the deal on Thursday. The committee will probe the deal between the US-based PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund-backed LIV Golf
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union took a major step Wednesday toward setting rules — the first in the world — on how companies can use artificial intelligence. It’s a bold move that Brussels hopes will pave the way for global standards for a technology used in everything from chatbots such
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will have his criminal trial split into two separate proceedings, a judge ruled Thursday, granting a request from prosecutors who worried that five of the 13 charges could be held up by a Bahamian court’s review. The move is a small win for
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union took a major step Wednesday toward setting rules — the first in the world — on how companies can use artificial intelligence. It’s a bold move that Brussels hopes will pave the way for global standards for a technology used in everything from chatbots such
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, Sarah Dean and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces spared the life of a Russian soldier when he surrendered to a drone on the battlefield just moments before its operators were about to open fire, a Ukrainian commander has confirmed to CNN. Drone footage from a unit of Ukraine’s 92nd mechanized
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — America’s top-selling beer is no longer American. Bud Light has been knocked out of the top spot it’s held for two decades by Modelo Especial, the popular Mexican lager brewed near Mexico City. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — America’s top-selling beer is no longer American. Bud Light has been knocked out of the top spot it’s held for two decades by Modelo Especial, the popular Mexican lager brewed near Mexico City. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
Continue Reading Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — His forearms bulged with the effort of holding onto the straining leash of a slobbering dog. The creature’s muffled grunts could be felt as much as heard – like the growls of a souped-up truck. Which was fitting, given that his owner’s call sign is Brabus
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By Mitchell McCluskey, Sarah Dean and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces spared the life of a Russian soldier when he surrendered to a drone on the battlefield just moments before its operators were about to open fire, a Ukrainian commander has confirmed to CNN. Drone footage from a unit of Ukraine’s 92nd mechanized
Continue Reading Exclusive by Sam Kiley, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — His forearms bulged with the effort of holding onto the straining leash of a slobbering dog. The creature’s muffled grunts could be felt as much as heard – like the growls of a souped-up truck. Which was fitting, given that his owner’s call sign is Brabus
Continue Reading By Laura Ly, CNN (CNN) — A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, according to an indictment. Cedric Lodge, 55, who worked at the medical school’s morgue in Boston, “stole dissected portions of donated cadavers, including…heads, brains, skin, bones, and other
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson, Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A Republican-led effort to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff has failed in a key House vote. The House voted Wednesday on a motion to table – or kill – the resolution, a motion put forward by House Democrats. Enough Republicans crossed the aisle in
Continue Reading By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — If inflation falls to 2% by the end of this year, that means the cost of everything will no longer be going up, right? Wrong. But that’s what the majority of UK residents think, according to a new survey from polling group Survation. What’s more, almost a
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Fox News on Wednesday acknowledged that an onscreen banner calling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” was inappropriate and said it had taken steps to address the situation internally. “The chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed,” a Fox News spokesperson told CNN in a statement.
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock and Dan Moriarty, CNN (CNN) — In various households across the Palm Springs area this week, some Californians will have seen the face of a previous Uber driver staring back at them on sports broadcasts and online articles. While many of the passengers Berry Henson has taxied during some 3,000 rides knew
Continue Reading By Samantha Kelly (CNN) — Google wants to make it easier for online shoppers to know how clothing will look on them before making a purchase. The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to show
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to artificial intelligence, Sir Paul McCartney doesn’t sound like he’s willing to just “Let It Be.” In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program released Tuesday, the legendary musician and former Beatle was asked about AI and how it’s been used to make his
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The operation was devised on the eve of the arraignment. The chief judge presiding over the Miami federal court in which former President Donald Trump was arraigned on Tuesday had made the decision to prohibit electronics inside the courthouse, presenting a major hurdle for news organizations needing to quickly
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered in Milan on Wednesday for the state funeral of Silvio Berlusconi, the divisive and domineering former premier who remained omnipresent in Italian public life for decades until his death this week. Berlusconi’s coffin left Villa San Martino in Arcore, outside Milan, and
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team is asking the judge in the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president and his defense team from publicly disclosing some of the materials shared in the criminal case as part of the discovery process.
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Existing and aspiring UK homeowners are bracing for a fresh wave of misery as a rise in benchmark borrowing costs threatens to push up monthly mortgage payments. The yield on the country’s two-year government bonds — which is used to set interest rates on mortgages — jumped to
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered in Milan on Wednesday for the state funeral of Silvio Berlusconi, the divisive and domineering former premier who remained omnipresent in Italian public life for decades until his death this week. Berlusconi’s coffin left Villa San Martino in Arcore, outside Milan, and
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — American track and field champion Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report released by the Orange County, Florida, medical examiner’s office. The three-time Olympic medalist was found deceased in bed on May 2, according to the report. The 32-year-old was estimated
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Darya Markina Tarasova, CNN Velyka Novosilka, Ukraine (CNN) — Under clear and sunny skies, a Ukrainian soldier speeds down a long, straight road toward forward positions close to the front line. “We have to go fast,” the soldier says, the urgency underlined by the near-constant thud of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Amazon is turning to artificial intelligence to make it simpler to sift through thousands of user reviews. The company is incorporating a new tool to help customers quickly determine the pros and cons of various products — which could also cut down the time shoppers spend contemplating before making
Continue Reading By Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Two people were killed Wednesday after a cadet allegedly opened fire on members of his own unit at a military training center in central Japan, the country’s Ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) has told CNN. The shooting took place during a live-fire training exercise and several other people were
Continue Reading By Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Two people were killed Wednesday after a cadet allegedly opened fire on members of his own unit at a military training center in central Japan, the country’s Ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) has told CNN. The shooting took place during a live-fire training exercise and several other people were
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would pause its historic rate-hiking campaign as it waits for the effects to trickle further through the economy, but signaled that additional rate hikes are likely this year. The vote to skip a rate increase this meeting was unanimous. Since March
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — As the early stages of Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian invaders is unfolding on the battlefield, hundreds of warplanes from some of Kyiv’s biggest supporters are in the skies over Germany as NATO holds its largest aerial war games ever. “Air Defender 2023” is bringing together 250 warplanes – including
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The operation was devised on the eve of the arraignment. The chief judge presiding over the Miami federal court in which former President Donald Trump was arraigned on Tuesday had made the decision to prohibit electronics inside the courthouse, presenting a major hurdle for news organizations needing to quickly
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Miami (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 charges Tuesday in a brief but historic court appearance following his arrest and processing on federal charges. Trump is the first former president to face federal charges following last week’s indictment by special counsel
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Miami (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 charges Tuesday in a brief but historic court appearance following his arrest and processing on federal charges. Trump is the first former president to face federal charges following last week’s indictment by special counsel
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — At the very moment former President Donald Trump was pulling into an underground garage at the federal courthouse in Miami, his successor was 40 minutes into a meeting about Ukraine’s nascent counteroffensive with NATO’s secretary general. Outside the Oval Office windows, the soundcheck for
Continue Reading By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador was found to be alive and knocking on her coffin during her own wake in the city of Babahoyo. “I lifted up the coffin, and her heart was pounding, and her left hand was hitting the coffin…
Continue Reading By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — May’s closely watched Consumer Price Index showed Tuesday that inflation has been cut by more than half from last year’s peak. On an annual basis, prices rose by 4% compared to a year ago. That’s a significant decline from April, when annual inflation was 4.9%. The slowdown
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has been arrested at the federal courthouse in Miami and will soon be arraigned on charges related to mishandling classified documents. Deputy marshals have booked the former president and take electronic copies of his fingerprints during Tuesday’s proceedings. They were not expected to take a
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced former Theranos CEO, has “limited financial means” and should not be forced to pay $250 a month to victims of her crimes after she is released from prison, her lawyers argued in a court filing on Monday. The move from Holmes’ attorneys comes after federal
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When Tim Cook took over as Apple CEO from Steve Jobs nearly 12 years ago, some thought the company was already at its peak. Under Cook, however, Apple’s market cap has surged by more than 700% to nearly $3 trillion. Its iPhone business has continued to be
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A California-based startup is on a mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space, arguing medicine may be better produced in microgravity. If the firm is successful, analysts say some of this work may lead to changes in the drugs that people on Earth take today. Here’s what else you
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from more than 430 active wildfires in Canada spread south last week and led to the worst pollution the New York and Washington regions have ever experienced. More than 75 million people in the eastern US were under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke shrouded major cities. Some flights were
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Yoonjung Seo and Paula Hancocks, CNN Hong Kong/ Seoul (CNN) — Friends Rowan Joss and Katie Myles’ recent trip to South Korea included beaches, bus stops, and buildings – anywhere with a link to BTS, the K-pop megastars who are celebrating 10 years of their journey to becoming the biggest boy band
Continue Reading By Stefano Pozzebon, Ruba Alhenawi, Maria Plaza and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The oldest of four children who survived a plane crash in the Amazon jungle has been praised for her “heroic role” in keeping her siblings alive throughout the ordeal, their grandfather said, as search efforts turn to locating Wilson, a missing search
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event’s opening minutes. His comments set the tone for the night and made
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event’s opening minutes. His comments set the tone for the night and made
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event’s opening minutes. His comments set the tone for the night and made
Continue Reading By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Vanna White still can’t believe she’s made it through nearly 41 seasons of “Wheel of Fortune” with her co-host Pat Sajak, who announced Monday that his time on the show is officially coming to an end. “When we started @WheelofFortune who could have imagined we’d still be at it
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event’s opening minutes. His comments set the tone for the night and made
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Laura Ly and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A tour boat capsized in an underground cave along the Erie Canal in upstate New York on Monday, leaving one person dead and sending nearly a dozen others to the hospital, officials said. A total of 28 visitors from a tour group and one
Continue Reading By Camila Bernal, Cheri Mossburg and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A judge denied the pretrial release of Kouri Richins – a Utah widow accused of killing her husband before she authored a children’s book about grief – saying she must remain in custody pending the outcome of her trial due to the “substantial evidence”
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to prevent Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard from closing their $69 billion merger. The filing asks the US District Court for the Northern District of California for a temporary restraining order that could keep the companies from consummating the acquisition while the FTC’s in-house
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The US economy has been surprisingly resilient this year, but painful bumps are likely coming, said Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon in an interview with CNBC on Monday morning. “I think we’re at an uncertain moment,” said Solomon of his current economic outlook. “I think it’s a
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — US inflation is leaving those sky-high days behind: Consumer prices in May rose at the slowest annual pace since March 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index, a key inflation gauge that measures price changes for a basket of
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Researchers say they have been able to tap a new pool of organ donors to preserve and transplant their hearts: people whose hearts have stopped beating, resulting in so-called circulatory death. Traditionally, the only people considered to be suitable organ donors were those who have been declared brain-dead but
Continue Reading Story by Jackie Wattles and Video by Moss Cohen, CNN El Segundo, California (CNN) — For years, the private sector has envisioned an illustrious future in space — an extraterrestrial playground with tourists flying to and from orbiting hotels and the occasional trip to Mars being as easy as a transatlantic flight. But if the
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his team are in the midst of a high-stakes conversation with fellow NATO members on how and when Ukraine may join – a debate that could expose strains in the alliance ahead of a key summit. The matter of Ukrainian membership in
Continue Reading By Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — Three words a crowd of Florida beachgoers didn’t expect to hear during their Sunday in the sun: “It’s a bear!” A bear was spotted splashing through the Gulf of Mexico before running up the shore at Destin, a coastal city in northwestern Florida’s Panhandle region, just before noon local
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Tourists are heading to Europe this summer in droves — and it appears surging prices won’t dampen their wanderlust. Airfare to Europe is at a five-year high and hotel prices have skyrocketed, too. But travel experts anticipate many European hubs will remain packed in the coming months, especially in
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Tourists are heading to Europe this summer in droves — and it appears surging prices won’t dampen their wanderlust. Airfare to Europe is at a five-year high and hotel prices have skyrocketed, too. But travel experts anticipate many European hubs will remain packed in the coming months, especially in
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — A section of northbound I-95 in Philadelphia collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck caught fire underneath the highway. The southbound side is also “compromised by heavy fire,” city officials said Sunday. I-95 is an important artery for not only the East Coast, but for regional transportation and
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines’ most active volcano began spewing lava and sulfuric gas Sunday, prompting the evacuation of nearly 13,000 residents in the southeast of the country’s main island, authorities said. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recommended everyone within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius or
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — This week, Texas beachgoers along the Gulf Coast may have observed a startling sight along the coastlines: possibly thousands of dead fish washed up on the sand. One couple walking along Quintana Beach near Freeport, observed fish that were scattered for miles down the coast, according to CNN
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people were shot, stabbed or hit by cars when chaos broke out among hundreds of people gathered in Syracuse, New York, early Sunday morning, according to police. Four people were shot and injured, five suffered lacerations and four were hit by cars, Syracuse Police Lt. Matthew
Continue Reading By Jack Forrest, Veronica Stracqualursi, Aileen Graef and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. Contenders for the GOP nomination are grappling with how
Continue Reading By Jack Forrest, Veronica Stracqualursi, Aileen Graef and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. Contenders for the GOP nomination are grappling with how
Continue Reading By Jack Forrest, Veronica Stracqualursi, Aileen Graef and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. Contenders for the GOP nomination are grappling with how
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal, Celina Tebor and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The demolition of the damaged section of Interstate 95 that crumbled last weekend after a tanker truck hauling gasoline crashed and burst into flames is now complete and construction is underway to rebuild the section of road, Pennsylvania’s governor announced Thursday evening.
Continue Reading By Josh Pennington, Raja Razek, Philip Wang, Sandi Sidhu, Heather Chen, Sophie Jeong, Jennifer Hansler and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department has confirmed the arrest of American citizen Travis Leake in Russia and said US embassy officials attended his arraignment Saturday. Moscow’s courts of general jurisdiction earlier released a statement on
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday, accompanied by indicted aide Walt Nauta, as the former president cast his own federal indictment as “election interference” and told Georgia Republicans it represented an abuse of power by the Biden administration. “This is a political hit job. Republicans are treated
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday, accompanied by indicted aide Walt Nauta, as the former president cast his own federal indictment as “election interference” and told Georgia Republicans it represented an abuse of power by the Biden administration. “This is a political hit job. Republicans are treated
Continue Reading By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A man is accused of breaking into a Florida theme park, jumping into an alligator enclosure and filming a video for social media – a dangerous stunt that authorities say led to his arrest. Police in Tampa Bay say Jacob Pursifull, 20, hopped a fence to enter Busch
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, Evan Perez, and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-trained math professor who unleashed a deadly bombing campaign from a shack in rural Montana and became known as the “Unabomber,” has died, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He was 81. Kaczynski was found unresponsive in his cell
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — On Wednesday in Queens, New York, William Medina was blasted with smoke, his lungs choked by polluted air as he delivered Uber Eats orders by scooter. About 2 p.m. in Brooklyn, Matt Leichenger was in the back of his UPS truck sorting packages. His eyes burned and watered,
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Andrew Carey, Kostan Nechyporenko, Uliana Pavlova and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has lost 16 US-supplied armored vehicles in the past several days, according to open-source intelligence analysis, as the country’s military announced its forces had captured three villages from Russia in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region. The 16
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — US District Judge Aileen Cannon issued her first order since former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling classified information, instructing the parties to get the ball rolling to obtain security clearances for the lawyers who will need them. In
Continue Reading By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — As horse racing’s elite saddle up for the final race of the coveted Triple Crown at New York’s Belmont Stakes, the sport’s top trainers will face off for their share of the $1.5 million purse at
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Raging wildfires in Canada have already scorched about 15 times the normal burned area for this time of the year: nearly 11 million acres — more than double the size of New Jersey — with more than 2 million acres concentrated in Quebec alone. Canada’s fire season is only
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN Manchester (CNN) — Kevin De Bruyne has lived a charmed life. From Sergio Agüero and Romelu Lukaku to Samuel Eto’o and Fernando Torres, the midfielder has had his share of lethal strikers to finish the chances he’s created. But even with those bounty of riches, none
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Blue Apron (APRN), the home meal kit delivery service, paid off its debts and plans to streamline its business with job cuts, restructuring and a sale of assets to fellow meal company FreshRealm. The crowded meal-kit business has suffered post-pandemic, so Wall Street reacted enthusiastically to the
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Washington (CNN) — The National Archives is pushing back on claims made by former President Donald Trump, his lawyers and his allies over his retention of classified documents, for which he now faces a federal indictment. On Friday, the Archives took the rare step of releasing
Continue Reading By Oliver Briscoe, Xiaofei Xu and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A 24-year-old man has been hailed as a hero for chasing a man suspected of launching a knife rampage in Annecy, which left six people injured including four toddlers. Two young children are still in intensive care following Thursday’s knife attack in southeast
Continue Reading By Karla Cripps, CNN Maldives (CNN) — Click on the website of any given luxury resort in Maldives and you’ll likely find an entire page highlighting its commitment to sustainability and associated “green” credentials. The lingo isn’t your usual tourism marketing jargon – terms like waste management, soil erosion and solar energy generation don’t exactly
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was a high school student who had never acted professionally when in 2019, she responded to an open casting call from Mindy Kaling for a TV series about an Indian American teenager. Ramakrishnan got a callback and then another one, ultimately beating out more than 15,000 people
Continue Reading Mayumi Maruyama Minobu, Japan (CNN) — Tucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami floors, kimono-sporting staff and signs in handwritten calligraphy. It feels like time has stood still here – and that’s not a coincidence. Legend has it, it was the year 705 when the oldest son
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — First-time directors rarely overshadow their stars, but Eva Longoria’s narrative feature debut serves as the main headline around “Flamin’ Hot,” a crowd-pleasing, chips-to-riches story (how true it is having been the subject of debate) premiering in the crowd-free environs of Disney+ and Hulu. Playfully presented, it’s the kind
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’ve organized your life around a fully remote or highly flexible hybrid work schedule over the past three years, it can feel jarring if your employer decides to change the rules on remote work and require or enforce more on-site attendance. When that happens, employees face
Continue Reading By Paula Reid and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump acknowledged on tape in a 2021 meeting that he had retained “secret” military information that he had not declassified, according to a transcript of the audio recording obtained by CNN. “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t,” Trump says,
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Wheelchair users are reacting with excitement to Delta’s new airplane seat design that would make flying more accessible for passengers with disabilities. Though still a prototype, it’s hoped that the concept could enter commercial use within 18 months if it passes testing and is adopted by airlines. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Paula Hancocks, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Think you always get the bad seat when taking a flight? Then spare a thought for Lee Yoon-jun. The passenger he was seated beside on a recent Asiana Airlines flight allegedly opened the plane’s emergency door – while it was still in the air. “I just
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents escalated in stunning fashion last week with Trump’s indictment. The former president faces a total of 37 counts, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, according
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Belmont Stakes is under threat as wildfire smoke originating from Canada continues to spread across the US. The iconic race is due to be held on Saturday in Elmont, New York but the event has already been impacted by the poor air quality. The New York Racing
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN Fort Liberty, North Carolina (CNN) — At the very moment a federal indictment was unsealed detailing former President Donald Trump’s alleged crimes related to his handling of top-secret defense documents, his successor was attempting to promote his legislative agenda, surrounded by beige machines and black hoses. “We’re in an incredible competition
Continue Reading By Matias Grez and Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — It’s not often that a soccer match can be encapsulated in just a single word. But mention “Istanbul” and every fan in the world will know exactly which game you’re talking about. On May 25, 2005, Liverpool and AC Milan contested the Champions League final at
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Cuba has agreed to allow China to build a spying facility on the island that could allow the Chinese to eavesdrop on electronic communications across the southeastern US, two sources familiar with the intelligence told CNN. The US learned about the plan in the last several weeks, the first
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The attacks on the rule of law have begun. Moments after news broke on Thursday that disgraced former President Donald Trump had been indicted on federal charges, Fox News and the rest of the MAGA Media universe revved up into attack mode, denigrating the U.S. justice
Continue Reading By Jean Casarez, Aaron Cooper and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — A not guilty plea was entered in US federal court on Friday on behalf of Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national accused in the alleged extortion of the mother of Natalee Holloway, the American teenager whose disappearance during a high school graduation trip
Continue Reading By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s monthslong investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents has entered a new chapter with the indictment of the former president. Trump faces 37 felony counts, which include charges relating to the willful retention of national defense information, according to the indictment unsealed
Continue Reading By Tara John and Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine and its allies will be at the whim of American voters once again next year if the winner of the US election is not as enthusiastic about defending democracy on the European continent as President Joe Biden has been over the last fifteen months. Former
Continue Reading By Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on seven counts in the special counsel’s classified documents probe, a stunning development that marks the first time a former president has faced federal charges. Trump is facing a charge under the Espionage Act, his
Continue Reading By Paula Reid and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump acknowledged on tape in a 2021 meeting that he had retained “secret” military information that he had not declassified, according to a transcript of the audio recording obtained by CNN. “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t,” Trump says,
Continue Reading By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said it is in the United States’ best interest to maintain ties with China, though she said documented allegations of human rights abuses in China and questionable trade policies need to be “addressed.” “While we surely have concerns that need to be addressed,
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