By Rachel Ramirez and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Avni Pravin did not have asthma growing up. But at the age of 30, Pravin says she now has trouble breathing. While she has not yet been officially diagnosed with asthma, she said her doctor has prescribed her an inhaler. “The reason I felt so
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Across the United States and Canada, millions of people are navigating potentially harmful air as smoke from more than 430 active Canadian wildfires saturates populated areas such as New York City. With parts of the East Coast expected to experience poor air quality through at least
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The nominees for this years BET Awards were announced Thursday. Drake led the nominations with seven nods, including best male hip hop artist, album of the year and best male R&B/pop artist. Nominations were selected by the BET Voting Academy, comprised of an esteemed group of entertainment professionals
Continue Reading By Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Two of the five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers involved in the June 2022 arrest of Randy Cox, who was left paralyzed from the chest down in a police van, have been fired, officials said. Four members of the New Haven Board of Police Commissioners on Wednesday voted in
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Apple TV+ has become one of Tom Holland’s go-to spots to flex his “serious” muscles, with pretty mediocre-to-bad results. After the bland movie “Cherry,” the “Spider-Man” actor returns as producer and star of “The Crowded Room,” an equally grim psychological drama series that takes so long to reach
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Senate is inching forward on a plan to regulate artificial intelligence, after months of seeing how ChatGPT and similar tools stand to supercharge — or disrupt— wide swaths of society. But despite outlining broad contours of the plan, senators are still likely months away from introducing
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — “Messi mania” has reached the United States, if ticket prices are any indication. On Wednesday, soccer superstar Lionel Messi said he’s going to join the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, a blockbuster announcement that shocked the sporting world — more so since it followed rumors of
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Washington (CNN) — A key former White House official was interviewed earlier this year by special counsel prosecutors investigating the handling of classified materials by both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, CNN has learned. The former career official, who was in charge of advising the
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN (CNN) — Utensils down. After 17 years and 20 seasons, Padma Lakshmi has announced she will step aside as host and judge of the cooking competition series, “Top Chef.” “After much soul searching, I have made the difficult decision to leave Top Chef,” Lakshmi wrote in an Instagram post on Friday.
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, David Close and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — A string of sports games and practices have been postponed as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to choke the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast parts of the United States. Around 75 million people are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke shrouds major US cities,
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When Chief Justice John Roberts began reading his decision in a voting rights dispute from the Supreme Court bench on Thursday, few would have expected the significant turn he was about to take favoring Black voters in Alabama. Here was the author of a 2013
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Some of the worst air quality levels on record on the East Coast are impacting consumer shopping patterns and driving air purifier stocks higher. People are rushing to buy air filters, humidifiers and high-quality masks on Amazon amid Canadian wildfires that have smothered large
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent (CNN) — Ukrainian forces have suffered losses in heavy equipment and soldiers as they met greater than expected resistance from Russian forces in their first attempt to breach Russian lines in the east of the country in recent days, two senior US officials tell CNN. One US official
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 Eric Levenson, Michelle Watson and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Pat Robertson, the prominent televangelist who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, made the Christian right a powerful political force and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, died on Thursday, the network said in a news release. “Pat Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator,
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Quanishia “Peach” White Berry and her wife, Lexus, say May 28 was as normal as any other day: They scrolled through TikTok videos while waiting for the groceries they had ordered so they could cook dinner. Then, they noticed the cracks in their home. First, Lexus
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration delayed flights into New York and Newark, New Jersey, and it briefly halted flights bound for Philadelphia International Airport and New York’s LaGuardia airport, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to spread across the northeastern United States. The so called ground stop required planes scheduled
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A salmonella outbreak linked to Gold Medal flour is over, the CDC announced Wednesday. However, consumers are still being urged to inspect their pantries and throw away any recalled bags that may be lingering at home. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is confident his battle with federal regulators will benefit the crypto industry, no matter how the judge rules. For years, the crypto space has operated in a regulatory no-man’s land where there is much uncertainty over what is and isn’t allowed — and
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle to deal with the unfamiliar challenge of severe air pollution. The smoke, originating from wildfires in Canada, has prompted authorities to issue air quality alerts down the East Coast and
Continue Reading By Olga Voitovych, Yulia Kesaieva, Fred Pleitgen, Radina Gigova, Sarah Dean and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces have been shooting at Ukrainian rescuers trying to reach flooded areas in the Kherson region that are under Russian control, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday. Rescuers are trying to evacuate thousands of people in the
Continue Reading By Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight sent to the remote Russian city of Magadan to pick up its stranded passengers has landed safely in San Francisco, the airline said Thursday. “All our passengers are being extended maximum on-ground assistance with clearance formalities and provided
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle to deal with the unfamiliar challenge of severe air pollution. The smoke, originating from wildfires in Canada, has prompted authorities to issue air quality alerts down the East Coast and
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — FBI agents are expected to transfer Joran van der Sloot on Thursday to the US, where he is accused of extorting money from the mother of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who was last seen with the Dutch national and two others 18 years ago in
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Jeremy Herb and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence staked out a series of clear differences with boss-turned-2024 rival Donald Trump, and needled other Republican contenders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Wednesday night. Hours after he launched his
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Jeremy Herb and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence staked out a series of clear differences with boss-turned-2024 rival Donald Trump, and needled other Republican contenders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Wednesday night. Hours after he launched his
Continue Reading By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence offered some pointed criticism of the president he served under, Donald Trump, during his campaign launch speech on Wednesday. But hours later, at a CNN town hall in Iowa, Pence echoed some of Trump’s familiar false claims while adding inaccuracies of his own. Like Trump
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — The United States has been charging visitors for electronic travel authorization since 2009, and now the United Kingdom and the European Union are rolling out entry fees, too. Also in our latest CNN Travel roundup, we bring you a double-decker plane seat and bunk beds in the sky. UK
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, Jeremy Herb and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence staked out a series of clear differences with boss-turned-2024 rival Donald Trump, and needled other Republican contenders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Wednesday night. Hours after he launched his
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Paula Reid, Sara Murray, Jeremy Herb and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department recently informed Donald Trump’s legal team that he is a target in a federal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, a sign that prosecutors may be moving closer
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Actress Shannen Doherty is letting her social media followers in on the spread of her breast cancer. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star on Tuesday posted a video on her verified Instagram account of her receiving treatment as tears filled her eyes. The caption on the video began, “January
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is a target in a federal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents, and special counsel Jack Smith is using a second grand jury in Miami to gather new evidence. The developments come after a period of escalating activity in the federal criminal probe, which
Continue Reading By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden officially vetoed legislation Wednesday that would block his student loan forgiveness program, blasting lawmakers who supported the bill for what he called an “unprecedented attempt to deny critical relief to millions of their own constituents.” The bill – which passed Congress earlier this month with support from
Continue Reading By David Close and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Argentine superstar Lionel Messi said Wednesday he’s going to join the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. “I made the decision that I am going to Miami. I still haven’t closed it one hundred percent. I’m missing some things but we decided to continue my journey
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday he was “wrong” about former President Donald Trump, whom he twice supported and advised ahead of the 2020 election. “Turns out I was wrong. I couldn’t make him a better candidate and I couldn’t make him a better
Continue Reading By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a ground stop for flights bound for New York’s LaGuardia airport due to smoke but has delayed some flights on the ground. Flights into Philadelphia are also being impacted because of the wildfire smoke, the FAA says. It reported the average delay is about
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the Midwest and East Coast. The smoke is can cause health problems such as trouble breathing, burning eyes, dizziness, headache or nausea. Doctors say people whose symptoms are getting worse should
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 By Byron Manley, Curt Merrill and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people across the Northeast, Midwest and mid-Atlantic are under air quality alerts as wildfire smoke originating from Canada wafts over major US cities. Over 400 fires were still burning across Canada Wednesday afternoon, according to Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair. More than 9
Continue Reading By Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate opened an investigation into the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), on Monday. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued both organizations with letters in his role as chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Last week, the
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Senate is inching forward on a plan to regulate artificial intelligence, after months of seeing how ChatGPT and similar tools stand to supercharge — or disrupt— wide swaths of society. But despite outlining broad contours of the plan, senators are still likely months away from introducing
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Saudi Arabia’s mountain of cash has upended the world of professional golf. But that is only a small sliver of the money it is sinking into a number of prominent businesses elsewhere around the globe as the kingdom moves to diversify away from a dependence on oil
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — While administrators discussed the differences in opinion over the district’s LGBTQ+ policies inside a California school board meeting, a brawl broke out outside and at least three people were arrested, police said. A small group among the several hundred protesters outside the Glendale Unified School Board
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — US officials lowered the warning level for Hawaii’s erupting Kīlauea volcano on Thursday, saying the burst of lava spewing from within one of its craters has decreased. The volcano began erupting before sunrise on Wednesday with a burst of lava spewing from within Halemaʻumaʻu crater at
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Rory McIlroy has said that the PGA Tour’s merger with the DP World Tour and LIV Golf will be “good for the game,” but maintained that he still hates the breakaway series. Speaking at the Canadian Open the day after the shock announcement, the 34-year-old said he had “mixed
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Discoveries within the Cradle of Humankind’s limestone caves in South Africa are changing the way scientists understand human evolution. The cavern system, about a half hour’s drive northwest of Johannesburg, is where the first fossils of previously unknown human relatives were uncovered. The UNESCO World Heritage Site contains many
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry choked up in court as he concluded an eight-hour testimony in his lawsuit against a major British newspaper publisher, admitting he would feel an “injustice” if his claims of phone hacking were dismissed by the judge. Asked by his lawyer how the experience of giving evidence
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano began erupting on Wednesday morning, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported. “At approximately 4:44 a.m. HST on June 7, 2023, the (US Geological Survey’s) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected glow in Kīlauea summit webcam images indicating that an eruption has commenced within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in Kīlauea’s summit caldera, within Hawai’i Volcanoes
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, departed the company on Wednesday. “I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN,” David Zaslav, the chief executive of
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Aya Elamroussi, Celina Tebor, Meg Tirrell, Tina Burnside and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — From Maryland to the Canadian capital, a monstrous cloud of smoke spewed by Quebec’s wildfires has forced children to stay indoors, grounded flights in New York City and left millions of residents at risk of breathing unhealthy air.
Continue Reading By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Martha Stewart has waded into the hotly contested remote work debate. In an interview with the magazine Footwear News, the author, TV personality and entrepreneur slammed hybrid work culture, saying that people cannot “possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely.”
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to field questions from Iowa voters in a CNN town hall Wednesday night after officially announcing off his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination earlier in the day. The town hall will offer an early window into how Pence, who served
Continue Reading By Thomas Schlachter, Derek Van Dam and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — In a scene eerily similar to that of a post-apocalyptic movie, the New York Yankees hosted the Chicago White Sox as the Yankee Stadium was engulfed in smoke from Canadian wildfires. New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades. The catastrophe has destroyed entire villages, flooded farmland, deprived tens of thousands of people of power and clean water, and caused massive environmental
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, a State Department spokesperson told CNN, the latest step toward rapprochement between the US government and the de facto leader of a key US ally. The two men “affirmed
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old graduate, Shawn Jackson, and his 36-year-old stepfather, Renzo Smith, were killed in a shooting after a high school commencement ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday evening that left five others injured, police said Wednesday. A suspect, 19-year-old Amari Pollard, was arraigned Wednesday morning on two
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Jaide Garcia, CNN (CNN) — Three dozen migrants who were flown to Sacramento in recent days did so voluntarily, Florida officials said Tuesday, countering accusations from California authorities who said the asylum seekers were misled into taking trips. “Florida’s voluntary relocation is precisely that – voluntary,” Florida Division of Emergency Management
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, Candice Zhu and Gawon Bae, CNN Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN) — “The Little Mermaid” has bombed with moviegoers in China and South Korea amid racist critiques in some quarters over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as main character Ariel. Disney’s live-action remake has made only $3.6 million in mainland China since
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Boston have used DNA analysis to identify and charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of four women whose cases have gone unsolved for over a decade, according to prosecutors. Investigators identified Matthew Nilo, who now lives in New Jersey, as the
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie kicked off his second presidential campaign on Tuesday with a lacerating indictment of former President Donald Trump, calling his ally-turned-rival a “lonely, self-consumed mirror hog” who, by force of personality alone, represents a threat to the republic. At a town
Continue Reading By Kristen Holmes, Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s ongoing investigation into the former president, according to one source familiar with the matter. Meadows was asked about the former president’s handling
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The gun violence epidemic in the United States was deadlier than ever in 2021, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Both gun-related homicides and suicides reached record levels in 2021, leading to nearly 49,000 total firearm deaths. Firearm-related deaths soared during
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Morgan Rimmer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy kicked off a closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning with a plea to his members: Let’s move on from last week’s debt ceiling drama and focus on the “next play.” A bloc of Republican hardliners had different ideas. Hours later,
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Colleville-sur-Mer, France (CNN) — Thousands gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Tuesday to remember those who died fighting for freedom in World War II, ceremonies that had renewed meaning as speakers, including US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, pointed to parallels with Ukraine’s war against Russia. Seventy-nine years
Continue Reading By Dan Heching and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, who in her 20s recorded “The Girl from Ipanema” and became an international star, has died, according to social media posts from her granddaughter and on behalf of her son. No cause of death was immediately available. She was reportedly 83. “I’m
Continue Reading By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — As Americans become even more reliant on delivery, hundreds of thousands of UPS workers this week could authorize a strike that will bring the world’s biggest package courier to a standstill. UPS workers will vote this week on whether to authorize a strike if their union – the International
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government plans to scrap its windfall tax on oil and gas companies if energy prices fall below certain levels, abolishing a levy that has raised around £2.8 billion ($3.5 billion) since it was introduced a year ago. The country’s finance ministry announced Friday that it would
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, Jack Bantock and Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — It came out of nowhere. Tuesday’s announcement that golf’s bitter rivals would join forces took everyone by surprise – even, it seems, the players. The US-based PGA Tour said its merger with the breakaway LIV Golf and the DP World Tour would “unify the
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt, Jim Sciutto and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US and western officials see signs that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia is beginning and have noted a “substantial increase in fighting” in the east of the country over the last 48 hours as Ukrainian troops probe for weaknesses in Russian defensive
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — Ford is recalling more than 125,000 Escape SUVs, Maverick pickups and Lincoln Corsair luxury SUVs because their engines could leak fluids and catch fire. All the vehicles being recalled are hybrid or plug-in hybrid versions. All three models share similar engineering. Because of a manufacturing problem, the 2.5-liter
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, Candice Zhu and Gawon Bae, CNN Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN) — “The Little Mermaid” has bombed with moviegoers in China and South Korea amid racist critiques in some quarters over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as main character Ariel. Disney’s live-action remake has made only $3.6 million in mainland China since
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Your iPhone’s autocorrect is getting a big ducking upgrade. Currently, when you enter a typo or key in an unrecognized word, Apple’s iOS uses some onboard machine learning and references a library of frequent misspellings to automatically correct your mistake. But, as anyone who has ever been
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school – a decision that would create the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation – despite concerns over the plan’s constitutionality. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — It was an improvised scene the audience didn’t see, but Jeremy Strong freaked out the “Succession” creator with his performance in the series finale. The creator, Jesse Armstrong, appeared on a recent episode of NPR’s “Fresh Air” and was asked about Strong climbing over the railing at the
Continue Reading By Pamela Kirkland, CNN (CNN) — The Atlanta City Council voted early Tuesday to approve $31 million in public money for construction of a police and fire training facility, dubbed “Cop City” by opponents, following a marathon 16-hour meeting that saw hundreds of people voice their opinion. The facility has been a point of contention
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Your iPhone’s autocorrect is getting a big ducking upgrade. Currently, when you enter a typo or key in an unrecognized word, Apple’s iOS uses some onboard machine learning and references a library of frequent misspellings to automatically correct your mistake. But, as anyone who has ever been
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Florida woman charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of her neighbor, a Black mother who confronted her during a dispute over children playing outside, will have a bond hearing Friday. Susan Louise Lorincz was arrested Tuesday, four days after investigators say she fatally shot
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Roughly two months after Bud Light endured a self-induced injury that torpedoed sales, the brand continues to lose ground to its competition. But there are signs the worst might be over. Sales for the week leading into Memorial Day weekend fell 23.9% from the same period a
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly reverberating through the US economy. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows four major sectors haven’t bounced back since the widespread lockdowns, even as most industries have recovered all
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic may seem like a distant memory to many Americans, but its impact is still strongly reverberating through the US economy. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows four major sectors haven’t bounced back since the widespread lockdowns, even as most industries have recovered all
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — A decade since it famously appeared in Victoria Harbour, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s “Rubber Duck” sculpture has returned to Hong Kong. And this time it has a friend. Creative studio AllRightsReserved, which often orchestrates public art displays in the city, announced Thursday that a pair of Hofman’s inflatable ducks will
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Some people look unnatural behind a microphone. You can definitely not say that about Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. When presented with an opportunity, he usually revels in the attention and the spotlight. Videos of the 33-year-old hyping up crowds by shouting the iconic line from the
Continue Reading By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appeared for the first time before the Florida Federalist Society in January 2020, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared to a large banquet audience on the Disney World grounds: “I do think he is our greatest living justice.” Later that
Continue Reading By Jonny Hallam, Josh Pennington, Helen Regan, Olga Voitovych, Irene Nasser, Sebastian Shukla, Ivana Kottasová, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Jo Shelley, CNN (CNN) — A major dam and hydro-electric power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine suffered a collapse early Tuesday, prompting mass evacuations and fears for large-scale devastation as Ukraine accused Moscow’s forces of committing an
Continue Reading By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden welcomed the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House Monday, offering effusive praise for players’ performance on and off the field. “Most important, as much as these guys know about football, they know about life and how to use their platform to make
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of the union representing television and film actors have voted to authorize a strike against major studios if a new contract isn’t reached by the time their current deal ends on June 30. Members of the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A mother of four was shot and killed in Florida following a longtime feud with a neighbor who had complained about the victim’s children playing outside, authorities and a family attorney said. Deputies responded to a trespassing call Friday night and found one woman suffering from
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes, Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury based in southern Florida has heard testimony from multiple witnesses in recent weeks as part of the federal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, sources told CNN. Another witness is expected
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, Darren Lewis and Zayn Nabbi, CNN (CNN) — Inter Milan and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku says the world’s top soccer stars could form a union to tackle racist abuse in the sport. Speaking exclusively to CNN, Lukaku says authorities are currently not doing enough to protect players in the wake of yet
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Shawna Mizelle and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Robert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for the information he gave the Soviet Union and Russia, has died, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday. He was 79 years old. Hanssen had been in custody at Colorado’s
Continue Reading By Sara Murray and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chairman James Comer on Monday said he will move ahead this week with efforts to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt, even after the bureau allowed top members of the committee to view an internal law enforcement document. Comer and the top Democrat
Continue Reading By Samantha Kelly and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Apple on Monday unveiled its most ambitious – and riskiest – new hardware product in years: a mixed reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro. Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook touted the Vision Pro, which combines virtual reality and augmented reality, as a “revolutionary product,” with
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn New York (CNN) — When Apple unveiled its ambitious and very pricey new mixed reality headset earlier this week, executives ticked through a long list of impressive specs, teased big name partnerships and showed off a perfectly produced promo video. But there was one thing Apple’s execs did not do during the
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Microsoft Outlook users briefly reported issues accessing their email accounts on Monday morning. More than 15,000 users reported issues with Microsoft 365, the web version of the Microsoft Outlook application, according to outage-tracking site DownDetector. Reports of the outage began to tick up at around 10 am
Continue Reading By Kit Maher and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a frequent Republican critic of former President Donald Trump, said Monday in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Dana Bash that he will not seek the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. “We’ve taken the last six months to really kind of look at
Continue Reading Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Creating the perfect backdrop for the upcoming “Barbie” movie required so much pink paint that it led to a global shortage, according to its production designer. “The world ran out of pink,” said Sarah Greenwood in a recent interview with Architectural Digest. Greenwood, who has been nominated for six Academy
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — As inflation continues to strain family budgets, forcing people to prioritize purchasing daily necessities over discretionary buys, one maker of popular footwear is lowering prices on its products to provide some relief to weary consumers. Oregon-based Keen, which makes walking shoes, boots and water sandals for toddlers
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The search and rescue operation at a partially collapsed six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa officially ended Monday after the remains of three people were recovered, officials said. The decision to end the search and rescue followed crews determining that the building was
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales and Jacqueline Hurtado, CNN (CNN) — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of Sacramento Monday morning, officials said – the second such arrival of migrants in the city from a conservative state in several days. “Special Agents from the California Department of Justice are on
Continue Reading By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. Jasmine Avenue is lined with low-rise apartment blocks, an imposing Catholic Church, a school and a handful of dilapidated recreational vehicles. That morning on
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