By Janelle Davis, CNN Marilyn Monroe went down in the history books as a blonde bombshell who many wrote off as just a pretty face. But Monroe was a trailblazer. When she was dismissed as a replaceable actress, Monroe knew her worth and boldly advocated for herself. “She was finding her power,” said photographer Nancy
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN Marilyn Monroe went down in the history books as a blonde bombshell who many wrote off as just a pretty face. But Monroe was a trailblazer. When she was dismissed as a replaceable actress, Monroe knew her worth and boldly advocated for herself. “She was finding her power,” said photographer Nancy
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Curt Devine, CNN Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has spewed violent rhetoric and whipped up unsubstantiated fears about secret government plots and imminent civil war for more than a decade with the help of another purveyor of extremism: conspiracy monger and internet powerhouse Alex Jones. Jones, who has built a staggering
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A father and son appeared for an online court appointment for a citation they received for their unkept yard in Michigan, but instead of a slap on the wrist from the judge, the father was berated. Burhan Chowdhury, 72, a cancer patient, was given a citation in May 2021 for not
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Persistently high inflation has dealt investors a wake-up call this year, sending them scrambling to re-engineer their portfolios in anticipation of more aggressive action from the Federal Reserve. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down almost 10% from the all-time high it notched in mid-November. That means the index is flirting
Continue Reading As COVID-19 hospitalizations reach new highs, more states and health care systems are cutting back services that aren’t urgent and relying on National Guard personnel to fill staffing gaps as infected health care employees miss work to recover and patient demand grows.
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Jasmine Moorman is having a difficult week. The single mother of five is trying to sort out a logistical mess. She has to take her three oldest children to and from school because their bus driver is out, making her late to her job administering Covid-19 tests. Her sons stay
Continue Reading Starting Saturday, many Americans can get home COVID-19 tests at no cost through their private insurance. They can obtain the tests from pharmacies, retailers and online vendors.
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said publicly and privately in the days following the deadly riots at the US Capitol that President Donald Trump admitted personally bearing some responsibility for the attack — one of several reasons why the select committee on January 6 wants to hear from
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Jeremy Herb, CNN The US has information that indicates Russia has prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine, a US official told CNN on Friday, in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion. The official said the US has evidence that the operatives
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist, and Alanne Orjoux A massive system that’s dumping several inches of snow on the central US is expected to move toward the southeast later Saturday, prompting the governors of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to declare emergencies ahead of a crippling ice and snow event. More than 65
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Maegan Vazquez and Tami Luhby, CNN The federal government has quietly launched its website to sign up for free Covid-19 tests, allowing people to order a maximum of four tests shipped directly to their household. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Tuesday that the government website to order free Covid-19 tests
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Jeremy Herb, CNN The US has information that indicates Russia has prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine, a US official told CNN on Friday, in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion. The official said the US has evidence that the operatives
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The stock market boom has created an insatiable appetite for exchange-traded funds, which make it easy for traders to invest in many of the world’s top companies all at once. That’s great news for BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager. BlackRock, owner of the popular iShares family of
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department on Thursday announced the first sedition charges related to the January 6 insurrection, a watershed moment in the year-long investigation. The case revolves around the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group, and its leader Stewart Rhodes. Many of the defendants were already facing charges for storming the US
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As a massive winter storm takes aim starting Friday at much of the eastern US, officials from the Southeast to New England are preparing for what could be crippling ice and heavy snow. More than 50 million people from the Midwest eastward are under winter weather alerts as
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict adherence to national pandemic guidelines and all but ensuring he will not compete in next week’s Australian Open. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can
Continue Reading By Ed Lavandera and Chris Boyette, CNN Oklahoma City hospitals are short of staff and overwhelmed, with no ICU or inpatient beds available as the Omicron variant causes a surge of Covid-19 patients, according to an open letter from leaders of the city’s four major health care systems. “Our emergency departments are overflowing. Our caregivers
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues across the country. According to preliminary year-end data
Continue Reading By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is extending its work-from-home guidance by another two weeks amid the wave of Covid-19 infections. The Wall Street bank on Thursday encouraged US employees who can work remotely to do so until February 1, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. That is in line with new health policies Goldman Sachs
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN By the time President Joe Biden was climbing into his limousine on Capitol Hill, his Thursday was already going poorly. An hour before he’d arrived to meet Senate Democrats, Arizona centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema declared on the Senate floor she couldn’t support any changes to filibuster rules that would be required
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide. The decision is a huge hit to Biden’s attempts to use the power of
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues across the country. According to preliminary year-end data
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department escalated its January 6 investigation by bringing seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes. The latest accusations — with a charge that had not previously been brought in the department’s US Capitol attack
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The Omicron surge has driven Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations to record highs in the United States. This week, however, officials have started to call out very early signs that the wave is peaking — or at least plateauing — in parts of the Northeast. But case rates are still higher in
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business In the second big jump of 2022, mortgage rates again rose to a high not seen since the start of the pandemic. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.45% in the week ending January 13, up from an average 3.22% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It’s the highest the
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, Kaitlan Collins, Betsy Klein, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his administration would make “high-quality masks” available to Americans for free, as the US struggles to contain the new surge of the Omicron variant and hospitalizations from Covid-19 reach new highs. The President also announced his
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Jomana Karadsheh and Christian Streib, CNN A German court has sentenced a former Syrian army colonel to life in prison, in the first-ever torture trial against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Anwar Raslan, a senior regime official, headed the investigation unit at a notorious Damascus detention center known as Branch 251. On Thursday,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Bob Saget is being honored with donations and offers to help the charity whose board he served on for decades. Joanne Gold, executive director for the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF), shared with CNN on Thursday her gratitude for the support coming in. One of Saget’s fellow board members has awarded
Continue Reading By Matt Egan Goldman Sachs is extending its work-from-home guidance by another two weeks amid the wave of Covid-19 infections. The Wall Street bank on Thursday encouraged US employees who can work remotely to do so until February 1, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told CNN. That is in line with new health policies Goldman Sachs
Continue Reading The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing COVID-19 cases to spike, with an average of more than 747,000 new cases a day, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University.
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN Melania Trump’s announcement last week that she was autographing and auctioning a hat for personal profit with two other items — for an opening bid of $250,000 — has left even those who know the former first lady well puzzling over her decision. She always viewed the role differently than most
Continue Reading By Amanda Jackson, CNN Angelina Gonsalves received an unexpected, yet cherished, delivery from the US Postal Service last month — a letter her late husband wrote to his mother while deployed overseas in 1945. The letter was written by Sgt. John Gonsalves, a 22-year-old Army soldier stationed in Germany. He was writing to check in
Continue Reading These days, it’s much easier to contract the coronavirus as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads worldwide
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood, CNN A senior US official warned Thursday that the “drumbeat of war is sounding loud” following a week’s worth of diplomacy between the West and Russia that wrapped up Thursday. The effort ended without clear breakthroughs over the tens of thousands of Russian troops amassed
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump and Republicans broke with previous Senate tradition to confirm 17 federal appeals court nominees over the objection of Democratic senators representing the states tied to their seats on the bench. Now President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are using that precedent in their effort to fill vacancies
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street had another day in the red at the start of this shortened trading week as investors grapple with earnings seasons and rising Treasury bond yields. All three major indexes spent the entire day sharply lower. The Dow closed 1.5%, or some 540 points, lower, after falling as many
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant is forcing some US schools to halt in-person learning because of high case rates and teacher absences. The vast majority of schools are operating as normal. But at least 2,141 schools were not offering in-person learning as of Thursday,
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Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN These days, it’s much easier to contract the coronavirus as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads worldwide. As people face this current reality, it’s important to note that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recently changed its guidelines around isolation and quarantine. Many have questions about what to
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Members of the far right are already agitating to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden if the GOP is in power in Congress next year. Some leading Republicans want to spotlight former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. And key House and Senate Republicans are
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business People are paying a lot more for food, gas, cars and services, and inflation isn’t over yet as the pandemic continues to distort the economy. So should governments consider setting the price of essential goods? It’s been done before, typically during times of crisis, but for most mainstream economists, the
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN One of Hollywood’s most romantic love stories has come to an end. Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet released a joint statement posted on his verified Instagram account Wednesday, announcing they are ending their marriage. “We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times… A revolution is unfolding
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business For companies that want to take advantage of historically-low borrowing costs, the clock is ticking. What’s happening: In the early days of the year, corporations have been racing to issue debt. Their aim is to tap the market before the Federal Reserve starts hiking interest rates, which have been near
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Grocery stores had already been struggling to keep their shelves stocked because of supply chain delays and Omicron sickening workers. Now, markets across America are bracing for a major winter storm that could keep store shelves empty even longer. A significant winter storm headed toward the Midwest, South and East
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist For millions across the South, this weekend’s winter storm is the talk of the town. Will it bring snow or ice — and how much? Even the mid-Atlantic and Northeast will get in on the action. So much is still to be determined, but one thing is 100% certain —
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Members of the far right are already agitating to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden if the GOP is in power in Congress next year. Some leading Republicans want to spotlight former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. And key House and Senate Republicans are
Continue Reading By Eoin McSweeney and Bear Hutchison, CNN Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxer and now the mayor of Kiev, has sent a strong warning to Russia about the presence of its troops near the Ukraine border saying “we prepare for any case.” “If escalation goes up … We have to be ready to defend our
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Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Amir Vera, CNN A lawsuit filed on behalf of two survivors of the deadly Oxford High School shooting in Michigan accuses the school district and a number of its employees of not doing enough to prevent the attack that left four students dead, despite multiple red flags. The lawsuit alleges Ethan
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, Annie Grayer and Tara Subramaniam, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke to reporters on Thursday, a day after he had announced he would not cooperate with the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The committee had asked McCarthy to voluntarily provide information about topics including
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN According to Machine Gun Kelly, “Love is pain!” That is what the rapper and actor told Vogue in a joint interview with his new fiancée, actress Megan Fox. Kelly was explaining the “thoroughbred Colombian emerald” and diamond engagement ring he had designed for Fox with the emerald “just carved into
Continue Reading By Andrea Kane and Nadia Kounang, CNN The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing Covid-19 cases to spike, with an average of more than 747,000 new cases a day, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University. That’s almost three times the average daily cases from a year ago, when the country was
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Pandemic price hikes didn’t let up in the last month of 2021: A key inflation gauge hit a fresh a 39-year high. The US consumer price inflation index rose 7% over the past year before seasonal adjustments, the steepest climb in prices since June 1982, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump’s allies sent fake certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won seven states that he actually lost. The documents had no impact on the outcome of the election, but they are yet another example of how Team
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday appeared before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The meeting was virtual. McEnany, who worked in the Trump White House and was a spokesperson for Trump’s 2020 reelection
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was not making a “human” comparison between opponents of pending voting rights bills and historical racists and segregationists in his address in Atlanta this week, the White House says. In his speech calling for new voter protections, Biden asked whether lawmakers wanted “to be the side of Dr.
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, Devan Cole, Katie Bo Lillis and Barbara Starr, CNN The US on Wednesday announced sanctions on eight North Korean and Russian individuals and entities for supporting North Korea’s ballistic missile programs, imposing the punishments after a pair of new missile tests by North Korea in the last week. “Today’s actions, part of
Continue Reading By David Shortell, Paula Reid and John Couwels, CNN An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is seen as a key witness in the investigation into alleged sex trafficking by the Florida Republican, testified on Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the congressman. The development is the latest signal that the long-running investigation into Gaetz
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Internal Revenue Service had more than 11 million unprocessed tax returns left over from the “most challenging year” taxpayers ever experienced and will begin the upcoming filing season already behind, according to a report from the National Taxpayer Advocate released Wednesday. “There is no way to sugarcoat the year 2021
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale Prominent right-wing figures have been falsely describing a comment the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made last week about Covid-19 deaths — taking Dr. Rochelle Walensky out of context to wrongly claim she had delivered a dramatic new admission about the 840,000-plus Americans who have died of
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN If you’ve ever considered donating blood, now is the time to take action. Blood donations are absolutely critical right now as the United States faces the worst blood shortage in over a decade, according to the American Red Cross website. Know your blood type? Type O-positive, Type O-negative and platelets are
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Always meta in its nods to the genre’s quirks, the latest “Scream” is so self-referential as to risk swallowing its own tail. Yet this quarter-century-later “requel” (a term specifically explained in the movie) turns out to be a great deal of fun, cleverly wedding familiar faces with new stars in
Continue Reading As the Omicron variant spreads like wildfire across the United States, it’s likely just about everybody will be exposed to the strain, but vaccinated people will still fare better, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert said Tuesday.
Continue Reading If you’re still wearing a cloth or surgical mask when you’re out and about, it’s time to rethink your face covering.
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr and Steve Contorno, CNN Former President Donald Trump appeared to take a shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his refusal to disclose whether he’s received a Covid-19 booster shot in a new interview with the far-right channel One America News. Trump, who announced at an event last month that he had
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Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN Prince Andrew is facing the prospect of a trial in a very public civil lawsuit for sexual abuse later this year, after losing his attempt to have Virginia Giuffre’s case against him thrown out. It is an unprecedented situation for a senior British royal — the third child (and reportedly the
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Pandemic price hikes showed no signs of letting up last month. The consumer price index, a key gauge of inflation, hit a fresh a 39-year high in December. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden painted a dire picture for the nation’s future elections during a major speech on voting rights while in Atlanta on Tuesday, expressing his frustration at Republicans who blocked voting rights legislation and calling on the US Senate to change its filibuster rules to accommodate the bills’ passage. “I’ve
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Gregory Wallace, CNN A flight from North Carolina to Los Angeles was diverted to New Mexico overnight after a passenger made a “threatening statement” to a crew member, a spokesperson for American Airlines said. “American Airlines flight 482 from Charlotte (CLT) to Los Angeles (LAX) diverted to Albuquerque (ABQ) following a
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Pandemic price hikes didn’t let up in the last month of 2021: A key inflation gauge hit a fresh a 39-year high. The US consumer price inflation index rose 7% over the past year before seasonal adjustments, the steepest climb in prices since June 1982, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN If you’re still wearing a cloth or surgical mask when you’re out and about, it’s time to rethink your face covering. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to update its mask advice this week to best reflect the available options and the different levels of protection
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Jason Hanna, CNN As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states’ health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units. Nineteen states have less than 15% remaining capacity in their ICUs. Four of them have less than
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Annual consumer inflation in the United States has climbed to 7% as prices rise at the fastest clip in nearly four decades. But the real test for prices is a year away. What’s happening: According to the most recent survey of consumer expectations by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump is facing weak support among Republicans for his calls to depose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and aides and allies say it’s forcing the former President to confront new limitations on his influence over the party. In the 11 months that have passed since Trump first called for the
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden painted a dire picture for the nation’s future elections during a major speech on voting rights while in Atlanta on Tuesday, expressing his frustration at Republicans who blocked voting rights legislation and calling on the US Senate to change its filibuster rules to accommodate the bills’ passage. “I’ve
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Schools around the country have been experiencing teacher shortages, but one elementary school had a Major League Baseball star help pick up some of the slack. Harrison Bader, a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, surprised students at Meramec Elementary School in Clayton, Missouri, on Monday when he showed
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Some grocery store shelves across the US are wiped clean as pandemic and supply chain disruptions present new setbacks for supermarkets. While the empty shelves may be worrisome, stores say stop panic buying because it only worsens the situation. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Some grocery store shelves across the US are wiped clean as pandemic and supply chain disruptions present new setbacks for supermarkets. While the empty shelves may be worrisome, stores say stop panic buying because it only worsens the situation. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Some grocery store shelves across the US are wiped clean as pandemic and supply chain disruptions present new setbacks for supermarkets. While the empty shelves may be worrisome, stores say stop panic buying because it only worsens the situation. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Some grocery store shelves across the US are wiped clean as pandemic and supply chain disruptions present new setbacks for supermarkets. While the empty shelves may be worrisome, stores say stop panic buying because it only worsens the situation. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN Magawa, the “hero rat” whose work sniffing out landmines in Cambodia won him a medal for life-saving bravery, has died at the age of 8. The African giant pouched rat found more than 100 landmines and other explosives during his service, according to APOPO, the mine-clearing non-governmental organization that trained him.
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Ivana Kottasová, Jennifer Hansler and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Russia has not committed to de-escalate on the Ukrainian border after two rounds of diplomatic talks this week, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Wednesday, as the US acknowledged it’s still unclear whether Moscow intends to use the talks this week as
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Jason Hanna, CNN As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states’ health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units. Nineteen states have less than 15% remaining capacity in their ICUs. Four of them have less than
Continue Reading By CNN staff Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open participation has provided a tumultuous backdrop to the tournament. The Serbian world No. 1 was detained in Australia last week over a visa and vaccination dispute, and on Tuesday released a lengthy statement addressing his movements in December 2020. On Sunday, the tennis star left the country after
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a hearing
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a hearing
Continue Reading By Hannah Sarisohn and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Four people survived when a helicopter transporting a pediatric medical patient crashed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, authorities said Tuesday. “At this time, there are no reported (injuries) to the public, responders, and only minor injuries to one of the helicopter crew members,” police in Upper Darby Township tweeted.
Continue Reading By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senior Republicans are closing ranks behind Sen. Mike Rounds after he endured a scathing attack from former President Donald Trump for acknowledging the reality that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. “I think Sen. Rounds told the truth about what happened in the 2020 election,” Senate Minority
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jenna Jameson is still struggling with her health, but it turns out she does not have Guillain-Barré Syndrome as previously thought. Her partner, Lior Bitton, posted a video on Jameson’s verified Instagram account Tuesday in which he said Jameson is still in the hospital and does not have the disease.
Continue Reading by Reuters Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints. Meta, which disbanded the CrowdTangle team last year, has been under pressure to provide greater transparency into its platforms. CrowdTangle founder and CEO Brandon Silverman left Facebook last year. The tool
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot issued a new round of subpoenas Tuesday demanding records and testimony from three individuals, including a former White House official who helped draft the speech delivered by former President Donald Trump prior to the attack where he
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