By Allison Morrow, CNN Business If you haven’t secured a raise in a while, now’s the time to make your move. Yes, inflation is high, supply chains are still a mess, unionization efforts are taking root across industries and retail theft is on the rise — all legitimate headaches for employers. But Corporate America has
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Apple, Microsoft, SoFi and Coinbase all sold off sharply this week, as investors, anticipating higher interest rates, dumped tech stocks and bought shares of companies they believed were undervalued. Given some time, however, Randy Frederick, Schwab managing director of trading and derivatives, thinks certain tech companies will fare better than
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Here’s a tip if you are among the millions of people quitting your job: Don’t cash out your 401(k)! As tempting as it may seem, there are other options that will give you better returns in the long run. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Here’s a tip if you are among the millions of people quitting your job: Don’t cash out your 401(k)! As tempting as it may seem, there are other options that will give you better returns in the long run. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Here’s a tip if you are among the millions of people quitting your job: Don’t cash out your 401(k)! As tempting as it may seem, there are other options that will give you better returns in the long run. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses. But in a separate challenge, some justices seemed more open
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, CNN With Covid-19 tests hard to find in many parts of the country and the Omicron variant spreading rapidly, health experts are advising those with symptoms to isolate themselves if they even only suspect they have the virus. And with the recent news that rapid antigen tests may lag in detecting positive
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal, CNN A fast-moving winter storm that pummeled parts of Kentucky and Virginia is expected to cause widespread disruption across the Northeast on Friday and Saturday, dumping between 4 and 12 inches of snow on the region’s major cities. More than 60 million people are under winter weather alerts, and local officials have
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Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Reps. Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney, chair and vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are not ruling out the possibility of concluding that the actions of former President Donald Trump and some of his associates constituted a crime. Speaking with CNN’s Jake
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN The fire that destroyed a Planned Parenthood facility in Tennessee on New Year’s Eve was intentionally set, the Knoxville Fire Department said Thursday. The fire took place just after 6:30 a.m. on New Year’s Eve when firefighters responded to the facility with nine firefighting units and 30 fire department members. The
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, Amy Simonson and Sara Smart, CNN Kentucky State Police is working to clear what they say is a more than 20-car pile-up on the Western Kentucky Parkway due to winter weather conditions. Drivers told CNN that they have been stuck anywhere from four to five hours, moving very little or not
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter, CNN Some members of a rowdy group shown dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard a flight to Cancun find themselves stranded in Mexico after their return flight to Canada was scrubbed and other airlines have declined to fly them home. The group flew to Cancun from Montreal on December 30 aboard a
Continue Reading By Greg Clary Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio indicated he doesn’t plan to cooperate with a request to meet to meet with the House select committee investigating January 6, according to a defiant letter he sent to committee Chair Bennie Thompson on Sunday. While Jordan — a top congressional ally of former President Donald
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN There has been an increase in online extremist content in the past 48 hours, including threats to lawmakers and the President, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence memo obtained by CNN. While there is still no indication of a specific and credible plot, officials fear the content could inspire
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild In the three weeks leading up to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, the US Capitol Police intelligence division produced four Special Event Assessments showing mounting evidence of a potentially volatile situation, as part of its overall effort to help the agency determine its security posture that day. The assessments, obtained by CNN,
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Actress Betty White died after suffering a stroke six days prior, according to her death certificate. The official cause of death listed on the Los Angeles County document obtained by CNN is cerebrovascular accident, the medical term for a stroke, when blood flow to the brain is blocked causing impairment due
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The BMW Flow electric SUV concept can change hues at the press of a button, going from white to gray or black and back again in moments. While it can’t go beyond shades of gray and, even at that, it lacks the subtlety and depth of real car paint, the
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge in Washington, DC, is questioning former President Donald Trump‘s actions during his speech on January 6, 2021, as he considers for the first time whether Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol. During a court hearing Monday, Judge
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Jessica Chastain suffered a dangerous head injury while filming her latest movie. The actress appeared on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” on Wednesday and said that while she was filming “The 355,” she ended up having to go to the hospital. “I was doing a fight scene and it
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologists Winter weather alerts stretched from coast to coast Thursday with nearly 100 million people impacted as multiple storm systems moved across the US. There are two separate storm systems hitting both sides of the country and plunging temperatures across the central US, so let’s break down the
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business January 6 was a clear turning point for major social media companies — proving that they would, under certain circumstances, be willing to deplatform a sitting US president. But some experts worry that they still haven’t done enough to address the underlying issues that allowed Trump supporters and others on
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice US Capitol Police Officer Briana Kirkland is suing former President Donald Trump for the physical and emotional pain she endured, including a traumatic brain injury, because of the Capitol insurrection, according to a new filing in DC District Court. Her complaint adds to other similar lawsuits, including
Continue Reading By Kelly McCleary, CNN Two lucky lotto players will find themselves in a new tax bracket in 2022 after hitting the $632.6 million jackpot in Wednesday night’s drawing. The winning tickets, sold in California and Wisconsin, matched all six numbers: 6 – 14 – 25 – 33 – 46 with a Powerball number of 17.
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, Betsy Klein and Gabby Orr, CNN Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Thursday that more than a dozen of her former Trump administration colleagues plan to meet next week to try and stop former President Donald Trump as he continues to “manipulate people and divide our country.” “Next week, a
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Wearing headsets, 18 subjects lay quietly while a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (fMRI) droned on around their heads. They listened as a female voice recited a famous line from a cherished children’s book, “The Little Prince.” “It is only in the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN A year ago, rioters protesting the results of the 2020 election attacked the US Capitol building, infiltrating some of the most hallowed chambers of American democracy and setting off shockwaves of violence and division across the country. Much has happened since, but the consequences of that day continue to reverberate. Here’s
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN A year ago, rioters protesting the results of the 2020 election attacked the US Capitol building, infiltrating some of the most hallowed chambers of American democracy and setting off shockwaves of violence and division across the country. Much has happened since, but the consequences of that day continue to reverberate. Here’s
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Mallika Kallingal, CNN Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children are soaring in the United States, with an average of 4.3 children under 5 per 100,000 hospitalized with an infection as of the week ending January 1, up from 2.6 children the previous week, according to data from the US Centers for Disease
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Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business On the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, some of the most powerful forces in right-wing media continued to mislead or just brazenly lie to their audiences about the attack on the US Capitol, while others downplayed the events and mocked the news media for its coverage. The coverage
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy and Amir Vera, CNN Thanks to a garbage bag containing an envelope with an address, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office was able to bust the alleged robbery ring responsible for nearly 600 missing Amazon packages during the holidays. Initially on December 30, authorities found the packages dumped in a rural area
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Two weeks before becoming president, Joe Biden watched the January 6 attack on television from his home in Delaware, horrified as the unspeakable images of the insurrection unfolded and aghast at the sitting President’s unwillingness to condemn it. A year later, he marked that day with a speech
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea’s launch last week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reported to be its most formidable yet, may have been a less advanced weapon than previously believed, according to a South Korean military official. The official, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said South Korean and
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN In a sweeping speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Capitol attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back on criticism that the Justice Department’s January 6 probe has not been aggressive enough, while signaling that no one would be off limits as prosecutors “followed the facts.” “The actions we have taken
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Wall Street ended Wednesday’s session sharply lower, as investors dealt with Omicron headlines as well as the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes that confirmed the central bank has its foot on the stimulus brakes. The Dow, which hit a record high Tuesday, closed down 1.1%, or 393 points. The S&P
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden is expected to deliver a speech on voting rights during a visit to Atlanta next Tuesday, traveling to the cradle of the civil rights movement to shine a brighter light on election reform in advance of Martin Luther King Day. Biden and Vice President Kamala
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand Two friends who entered the US Capitol together on January 6, one of whom boasted about breaking in and smoking a joint, were sentenced to 30 days in jail each for unlawfully parading in the building. “This wasn’t Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said before handing down the sentence
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh and Charles Riley, CNN Business Global stock markets retreated Thursday after the Federal Reserve sparked a major sell-off on Wall Street by signaling it may unwind economic stimulus more aggressively than investors had expected. Some markets in Asia fell sharply, with Japan’s benchmark Nikkei and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 sliding 2.9% and 2.7%,
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN The day after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, three local Republican officials in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County announced they were leaving the GOP. Among them was Ethan Demme, a lifelong conservative who had previously served as the youngest Republican Party chairman in this deeply red corner of southeast Pennsylvania. Disgusted
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Laura Dolan, Caroll Alvarado, Paul P. Murphy and Taylor Romine, CNN Investigators are working to determine the cause behind a deadly fire in Philadelphia that took the lives of 12 people on Wednesday. One avenue being pursued is whether a child under the age of 5 playing with a lighter under a
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes announced Tuesday during a YouTube live stream. While some major Carnival events will still go ahead, organized street parties, known as “blocos” are to be canceled
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN A Shiloh Shepherd named Tinsley earned some extra treats Monday night after leading authorities to her owner, who was injured after a vehicle crash and in urgent need of help. Tinsley caught the attention of New Hampshire State Police when they responded to a call about a loose dog on the
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, slated for take off as soon as this March, aims to send an Orion spacecraft around the moon. The cabin will be largely empty, save for an a interactive tablet that has been dubbed “Callisto,” which will sit propped up to face an astronaut mannequin. Callisto
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN England has ditched its requirement for pre-departure tests for inbound travelers in the latest shake up to Covid restrictions in the destination. As of 4 a.m. on January 7, fully vaccinated arrivals, along with those under 18, will be permitted to enter without producing a negative PCR or antigen test. Although incoming
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors unveiled a new battery-electric pickup truck, the Chevrolet Silverado EV, during the Consumer Electronics Show. Although it shares its name with the popular gasoline-powered Silverado pickup, this Silverado is a completely different truck with a distinct design and major features not found on the internal combustion-powered models. GM’s
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business “Change is going to come. No question.” “We are serious about taking action.” “Here’s my message for Mark Zuckerberg: Your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying on children and teens is over. Congress will be taking action.” Facebook, now known as Meta, has faced scrutiny on
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The jobs recovery may be losing steam. But the unemployment rate continued to fall, and workers are still bringing home bigger paychecks. Investors don’t seem sure what to think about those mixed messages. Stocks closed lower Friday after the US government reported that just 199,000 jobs were added
Continue Reading Walmart is expanding its push to deliver groceries straight into customers’ kitchen fridges, even when they aren’t home.
Continue Reading As the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more states are enacting emergency protocols to deal with growing staff shortages at hospitals.
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey The 2022 Golden Globe Awards are happening, but also not really happening. There will be a ceremony thrown by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) on Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles — the traditional location for the event — but it will not be televised, there
Continue Reading Niamh Kennedy and Amy Woodyatt, CNN At least 164 people have been killed and more than 5,000 detained during violent upheaval in Kazakhstan this week, as unrest swept the nation and the death toll ticked even higher. Deadly protests that erupted in in the Central Asian country in recent days have seen the government resign
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The Biden administration is opening additional federally run free Covid-19 testing sites this week in six states across the country — Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Delaware, Texas and Washington — as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge in the US. “We have the tools
Continue Reading By Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN While a seventh grade boy taught an eighth grade boy how to start a knitting row, a seventh grade girl put the finishing touches on her knit bunny and a diverse group of middle schoolers streamed into a classroom in Washington, DC, for knitting club. As the pandemic drags on,
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Hannah Gard and Alanne Orjoux, CNN A massive storm system dumping snow on the central US is expected to wallop much of the country’s eastern third with snow and freezing rain this weekend, and could cause a crippling ice event in parts of Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas by Sunday. Nearly 74
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Amy Simonson, CNN Amtrak passengers traveling through Virginia were delayed for about 30 hours Monday night after trees downed during a winter storm blocked the train’s path. About 120 passengers were on the Crescent Train 20 when it was stopped north of Lynchburg, Amtrak spokesperson Christina Leeds told CNN. The train,
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Sony has announced plans to launch an electric car company later this year as it unveiled a new sports utility vehicle concept. The Japanese tech company will set up a new operating subsidiary called “Sony Mobility Inc.” in the coming months and is considering the commercial launch of an electric
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN A pro-Palestinian Instagram post from Hollywood star Emma Watson has sparked accusations of anti-Semitism from Israeli politicians, and a backlash against what many are calling the cynical weaponization of the term to attack supporters of the Palestinian cause. On Monday Watson, who shot to global superstardom after playing Hermione Granger in
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Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s not your imagination — people really are quitting their jobs by the boatload. A record 4.5 million Americans handed in their resignations in November alone. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN Bob and Sue Walker were inseparable during more than 44 years of marriage and called each other “mate” and “matey” because they were soulmates, their adult children told CNN. They died of Covid-19 over the holidays on separate floors in an Arizona hospital. “They were truly, truly a couple, you know.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s not your imagination — people really are quitting their jobs by the boatload. A record 4.5 million Americans handed in their resignations in November alone. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and Amy Simonson, CNN Amtrak passengers traveling through Virginia were delayed for about 30 hours Monday night after trees downed during a winter storm blocked the train’s path. About 120 passengers were on the Crescent Train 20 when it was stopped north of Lynchburg, Amtrak spokesperson Christina Leeds told CNN. The train,
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, CNN As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more states are enacting emergency protocols to deal with growing staff shortages at hospitals. The greater transmissibility of the Omicron variant — which in just one month has led to millions of
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson, CNN A Shiloh Shepherd named Tinsley earned some extra treats Monday night after leading authorities to her owner, who was injured after a vehicle crash and in urgent need of help. Tinsley caught the attention of New Hampshire State Police when they responded to a call about a loose dog on the
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN With still no agreement between school system administrators and teachers, some 340,000 students will miss class again Thursday, the Chicago Public Schools CEO said. “Right now, as I’m looking at what is happening with our staff, where they are being discouraged from coming to our buildings,
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Walmart is expanding its push to deliver groceries straight into customers’ kitchen fridges, even when they aren’t home. Walmart said Wednesday that it plans to make InHome, its $148 annual delivery option, available to 30 million US households by the end of the new year, up from six million today.
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about. Donald Trump supporters’ violent attack on the Capitol has been the subject of a dishonesty campaign that began amid the fog of January
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN Business CES, one of the world’s biggest tech trade shows, kicks off Wednesday in Las Vegas with its first in-person event since the start of the pandemic. While the conference may look a little different in 2022, it’s still showcasing the familiar mix of innovative and wacky
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A North Carolina State trooper and a driver were killed during a traffic stop when the trooper’s brother, the officer coming to aid, accidentally crashed into them, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP). Trooper John S. Horton, a 15-year veteran, was conducting a traffic stop in Rutherford
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN The United States is facing an unprecedented surge of Covid-19 infections, driven in large part by the very highly contagious Omicron variant. New research is coming out every day about Omicron, and people have many questions about what this surge — and the new variant — means for considering personal risk.
Continue Reading Francesca Street and Teele Rebane, CNN More than 3,000 passengers and crew members were held on a major cruise liner in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a Covid scare prompted authorities to order the ship to return to port. Passengers and staff were allowed to disembark Wednesday night after being tested for Covid-19, a Royal
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, Katie Bo Lillis and Whitney Wild, CNN In the days ahead of the anniversary of the January 6 US Capitol attack, federal officials have seen an increase in unspecified calls for violence, the targeting of politicians and calls for rebellion on domestic violent extremist forums, according to a federal law enforcement official.
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, wants to hear directly from then-Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 presidential election despite an extensive pressure campaign led by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to halt the process. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat,
Continue Reading By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos who was convicted earlier this month on four out of 11 federal fraud and conspiracy charges, will not be sentenced until September 26, according to a new filing. The prosecution and defense had proposed September 12 for a sentencing hearing in a
Continue Reading By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A North Carolina State trooper and a driver were killed during a traffic stop when the trooper’s brother, the officer coming to aid, accidentally crashed into them, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP). Trooper John S. Horton, a 15-year veteran, was conducting a traffic stop in Rutherford
Continue Reading By Nicole Chavez, CNN A news anchor in Missouri was deeply hurt when a viewer criticized her for being “very Asian” but within hours, Asian Americans across the country stood up for her. Last week, an unidentified woman called CNN affiliate KSDK in St. Louis, Missouri to complain that Michelle Li, an anchor and reporter
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on Christmas Day, successfully completed the deployment of its 70-foot (21-meter) sunshield on Tuesday. This critical milestone is one of several that must occur for the NASA observatory to function properly
Continue Reading At-home COVID-19 rapid test kits were already in short supply at stores. Now, a popular version is getting more expensive.
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand Two West Virginia brothers who brought bats to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, were sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Washington, DC. Eric Cramer, 43, who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a restricted area and tried to grab a baton from a police officer, was sentenced to eight
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN After hours stuck with other drivers on a frozen highway, a long-haul trucker with a two-day supply of food left popped out of his semi Tuesday morning to offer his neighbor a hot meal. A drink and a Jimmy Dean bacon, egg and cheese breakfast bowl. “He was shocked when I
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Omar Jimenez, CNN As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote late Tuesday on whether to return to virtual teaching as Covid-19 cases surge, a move that potentially could trigger an “electronic lockout” by the school district, the district’s CEO pleaded with the union to keep schools open. “There is no
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business At-home Covid-19 rapid test kits were already in short supply at stores. Now, a popular version is getting more expensive. Walmart and Kroger are raising prices on BinaxNOW test kits, made by Abbott Laboratories, after an agreement with the White House to sell the kits at cost expired. The White
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads. “At some point it switched from a miserable travel day into kind of a survival mode
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business American Express and BlackRock are the latest major companies to urge employees to start 2022 by working remotely as Covid-19 cases skyrocket. “We have seen an exponential increase in the spread of the Omicron variant across the world,” AmEx CEO Stephen Squeri said in a memo to employees on Tuesday.
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, Melanie Schuman, Eric Bradner and Sonia Moghe, CNN A New York district attorney will not prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a misdemeanor sex crime charge of forcible touching, despite finding Cuomo’s accuser “cooperative” and “credible.” Albany County District Attorney David Soares said in a statement Tuesday he was declining to prosecute
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Omar Jimenez, CNN As the Chicago Teachers Union prepares to vote Tuesday on whether to return to virtual teaching as Covid-19 cases surge, a move that potentially could trigger an “electronic lockout” by the school district, the district’s CEO pleaded with the union to keep schools open. “There is no evidence
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A teacher in New York was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly unlawfully administering an injection that detectives believe was a Covid-19 vaccine, police say. Laura Russo, 54, allegedly administered the vaccine at her home in Sea Cliff, Long Island, 30 miles northeast of New York City, to a 17-year-old
Continue Reading By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Israel’s first known case of a person infected with Covid-19 and the flu has been detected, the country’s Ministry of Health confirmed to CNN on Tuesday, raising questions over how the two viruses might impact someone who contracts them at the same time. The patient, an unvaccinated pregnant woman in
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Jimmy Fallon is opening up about his experience with Covid-19. The ‘Tonight Show’ host wrote on Instagram that he tested positive “on the first day of our holiday break” but only experienced “mild symptoms.” Fallon said he is vaccinated and has had a booster. “Thank you to the doctors and nurses
Continue Reading Opinion by Jessica A. Roth for CNN Business Perspectives After three months of testimony and seven days of deliberations, the jurors in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes found her guilty on four charges of defrauding investors. But she was acquitted of four other charges related to the alleged scheme to defraud patients, and the jury
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the federal government is doubling the US’ order for Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce hospitalizations and severe illness significantly. “Production is in full swing. The United States has more pills than any other country in the world and
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The early week storm — that brought up to a foot of snow in some places in the east and stranded motorists on a major interstate — has pushed off the East Coast. Now another system — that hasn’t formed quite yet — will round out the week with additional
Continue Reading With tens of millions of unvaccinated Americans at higher risk for severe disease from COVID-19 infections, doctors and health care facilities nationwide are reporting a rising number of young people hospitalized, some of whom are too young to receive vaccine doses.
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance on the recommended isolation period imminently, according to a source familiar with the plan.
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, CNN A set of California twins born 15 minutes apart are already distinguishing themselves with different birthdays. Big brother Alfredo Antonio Trujillo was born on New Year’s Eve while his sister, Aylin Yolanda Trujillo, made her debut on January 1 at exactly midnight, according to Natividad Medical Center in Monterey County. Identical
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business A record 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This pushed the quits rate to 3%, matching the high from September. Workers were most likely to quit their jobs in the hospitality industry, which had by far the highest quits rate
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy and Jack Guy, CNN A leading expert who helped create the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine said Tuesday that giving everyone in the world booster shots multiple times a year is not feasible. “We can’t vaccinate the planet every four to six months. It’s not sustainable or affordable,” Professor Andrew Pollard, the director of
Continue Reading By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business You can no longer use that old BlackBerry phone sitting at the bottom of your drawer somewhere. On Tuesday, the company will stop running support for its classic devices running BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. This means all of its older devices not running on Android software will
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance on the recommended isolation period imminently, according to a source familiar with the plan. The agency, which could provide the update as soon as Tuesday, has faced pressure over the last week from outside medical experts to
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