By Alanne Orjoux, Caroll Alvarado and Amanda Jackson, CNN The horrific tornadoes that ripped through as many as eight states late Friday and early Saturday are being blamed for at least 88 deaths, officials said, and family members and friends of the victims are reeling from the losses. In Kentucky, at least 74 people have
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The series of weekend tornadoes that ripped through the parts of the US this weekend adds to another stretch of deadly and potentially unprecedented weather disasters that plagued the planet this year. Meteorologists and climate scientists say the latest outbreak is historic. And as these extreme weather events intensify, occur more
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova and Kevin Liptak, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Joe Biden he would “really like” to meet for more talks, according to a video clip released by Russian state TV on Sunday from the leaders’ virtual call on Tuesday. In a short video clip released on Russia 1, Putin
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter, CNN Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, one of the few high-profile news personalities who retained a reputation of integrity as Fox leaned hard into right-wing and conspiratorial programming, announced Sunday that he is departing the network and joining CNN+ to host a weekday show. Wallace made the stunning announcement
Continue Reading By Nadeem Muaddi, CNN Megan Thee Stallion is now a college graduate, crossing the stage at Texas Southern University on Saturday in cap and gown to receive her diploma with the rest of the student body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody. The Grammy winning rapper earned a bachelor of science degree in health administration, a goal she set to honor
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN Powerful storms like the ones that tore through parts of the central United States this weekend are the “new normal” in an era of climate change, the top federal emergency management official said on Sunday. Deanne Criswell, the FEMA administrator, said her agency was prepared to bolster resilience in the face
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN Powerful storms like the ones that tore through parts of the central United States this weekend are the “new normal” in an era of climate change, the top federal emergency management official said on Sunday. Deanne Criswell, the FEMA administrator, said her agency was prepared to bolster resilience in the face
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz and Devan Cole, CNN Democrats are going to do “everything to get” President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act done by Christmas, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday. “We have to get this done, Jake. And Senator (Joe) Manchin is still at the negotiating table,” Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, told CNN’s Jake
Continue Reading By Megan Thomas, CNN TikTok served as a source of hilarious fodder on this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The show satirized people TikTok-trying-way-too hard on the social media platform and it was was brutally accurate. The video sketch started with a text from a dad (Alex Moffat) asking his teenager to take out
Continue Reading By Kay Jones, CNN One person died and five others were rescued after an avalanche near a Seattle-area ski resort. A witness reported that six skiers were swept up by the avalanche in the Silver Basin area in the Crystal Mountain backcountry Saturday morning, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said. All six were wearing avalanche
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn Over the summer, an anonymous hacker stole roughly $600 million in cryptocurrency from Poly Network, a decentralized finance network many outside the crypto world had likely never heard of. Then the hacker gave it back. Four months later, hackers stole at least $150 million from crypto exchange Bitmart. According to one analysis,
Continue Reading By Laura Studley, CNN A decades-old family photo from a home in Kentucky turned up more than 150 miles away in Indiana on Saturday after apparently being whipped up into the debris of deadly tornadoes that tore through the region. “Walked out to my car in New Albany, Indiana and found this picture stuck to
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN Anne Rice, author of the best-selling Vampire Chronicles novel series, died Saturday, her son announced on social media. She was 80 years old. She passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke, Christopher Rice said. Rice’s biggest success was her first novel, “Interview with the Vampire,” which was published in
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A work release inmate who went missing after being rescued from a Kentucky candle factory that collapsed during deadly tornadoes Friday night has turned himself in to the Calloway County Jail, Kentucky State Police said on Facebook. The jail is about 25 miles from Mayfield, where Francisco Starks, 44, was treated
Continue Reading By Priya Krishnakumar, Emma Tucker, Ryan Young and Pamela Kirkland, CNN One of the fastest-growing cities in the country, the capital of Texas is nearing the end of its deadliest year on record in 2021 as cities nationwide are experiencing a rise in homicides and gun violence incidents that began last year when the pandemic
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed his “outrage” Saturday at a Supreme Court decision to allow the Texas six-week abortion ban to remain in effect and said he would use similar legal tactics to tackle gun control in his state. “I am outraged by yesterday’s US Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban
Continue Reading by Carma Hassan, CNN and Reuters At least six people died at an Amazon warehouse building collapse after an EF-3 tornado caused major structural damage to the building Friday, according to the Edwardsville Fire Department in Illinois. Forty-five people made it out of the building, with one person airlifted to a regional hospital for treatment,
Continue Reading By Brett Roegiers and Allison Collins, CNN Dozens of people are feared dead after at least 30 tornadoes tore through at least six states late Friday and early Saturday. Among the collapsed buildings is a candle factory in Kentucky, a nursing home in Arkansas and an Amazon warehouse in western Illinois. “It’s changed the landscape
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf and Reuters At least two people have died at an Amazon warehouse building collapse in Illinois, Edwardsville police chief Michael Fillback confirmed to reporters Saturday morning. A tornado Friday caused major structural damage to the building. Fillback added one person who worked at the warehouse is hospitalized but said he did not
Continue Reading By Nadia Romero, Paul P. Murphy and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Kyanna Parsons-Perez was in a storm shelter with other employees at a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Friday night when she felt wind, even though she was deep inside the building. Someone was taking attendance, “and then the next thing you know, there was
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, sent Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, the daughter of famed astronaut Alan Shepard, and four paying customers on a supersonic joy ride to the edge of space Saturday morning. The group blasted off aboard Blue Origin’s suborbital space tourism rocket at 9:01 am
Continue Reading By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden lamented hyper-partisanship in Washington in his first late-night interview since taking office, saying that while he used to have a cordial relationship with Republicans, “the Big Lie … makes it awful hard.” Biden appeared on “The Tonight Show” on Friday, telling host Jimmy Fallon that “QAnon and extreme
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN The “West Side Story” in theaters now isn’t the movie you’ve seen before — and that’s a good thing. The original 1961 film won 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. But for decades this retelling of “Romeo and Juliet” through the lens of White and Puerto Rican gangs in New York
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business New car prices are skyrocketing at the fastest pace on record. And Senator Elizabeth Warren says a lack of competition in the semiconductor industry is at least partially to blame. The world is in the midst of an epic computer chip shortage, one largely driven by Covid outbreaks and skyrocketing
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By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez, Susannah Cullinane, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN More than 100 people are feared dead after a series of tornadoes ripped through several states in the Midwest and South and transformed homes and businesses into piles of rubble late Friday into Saturday. In Kentucky alone, the death toll
Continue Reading By Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A powerful storm raced across the central US late Friday, unleashing at least 19 tornadoes in five states and causing widespread damage, according to officials. At least two deaths in Arkansas were attributed to the wave of tornadoes. One person was killed and several injured in
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN Ghislaine Maxwell is charged with six counts in her federal trial in New York related to what prosecutors say are her efforts to groom and traffic underage girls to be sexually abused by her close companion Jeffrey Epstein. She has pleaded not guilty to six federal counts:
Continue Reading Forrest Brown, CNN Throughout the pandemic, US passport holders have seen an ever-morphing list of international travel options. The only constant has been change. But compared with the choices in the spring and summer of 2020, the choices now are plentiful. In the end, it’s up to you to decide whether travel to international destinations
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A jury in Texas has awarded the largest-ever personal injury compensation in the country to a family who lost two people killed by a drunk driver. The sum is symbolic, lawyers for the family say, but the eye-popping size of the judgment is meant to send a message about the consequences
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A former supervisor testified Friday in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial that the then-officer had the right to use deadly force to prevent Daunte Wright from driving away and harming him in the process. Mychal Johnson, a former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police sergeant, testified that he arrived at the
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Most of the 43 people known to have been infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the United STates had mild symptoms, but most had been vaccinated and 14 of them had already had booster doses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. The first CDC report
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday he doesn’t know if he can get West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on board to support his social safety net bill, but is expected to speak with him about the legislation next week as the Senate moves closer to its holiday recess. Asked whether he
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “West Side Story” had little to sing about this weekend. 20th Century Studios’ remake of the 1961 classic musical brought in an estimated $10.5 million for its opening in North America this weekend. This total was below expectations, which projected the film to make closer to $15 million in its
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Amy Simonson, CNN Police in Florida arrested a student attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for allegedly “plotting to shoot up the campus” on Thursday, which was the final day before winter break, officials said. John Hagins, 19, threatened an attack similar to the 1999 mass shooting at the Columbine High School in
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, CNN In the aftermath of the Astroworld Festival tragedy, Travis Scott offered to pay for the funeral expenses of the 10 victims who died. At least seven of the victims’ families declined Scott’s offer, according to their attorneys. Valerie Cortinas Fisher, the attorney representing the family of Rodolfo Peña, told CNN that
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region between August 31 and September 9, 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. HRW urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to create an international inquiry into the abuses committed by warring parties
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN What do the holidays and football have in common? They both feature good food, sprinkled with a little rivalry and animosity among family and friends. To pay homage to deployed service members, CNN’s Brianna Keilar is making Game Day Chili Mac, “the most popular MRE (meal ready-to-eat) of the US military,”
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The anti-abortion movement has won its biggest returns yet on its decades-long investment on reshaping the courts, with a Supreme Court order that allowed the country’s second most populous state to cut off almost all access to the procedure. For a generation, abortion foes have employed a multi-pronged strategy of electing
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business The Bank of England is hiking interest rates in an effort to fight surging prices even as the Omicron variant engulfs the United Kingdom and threatens to put the economy into reverse. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee said Thursday that it would raise interest rates from the record low
Continue Reading By Andrew Carey and Amir Tal, CNN Former President Donald Trump railed against his one-time close ally Benjamin Netanyahu in a new interview series, saying he felt betrayed by the then-prime minister of Israel’s video message to Joe Biden congratulating him on winning the presidency. “It was early. OK? Let’s put it this way —
Continue Reading By Tara John, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN A London-based independent tribunal has ruled that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region, accusing China’s senior leadership including President Xi Jinping of “primary responsibility” for acts perpetrated against Muslim minority groups. “The tribunal is satisfied that the PRC
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Could the supply chain nightmare be coming to an end? Yes and no. Port congestion is easing, deliveries are speeding up and shipping prices are coming back down, but other issues like driver and supply shortages could keep things unpredictable for a while. Here’s what you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Could the supply chain nightmare be coming to an end? Yes and no. Port congestion is easing, deliveries are speeding up and shipping prices are coming back down, but other issues like driver and supply shortages could keep things unpredictable for a while. Here’s what you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Andy Rose, CNN The Denver Broncos on Sunday honored its former star wide receiver, Demaryius Thomas, who died suddenly last week at age 33. Thomas played 10 seasons in the NFL, most of them with the Broncos, and is considered one of the best wide receivers in Broncos history, winning two
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A scuba-diving YouTuber, who has made it his mission to find missing people, discovered the vehicle of two teens who disappeared 21 years ago in rural Tennessee. Police in White County on December 1 confirmed his discovery of a car that matched the one driven by Erin Foster,
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN In his order blocking the Biden administration’s health care worker vaccine mandate, US District Judge Terry Doughty spent several sentences laying out — without criticism — the claims of a doctor who falsely said that the Covid-19 vaccine was not effective in preventing transmission of the disease. Left unmentioned in Doughty’s
Continue Reading By Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A powerful storm racing across the central US produced a range of potential hazards, including the possibility of strong nighttime tornadoes, heavy snow and strong winds to start the weekend. Severe weather developed late Friday from the lower Mississippi Valley to central Ohio ahead of a
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Travis Caldwell, CNN Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty Thursday on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was the victim of a hate crime in January 2019. His defense team said it will appeal the verdict. Jurors deliberated over the course
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN Could the supply chain nightmare be coming to an end? Yes and no. Port congestion is easing, deliveries are speeding up and shipping prices are coming back down, but other issues like driver and supply shortages could keep things unpredictable for a while. Here’s what you need to know to Get
Continue Reading By Mallika Kallingal and Amy Simonson, CNN Police in Florida arrested a student attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for allegedly “plotting to shoot up the campus” on Thursday, which was the final day before winter break, officials said. John Hagins, 19, threatened an attack similar to the 1999 mass shooting at the Columbine High School in
Continue Reading By Miguel Marquez, Holly Yan and Michelle Krupa, CNN At one hospital in Lansing, Michigan, the latest Covid-19 surge is as bad as health care workers there have seen. And it may well be the leading edge of what’s coming soon to the rest of the United States. Already 23 states have had a more
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Wisconsin’s partisan review of the 2020 election results has turned into an Arizona-style circus, with the Republicans behind it targeting local officials and casting doubt on the election’s outcome — without offering any evidence of wrongdoing. Those leading the Republican review in Wisconsin have consulted with
Continue Reading By Joe Johns, Laura Robinson and Nicole Chavez, CNN Tenisha Tate-Austin and her husband became suspicious when the Northern California home they spent years renovating was valued by an appraiser far lower than they expected. So when they asked for a second opinion last year, a White friend pretended to own their home and they
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A union has won the right to represent US Starbucks workers for the first time. The vote to unionize at a shop in Buffalo, New York, won by a 19-8 margin. The vote at a second store resulted in a count of 12 opposed versus 8 in favor of the
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol issued six additional subpoenas Friday, including one to former aide to former President Donald Trump and current Ohio congressional candidate Max Miller. The targets in this subpoena group were involved in the planning
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Brooke Shields does not look back with fondness on an interview from the 1980s with Barbara Walters. In a conversation with Dax Shepard for his “Armchair Expert” podcast, Shields recalled being interviewed by Walters when she was 15, following her famous Calvin Klein jeans campaign. Shields reflected on Walters asking her
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN Two parallel realities are emerging as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to build its investigation. While a growing list of individuals are cooperating, a small but key group of former President Donald Trump’s allies continue to stonewall
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN This dinosaur could sprint at speeds as swift as the world’s fastest human. Theropods were carnivorous dinosaurs that ran on two legs. Their feet had three toes with sharp claws, similar to some dinosaurs like velociraptors that are depicted in movies. Using fossilized footprints left in dirt in La Rioja, Spain,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN A jury on Thursday found reality TV star Josh Duggar guilty of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, according to the judgement filed in the United States District Court Western District of Arkansas Fayetteville Division. “We appreciate the jury’s lengthy deliberations, we respect the jury’s verdict, and we
Continue Reading By Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted 220-208 on Thursday to pass the Protect Our Democracy Act, which addresses presidential abuses of power and reinforces the checks and balances between the branches of government. One Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, voted with all the Democrats for the bill. The bill now faces an uncertain
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn Amazon is potentially misleading consumers by not being clear enough in indicating which of its search results are paid advertisements, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday. More than a quarter of Amazon search results are sponsored by third parties and not adequately labeled to make that
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might consider redefining what it means to be “fully vaccinated” against Covid-19 to include a third dose of vaccine — but the question is when the definition could change. Such a change is “on the table and open for discussion,” Dr. Anthony Fauci,
Continue Reading By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Today, a lot of business students would probably pay serious money for Elon Musk’s opinion of their work. In 1995, though — long before he took control of Tesla and, later, founded SpaceX — Musk was a teaching assistant helping grade exams and papers at the University of Pennsylvania’s famous
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The calendar may be nearing winter, but the weather is set to serve up severe thunderstorms capable of producing several tornadoes on Friday and into the overnight hours, for more than 25 million people from Texas to Ohio. “Confidence has increased in a more favorable corridor for organized severe thunderstorms
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Amtrak service will likely be reduced next year as it complies with the upcoming vaccine requirement for federal workers. Amtrak president Stephen Gardner testified before a House of Representatives committee Thursday that the passenger rail operator does not anticipate having enough employees to run all trains when the mandate takes
Continue Reading By Thomas Lake, CNN James Brown did a lot of living in his 73 years. He threw knuckleballs from the pitcher’s mound and hard left jabs in the boxing ring. He survived beatings from an uncle and a near-electrocution by sadistic White men in the Jim Crow South. He was the Godfather of Soul, the
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a bill to create a fast-track process that will allow Democrats to raise the federal debt limit without votes from Republicans, a crucial next step as lawmakers race the clock to avert a catastrophic debt default. The vote was
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The New York attorney general subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for his testimony as part of a civil fraud investigation into the Trump Organization, according to people familiar with the matter. Letitia James, the New York attorney general, has set a deadline for the deposition by January 7,
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, CNN A growing number of key allies of former President Donald Trump are refusing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, using various tactics to skirt the panel’s subpoenas and stonewall the sweeping probe. Members of the committee are convinced there are still plenty of ways
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Banana Split has been revealed. Katharine McPhee and her producer husband David Foster were unmasked as Banana Split on the latest episode of “The Masked Singer.” There are two finalists left, Bull and Queen of Hearts, who will now compete next week in the season finale. In the latest round, contestants
Continue Reading By Tara John, Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN A London-based independent tribunal has ruled that China committed genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region, accusing China’s senior leadership including President Xi Jinping of “primary responsibility” for acts perpetrated against Muslim minority groups. “The tribunal is satisfied that the PRC
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul, CNN New Zealand plans to outlaw smoking for the next generation so they will never be legally able to buy tobacco in the country. Under proposed new legislation, the legal age of 18 for buying tobacco will be raised progressively, Associate Health Minister Dr. Ayesha Verrall said at a news conference Thursday.
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The commander of the US Navy’s SEAL Team 8 died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a training accident in Virginia Beach over the weekend, the Navy said. Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois, 43, died Tuesday at Norfolk Sentara General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, the Navy announced in a statement Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN A funeral service and tribute ceremony for the late Kansas Republican Sen. Bob Dole took place in Washington, DC, on Friday, with current and former lawmakers, as well as friends and family, remembering his legacy of public service. Dole, who had announced in February he was being treated for advanced lung
Continue Reading By Lauren Lee, CNN When the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito blew up social media and flooded TV screens in August, the case put a renewed spotlight on the inequity in coverage of missing people of color. For the last 13 years, sisters-in-law Natalie and Derrica Wilson have made it their mission to step
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Travis Scott told radio and talk show host Charlamagne tha God that he’s been on an “emotional rollercoaster” since 10 people died and many more were injured at his Astroworld Festival. The rapper, who has denied legal liability, sat down with Charlamagne for an almost hour-long interview that was posted
Continue Reading By Allison Morrow and Anneken Tappe, CNN Business One of the more insidious myths this year was that young people didn’t want to work because they were getting by just fine on government aid. People had too much money, went the narrative. Only trouble is, the numbers don’t back it up. Instead, early retirement —
Continue Reading By Kameryn Griesser and Sofia Barrett, CNN Business In the midst of a global pandemic, the real estate market has been on fire. Demand for homes has soared, pushing prices up to record levels. Competition is so intense that homes are selling in record time, with multiple bids and all-cash offers. Last year, a Zillow
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Dozens of Jefferies employees have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the Wall Street firm to ask staff to work from home, stop virtually all travel and cancel social events. “Our priority now is to best protect every one of you and your families,” Jefferies CEO Rich Handler and president Brian
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. James Comer were sitting near each other at Cardinal Stadium late last month, watching Kentucky and Louisville’s home-state football rivalry turn into a one-sided affair. And one topic came up: Kevin McCarthy. The two Bluegrass State lawmakers spoke at length about
Continue Reading Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives Ah, Christmas movies: the snow, the decorations, the families reuniting, the elves, Santa, the reindeer, the couples from the covers of romance novels falling in love against all odds. Wait. What? If you haven’t noticed how the 10 most common tropes of Christmas movies have changed in
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, has defaulted on its debt, according to Fitch Ratings. The credit ratings agency on Thursday downgraded the company and its subsidiaries to “restricted default,” meaning that the firm has failed to meet its financial obligations. Fitch said the downgrade reflects the company’s inability to
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Amazon Music and Prime Video will live stream Kanye West’s first headlining concert in five years. West will be joined by special guest Drake for the The Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert, set to take place Thursday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The event will be free to stream
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse A woman who was pulled from a car submerged in rushing water near the brink of Niagara Falls has died, New York State Park Police said Wednesday. The unnamed local woman in her 60s was pulled from the car by a rescue swimmer dangling from a US Coast Guard helicopter about 50
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN America is definitely hiring. Job openings jumped unexpectedly in October to about 11 million, with the leisure and hospitality industries — particularly in hotels and food services — seeing the biggest increase in open positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN America is definitely hiring. Job openings jumped unexpectedly in October to about 11 million, with the leisure and hospitality industries — particularly in hotels and food services — seeing the biggest increase in open positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN America is definitely hiring. Job openings jumped unexpectedly in October to about 11 million, with the leisure and hospitality industries — particularly in hotels and food services — seeing the biggest increase in open positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Junior’s Cheesecake has a big problem: Not enough cream cheese. The company’s cheesecake is made from about 85% cream cheese, making it impossible to prepare without that key ingredient. The shortage meant the company had to pause cheesecake production on Friday in its Burlington, New Jersey, baking facility because it
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday took the next step in his plans to promote democracy against rising autocracies when he convened a virtual “Summit for Democracy,” which hosted more than 100 participants representing governments, civil society and private-sector leaders. “In the face of sustained and alarming challenges to
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse A woman who was pulled from a car submerged in rushing water near the brink of Niagara Falls has died, New York State Park Police said Wednesday. The unnamed local woman in her 60s was pulled from the car by a rescue swimmer dangling from a US Coast Guard helicopter about 50
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and David Williams, CNN Authorities searching for a Georgia college student who’s been missing for more than 45 years got a big break after his car was found in an Alabama creek — along with his wallet, ID card and suspected human remains. Kyle Clinkscales, a student at Auburn University, was last
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN When kids and teenagers have easy or unsupervised access to guns, bad, and often irrevocable, things can happen. Such is the case with Ethan Crumbley, according to Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald. The 15-year-old Crumbley is the suspect in the November 30 Oxford High School shooting in Michigan that left four
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN A coalition of more than 40 organizations, including abortion rights advocacy groups, issued a report on Wednesday with 45 recommendations to “protect, strengthen and expand abortion services” in California. The report comes as the US Supreme Court weighs new laws in Texas and Mississippi that are much more restrictive than 1973’s
Continue Reading By Evan Simko-Bednarski and Amy Simonson, CNN The governors of Maine and New York deployed the National Guard in response to dangerously low capacity at statewide medical facilities due to the pandemic. The New York National Guard announced Wednesday that it had deployed 120 medics and medical technicians to a dozen long-term care facilities statewide.
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos and David Williams, CNN Authorities searching for a Georgia college student who’s been missing for more than 45 years got a big break after his car was found in an Alabama creek — along with his wallet, ID card and suspected human remains. Kyle Clinkscales, a student at Auburn University, was last
Continue Reading By Jessica Dean, CNN Democrats in Congress told CNN that GOP senators are continuing to hold up the nomination of the woman President Joe Biden tapped to become the next US Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism, five months after she was nominated. Biden nominated Deborah Lipstadt, an Emory professor of Modern Jewish History and
Continue Reading By Nadia Kounang, CNN The White House on Wednesday announced a new push to encourage harm reduction measures that make illicit drug use safer. Its supplying $30 million in grants for services such syringe exchanges and naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote. The announcement is part of the Biden administration’s strategy to focus on harm reduction
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump’s wait-and-see approach to the 2024 election has frozen the next Republican presidential primary before it’s even begun. As each rumored 2024 candidate navigates the uncertainty of another Trump bid — deciding if they should publicly acknowledge their presidential ambitions or keep their head down until he makes a decision
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, Holly Yan and Amir Vera, CNN The passenger in Daunte Wright’s car when he was killed was the “only one out of everybody there that was trying to help him,” the young woman testified Thursday in the trial of the then-officer who fired the fatal shot during an April traffic stop in
Continue Reading Leah Dolan, CNN While many of us will spend the final days of 2021 reflecting on its whirlwind events, global color authority Pantone has already been busy looking ahead — to decide on the shade that will best encapsulate 2022. On Wednesday it unveiled Very Peri, a periwinkle hue that the company says combines the
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