By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Serena Williams’ loss last week at the US Open, likely her final match, made history for ESPN. The roughly three-hour match averaged 4.8 million viewers, making it ESPN’s most-watched tennis match in its 43-year history. Ratings peaked during the match’s final set in the 10:15 pm quarter-hour, garnering 6.9 million
Continue Reading For some students in the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in Texas, the start of classes this week came with feelings of fear and anxiety. In May, Robb Elementary — which is now closed and soon may be demolished — was the scene of a horrific shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers.
Continue Reading By David Goldman, CNN Business The British pound fell to a 37-year low against the US dollar Wednesday as the United Kingdom grapples with a series of overlapping economic problems with no easy solutions. A looming recession, a disastrous energy crunch and the highest inflation among G7 nations has sent the pound sinking over the
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business For many years after the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve did everything in its power to lower the unemployment rate. Now, the central bank is trying to do the exact opposite. David Rubenstein, the billionaire investor and co-founder of The Carlyle Group, told CNN last week the Fed is actively
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto and Tim Lister, CNN One week into a new counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year, senior US officials and Ukrainian officials tell CNN. The last week has seen the
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Rachel Ramirez and Dakin Andone, CNN A record-breaking heat wave has baked the West for days — setting record high temperatures, fueling destructive wildfires and threatening rolling power shutoffs in California — and it could last even longer due to the effects of a strengthening hurricane along Mexico’s Pacific coast. “We are
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN After stunning 22-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal to reach the US Open quarterfinal on Monday, Frances Tiafoe threw his racket on the floor and covered his face in amazement. It felt like a seminal moment in the 24-year-old American’s career; a culmination of hard work and raw talent which has
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday said the decision by a Florida judge to grant former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago is “deeply flawed” and urged the Justice Department to appeal it. “The opinion, I think, was
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By Laura He, CNN Business China’s zero-Covid strategy of endless testings and lockdowns has hammered its economy and taken a toll on company profits, but it has delivered a windfall for test makers. Twelve of China’s top Covid testing firms have recently posted huge increases in both revenues and net profits for the first half
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Steve Bannon is expected to surrender Thursday to face New York state charges related to his fundraising effort to build a wall along the southern US border, people familiar with the matter say. The state charges, which have been returned in an indictment, are based on the same conduct Bannon was
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN At least Harry Styles has a sense of humor? The actor and singer made light of recent speculation he spit on “Don’t Worry Darling” costar Chris Pine during that film’s debut at the Venice Film Festival. Videos circulating on social media showed that Styles joked at his Madison Square Garden
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Scott Bronstein, CNN A New Mexico judge on Tuesday removed January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin from his elected position as a county commissioner for his role in the US Capitol attack. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit seeking Griffin’s removal, which alleged
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA has two new dates in mind — September 23 or September 27 — for the next attempt at launching its massive new moon rocket on an uncrewed test mission. But there are still several things that could stand in the way of getting the Artemis I mission off the
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan and Richa Naik, CNN Clara Sorrenti, a trans activist who was forced to flee her home in Canada after users of a hate-filled website targeted her, has succeeded in her campaign to get the site taken offline, for now. Sorrenti, better known by her online username “Keffals,” became the target of a
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio and Tara John, CNN In his first television interview since returning from a visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told CNN the situation at the facility continues to be “very worrying” and warned “we are playing with fire.” Speaking from
Continue Reading CNN exclusive by Rebecca Wright, Sam Kiley and Olha Konovalova On the first day of the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine, Mark Ayres fired more than 2,000 rounds from his Soviet-designed PK machine gun during fierce firefights with Russian forces. The former British soldier is working with a reconnaissance unit of the Ukrainian military in the
Continue Reading CNN exclusive by Rebecca Wright, Sam Kiley and Olha Konovalova On the first day of the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine, Mark Ayres fired more than 2,000 rounds from his Soviet-designed PK machine gun during fierce firefights with Russian forces. The former British soldier is working with a reconnaissance unit of the Ukrainian military in the
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN You may have up to a 50% higher risk of developing long Covid-19 if you suffer from common psychiatric issues such as anxiety or depression, a recent study found. Signs of the malady can include breathing problems, brain fog, chronic coughing, changes in taste and smell, overwhelming fatigue, difficulties in performing
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 14 lineup at the company’s annual September keynote event on Wednesday. The product event, which has been teased with a “far out” tagline, will take place at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters and will be livestreamed on Apple’s website and
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Texas’ top cop Col. Steven McCraw vowed Thursday to fire any member of his Department of Public Safety who did not do their job the day a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. His pledge came after CNN tracked
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN Two officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety who were at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre have been suspended with pay and referred for formal investigation amid an internal review of law enforcement actions that day, the agency said Tuesday as students in the shaken community returned to
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio and Tara John, CNN The United Nations nuclear watchdog has called for the “immediate establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, saying in a report published Tuesday that it remained “gravely concerned” about the situation. “There is an urgent need
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna, Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A man suspected of abducting and killing a Memphis teacher who was out jogging was temporarily ordered held without bond Wednesday on a murder charge that was added after her body was identified. Cleotha Henderson, accused of killing 34-year-old Eliza “Liza” Fletcher after kidnapping her in
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county’s election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows. The breach is now under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of
Continue Reading By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist A massive plume of moisture stretching from the eastern Pacific all the way to the US East Coast is bringing excessive rain to the Northeast, with some places already flooding.. Over 50 million people are under flood watches through the end of Tuesday, meaning flooding is possible and people should
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Freight railroads have been around since the 19th century, but you can’t run a 21st century economy without them. The looming possibility of a strike by unions representing more than 90,000 workers at the nation’s freight railroads has businesses nationwide worried. The unions are poised to go on strike on
Continue Reading By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The battle to get employees back into the office is about to get a little more heated. Many companies experimenting with a hybrid work schedule have said they want employees to be in the office a set number of days each week. But thus far, they have not done much
Continue Reading By Angela Fritz, CNN Antarctica’s so-called “doomsday glacier” — nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level — has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists say, amplifying concerns over the extreme sea level rise that would accompany its potential demise. The Thwaites Glacier, capable of
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge threw a wrench Monday in the Justice Department investigation into potential mishandling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House by granting his request for a special master to review evidence seized from his Florida home last month. The win for Trump
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN The Israel Defense Forces have admitted for the first time that there is a “high possibility” Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by Israeli fire while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in May, the IDF announced Monday. “[I]t appears that it
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, Kathleen Magramo, Philip Wang and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At least 65 people are confirmed dead after an earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, according to Chinese broadcaster CCTV. Aftershocks were still being felt on Tuesday, state media said, a day after the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said a 6.6-magnitude
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, Eric Levenson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Myles Sanderson, the suspect in the mass stabbing in Canada, died Wednesday after going into “medical distress” after his arrest, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore. Sanderson’s death means both suspects in the attack that rocked the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge threw a wrench Monday in the Justice Department investigation into potential mishandling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House by granting his request for a special master to review evidence seized from his Florida home last month. The win for Trump
Continue Reading By Nadia Romero and Kevin Conlon, CNN Shortly after the US Supreme Court ordered schools to desegregate in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama, opened. Brown vs Board Education angered White segregationists at the time, and the school and others across the South were a result of the opposition to desegregation. Decades
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Julia Roberts and George Clooney have a lot of history together. The actors have been friends for decades, which, according to the two stars, made filming a kiss for their upcoming romantic comedy quite funny. “Yeah. I told my wife, ‘It took 80 takes,’” Clooney told The New York Times. “She
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Brendan Fraser has entered the Oscars chat. The actor is squarely back in Hollywood and already on the minds of those thinking about the Academy Awards, thanks to his performance in “The Whale,” which reportedly received a six-minute standing ovation after its screening at the Venice Film Festival. Video shared
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Thursday appealed a court-ordered special master review of the materials seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago — including more than 100 classified documents — as it argued the order was putting US national security at risk. The government has halted the intelligence community’s risk assessment of classified
Continue Reading By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Moisture streaming in from the Gulf of Mexico, combined with a stubborn, nearly stationary storm system, will cause slow-moving thunderstorm activity and the possibility of flash flooding across 20 US states Monday. “Scattered to numerous flash floods (are) possible early this week from southern New England to the southern Appalachians,”
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of “syphoning” more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court filing this week. The suit is against executive Shalomyah Bowers, the foundation itself, Bowers’ consulting firm and unnamed individuals. Bowers was
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Prolonged drought has exacerbated fire conditions throughout California, where six active wildfires have consumed tens of thousands of acres in less than a week, and led to the deaths of at least two residents, officials say. In all, fires burning across the state have collectively burned more than 23,000 acres since
Continue Reading By Nick Watt, CNN A couple of dozen men, women and children are silently reading books in the shade of apple trees one sunny morning in beautiful little Bonners Ferry, Idaho. But this is a protest. “We’re having a read-in in support of the library,” explains Billie Jo Klaniecki, a spry 70-something wearing a broad
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House panel investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, on Sunday called out former President Donald Trump for featuring a speaker during his Saturday rally who highlighted the plight of a January 6 rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer who was convicted on
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Pope Francis says he has taken it on himself to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse, telling CNN’s partner channel CNN Portugal that he was “responsible that it doesn’t happen anymore.” In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Rome last month, the Pontiff said the church had “zero tolerance” for abuse
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond is down nearly 20% in midday trading following the death of its one its top executives. Gustavo Arnal, the chief financial officer of the beleaguered retailer, jumped to his death from a high-rise apartment in Manhattan on Friday afternoon, a law enforcement source previously
Continue Reading By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Texas state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. has voted for anti-abortion legislation more than a dozen times in the last decade. He was one of the state lawmakers who both sponsored and voted for the controversial “Heartbeat Bill,” which criminalized abortion as soon as a fetus’ heartbeat is detected
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Michigan state court on Wednesday declared Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban unconstitutional and blocked it from being enforced, allowing abortion to remain legal in the state. In an order issued Wednesday, Michigan Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher permanently enjoined Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from enforcing the 1931 law. Her
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN Air travel this summer has been challenging to say the least. About 55,000 flights have been canceled in the US since the Friday before Memorial Day, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, and nearly a quarter of all flights have been delayed. But some industry experts are cautiously optimistic
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, Jamiel Lynch and Amir Vera, CNN Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza “Liza” Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a tweet from the police department. “The identity of this person and the cause of death is unconfirmed at this time. The
Continue Reading By Isabel Rosales, CNN Scientists at the Florida Aquarium have made a breakthrough in the race to save Caribbean coral: For the first time, marine biologists have successfully reproduced elkhorn coral, a critical species, using aquarium technology. It’s a historic step forward, and one they hope could help revitalize Caribbean ecosystems and could pay humans
Continue Reading By Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN Bob’s Market in Angeleno Heights may look like a regular Los Angeles convenience store, but it’s an icon. In the Fast and Furious movie franchise, it was turned into Toretto’s, the shop owned by the family of the character portrayed by Vin Diesel. Throughout the day, fans from
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Samantha Woodward, CNN Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials. CNN’s KFile reviewed comments from the former President, dating back to his first presidential campaign in 2016, from speeches, interviews and comments made on social media. The
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Saturday Night Live” veteran castmember Rob Schneider says the long-running sketch show was “over” after Kate McKinnon’s 2016 performance of “Hallelujah.” In a conversation on Glenn Beck’s podcast, Schneider said that McKinnon’s post-presidential election cold open at the piano, during which she sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” dressed as Hilary Clinton, was
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Samantha Woodward, CNN Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the lengthy jailing of opponents of his who he claimed mishandled classified materials. CNN’s KFile reviewed comments from the former President, dating back to his first presidential campaign in 2016, from speeches, interviews and comments made on social media. The
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN The Mississippi man accused of stealing a twin-engine plane Saturday morning and threatening to crash it into a Walmart was denied bond Sunday, his attorney told CNN. Cory Wayne Patterson — who is not a licensed pilot — faces charges of grand larceny and making terroristic threats, according to Tupelo Police
Continue Reading By Maureen O’Hare, CNN It’s Labor Day weekend in the United States and Canada and just plain old September everywhere else. CNN Travel is back with another weekly roundup of news from planes, trains, the great outdoors and the ocean depths. Life at sea A new underwater expedition will set out September 4 to explore
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration,
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy, CNN During a March 2022 site visit, US Environmental Protection Agency staff found that the City of Jackson, Mississippi, did not have adequate staffing for its water system and that as a result of that, routine and preventative maintenance on parts of the system were not being performed. The findings of
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN It’s called rocket science for a reason. When NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy was preparing for one of her space shuttle launches as an astronaut in the early 2000s, she told her relatives to plan a week’s trip to Florida for vacation and they might see a launch.
Continue Reading By Tina Burnside, Jamiel Lynch and Amir Vera, CNN Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza “Liza” Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a tweet from the police department. “The identity of this person and the cause of death is unconfirmed at this time. The
Continue Reading By Michael Warren, Dan Merica and Gabby Orr, CNN As Republicans try to salvage their troubled quest to win the Senate majority this fall, party operatives are pointing their fingers at the fundraising failures of two GOP nominees and their idiosyncratic tech mogul backer, Peter Thiel. Thiel’s $15 million super PAC investments helped boost Ohio’s
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday said the decision by a Florida judge to grant former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago is “deeply flawed” and urged the Justice Department to appeal it. “The opinion, I think, was
Continue Reading By Ralph Ellis, Hannah Sarisohn and Holly Yan, CNN Water pressure has been restored in Jackson, Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves and the city government said. “Today, the tanks are full. Water pressure is solid,” Reeves said during a Monday news conference. The governor said while “there may be more bad days in the future, we
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I launch team is gearing up for another countdown that will begin early Saturday morning after a range of issues prevented liftoff on Monday. The launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET and closes at 4:17 p.m. ET on Saturday. Currently, weather conditions are 60% favorable during the launch
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration,
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court. The search inventory released showed that classified documents had been mixed in with personal items and other materials in the boxes in
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN “Jaws” ushered in the age of the blockbuster in 1975, changing the way movies were marketed and released — practices that were cemented into the framework for summer releases when “Star Wars” followed two years later. Now, in a telling sign of the times, director Steven Spielberg’s seafaring thriller that had
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court. The search inventory released showed that classified documents had been mixed in with personal items and other materials in the boxes in
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN What a way to make a living. Dolly Parton has remade her hit song “9 to 5” as a duet, this time with Kelly Clarkson. The song comes more than 40 years after the original and was recorded as part of the forthcoming documentary, “Still Working 9 to 5.” The
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted an August jobs report that slightly exceeded analyst forecasts and marked another month of slowing job gains — something White House officials have been hoping for in recent months. White House officials have been anxiously eying the release of August’s job report
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Adapted from a film short into a movie, “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” exhibits the strain of the magnification process — as premises go, feeling a little light in terms of the collection plate. The central performances, however, make this dark satire awkwardly watchable, with Sterling K. Brown and
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Although devoted to Armie Hammer and his family, the title “House of Hammer” evokes thoughts of British horror films released under the Hammer label from the 1950s to the ’70s, which doesn’t feel coincidental. That’s because this three-part Discovery+ docuseries is unfortunately presented as if it were a horror movie,
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN An Iraq War veteran and former Democratic Party official on Friday criticized the presence of US Marines in the backdrop of President Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, during which he issued stinging political criticism of Republicans. “We need to make sure that our military is as removed from politics as possible
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Labor Day weekend is usually the final goodbye to summer, but for roughly a third of the country, temperatures could reach record levels this holiday weekend. “September is kicking off with scorching temperatures throughout the western US, as highs are once again anticipated to threaten daily and even monthly records
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN What a time to be a fantasy fan: Between “House of the Dragon” and “The Rings of Power,” there are dozens of new characters and stories set in the familiar worlds of “Game of Thrones” and “The Lord of the Rings” for audiences to invest in. But “Thrones” fans had their
Continue Reading Martha C. White for CNN Business At a think tank conference Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated his pledge to stay the course on the central bank’s aggressive inflation-busting policy. “The Fed has, and accepts, responsibility for price stability,” he said at the Cato Institute’s 40th Annual Monetary Conference. “We need to act right
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN NASA is gearing up for another countdown to launch its Artemis I rocket on a journey around the moon this weekend. After the first attempt was scrubbed on Monday due to a range of problems, the launch team has since made significant adjustments and is now ready for another try on
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN More than one third of Pakistan is underwater, according to satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA), as deadly floodwaters threaten to create secondary disasters. Food is in short supply after water covered millions of acres of crops and wiped out hundreds of thousands of livestock. Meanwhile, aid agencies have
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa and Andi Babineau, CNN The 22-year-old man accused of shooting three Dutch soldiers outside an Indianapolis hotel on Saturday has been charged in the death of one of the victims and the injury of the two others, according to prosecutors. Shamar Duncan was arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting, which took
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Jill Martin, CNN Serena Williams’ legendary tennis career has likely come to an end after she fell to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović in the third round of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York. The 23-time grand slam singles champion leaves an indelible mark, not only on tennis,
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Mostafa Salem and Shafi Kakar, CNN An effort to save the Iran nuclear deal appeared to hang in the balance on Thursday after Washington said Tehran’s latest reply to the European Union proposal was “not constructive.” A US State Department spokesperson said the United States had received Iran’s response to the EU
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz and Jessica Dean, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday called on President Joe Biden to apologize for invoking fascism to describe the ideology of former President Donald Trump and his supporters. McCarthy made the remarks during a prebuttal speech ahead of the President’s prime-time address later in the evening. The
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans and their fealty to his predecessor in an evening speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, alleging they “thrive on chaos” and warning their attempts to undermine democracy could devolve into violence. “They live not in the light
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans and their fealty to his predecessor in an evening speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, alleging they “thrive on chaos” and warning their attempts to undermine democracy could devolve into violence. “They live not in the light
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, Curt Devine and Kimberly Berryman, CNN Authorities in Michigan are investigating how a missing voting machine from the state wound up for sale on eBay last month for $1,200. The machine was purchased by a cybersecurity expert in Connecticut who alerted Michigan authorities and is now waiting for law enforcement to pick
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco, CNN Some Republicans are working on a legal strategy to overturn President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which could potentially stop millions of Americans from receiving up to $20,000 in debt cancellation. “I’ve been working with some colleagues trying to develop the best legal theory of moving to sue the Biden
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN CINCINNATI — Ohio voters will begin casting their ballots in six weeks — and J.D. Vance has been difficult to find. The rookie GOP candidate goes days without any public events, and his campaign gives little information about his whereabouts. He has been slow to build a fundraising
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, signed off Thursday on the recommendation of the agency’s independent vaccine advisers in favor of updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13 to 1 earlier in the day
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN A pair of fiery speeches inside packed gymnasiums over the past week left even some White House aides surprised at President Joe Biden’s new-found electricity. Yet when he delivers a rare prime-time address Thursday evening in Philadelphia, Biden’s somber assessment of American democracy isn’t likely to
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN “Saturday Night Live” veteran castmember Rob Schneider says the long-running sketch show was “over” after Kate McKinnon’s 2016 performance of “Hallelujah.” In a conversation on Glenn Beck’s podcast, Schneider said that McKinnon’s post-presidential election cold open at the piano, during which she sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” dressed as Hilary Clinton, was
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly and Kaitlan Collins, CNN A pair of fiery speeches inside packed gymnasiums over the past week left even some White House aides surprised at President Joe Biden’s new-found sense of electricity. Yet when he delivers a rare prime-time address Thursday evening in Philadelphia, Biden’s somber assessment of American democracy isn’t
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner, Lauren Kent, Victoria Butenko, Sandi Sidhu and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN It was a chilling shooting: Russian soldiers caught on camera killing unarmed Ukrainian civilians as they walked away from an encounter on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv. CNN first reported on the shooting in May, after obtaining exclusive surveillance video of
Continue Reading By Virginia Langmaid, CNN A Black pastor in Alabama says he was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers — and his attorney has called the incident “irrational, irresponsible, and illegal.” In police body camera footage from May and released last week, an officer is seen approaching the man, Michael Jennings, who tells the officer he
Continue Reading By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN Summer air travel has been trying, to put it mildly. Hellacious, many travelers would say. About 55,000 flights have been canceled in the US since the Friday before Memorial Day, according to data from flight tracking site FlightAware, and nearly a quarter of US flights have been delayed
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, Dakin Andone and Michelle Watson, CNN Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer serving a felony warrant fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in bed. Donovan Lewis, 20, died Tuesday after being shot by Police Officer Ricky Anderson, a 30-year veteran with the Columbus Division
Continue Reading David Williams, CNN The pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight threatened to cancel takeoff after someone on the plane sent a naked photograph to other passengers. The incident, involving Apple’s AirDrop file transfer service, involved a flight from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. “So here’s the deal, if this continues
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of American education two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began. The results were part of the National Assessment of
Continue Reading By Brenda Goodman, CNN There’s a new kind of Covid-19 shot coming to a pharmacy or clinic near you. The US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on updated boosters that target the original strain of the coronavirus as well as the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN As Mississippi’s capital city entered a fourth day on Thursday with little or no water flowing from faucets, authorities were scrambling to get a failing water treatment plant plagued by decades of deferred maintenance back online. The problem — which comes on top of a boil-water
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Few of us want summer to end, but there’s some good news coming this winter: holiday discounts. Major retailers including Best Buy and Walmart say the holiday shopping season will be packed with promotions to entice inflation-strained customers. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Aya Elamroussi and Alaa Elassar, CNN After a wildfire raging in Los Angeles County swelled to more than 5,200 acres in less than 48 hours, a top fire official warned the explosive growth should be a “wake-up call” to residents. The Route Fire began Wednesday around noon near Castaic Lake and grew
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