By Ashley Strickland, CNN A stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet are just some of the new cosmic images were shared Tuesday. After decades of waiting, it’s finally time for the world to see the first images taken by the most powerful space telescope ever
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Abortions are legal once again in Louisiana after a state court on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order against the state’s ban that took effect following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The court order allows abortion services in the state to resume at
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Joseph and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Uvalde, Texas, City Council on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Councilman Pedro “Pete” Arredondo. Arredondo, who is the Uvalde school district police chief, said in his resignation letter earlier this month he was stepping down from the city council position to “minimize further distractions.” “The Mayor, the
Continue Reading By Ashley Killough and Christina Maxouris, CNN Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down after getting shot at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade, underwent a critical surgery Tuesday and is “still fighting,” a family spokesperson said in an update. Cooper, who was attending the parade with his family,
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact a witness is the latest product of the panel’s probe to involve law enforcement. The detail, presented by Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, a Wyoming
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will welcome a group of state and local officials to the White House on Wednesday as the administration seeks to draw attention to key elements of President Joe Biden’s cornerstone legislative achievement. Harris will headline a half-day White House Summit on the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Peter Nickeas, CNN The gunman walked into the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and casually pushed back his long hair before moving to adjoining classrooms where he killed 19 students and two teachers, according to edited portions of surveillance video of the law enforcement response. The 82 minutes of disturbing footage from
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky and Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was accused by a law professor of engaging in a line of transphobic questioning during a hearing Tuesday on the legal consequences of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last month, some progressives have increasingly
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Business A former Twitter employee told the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection that the company considered imposing a stricter content moderation policy following a September 2020 comment by then-President Donald Trump telling the right-wing extremist group the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.” Trump’s
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing from the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection fleshed out the links between former President Donald Trump and the far-right extremist groups that were at the vanguard of the violent effort to stop the transition of power and keep him
Continue Reading By Forrest Brown, CNN Bad weather. Computer glitches. Staffing shortages. Oversold flights. Inflation. It has been a tough slog for some air travelers this year — starting with the winter holiday season and extending in waves into the summer of 2022. What if you’re one of the unlucky passengers caught up in these events, such
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Zachary Cohen, Paula Reid, Sara Murray and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has signaled a continued interest in a chaotic Oval Office meeting that took place in the final days of the Trump administration, during which the former president considered some of the most desperate proposals to
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso and Michelle Krupa, CNN Little league teams have pulled out of the North Carolina state championship tournament after gunshots erupted during a weekend game, their organizers said Monday in social media posts. “Our 8U Machine Pitch team had to withdraw from the State Championship tournament in Wilson, North Carolina,” read Wilmington Little
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business For the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar has reached parity — meaning the two currencies are worth the same. The euro hit $1 on Tuesday, down about 12% since the start of the year. Fears of recession on the continent
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A stellar nursery where stars are born, interactions between galaxies and a unique view of an exoplanet are just some of the new cosmic images were shared Tuesday. After decades of waiting, it’s finally time for the world to see the first images taken by the most powerful space telescope ever
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN The Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting is planning to release hallway surveillance video of what police were doing, along with a fact-focused report to the families of those who were massacred, according to a source close to the committee. The intention of the committee and
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, CNN A tech company CEO who was tried twice in the 1992 killing of his roommate’s girlfriend has been arrested and charged with murder in the case, a California prosecutor said. John Kevin Woodward, 58, the CEO of online training company ReadyTech, was taken into custody at New York’s JFK airport on
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Years of progress the United States had made in fighting drug-resistant infections were largely erased during the Covid-19 pandemic, with hospital-acquired infections and resulting deaths growing 15% in 2020. A special report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 29,400 people died from
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN Researchers in a new study have put actual dollar figures on economic harm caused by the countries most responsible for the climate crisis, and the ground-breaking data could serve as a starting point for legal action against the world’s wealthiest nations. The Dartmouth College study found that just five of the
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A bad quarter for Delta Air Lines passengers turned into a bad quarter for Delta investors, as the costs of service disruptions, coupled with high fuel prices and rising pay for employees, caused the company to fall well short of earnings forecasts. Delta posted adjusted earnings of $735 million in
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Tech companies and data brokers that misuse or misrepresent how they handle Americans’ personal data, including reproductive health information, may find themselves on the hook with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency warned this week. On Monday, the FTC renewed its vow to investigate or sue companies that use Americans’ digital
Continue Reading By Zahid Mahmood, CNN Long distance running legend Mo Farah has told the BBC that he was trafficked into the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant. The revelation comes in a new documentary by the British broadcaster set to air on Wednesday. In it, Farah also says his real
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett and Kyle Blaine, CNN First lady Jill Biden‘s office issued an apology Tuesday morning after Biden faced criticism for citing “bodegas” and “breakfast tacos” to praise Latino diversity. Biden made the comments on Monday during a conference in San Antonio for the Latino civil rights and advocacy organization UnidosUS, where she commented
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN Researchers in a new study have put actual dollar figures on economic harm caused by the countries most responsible for the climate crisis, and the ground-breaking data could serve as a starting point for legal action against the world’s wealthiest nations. The Dartmouth College study found that just five of the
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A spot in the Southern California desert could hold the key to powering all of America’s electric cars. It’s called the Salton Sea — but isn’t really a sea at all. The toxic lake is the most abundant source of lithium on the planet, with enough to power all domestic EV car
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge on Monday denied a request by Steve Bannon for his contempt-of-Congress trial to be delayed from its July 18 start date and severely limited the defenses that the former Donald Trump adviser could put forward at the trial. US District Judge Carl Nichols curtailed Bannon’s
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said Tuesday that the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has “started producing information” for the Department of Justice relevant to its request for transcripts of interviews the committee has conducted. “We have started producing information about who we have interviewed and that kind
Continue Reading By Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Family and close friends attended the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday, with crowds gathering on the streets of the capital to pay their last respects, four days after the shock of his assassination reverberated across the world. The private funeral was
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Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell, CNN With giant sequoias under threat from a wildfire spreading at Yosemite National Park in California, firefighters are in a race to protect them and a nearby community as more dry hot weather bears down on the region. Progress has been made in battling the Washburn Fire, which is 22% contained and
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Emiko Jozuka, CNN When Akie Matsuzaki married Shinzo Abe, then a rising political aide, in 1987, she followed a path well trodden by Japanese wives and gave up her job at the country’s largest advertising agency. But over more than three decades of marriage — including nine years as Japan’s first
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge against a bodega clerk who fatally stabbed a man who had gone behind the counter and pushed him. The bodega clerk, Jose Alba, 61, was working at the Blue Moon Convenient Store in Upper
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge a bodega clerk faces after he fatally stabbed a man who went behind his counter and pushed him. The bodega clerk, Jose Alba, 61, was working at the Blue Moon Convenient Store in Upper
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, Nikki Carvajal, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday said gun violence has turned everyday places in America into “killing fields” as he marked the passage of the first significant federal gun safety legislation in 30 years. Biden said the package he signed into law represents “an important
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, Andy Rose and Steve Almasy, CNN The Austin American-Statesman newspaper published Tuesday edited portions of school surveillance video showing officers retreating from gunfire in the hallway of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, during the fatal shooting May 24. The edited video on the newspaper’s website is just more than four
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Katherine Dillinger and Paul LeBlanc, CNN US health officials are urgently working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN on Monday. The US Food and Drug Administration is making it a high priority, the official said. Second boosters have been
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first glimpse of how the James Webb Space Telescope will change the way people see the universe has arrived. President Joe Biden has released one of Webb’s first images, and it’s “the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date,” according to NASA. The image shows SMACS
Continue Reading By Stella Chan and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A Team USA Olympic medal winner says a man attacked her outside a Los Angeles restaurant, hurling a metal object at her and fracturing her eye socket. Kim Glass, a 2008 volleyball silver medalist, posted a video to social media describing her ordeal. The footage shows her right
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Newly declassified US intelligence indicates that Iran is expected to supply Russia with “hundreds” of drones — including weapons-capable drones — for use in the war in Ukraine, with Iran preparing to begin training Russian forces on how to operate them as early as late July, according to
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN In new clarifying guidance announced Monday, the Biden administration said that federal law preempts state abortion bans when emergency care is needed and that the federal government can penalize institutions or providers that fail to provide abortions as needed to treat medical emergencies. “Under the law, no matter where you live,
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN Business Hundreds of thousands of leaked Uber documents obtained by The Guardian and shared with a consortium of news outlets show how during its most aggressive period of growth, the ride-hailing company reportedly employed secret technology to thwart police investigations, sought favors from high-ranking government officials and even perceived a silver
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar and Chuck Johnston, CNN A beach in Iowa is closed after a rare life-threatening infection of the brain was confirmed in a visitor who recently went swimming there. The beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County will be closed temporarily to swimmers, the Iowa Department of Public Health
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Let’s venture to one of the few wild places left on the planet. An incredible diversity of species lives across the extremes of Patagonia — and we’re going to see them in a stunning new way. The CNN Original Series “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World” premieres at 9
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection will not hold a hearing this Thursday, as had previously been under consideration, a source familiar with the committee’s plans told CNN. A committee aide told CNN later Monday that “we expect that
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist While it seems strange to say this is a hot summer in Texas — because let’s face it, EVERY summer in Texas is hot — this summer will be one to remember. It’s hotter than hot — a record-breaking, sizzling hot, sweaty summer. “I looked at forecast models and they
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN Brandy Bottone was driving in the HOV lane meant for at least two people per vehicle in Dallas, Texas, two weeks ago when she was pulled over by police. The officer noted there didn’t seem to be anyone else in the car, but Bottone had a retort — she was 34
Continue Reading Opinion by Joseph H. Davis for CNN Business Perspectives The United States economy is in jeopardy. Higher prices for essentials like food and energy are crimping household incomes, while stronger consumer demand has pushed up the prices for a range of goods and services, from travel to apartments. Given this backdrop, many economists believe that
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN In their first show in over a decade, rock-rap renegades Rage Against the Machine decried the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the federal constitutional right to an abortion. Members of the band, which has long been known for its anti-authority stance and its music’s political messages,
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge on Monday denied a request by Steve Bannon for his contempt-of-Congress trial to be delayed from its July 18 start date and severely limited the defenses that the former Donald Trump adviser could put forward at the trial. US District Judge Carl Nichols curtailed Bannon’s
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN A challenge requires a challenger — and all the Democrats being discussed as potential primary opponents to President Joe Biden tell CNN they’re ruling out runs and warning others to follow suit. The chatter is fed by Democratic officials and party leaders who have begun to doubt that Biden is, as
Continue Reading By Katia Hetter, CNN The much-awaited summer lull in coronavirus cases doesn’t appear to be happening as Covid-19 infections continue to increase in much of the United States. An earlier rise in cases this year was driven by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that two other
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Petro Zadorozhnyy, CNN Across Ukraine, in the shimmering heat, one sight is becoming familiar this summer: Combine harvesters sweeping across fields of grain in a race against fast-spreading fires. The conflict’s front lines straddle some of Ukraine’s richest farmland. Whether caused by accident or intention, the fires darkening the summer sky
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN Photographs by Taylor Glascock and Kristan Lieb for CNN A stroll through Central Avenue’s tree-lined, cobblestone sidewalks shows the appeal of suburban Highland Park. The boutique stores that dot the street and the banana pancakes at Walker Bros. call out to the casual pedestrian, as does the shaded playground of Sunset
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park is threatening the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees have suffered significant damage. The 1,591-acre Washburn Fire began on July 7 and doubled in size from Saturday to Sunday, park officials said. Fire crews removed undergrowth
Continue Reading By Nikki Carvajal, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday will meet with mass shooting survivors and victims’ families to celebrate the federal gun safety legislation he signed into law late last month. Biden will be joined at the White House by “survivors and family members of victims of mass shootings
Continue Reading By Ben Church and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was at the forefront of everyone’s mind as the WNBA All-Star game tipped off in Chicago on Sunday. Griner was named an honorary All-Star player this year and every effort was made to spread awareness of her situation. It comes after
Continue Reading By Sonnet Swire, CNN Three churches located on the same road in Maryland, just outside Washington, DC, were vandalized over the weekend, and authorities are investigating fires set at two of the churches as arson. “These churches are within a few mile radius of each other,” said Pete Piringer, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around one of the park’s most famous trees. While officials say the trees have avoided significant damage
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Japan’s ruling coalition swept to victory on Sunday in an upper house election that took on heightened significance following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, 67, was shot on Friday in the city of Nara while delivering a speech in support of candidates from his
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, CNN Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, an ally of former President Donald Trump, is expected to meet Friday with the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, according to three sources familiar with the matter. There have been no ground rules or topics defined, according to one of the sources. The meeting
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Jason Simon placed an order for a Tesla Model 3 this April, eager to own an electric vehicle. He heard from Tesla in June that his car was ready, but he backed out of the purchase, losing the $250 order fee he paid. Simon told CNN Business his feelings changed
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, Morgan Rimmer and Aaron Pellish, CNN Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol previewed on Sunday the panel’s next public hearing, which will zero in on how the violent mob came together and the role of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection. “We
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Former WWE chief executive Vince McMahon paid more than $12 million to four women to cover up “allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity,” according to a Wall Street Journal report. The women, all of whom were involved with WWE, signed agreements with McMahon that “prohibit them from discussing potential legal
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, CNN Steve Bannon — who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges — told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Saturday that he is now willing to testify, ideally at a public hearing, according to a letter obtained by
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN The barstool on the far left at Norton’s Restaurant shouldn’t be empty. Every week, 88-year-old Stephen Straus filled the seat with his jovial personality, making fast friends with strangers at the fixture in Highland Park, Illinois. “Norton’s is our version of ‘Cheers‘ in Highland Park. Everyone knows your name and all
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, Tim Lister, Yulia Kesaieva and Tara John, CNN At least 29 people have been confirmed dead after a Russian strike hit an apartment block in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine over the weekend, Ukrainian officials said Monday. The residential building in the town of Chasiv Yar was hit on Saturday evening
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN Angry protesters who stormed the official residences of Sri Lanka‘s President have forced him to flee the country, but his sudden departure has plunged the South Asian state deeper into crisis. Demonstrators furious about economic mismanagement and a spiraling financial crisis have demanded that both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister
Continue Reading By Samantha Beech and Christina Maxouris, CNN Massachusetts firefighters battled a large blaze Saturday that was first reported at a hotel on Nantucket Island. Authorities received a report about a fire at the Veranda House hotel just after 6:45 a.m. Saturday, at which time an off-duty captain and several people ran to the scene to
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Get ready to see some awe-inspiring views of the universe as we’ve never seen it before. The James Webb Space Telescope will release its first high-resolution color images on July 12, one of which “is the deepest image of our universe that has ever been taken,” according to NASA Administrator Bill
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The Securities and Exchange Commission has continued to examine Elon Musk’s investment in and $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. A letter sent by the SEC to Musk on June 2 includes questions about the billionaire’s use of Twitter to discuss the deal, including his tweets about the deal being
Continue Reading By Stephanie Elam, CNN Just one rogue drone is all it takes to bring the aerial assault on a wildfire to a standstill. So in a fresh alliance, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles field office are working together in a first-of-its-kind drone deterrent program to get
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN As President Joe Biden started to roll out the core of his economic team, a reality started to dawn on denizens of what had become a vibrant online community: Econ Twitter was being raided. The new government roles would almost certainly limit the participation of prominent members of the unofficial group
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN When Boris Johnson finally announced he would step down as UK Prime Minister on Thursday, after desperately trying to cling onto power despite a historic government rebellion, his decision sparked a sense of relief across Westminster. In Kyiv, it was met with despair. Johnson has been one of the most vocal
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Emiko Jozuka and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN Police in Japan have launched a murder investigation into the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe — but little is known about the suspect who was arrested at the scene of the fatal shooting on Friday. Abe, 67, was pronounced dead by doctors at
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Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Donald Trump is considering waiving executive privilege for Steve Bannon, according to two sources familiar with the situation, but federal prosecutors don’t believe the former President’s privilege claims shielded his longtime political adviser in the first place. Trump, sources told CNN, might pen a letter memorializing his position
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection has concluded its closed-door interview Friday with Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone during which it had been expected to ask about what he witnessed in the waning days of Donald Trump’s administration when the former
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos from
Continue Reading By Casey Tolan and Daniel A. Medina, CNN When Bob’s Pantry and Deli opened for business in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 2008, loyal customers lined up in the snow at 4 a.m. to support Bob Crimo, who was striking out on his own after years running a convenience store franchise. Photos from
Continue Reading By Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Every new piece of information about the way officers responded to a school gunman in Uvalde, Texas, is adding to the pain of losing their loved ones, relatives told CNN. “It was just like putting salt on an open wound,” said Velma Duran, sister of murdered teacher
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to reproductive health services in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion. The executive order attempts to safeguard access to medication abortion and emergency contraception, protect patient
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN At the northern tip of Patagonia’s desert coast in Argentina, the skies above El Cóndor are filled with shifting clouds of chatty, colorful parrots. The mountain’s crumbling sandstone cliffs are home to the largest parrot colony in the world, containing 37,000 nests. The burrowing parrots are so named because they tunnel
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Sandee LaMotte, CNN In February 2016, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee was holding her dying husband’s hand, watching him lose an exhausting fight against a deadly superbug infection. After months of ups and downs, doctors had just told her that her husband, Tom Patterson, was too racked with bacteria to live. “And I have
Continue Reading It’s “almost impossible” for the Fed to tamp down inflation without tipping the US economy into a recession, says Former IMF Chief Economist Ken Rogoff.
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The God of Thunder still has some pop. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, made an estimated $143 million domestically for its opening this weekend, according to Disney. That number is on par with industry expectations, which had the film making around $150 million
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy added 372,000 jobs in June, an unexpected boost in hiring and a signal that the labor market remains robust despite recession fears, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, still close to the 52-year low last reached
Continue Reading By Helen Regan, Junko Ogura and Tara John, CNN Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot while giving a campaign speech on a street in central Japan. The assassination of the former world leader in broad daylight has shocked a nation not used to gun violence and prompted an outpouring
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The President said the order will safeguard access to abortion care and contraceptives, protect patient privacy and establish an interagency task
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Summer travel is heating up, but understaffed airlines are struggling to avoid melting down. American Airlines this week agreed to pay its pilots triple their normal rate after thousands of flights were left without pilots. Several other major airlines are also offering salary increases for pilots who fly on peak days,
Continue Reading By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business For years, the most popular internet browsers have included options to search for and visit websites in “private” modes. Those options may now be viewed as vital tools for some in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, as abortion-seekers look to avoid having their personal data used against them
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan, CNN The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shocked Japan, a country with one of the world’s lowest rates of gun crime due to its strict laws on gun ownership. Abe was shot dead on Friday in the city of Nara while delivering a campaign speech, Prime Minister Fumio
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won’t be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war. “Ukrainians are not ready to give away their land, to
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Ijabu Hassan has had no chance to grieve the deaths of her children. She’s had to focus on keeping the others alive. Her four-year-old and five-year-old died from malnutrition in their inland town of Burhakaba, victims of a record drought that has propelled Somalia to the
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN White House staff joined a call with Elizabeth Whelan on Wednesday to discuss her brother Paul Whelan’s detainment in Russia after she told CNN she was furious that President Joe Biden had not spoken with her family. Elizabeth Whelan’s comments to CNN came after the White House released a readout of
Continue Reading By Brandon Griggs, CNN James Caan, the veteran screen actor known for his work in such films as “The Godfather,” “Misery” and “Elf,” has died, his family said in a statement on his verified Twitter account. He was 82. “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the
Continue Reading By Payton Major, Taylor Ward and Monica Garrett, CNN The third heat wave of the still-early summer is scorching the US South, and “it will get worse … before it gets better,” warns the National Weather Service. Over 65 million people across 16 states are under heat alerts Thursday, with triple-digit heat indexes — or
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Abby Phillip, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court near Moscow, her lawyers confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Griner, whom the US State Department has classified as wrongfully detained, faces up to 10 years in
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