By Laura He, CNN Business Some Chinese property developers are going to extreme lengths to attract buyers. From accepting grain or garlic as part payment, to offering live pigs as an incentive to buyers, the unusual sales tactics underline the dire state of China’s vast real estate industry. A collapse in sales has accelerated since
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has left mainland China for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, arriving in Hong Kong Thursday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule. Xi is expected to spend two days in the financial hub and attend a
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN You can’t predict the future, but you can do your best to prepare for it. According to a survey of more than 1,100 US retirees, 70% of respondents wished their younger selves would have saved more and started earlier to create bigger nest eggs for retirement. Here’s what you need to
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN Video produced by Amy Li, CNN As she nears the conclusion of a professional career spanning more than 20 years, Nicola Spirig knows bidding goodbye to triathlon won’t be easy, nor that she will ever be able to leave her training days completely behind her. “I will always train because I
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN For decades, Paul Kagame has ruled Rwanda with an iron fist in the mold of the archetypal strongman African leader. Under his rule, the East African country has emerged from the ruins of a devastating 1994 genocide that left nearly one million people dead to be hailed by Western allies as
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Vietnam War-era helicopter that crashed Wednesday killing 6 was being used for reunion festivities, according to an emergency management official. “The Huey that crashed was the one that was being used at the reunion,” Logan County Emergency Ambulance Authority Chief of Operations Ray Bryant Bryant said. An
Continue Reading By Iqbal Athas, Chris Liakos, Rhea Mogul and Daniela Gonzalez-Roman CNN Sri Lanka is “bankrupt,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Tuesday, as the country suffers its worst financial crisis in decades, leaving millions struggling to buy food, medicine and fuel. Wickremesinghe told lawmakers that negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the country’s
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, CNN In a promotional video from a documentary that is of interest to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, former President Donald Trump is heard being asked about the day of the attack on the US Capitol. The trailer does not include additional footage of the interaction with Trump beyond
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday did not promise a meeting with President Joe Biden for the families of Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad, but he sought to assure them that the administration is making every effort to bring their loved ones home, according to
Continue Reading By Laura Ly and Isa Kaufman-Geballe, CNN A 24-year-old woman used Grubhub to contact police while she was allegedly being held hostage in the Bronx over the weekend, according to a criminal complaint. The unidentified woman, who had agreed to meet up with a man she had previously been chatting with on a dating app,
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent Russian forces are gaining an advantage in eastern Ukraine as they learn from mistakes made during the earlier stages of their invasion of the country, including better coordinating air and ground attacks and improving logistics and supply lines, two US officials with direct knowledge of US intelligence assessments
Continue Reading By Ben Church, Zayn Nabbi and Darren Lewis, CNN Former Manchester United and France star Patrice Evra says he wants to use his platform to tackle violence against children after detailing the sexual abuse he says he received as a teenager. In his autobiography ‘I Love This Game,’ Evra writes about abuse that he says
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Several states are trying to give drivers a break from high gas prices by temporarily suspending their gasoline taxes. And President Joe Biden is urging Congress to do the same by lifting the federal gas tax through September. But consumers don’t receive the full benefit of gas tax holidays, according to
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN It’s the question everyone is asking: Are we about to enter a recession? A tepid stock market, soaring inflation, and rising interest rates have left Americans less than optimistic about the state of the economy. Consumer sentiment has plunged to a record low, according to a University of Michigan survey released
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN Republican voters in Georgia ignored Donald Trump‘s endorsements in congressional primary runoffs for safe GOP House seats on Tuesday night, but sided with the Senate candidate in Alabama who had his blessing over one of the former President’s earliest and most loyal supporters. Tuesday’s elections also set the matchups for several
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US economy shrank at a slightly faster rate than previously estimated during the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday. With one quarter of negative economic growth in the books, the data adds to fears that a recession may be looming. Real gross domestic product declined at
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan and Whitney Wild, CNN Business Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found. Users on these platforms are openly calling for the execution of committee members,
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Facing an even more formidable task than “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi” deftly threaded the needle between “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope” in the “Star Wars” timeline, filling its finale with enough action and callbacks to cap off a highly satisfying and hugely nostalgic
Continue Reading By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Europe and the United States have barred the import of Russian oil to cut off a crucial revenue source for the Kremlin. But the plan to pile pain on President Vladimir Putin, forcing him to reconsider his war in Ukraine, hasn’t worked. Russia’s government is making just as much money
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and patients seeking abortion care in the state from civil action started in another state. Assembly Bill 1666 next heads to the desk of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is supportive of abortion rights. It would take effect
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The final vote was 65 to 33 with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the measure, marking a
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Maxwell Frost, a 25-year-old community organizer, will win the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, CNN projects, and could become the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress. He bested a crowded field of candidates looking to replace Democratic Rep. Val Demings in an Orlando-based district, including state Sen.
Continue Reading Lucy Bayly, CNN Business Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell wants to increase joblessness in the US in order to save the economy. But Beyoncé may beat him to it. The multi-hyphenate artist’s latest single, “Break My Soul,” which dropped late Monday, begs listeners to “release” themselves from their 9-5, saying “I just quit my job,
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, Jamiel Lynch and Gregory Wallace, CNN A commercial airplane whose landing gear collapsed upon arrival Tuesday at Miami International Airport caught fire, officials said, sending passengers and crew scrambling to get to safety. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Dominican Republic-based airline Red Air said there were 130 passengers and 10
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN If you’re among the millions of Americans who are still waiting on your tax refund from 2021, we have good news for you. The IRS announced it will finally finish processing last year’s tax return backlog this week — meaning your refund will soon make its way to your mailbox or
Continue Reading By Tara John, Akanksha Sharma, Jo Shelley and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN Aid groups scrambled on Thursday to reach victims of a powerful earthquake that rocked eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 people in an area blighted by poor infrastructure, as the country faces dire economic and hunger crises. The slow response, exacerbated by international sanctions
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Continue Reading By Clare Sebastian and Anastasia Graham-Yooll, CNN It starts with a raised eyebrow and ends with a door slammed shut. A detail lost in translation, a wrong way to load a dishwasher, an awkward silence followed by a polite request to pack your bags. CNN spoke to half a dozen newly-arrived refugees from Ukraine who
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen, CNN Federal investigators subpoenaed the Georgia Republican Party chairman for information related to the fake elector scheme there — as the Justice Department has issued a fresh round of subpoenas to people from several states who acted as rogue electors after the 2020
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate’s compromise legislation on gun safety unveiled on Tuesday, potentially the most significant new federal gun safety measure in decades, includes money for school safety, mental health, state crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which would provide
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn is in favor of President Joe Biden lifting some Trump-era tariffs imposed on China to address high inflation. “These tariffs are adding to the cost of many goods that US consumers are buying,” Cohn told CNN. Cohn, now vice chairman at IBM, is a
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes will likely land on empty in the Senate. Even if he can get all 50 Democratic senators behind the legislation, he would still need 10 Republicans to join the cause to
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says it is “appalling” Russia won’t rule out applying the death penalty on two American citizens who are detained after volunteering to fight in Ukraine. “We still are trying to learn more about these two individuals,” said John Kirby, the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, Eric Levenson and Rebekah Riess, CNN The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, visibly frustrated with the constantly changing information released about what happened the day 19 children and two teachers were gunned down, lashed out Tuesday, telling residents at a city council meeting he’s tired of being kept in the dark about what
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN A mix of anger at local officials, frustration with the school district’s police department and heart-breaking sadness over last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School dominated the open forum at Monday’s school board meeting in Uvalde, Texas. Eight people — parents of victims along with residents — spoke during the
Continue Reading By Travis Caldwell and Rosa Flores, CNN For weeks, the heartbroken families of children massacred in an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school have been calling for accountability over the delayed police action in tackling the gunman. On Tuesday, the top Texas official in charge of the investigation described the response as an “abject failure.” At the
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN A 5-year-old boy died after his mother left him inside a car outside the family’s home in Houston while she prepared for her daughter’s birthday party on Monday, a law enforcement official told CNN affiliate KTRK. The mother was in a rush when she got home with her son and 8-year-old
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN It’s only the first day of summer, but almost 35 million people are under heat advisories Tuesday as the second heat wave in as many weeks drags on. In the Great Lakes area Tuesday, highs will be 15-25 degrees above normal, and California will see triple-digits
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s board of directors has unanimously recommended that the social media company’s shareholders vote to approve its sale to Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. Twitter plans to hold a special shareholder meeting for a vote on the acquisition, one of the final steps needed to close
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The top US “Nazi hunter” will lead a Justice Department team to identify and prosecute anyone who has committed war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday during an unannounced visit to that country. The team, Garland said, will be led by the department’s best-known Nazi hunter Eli Rosenbaum,
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “How was your weekend? I certainly had an interesting one because some of my staff had a memorable one.” That’s how Stephen Colbert opened his monologue Monday after members of his “Late Show” production team were arrested last week at the US Capitol. “This was first-degree puppetry,” Colbert said. Colbert
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Rob Picheta, CNN Tensions are mounting around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, an isolated but strategically significant territory on the Baltic coast that could soon be dragged into the Kremlin’s war. Russia has reacted furiously after Lithuania banned the passage of sanctioned goods across its territory and into Kaliningrad. But Lithuania
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business One of Elon Musk’s children has petitioned a California court to recognize her new name and gender, saying she no longer wishes to be related to her famous and wealthy father “in any way, shape or form.” The petition was filed by Xavier Alexander Musk, who turned 18 earlier this
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, CNN Alabama Republican voters sided with the Senate candidate who had former President Donald Trump‘s endorsement in a primary runoff Tuesday over one of Trump’s earlier and most loyal supporters, settling a feud that has roiled the political and right-wing media world in recent weeks. In neighboring Georgia, though, Republican voters once
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The United Kingdom has a jobs problem. There just aren’t enough workers to keep its economy moving forward, and many employees are growing angry about inflation taking a large bite out of their paychecks. The problem escalated Tuesday as thousands of rail workers went on strike over demands for better
Continue Reading By Hadas Gold, CNN The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, voted Thursday to dissolve itself, triggering new elections. On Friday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will officially take over as caretaker prime minister under the terms of a coalition agreement made between outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Lapid last year. Because Lapid — a former journalist
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. As expected, maximum sunshine and intense heat are forecast across much of the drought-stricken US for the foreseeable future. Meteorologists also say power grid failures could impact vast portions of the country
Continue Reading By Riaan Marais for CNN and Derek Van Dam, CNN Photographs by Samantha Reinders and Riaan Marais for CNN Every day, Morris Malambile loads his wheelbarrow full of empty plastic containers and pushes it from his home to the nearest running tap. It’s much further than the usual walk to the kitchen sink — just
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol turns its attention Tuesday to the campaign to pressure state-level officials to overturn the 2020 election results. The hearing will focus in particular on then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk at sea, appeared Thursday to walk-back earlier claims it was beyond salvageable, insisting the vessel “was still in the waters” near the Paracel Islands, as calls grow for a full
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa, CNN A 5-year-old boy died after his mother left him inside a car outside the family’s home in Houston while she prepared for her daughter’s birthday party on Monday, a law enforcement official told CNN affiliate KTRK. The mother was in a rush when she got home with her son and 8-year-old
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot is set to hear live testimony from four witnesses during Tuesday’s hearing that will focus on how former President Donald Trump and his allies pressured state-level officials to overturn the 2020 election results. The committee will also
Continue Reading By Arlette Saenz President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit a Washington, DC, vaccine clinic offering Covid-19 vaccinations to children under the age of 5 on Tuesday, a White House official told CNN, in an effort to highlight the rollout of the newly authorized vaccines for the youngest Americans. The White House
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN A New York taxi cab jumped the curb and struck several people in central Manhattan on Monday, sending six people to local hospitals, including three with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 1 p.m. at 1186 Broadway, near 29th Street, a few blocks from the
Continue Reading By Allie Malloy and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he is “not likely” to visit Ukraine when he travels to Europe for the Group of Seven summit and a meeting of NATO leaders later on this week. The President told reporters a stop in Ukraine is “not likely” on the upcoming trip,
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Republican Party of Texas over the weekend adopted a resolution at its state convention that rejects President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, further aligning the state party establishment with former President Donald Trump in pushing false election claims. “We reject the certified results of the 2020
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he hopes to decide soon whether to support a temporary pause in the federal gasoline tax and is nearing a decision on student loan relief as he looks to ease the burden of high prices on Americans. “I hope to have a decision based on the
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Lightyear” wasn’t able to get enough buzz at the box office this weekend. The latest film from Disney’s Pixar — which features the voice work of Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear — opened to an estimated $51 million at the North American box office this weekend. That number came in
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-month mark, one airline has announced plans to change its livery amid concern from passengers that its current look could suggest that it supports the invasion. Tokyo-based Zipair — a lowcost subsidiary of JAL, Japan Airlines — has announced that it’ll be removing the “Z”
Continue Reading Barbie Latza Nadeau with Hada Messia, CNN Rome, the eternal city, has been invaded, conquered and pillaged countless times since its founding nearly 2,800 years ago. Each attack has left scars throughout the city, from the ruins of the Roman Forum to the cavern of the Circus Maximus where chariots once raced. Modern degradation has
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco, CNN Lifting Trump-era tariffs is one of the few things President Joe Biden could do to slow inflation — but that doesn’t mean Americans would immediately notice a drop in prices if he took that action. So far, Biden has resisted pressure from many in the American business community to lift the
Continue Reading By Gregory Clary, Sarah Fortinsky, Susannah Cullinane and Holly Yan, CNN A shooting near an unpermitted concert Sunday evening left a 15-year-old boy dead and several others wounded, according to police in Washington, DC. Several hundred people had gathered to hear music played from a truck on a street sidewalk, DC Police Chief Robert Contee
Continue Reading By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The record run-up in home prices and rents exacerbated the affordable housing crisis in the US, and rising interest rates stand to make it even worse, according to Harvard University’s annual State of the Nation’s Housing Report released Wednesday. Although quickly rising mortgage rates are already appearing to cool overheated
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Lopez and her child Emme Maribel Muñiz, 14, are being praised for a recent duet, but not because of the music. The pair – who last made headlines for performing together when Lopez co-headlined the Super Bowl LIV Pepsi halftime show in 2020 – took to the stage recently
Continue Reading By Camila Moreno Lizarazo, CNN This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger that they had been liberated. Granger’s announcement came almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. President
Continue Reading By Rachel Fadem, CNN Elmo, everyone’s favorite red Muppet, has received the Covid-19 vaccine. In a public service announcement released on Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, Elmo’s dad Louie — also a Muppet — shared his questions about the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5. Elmo is 3 and
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has been fully fueled for the first time. The fourth attempt of a final prelaunch test started on Saturday and the rocket tanks were filled on Monday. The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business More tieups at West Coast ports are just about the last thing the US economy needs right now. Delays caused by a flood of cargo last year continue to create widespread shortages of goods throughout the economy and added to inflationary pressures. But a current round of labor talks between
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Contreras Fire burning in southern Arizona has grown to 20,360 acres, prompting possible evacuations for nearby residents, officials said. While an evacuation hasn’t been mandated, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release early Monday that residents of the Hay Hook Ranch Estates area “should
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Yellowstone National Park’s north loop will reopen to all visitors Saturday, nearly three weeks after epic floods swallowed roads and bridges, caused mudslides and prompted officials to shutter all of the park’s entrances. “We have attempted to balance major recovery efforts while reopening as much of the park as possible,” Yellowstone
Continue Reading John Walton, CNN The world’s longest flight: nonstop, 20 hours, as you recline in your wide armchair and decide whether you want to relax with the very best Champagne, enjoy a chef-designed meal with a traveling companion seated opposite, or get the crew to make your sumptuously soft bed with fresh linens. That’s what’s on
Continue Reading By Nina dos Santos and Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN At the Kurdish Fine Arts Association on the outskirts of Gothenburg, Nawzad Bahir and his neighbors were preparing for their summer carnival. “It’s our local highlight; a chance to celebrate our culture,” Bahir beamed, before conceding that the celebrations felt bittersweet this year, now that Sweden’s
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The persistent heat dome which imposed oppressively high temperatures on the northern Plains and Midwest over the weekend will begin to shift further eastward this week, ending a short reprieve many states in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic have had in recent days. In the coming
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has voted to approve a new policy that will restrict most transgender athletes from competing in elite women’s aquatics competitions. Swimming’s world governing body approved the new “gender inclusion” policy on Sunday, after 71.5% of FINA’s member federations voted in support at the FINA
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN CNN’s inaugural “Juneteenth: A Global Celebration of Freedom” concert was a moving commemoration of history and a joyous night of music. The Hollywood Bowl event celebrated Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the US. From icons like Earth Wind & Fire to R&B stars like Khalid, Black
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Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN In the roaring waters of the canal, first responders train for the worst: migrants who have been swept away while trying to cross the US-Mexico border. The canal, which runs for miles along the international border, is intended to get water to farmers during the summer months. But as migrants try
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN English golfer Matt Fitzpatrick won the 122nd US Open to clinch his first career major after a pulsating final round at The Country Club on Sunday. The 27-year-old edged past world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris by a single shot following an enthralling, roller coaster battle with the American
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN A loving message on headstone at a cemetery in Polk County, Iowa, hides a not-so-decent joke in honor of the deceased man’s unique sense of humor. But not everyone in town finds it funny. Steven Paul Owens’ headstone at Warren-Powers Cemetery displays states: “Forever in our hearts, until we meet again,
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores, CNN The Texas House Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary School shooting expects to complete a preliminary investigative report on the Uvalde tragedy by mid-July, according to a source close to the committee. Initial estimates had the report being completed by the end of June. When asked about the delay, this source
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly, CNN A fire of unknown origin left a 70-foot yacht submerged in the waters off of Kittery, Maine, on Saturday, police said. Three passengers — 67-year-old Arthur Watson, 57-year-old Diane Watson and 33-year-old Jarrod Tubbs — as well as two family dogs jumped overboard as the boat was engulfed in flames, New
Continue Reading By Edward-Isaac Dovere Homeland and national security officials are worried about how Russia could significantly exploit US divisions over the November midterms, considering scenarios like Russia staging smaller hacks of local election authorities — done with the deliberate purpose of being noticed — and then using that to seed more conspiracies about the integrity of
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Last week, the Associated Press announced the creation of an unusual new position: a democracy editor. Tom Verdin — a more than 20-year veteran of the AP who spent the past seven years leading its state government team — will take up the role,managing coverage on challenges to democracy, voting
Continue Reading By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business President Joe Biden said he was “proud” of Apple’s retail workers in Towson, Maryland, who voted this weekend to form the first-ever labor union at one of the tech giant’s US stores. “I’m proud of them,” the President told reporters from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Monday. “Workers have a right
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright, CNN The White House said Sunday that President Joe Biden‘s upcoming meeting with Saudi officials will “include” the kingdom’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, hours after Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm suggested there would be a one-on-one meeting. Granholm said Sunday on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ that it was her “understanding” that
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The House January 6 committee will show evidence at its upcoming hearing about then-President Donald Trump’s involvement in a scheme to submit fake slates of electors in the 2020 presidential election, US Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the panel, said Sunday. “Yes, we’ll show evidence of the
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN A 5-year-old had just finished his first day of kindergarten when he watched his young mother collapse and take her final breaths. A 13-year-old has suffered panic attacks since her dad’s death. A 17-year-old must face adulthood without his idol. More than 202,000 US children have lost one or both parents
Continue Reading Bu Holly Yan and Raja Razek, CNN After a week of epic flooding, Yellowstone National Park’s south loop will reopen to the public on Wednesday — with limited capacity. The park — which spans parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho — and many surrounding towns have been inundated with record rainfall and flooding since last
Continue Reading Opinion by Jonathan Reckford and Lisa Rice for CNN Business Perspectives It is ironic and fitting that every June, our nation recognizes both Juneteenth and homeownership, which the George W. Bush administration turned into a month-long observance. Juneteenth is the celebration of Black people’s liberation and theoretical ability to participate fully in the American Dream.
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter and Nicole Goodkind, CNN Mark Shields, the political sage and longtime analyst for CNN and PBS, died Saturday morning at the age of 85, the anchor of PBS NewsHour confirmed. Shields was well known for his “encyclopedic knowledge of American politics, his sense of humor and mainly his big heart,” wrote Judy
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 25 million people in over a dozen states are under heat alerts Saturday. From the northern Plains to the Southeast, temperatures will be in the upper 90s, with heat index levels well into the triple digits. The heat wave comes on the heels of another record-breaking heat wave
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy and Adrienne Winston, CNN Members of a production team for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” were arrested earlier this week by police as they filmed a comedy segment at the US Capitol, in an incident that was used by prominent right-wing voices to assail the probe into the January 6 insurrection.
Continue Reading By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Among those who love to chase trout with flies made of feathers, just the mention of a certain seven-mile stretch of Utah’s Green River can turn a hardened man rhapsodic. “I’ve guided in New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Alaska,” said Gordon Tharrett, describing his 30-year career guiding elite fly
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Rebekah Riess, CNN A Philadelphia firefighter died early Saturday, when a building collapsed soon after a fire there was extinguished. Four of his comrades and a city worker were pulled alive from the rubble, a fire official said. The collapse of 300 W. Indiana Ave. in the city’s Fairhill neighborhood came
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright, CNN President Joe Biden is “fine,” after falling off his bike Saturday during a ride in a state park near his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a White House official said. No medical attention is needed, the official added in a statement released to reporters traveling with the President. “As the President
Continue Reading By Toby Lyles, CNN Editorial Research Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on June
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher, CNN The US Space Force has hit a critical milestone: dedicated basic training for its early recruits. As dawn breaks on Day 38 of basic training at Joint Base San Antonio, a bugle playing reveille blasts over the loudspeakers as a sergeant can be heard screaming, “Are you prepared to join the
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