By Jay Croft, Haley Brink and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm that brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the Northeast on Friday is beginning to move out of the region this evening. The storm caused rough road conditions, prompted school closures and resulted in hundreds of flight cancellations. Three million people from
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By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau As Russian missiles flew through the Ukrainian sky Thursday and world leaders decried an invasion spreading across the country, China refused to condemn Russia’s move outright, while appearing to levy blame on the United States and its allies. Beijing finds itself in a complex position as Russia’s invasion
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business The West has announced a barrage of tough new sanctions aimed at cutting off Russia’s banks from the global financial system and depriving the country of vital technology. Yet a punishing financial weapon is being kept in reserve. The United States and the European Union held back from cutting Russia
Continue Reading By Oleksandra Ochman and Tim Lister, CNN Ukrainians will never forget the events of February 24, 2022. But for some, birthdays in years to come will be especially poignant and tinged with memories of a traumatic day. Natalia, a communications manager who lives in the capital, Kyiv, had an unusual wake-up call on her 31st
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Update: The Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island were all feared to have been killed in the Russian attack on February 24. On February 28, however, the Ukrainian Navy released a statement saying the troops were “alive and well,” but were forced to surrender “due to the
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN It was not the wedding day they envisaged, but as Russia attacked their country Thursday Yaryna Arieva and her partner Sviatoslav Fursin rushed to tie the knot with the sound of air raid sirens ringing in their ears. “That was very scary,” Arieva, who married her partner at Kyiv’s St Michael’s
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN The abrupt resignations of two top prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump and his business cast into doubt the future of the long-running probe as the clock winds down on the current grand jury and prosecutors debated whether they have a case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been gearing up
Continue Reading By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst Back in the day when Donald Trump was just a problem child, he wound up in detention so much after school that his classmates began calling it the DT’s. The Detention Club became his special place. Decades later, in 2016, when Trump was elected president, he automatically became
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb and Phil Mattingly, CNN US President Joe Biden unleashed sweeping sanctions Thursday responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine that target Moscow’s banking, technology and aerospace sectors, though the US and Europe stopped short of several key steps to target Moscow — and Putin himself. Still, the scale of the
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled harsh new sanctions on Russia meant to punish the country for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggression even as he acknowledged it would take time for the new measures to alter Putin’s behavior. “Putin is the aggressor.
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Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The bombs in the Ukrainian capital went off as CNN was broadcasting live on-air. “There are big explosions taking place in Kyiv right now,” Matthew Chance, a senior international correspondent for the network, said as he broadcast from a rooftop shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Russian invasion
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin deployed an additional 7,000 US troops to Europe on Thursday following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a move intended to bolster NATO countries in Eastern Europe in the face of Moscow’s aggression. President Joe Biden said at the White House Thursday that
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, Victoria Butenko, Josh Pennington and Brad Lendon, CNN A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on a Russian city of more than 400,000 people late Thursday, leaving a crater 20 meters (65 feet) across, blowing a car onto a roof and damaging buildings in what state media called an “accidental” or “emergency” release
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business A number of companies have suspended production or limited manufacturing output in Ukraine because of the Russian invasion early Thursday. Companies that made those announcements include Carlsberg, a Coca-Cola bottling company, snack maker Mondelez and steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal. They join a number of airlines that have already suspended operations to
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business Red-hot inflation in the United States may not cool off this year as much as many hoped, Goldman Sachs cautioned in a new report. “The inflation picture has worsened this winter as we expected, and how much it will improve later this year is now in question,” Goldman Sachs economists
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was working the phones with top national security officials in the moments before and after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced he was launching a military intervention in Ukraine, the grim fulfillment of Biden’s predictions stretching back weeks. National security aides had already been huddling in the West
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on its border with Ukraine, Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor with a multi-pronged attack, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. A whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to stave off a Russian invasion in recent weeks failed to defuse tensions that had
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on its border with Ukraine, Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor with a multi-pronged attack, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. A whirlwind of diplomatic efforts to stave off a Russian invasion in recent weeks failed to defuse tensions that had
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the West and making punishing sanctions all but certain. European stocks tumbled on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 3.9% in London, while France’s CAC 40 dropped 3.8% and Germany’s DAX 30 shed 4%. Russian stocks
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The standoff between the United States and Russia over the conflict in Ukraine has so far mainly played out on diplomatic and economic fronts. But now, as Russia invades Ukraine and the United States imposes new sanctions on Russia, there are concerns that may change. The US government is on
Continue Reading By Matthew Chance, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister, Laura Smith-Spark and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russia has launched an unprecedented military assault on Ukraine by land, air and sea that has already left dozens dead, prompting Western leaders to condemn Moscow and vow unity with Kyiv. Ukrainian ministers said the Kremlin had begun a “full-scale invasion” of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s extremely busy at the White House this week. Officials are facing a host of challenges surrounding the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. At the same time, President Joe Biden is moving closer to picking a Supreme Court nominee. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s extremely busy at the White House this week. Officials are facing a host of challenges surrounding the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. At the same time, President Joe Biden is moving closer to picking a Supreme Court nominee. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Tara John and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, sending troops into the ex-Soviet nation from three fronts and firing missiles on several locations near the capital, Kyiv, in a broad attack that has drawn deep condemnation from world leaders. At dawn, troops and armor crossed
Continue Reading By Jay Croft, Haley Brink and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm that brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the Northeast on Friday is beginning to move out of the region this evening. The storm caused rough road conditions, prompted school closures and resulted in hundreds of flight cancellations. Three million people from
Continue Reading By Mark Thompson and Chris Liakos, CNN Business Russian stocks crashed by more than 40% and the ruble hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday. The Moscow market rout was triggered by news that Russian troops had launched an attack on Ukraine, a move that is likely to trigger a new wave of
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Donald Judd and Phil Mattingly, CNN US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” in a statement Wednesday evening following explosions in Ukraine. The US and allies are planning on Thursday to trigger the “full scale” of the sanctions that have been discussed over the last
Continue Reading By Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister, Ivana Kottasová and Helen Regan, CNN Russian forces have begun an attack on Ukraine, with reports of troops crossing the border to the north and south, explosions in multiple cities including the capital Kyiv and warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin of bloodshed unless Ukrainian forces lay down their arms.
Continue Reading By Rob McLean and Michelle Toh, CNN Business The price of bitcoin fell below $35,000 early Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Bitcoin was trading at $34,969 as of 1:22 a.m. ET, according to CoinMarketCap. That’s a decline of more than 8% compared to a
Continue Reading By Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister, Ivana Kottasová and Helen Regan, CNN Russian forces have begun an attack on Ukraine, with reports of troops crossing the border to the north and south, explosions in multiple cities including the capital Kyiv and warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin of bloodshed unless Ukrainian forces lay down their arms.
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Global stocks plunged after President Vladimir Putin launched a military attack on Ukraine, drawing condemnation from the West and making punishing sanctions all but certain. European stocks tumbled in the opening minutes of trading on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 2.5% in London, while France’s CAC 40 dropped 4% and
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Business Asian markets and US stock futures plunged on Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index declined 3.2%. Korea’s Kospi dropped 2.7%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 2.4% after coming back from a holiday. China’s Shanghai Composite moved
Continue Reading By Matt Egan and Charles Riley, CNN Business Oil prices surged above $100 per barrel after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, piling pressure on a global economy already reeling from rampant inflation. Brent crude, the global benchmark, added 8.5% to trade at $105.40 per barrel by 5:30 a.m. ET on Thursday. Brent last traded
Continue Reading By Aaron Cooper, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN The former Louisville Metro Police detective who was part of the botched raid of Breonna Taylor’s apartment in March 2020 testified through tears at his trial Wednesday as he defended his decision to open fire into the home. Former Detective Brett Hankison testified that when a
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion grow. The French carrier said that it would cancel flights to and from the capital Kyiv on Tuesday as a “precautionary measure,” citing the security situation. “Air France will regularly reassess
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Most people in the United States now live in counties where those who are healthy no longer need to wear masks, but there are still about 472 counties nationwide where mask-wearing is recommended, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida’s
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street’s attempt for a Wednesday rally failed as stocks sank in late afternoon trading due to continued worries about the likelihood of an imminent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Dow was trading down more than 300 points, or 1.1%, in late trading after opening the session
Continue Reading By Caitlin Kaiser and Judson Jones, CNN As the second storm of the week sweeps across the US, clashing temperatures will cause dangerous winter weather to emerge across the country, with ice becoming a concern. It might seem like déjà vu in regard to a storm dropping a wintry mix and heavy rain across the
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Jeremy Herb, Matthew Chance and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US has issued a warning to the Ukrainian government that the latest intelligence points to Russia imminently launching a full-scale invasion, according to Ukrainian, US and western officials familiar with the matter. The US intelligence assessment comes as foreign leaders
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pepsi is putting a whole new meaning into the soft drink. In what the company describes its “most ambitious feat yet,” PepsiCo announced Wednesday a first-of-its-kind nitrogen-infused cola that has a creamier and smoother taste compared to traditional carbonated sodas. The beverage, called Nitro Pepsi, is being released in the
Continue Reading By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Bob Galyen has spent his career building electric car batteries. And he thinks the United States has a problem. Galyen, who engineered the battery for the General Motors EV1, the first mass-produced electric vehicle, and also served as chief technology officer at a Chinese company that’s the top battery producer
Continue Reading By Matt Egan and Brian Fung, CNN Business The controversial Trump SPAC surged near record highs on Tuesday after former President Donald Trump’s social media app debuted atop Apple’s App Store — even as the launch was marked with a flurry of one-star ratings, technical-support complaints and a massive waiting list. Digital World Acquisition Corporation,
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been condemned by Kenya’s ambassador to the UN, who used Africa’s past to warn that clinging to the legacies of colonialism risked “new forms of domination and oppression.” Russia sharply escalated its military campaign against Ukraine on Monday
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN The new US sanctions triggered by Russia’s latest actions in Ukraine included targets that in the past have gone untouched: the family members of those in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. By designating the sons of two powerful players close to the Russian president, the Biden administration sent a clear
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as hard
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Many people are hyped about the transition away from cars that run on gasoline, but some experts say we should pump the brakes on all the excitement. The US isn’t ready for a full switchover to electric because the precious metal needed to build electric car batteries is just as hard
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN The first two days of the Conservative Political Action Conference featured a parade of speakers who described President Joe Biden as weak and incompetent, Democrats as leftist ideologues and Donald Trump’s presidency as a smashing success. Aside from such subjective assertions, the speakers in Orlando made some objectively false and misleading
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Two Utah National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a training accident Tuesday morning, crashing near a popular ski resort, the Utah National Guard said. No crew members or skiers at the Snowbird ski resort were injured, according to Jared Jones, chief warrant officer 5 with the Utah National
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Ukraine’s foreign minister on Tuesday said that “no sanctions will be enough” until Russian forces leave Ukraine, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two separatist regions in the country as independent and announced he would deploy “peacekeeping” forces there. “No sanctions will be enough until Russian boots withdraw from
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged that his administration is using “every tool at our disposal” to limit the effect on gas prices in the US of sanctions he announced against Russia, acknowledging that Americans will likely see rising prices at the pump in the coming months. However,
Continue Reading By Laura He and Rob McLean, CNN Business Global stock markets tumbled and crude oil prices surged to $99 per barrel on Tuesday after Russia ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine. Wall Street also fell as traders returned from the holiday weekend, but stocks finished off their lows of the day. The Dow briefly
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Slack went down for many users Tuesday morning, throwing off companies that rely on the popular workplace communication platform just as workers returned from the extended holiday weekend. “We’re investigating the issue where Slack is not loading for some users,” the company said on its status page around 9:30 am
Continue Reading By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden has warned Americans they will have to pay a price for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Gas prices are likely to rise. The post-World War II world order that has maintained relative peace in Europe is threatened. But Biden has also been very clear on another point: US
Continue Reading By Charles Riley and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The West showed Tuesday it was ready to target Russia’s huge energy industry — even at the risk of hurting itself — after Moscow ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine. Germany said it was halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline following Moscow’s actions
Continue Reading By Megan Marples, CNN Good things come in twos. At least this Tuesday it does. The date is February 22, 2022. When you write it, 2/22/22, it’s a palindrome, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. It also falls on a Tuesday, which is now referred to as Twosday. It’s the most exceptional date
Continue Reading By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist For some, it may still feel 10 to 20 degrees above average today, maybe even tomorrow. But cold air will take over and about 70% of the US population will feel temperatures drop below freezing by the end of the week. This will create hazards where some people will experience
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Alta Spells and Maximillian Boudreaux, CNN Wanda Cooper-Jones said she wanted guilty verdicts in the federal trial for her son’s killers by the time she marked two years since Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down during a jog. They came a day earlier. Jurors found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN The trial of a Columbus, Ohio, doctor accused of overprescribing pain medication to multiple patients near death began Tuesday. Dr. William Husel was initially indicted on 25 counts of murder in 2019. He is now facing 14 counts after Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook granted the prosecution’s motion to dismiss 11
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of Americans remained out of work because they or a loved one were sick with coronavirus symptoms in late January and early February, even as the number of cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 fell. Some 7.8 million people pointed to Covid-19 symptoms as the reason they were not
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden described events now underway in Ukraine as “the beginning of a Russian invasion” as he unveiled tough new sanctions to punish Moscow on Tuesday. He laid out what he called a “first tranche” of US sanctions against Russia for its moves, including on two financial institutions, Russian sovereign
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Wall Street’s attempt for a Wednesday rally failed, with stocks closing broadly lower on continued worries about the likelihood of an imminent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The Dow closed down more than 464 points, or 1.4%, after opening the session higher. It was a broad-based slide, with
Continue Reading By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russian stocks plunged and the ruble slid closer to a record low on Tuesday as investors reacted to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to order troops into eastern Ukraine. Moscow’s MOEX stock index dropped 4% after shedding more than 10% on Monday, bringing losses so far this year to over 20%.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s going to be a terrific Twosday! Today is 2/22/22 and unique festivities are happening around the world to celebrate the special palindrome date, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s going to be a terrific Twosday! Today is 2/22/22 and unique festivities are happening around the world to celebrate the special palindrome date, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s going to be a terrific Twosday! Today is 2/22/22 and unique festivities are happening around the world to celebrate the special palindrome date, meaning it reads the same forward and backward. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also
Continue Reading By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Russian President Vladimir Putin put on a show on Monday — first with a Security Council meeting that was likened to a Netflix drama, then a long speech that was
Continue Reading By Laura He and Rob McLean, CNN Business Global stock markets tumbled and crude oil prices surged to $99 per barrel on Tuesday after Russia ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine. European markets dropped in early trading. The FTSE 100 dipped 0.4% in London, while France’s CAC 40 shed 0.8%. Germany’s DAX tumbled 1.4%.
Continue Reading By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Neil Cavuto, an immunocompromised Fox anchor who has dissented from the loudest voices at the right-wing network and spoken out in favor of Covid-19 vaccines, revealed on Monday that he had been hospitalized for weeks with a serious case of coronavirus and nearly died. Cavuto, who is vaccinated, had previously
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Heinz has been linked to the number 57 for more than a century. The company’s “57 varieties” slogan was a key part of its early strategy to attract consumers. It’s still featured on Heinz ketchup bottles today and is central to the brand’s identity. But that famous number is completely
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, insurrection can move forward in court, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling outlining how the former President could conceivably be responsible for inciting the attack on the US Capitol. Trump’s statements
Continue Reading By Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN After watching so many impressive Olympic performances, you may be inspired to ratchet up your fitness routine or sports practice. You may even wish you could try an Olympic-caliber workout to see what it’s like. While there are several Olympic training centers in the United States reserved for elite athletes,
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly stepped up his rhetoric in the Ukraine crisis Monday in a highly choreographed meeting, accusing Kyiv of carrying out acts of aggression and saying he was considering a request to officially recognize the breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. Putin also accused the West of
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Beginning today, a series of winter storms will impact the northern tier of the country, mainly from the northern Plains through the Great Lakes. The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) is describing this as a “significant winter storm.” As of this morning, nearly 25 million people are under some sort of
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood, Richard Roth and Anna Chernova, CNN The US has written to the top United Nations human rights official that it has “credible information” that Russian forces are identifying Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps” if it further invades Ukraine and occupies it. “Disturbing information recently obtained by the United States
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The man made famous by Netflix’s newest true crime sensation is denying that he’s a con. Simon Leviev is the focus of the buzzy documentary “The Tinder Swindle,” in which multiple women who connected with Leviev on the dating app Tinder claim that he lured them in with a fake
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion grow. The French carrier said that it would cancel flights to and from the capital Kyiv on Tuesday as a “precautionary measure,” citing the security situation. “Air France will regularly reassess
Continue Reading By Jim Sciutto and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US has intelligence indicating orders have been sent to Russian commanders to proceed with an attack on Ukraine, according to two US officials and another source familiar with the US intelligence. The intelligence regarding the order to tactical commanders and intelligence operatives is one of several indicators
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Covering what’s really happening on the Ukrainian border is being made even more difficult because of the constant flow of unverified or potentially misleading information, said Clarissa Ward, CNN’s chief international correspondent. The prevalence of amateur videos, crowdsourced content and difficult to discern satellite imagery can confuse or perhaps misinform even
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Tasha Nelson’s 10-year-old son held back tears when he heard the news. The two were in the car when the announcement came through the radio: Virginia’s freshly sworn-in governor had signed an order attempting to ban mask mandates in schools. “My son looked up at me and he had tears in
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Tom Holland does it again for Sony. “Uncharted” — starring Holland as adventurer Nathan Drake from the namesake Sony video game — brought in an estimated $44.1 million at the North American box office this weekend, according to the studio. That number exceeded industry expectations, which had projected the film
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, CNN Slovyanskaya Street is being taken apart by war. Not always in the hot drama of shellfire from nearby rebels, but in cold deconstruction. The community is being sold for scrap. This close to the front, where the detonation of shells and outgoing mortars have now become an all-day event, most homes
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Colorado’s Democratic governor said Sunday that his party can best navigate the divisive issues of masking and vaccines by talking about them “as a matter of personal responsibility.” “I think talking about masks and vaccines as a matter of personal responsibility, as a data-driven way to reduce your own personal risk,
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN A police officer died and another was injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California Saturday night, officials said. The two officers were aboard the Huntington Beach Police Department’s helicopter “HB1” responding to a disturbance call when it crashed into the water in Newport Beach, Chief Eric Parra said in
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that Russia’s “playbook” for an invasion of Ukraine is moving forward, though he said there still is a chance for diplomacy to avert a war. “As we’ve described it, everything leading up to the actual invasion appears to be taking place,” Blinken said on
Continue Reading By Sara Sidner and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Photographs by Michelle Gustafson for CNN Two chance encounters at the same West Philadelphia street corner show the remarkable arc of Larry Miller’s life. The first, as a drunk and angry 16-year-old, ended with him murdering another teen. The second, 56 years later as a lauded business executive,
Continue Reading By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist After a mild end to the weekend for many states, Old Man Winter will make a comeback as we start off the new workweek. “Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average over the northern tier states by Monday morning,” the Weather Prediction Center said Saturday. And that’s just
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel and Jeremy Herb, CNN Retired federal judge Michael Luttig never expected to jump into the heated fight over the certification of the 2020 presidential election. And he certainly never imagined he would end up using Twitter to help former Vice President Mike Pence defy then-President Donald Trump. But on the night of
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Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Raja Razek, CNN A helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Miami Beach shore on Saturday, according to a tweet by Miami Beach Police. Two passengers were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, police said in the tweet. Their conditions were described as “stable.” A third passenger was not injured in
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading By Wayne Sterling, CNN China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won gold in pairs figure skating at the 2022 Beijing Games on Saturday. The duo finished with a world record total score of 239.88 — 84.41 for short program and 155.47 for free skating — to capture their first-ever Olympic gold. The pair skated to
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, Melissa Alonso and Chuck Johnston, CNN As the number of new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations slowly falls, cities and states are loosening vaccine and mask requirements. Boston lifted the city’s proof of vaccine policy which required patrons and staff of indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Friday.
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, insurrection can move forward in court, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling outlining how the former President could conceivably be responsible for inciting the attack on the US Capitol. Trump’s statements
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery on
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly followed a woman to her New York apartment and stabbed her dozens of times with a knife early Sunday, prosecutors say. Surveillance video from the entrance of the Chrystie Street apartment in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood shows Christina
Continue Reading By Tamara Qiblawi, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent states, ordering the deployment of Russian troops there in a dangerous gambit that defies international law and risks a deadly military confrontation. The Kremlin’s decree recognizing the so-called Donetsk and
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, for CNN Eileen Gu and Kamila Valieva became the teenage faces of the Winter Olympics, but their memories of Beijing 2022 are likely to be wildly different. San Francisco native Gu is now a two-time gold-medalist, the Olympics’ youngest ever freestyle skiing champion, a Chinese national hero — and a budding author.
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as equipment
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