The Bidens’ dog Major has been involved in another biting incident that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident tell CNN. The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee, took place on the White House South Lawn on Monday afternoon. The employee was working at the time and needed to stop
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Deep in the North Carolina woods, the men trained at night for what they called “seek out and destroy” missions. They fought each other in hand-to-hand combat, running drills at a bucolic encampment near Fort Bragg. Glenn Miller, an ex-Green Beret, ran the place. Wiry and mustached, the Vietnam veteran paced its grounds in fatigues.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers have discovered in Newfoundland and Labrador what they believe could be the oldest-known ancestors of octopuses and squids. Earth scientists from Heidelberg University in Germany recently discovered several cone-shaped fossilized shells at Bacon Cove on the southwestern side of Conception Bay in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canadian airlines are resuming and expanding routes across the country ahead of an expected uptick in air travel this summer, but pilots need to brush up their skills before they can return to the skies. After a year of strict travel restrictions and
Continue Reading Heavy gunfire was heard outside Niger’s presidential palace early Wednesday morning in an attempted coup, an African diplomatic source has told CNN — just two days before power is to change hands. The diplomatic source told CNN the situation is apparently under control after an hour of heavy shelling near the presidency. Both outgoing and
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Nike is suing the art collective behind the Lil Nas X “Satan Shoes” that have sparked a social media backlash. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Nike accuses MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. of trademark infringement over the designer’s 666 pairs of modified Nike sneakers made in collaboration with the “Old Town Road” singer. All 666 pairs
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Donald Trump is back online. The former president and first lady, Melania Trump, have launched a website to serve their personal offices. The website, 45office.com, comes after Trump’s ban from social media sites in the aftermath of the January Capitol insurrection. The site features a lengthy biography for the former president that starts, “Donald J.
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How many of us have been sitting at home, seen a dreamy picture of a foreign country, and started planning our life there? That’d be a lot. But how many of us have actually gone ahead, bought a property and planned that future life — without setting foot in the location? Michael Barrett may just
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When Jerry Callahan had his first bite of a Sumo Citrus fruit about nine years ago, he knew he’d tried something special. “This is going to go crazy,” he thought. As the group vice president of produce and floral at the grocery store chain Albertsons, Callahan is essentially a produce trend-spotter by trade — and
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New York City police said Wednesday morning they made an arrest in the case of a 65-year-old Asian woman who was attacked Monday in Midtown Manhattan. The individual “was arrested and charged with Felony Assault as a Hate Crime,” the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force said in a tweet. Police previously said the woman was
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In his first on-camera interview, Lionel Dyck, the head of Dyck Advisory Group (DAG), told CNN that insurgents in northern Mozambique effectively hold the strategic town of Palma after they staged a complex attack last week. “As I sit here, Palma is lost. Unless something happens, they have lost Palma,” he said, “we continue to
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Few would envy Britain’s embattled National Health Service (NHS) workers over the past year. One of the world’s worst Covid-19 tolls has meant grueling shifts, danger, and workplaces full of grief and trauma. But Charles Oti would swap places with them in a heartbeat. A microbiologist by training, Nigerian by birth, Oti has spent four
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Two “SpongeBob SquarePants” episodes are no longer available on Paramount+ and Amazon because of inappropriate content. One episode, “Kwarantined Crab,” from the show’s 12th season, centers on a virus storyline. “We have decided to not air it due to sensitivities surrounding the global, real-world pandemic,” a spokesperson for Nickelodeon told CNN Business. In the episode,
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is speaking out in defense of voting rights in the wake of Georgia’s restrictive voting law and as other battleground states consider similar actions. The company’s “employees span the United States and as state capitals debate election laws, we believe voting must be accessible and equitable,” Dimon said in a
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The climate crisis is spooking economists. About 74% of experts agree we need “immediate and drastic” effort, or risk facing trillions in economic damage and growth. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to
Continue Reading French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to tighten coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday as case numbers and admissions to intensive care units soar across France, where the government has been resisting a third nationwide lockdown. Macron will address the nation at 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET) as he faces growing criticism over his approach to the
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the justices got it wrong in 2016 when they upheld the University of Texas’ affirmative action practices, as state officials are now backing a lawsuit against Harvard’s use of race in admissions. “Abigail Fisher was right,” Paxton wrote in a provocative “friend of
Continue Reading Michigan is emerging as the latest battleground in Republicans’ nationwide push to restrict voting rights, with GOP officials planning to end-run Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s all-but-certain veto of proposed restrictions and progressives beginning to mobilize to stop them. The GOP attempt to circumvent Whitmer relies on a quirk of Michigan law: If Republicans gather 340,000
Continue Reading More than two months into his term, President Joe Biden has yet to name a single ambassador to send overseas, putting him behind the pace set by his most recent predecessors and leading to early frustrations among some career State Department officials and big-time Democratic donors. Though Biden has been presented with the names of
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The British Broadcasting Corporation has moved its China correspondent to Taiwan from Beijing as the news organization comes under increasing pressure over its reporting in the country. BBC News announced John Sudworth’s relocation on Twitter on Wednesday. While the BBC did not elaborate on the exact reason for the move, it said that “John’s work
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