By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A 70-foot rocket blasted off from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747 over the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, marking the second successful orbital flight for rocket startup Virgin Orbit. The plane, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, took off from California Wednesday just before 7 am PT, and about an hour later, the
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La mujer que presuntamente sostuvo un cartel que provocó el choque de decenas de ciclistas durante la primera etapa del Tour de Francia el pasado sábado fue identificada y está siendo sometida a un interrogatorio policial, informó la fiscalía de Brest a CNN.El accidente se produjo a 45 kilómetros de la
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Didi went public Wednesday in the biggest US share offering by a Chinese company since Alibaba debuted in 2014. Stock in China’s biggest ride-hailing service started trading in New York at about $16.65, a nearly 20% jump from its initial public offering price of $14 a share. Didi raised $4.4
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Three years after Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the paintings have arrived at the Art Institute of Chicago, where the former President and First Lady had their very first date. On display there through mid-August, the artworks by Brooklyn-based Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore-based
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — “¿Quién es la nena de mamá?”, pregunta Sameque Gois, de 22 años, mientras juega con la manita de su bebé en uno de los muchos videos que le mostró a CNN. En las imágenes, la pequeña Sarah tiene pocos meses de nacida, pero ya se puede ver que tiene una personalidad
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Missouri House Representatives convened at 9 a.m. Wednesday for a final reading and vote on Senate Bill 1, the Federal Reimbursement Allowance bill passed by the state Senate this past Saturday. They are also debating House Bill 2, which repeals state funding for abortion clinics and prohibits employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccines for employees.
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have once again given their thumbs up to the Tesla Model 3 after it passed a test of its new automatic braking system. As of May 1, Tesla switched from a radar-based system to a camera-based system it dubbed Tesla Vision
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By Dan Merica and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Republican governors across the country are deploying state law enforcement officials to the US-Mexico border, giving each governor the opportunity to emphasize their fealty to former President Donald Trump while simultaneously lambasting President Joe Biden’s administration. The deployments, which have come from states ranging from South Dakota to
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it is committing more than $2 billion to gender equality initiatives, including economic empowerment and woman’s health. “The world has been fighting for gender equality for decades, but progress has been slow,” Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation, said in
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By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business It’s the half-way point of the year and President Joe Biden’s stock market has quite the rally to show for itself: The S&P 500 has already reached the target some analysts set for the entire year. The index, the broadest measure of the US stock market, is up more than
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Courteney Cox may want to rethink letting her pal Ed Sheeran crash at her Los Angeles pad. Sheeran revealed during an appearance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” this week that he has repeatedly played the same prank on Cox, who he knows through Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, Cox’s
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1972 Birth place: Haifa, Israel Birth name: Naftali Bennett Father: Jim Bennett Mother: Myrna (Lefko) Bennett Marriage: Gilat Bennett (1999-present) Children: Four children Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, bachelor’s degree in Law Military service: Israeli
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– El multimillonario mexicano Carlos Slim pagará todos los gastos necesarios para reconstruir el paso elevado del metro de Ciudad de México que provocó la muerte de 26 personas al derrumbarse el 3 de mayo, dijo el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, durante su rueda de prensa diaria de este miércoles.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una nueva demanda colectiva contra la asociación de apartamentos Champlain Towers South fue presentada en relación con el colapso mortal de la semana pasada en Surfside, Florida. La demanda, presentada el lunes en nombre de Raysa Rodríguez, una residente que vive en el noveno piso del edificio Champlain Towers South,
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Workers, wielding new-found leverage from the pandemic, are being more selective. One company hired 412 employees offering a $2000 bonus if they stayed 90 days – yet many of them left.
Continue Reading Workers, wielding new-found leverage from the pandemic, are being more selective. One company hired 412 employees offering a $2000 bonus if they stayed 90 days – yet many of them left.
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Missouri’s seven-day positivity rate has risen to 8.2% since Tuesday, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Se espera que la oficina del fiscal de distrito de Manhattan acuse a la compañía homónima del expresidente Donald Trump y a su director financiero, Allen Weisselberg, este jueves. La acusación será por delitos fiscales en relación con una variedad de beneficios y beneficios otorgados a los empleados, informó The
Continue Readingjosemartinezgomez (CNN Business) — Cuando decenas de millones de estadounidenses salgan a la carretera este fin de semana festivo encontrarán los precios más altos de la gasolina en casi siete años. Pero muchos también encontrarán estaciones que no tienen combustible en absoluto. El precio promedio nacional por un galón de regular es de US$ 3,10,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Grossarth/EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A judge sentenced a Driggs man for breaking into an Idaho Falls home and threatening to kill children. Braxton Robles, 22, received a 90-day jail sentence on June 21 by District Judge Dane Watkins Jr., with work release allowed on
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