By Chris Isidore, CNN Business President Joe Biden’s push to mandate vaccines or weekly Covid tests for large companies should lead to about 12 million more people getting the vaccine, according to analysis by Goldman Sachs. The order, announced last week, applies to businesses with 100 or more employees. Those employers have about 80 million
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell is testing a tasty monthly subscription service. In about 20 participating restaurants across Tucson, Arizona, customers can pay between $5 to $10 per month for a Taco Lover’s Pass, which gives subscribers one taco a day for 30 days. The app-based program is currently active until November 24.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has told his German counterpart in a telephone call that Turkey does not have the capacity to deal with a possible new refugee wave from Afghanistan. According to a statement from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office, the Turkish leader also told German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Tuesday that Germany and
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By Melissa Alonso and Raja Razek, CNN Des Moines Public Schools officials will reinstate the district’s mask mandate Wednesday following a ruling that places the state’s mandate ban on hold. US District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt issued a temporary restraining order Monday that will, for the time being, allow Iowa school districts to mandate
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott has had surgery on his broken left ankle. The 18-year-old Elliott was carried off on a stretcher during the 3-0 win at Leeds in the Premier League on Sunday after a challenge by Pascal Struijk. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says “I spoke to him the night after
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a woman who is charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend one week after she was accused of disabling her electronic monitoring device and fleeing. The Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that Katie Black, of Independence, had been apprehended in a rural
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has announced measures to make the police more transparent about wrongdoings. They include the publication of internal investigation reports and the creation of a parliamentary monitoring body. Macron’s speech Tuesday in a police school in northern France comes after a monthslong national
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Jeff Bridges says his cancer is in remission and his COVID-19 case is “in the rear view mirror.” The actor posted an update on his website on Monday sharing his good news. He says his tumor shrank from 12 inches down to the size of a marble. But he says he
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Jack Guy, CNN Charlotte Johnson Wahl, mother of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has died at the age of 79 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Johnson Wahl, née Fawcett, died “suddenly and peacefully” on Monday at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London, according to an announcement in The Times newspaper Tuesday. In addition to
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The first standing ovation Dionne Warwick ever received was as a 6-year-old, when her reverend grandfather brought her up to the pulpit of the St. Luke’s AME Church in Newark, New Jersey, where she sang “Jesus Loves Me” for a rapt congregation. Warwick’s most recent standing ovation, though, was
Continue Reading By MOHAMED WAGDY Associated Press SAQQARA, Egypt (AP) — Egypt is showcasing an ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser, a pharaoh who lived more than 4,500 years ago, following extensive restorations of the site. The structure is largely underground and includes a labyrinth of corridors decorated with carvings and tiles.
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Kroger is teaming up with Instacart on a new delivery service that can get grocery items to customers in as few as 30 minutes. The announcement comes at a time when many people are having groceries delivered for convenience and want their items to arrive quickly. Kroger Co. said
Continue ReadingMariana Toro Los Ángeles (CNN) — El intento de destitución del gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, alcanzará su punto culminante este martes, con las encuestas y los datos de devolución de boletas hasta ahora que muestran al gobernador demócrata en una posición sólida para mantenerse en el poder en el estado demócrata más grande del
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer There were stages during the offseason when it appeared Bernardo Silva’s four-year spell at Manchester City might be coming to an end. City manager Pep Guardiola even said publicly that the Portugal midfielder wanted to leave and Bernardo’s name was regularly touted as a makeweight during City’s attempts to
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La compañía estadounidense de software Intuit va a comprar la plataforma de newsletters Mailchimp por unos US$ 12.000 millones. Intuit, creadora del software de declaración de impuestos TurboTax y otras aplicaciones financieras, anunció este lunes el acuerdo, que se concretará en efectivo y acciones, diciendo que espera que Mailchimp le ayudará
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of people chanted and held signs outside a University of Kansas fraternity house where a member is accused of sexually assaulting another student. The Kansas City Star reports that the Monday night protest outside the Phi Kappa Psi house came after the fraternity officials reported the allegations over the weekend.
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose a lower-than-expected 0.3% last month, the smallest monthly increase n seven months and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures may be cooling. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that the August gain was down from a 0.5% increase in July and a 0.9%
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose a lower-than-expected 0.3% last month, the smallest monthly increase n seven months and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures may be cooling. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that the August gain was down from a 0.5% increase in July and a 0.9%
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Heat already kills more Americans than any other weather-related disaster, according to the National Weather Service — and climate change is making these extreme events even more dangerous. The Northwest’s record-breaking heat wave in June, which scientists say would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, for instance, killed hundreds
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The leader of Catalonia in northeastern Spain has announced that it’s excluding a separatist party in his ruling regional coalition from talks with the central government aimed at solving the tensions over the growing pro-independence sentiment. Catalan President Pere Aragonès also said Tuesday that he will urge Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sànchez
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