By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart raised its outlook for the year after another surprisingly strong quarter as the largest retailer in the world flexed its scale to deal with rising costs and a snarled global supply chain. Walmart rerouted goods to less congested ports, even chartered its own vessels,
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By Marianne Garvey The “Ghostbusters” were back. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson appeared together on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” where they discussed the upcoming sequel to the classic, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” “Jason Reitman wrote a great script, so full of heart, going right back to the first two movies and its DNA…
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City suburb of Independence is the latest in the metropolitan area to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to prohibit mental health professionals from using conversion therapy. Those who violate the ordinance could see fines of up to $500. The goal of
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announced on Tuesday he is running for governor, joining a Democratic primary that already includes Gov. Kathy Hochul, who replaced Andrew Cuomo following his resignation this summer, and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Williams, who was re-elected to his current post two weeks
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The NBA is bringing two preseason games to Abu Dhabi next season, marking the first time the league will play in the Arabian Gulf. The games will be in October 2022. The exact dates and the teams involved have not been announced. No preseason games have been played
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A chastened British government has admitted that it was wrong to try to block a lawmaker’s suspension for breaching ethics rules. Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg said Tuesday it was “a mistake” to try to force an overhaul of Parliament’s standards process rather than
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s autopsy photos are being shown to jurors at the murder trial of three white men who chased the Black man down before he was fatally shot in their neighborhood last year. Prosecutors have called Dr. Edmund Donoghue, who examined Arbery’s body at the Georgia
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Autoridades federales en México aprehendieron a Rosalinda González Valencia, esposa del líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho”. La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional informó en un comunicado este martes que el operativo se desarrolló el día anterior en el municipio de Zapopan,
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN George Clooney has shared his thoughts on the tragic shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” In an episode of the podcast “WTF With Marc Maron,” which released on Monday, the Academy Award winner talked about the incident in which the film’s star and executive producer Alec Baldwin accidentally
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime California Rep. Jackie Speier is the latest congressional Democrat to announce their retirement from Congress ahead of the 2022 midterm election cycle. The seven-term congresswoman from the San Francisco Bay Area said in a video message Tuesday that after nearly 40 years in public office at
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Adele is happy and in love and it shows. The British singer opened up about her relationship with Klutch Sports Group founder Rich Paul during her interview with Oprah Winfrey in her “Adele One Night Only” special and here’s some of what we learned about Paul: He’s a smooth operator
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland will have two teams called the Guardians. The Major League Baseball franchise and a local roller derby club have reached a resolution in a lawsuit filed over the use of the name Guardians, allowing both to continue using it. The sides on Tuesday jointly announced
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Morgan Wallen is heading on an eight-month tour. The country singer will start his “Dangerous” tour in Evansville, Indiana, in March and end in at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in September. The concers will makr the first major tour for Wallen since a video surfaced earlier this year
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By Steven Jiang, CNN Business The United States and China have agreed to relax visa restrictions on each other’s journalists, according to officials from both countries. The deal addresses one source of contention in strained bilateral ties following a lengthy virtual meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping on Monday. Under the agreement, the
Continue Reading Opinion by Billie Jean King for CNN Business Perspectives At the age of 13, I saw Althea Gibson play at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. She showed me what being No. 1 in the world looked like, and I knew I wanted to follow in her footsteps from that day forward. She epitomized “if you
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By Annie Grayer and Ethan Cohen, CNN California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier said Tuesday she would not seek reelection, the latest high-profile Democrat to announce plans to leave Congress as the party faces a steep climb to hold onto their narrow majority in the House in next year’s midterms. Speier, who was first elected to
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose on Wall Street Tuesday as investors reviewed solid earnings reports from retailers and an encouraging update on consumer spending. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.7%. Home Depot rose 5.8% after the home improvement retailer reported
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Papa Johns is the latest restaurant brand to give itself a makeover. The pizza chain on Tuesday unveiled a number of changes, including a new logo, new advertising and new restaurant designs. The updated logo ditches the word “pizza” and removes the green border around “Papa John’s.” Instead, it just
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Un jurado con 12 miembros comenzó a deliberar este martes por la mañana sobre los cinco cargos a los que se enfrenta Kyle Rittenhouse en su juicio por homicidio en relación con los tiroteos del año pasado en Kenosha, Wisconsin. La duración del debate depende casi exclusivamente de los
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Nike has postponed the release of its latest sneaker collaboration with Travis Scott following the Astroworld concert tragedy that left 10 people dead. “Out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack,”
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