By Marianne Garvey, CNN Adele debuted a new song, “Hold On,” ahead of the release of her album “30.” The song can be heard in an Amazon holiday commercial that shows a young girl walking through a subway station and then into the light to her school friends. She is also seen studying and sitting
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By Sheena McKenzie and Joseph Ataman, CNN The United States has reopened its borders to vaccinated international travelers, ending a 20-month travel ban at the same moment Europe is battling a surge of Covid-19 cases that has pushed the continent back into the epicenter of the pandemic. Fully vaccinated travelers from 33 countries — including
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By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Cosmos and Charisma Onyeyiri weren’t looking to sell their home. But skyrocketing home prices in Austin this summer had them curious: What would the home they bought for $360,000 two years ago sell for now? “We just had a baby. It was going to take a lot to get us
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Barack Obama went to the international climate conference in Glasgow on Monday because climate envoy John Kerry knew the Biden administration needed help convincing the world America was actually serious about combating climate change. But as much as Obama expressed regret for former President Donald Trump’s
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By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Forty years ago, the programmers at PBS were eager to experiment, so they started a new series on animal behavior in the wild called “Nature.” The show was a hit. “Nature” is celebrating four decades with a new season airing now, featuring an extended look at
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In black-and-white photographs, the relationships of several teenage girls unfold through after-school hangouts, late-night parties and prom photos in mid-1980s New York. They are Blake and Leslie, two Jens, Zoe and Molly, applying makeup in mirrors, deep in conversation on the subway and shielding their cigarettes from the wind. Fast forward and
Continue Reading MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Santa may have fewer eyes in homes this Christmas season after a judge — jokingly — banned the Elf on the Shelf. Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard posted a mock order on Twitter Thursday banishing these elves from Cobb County, Georgia. According to the holiday tradition, elves hide in homes
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MILAN (AP) — Next year’s Giro d’Italia will feature seven stages best suited to sprinters. Race organizer RCS Sport has decided to release details of next year’s race in instalments. It was announced last week that the 105th edition of the Giro would start in Hungary. Two of the three stages in Hungary are suited
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — La astronauta de China, Wang Yaping, hizo historia el domingo al ser la primera mujer del país en realizar una caminata espacial, según la agencia espacial nacional. Wang y su compañero astronauta Zhai Zhigang, dos de los tres miembros del equipo que se encuentra actualmente en la nueva estación espacial china,
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By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially launched his campaign for reelection, setting the stage for what is expected to be one of the country’s most closely watched and expensive gubernatorial races of 2022. DeSantis filed the paperwork to run for another four years on Friday, according to the Florida Division of
Continue Reading By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press AGUILILLA, Mexico (AP) — In western Mexico a small squad of soldiers with about a half-dozen trucks and sandbag emplacements stands guard on a rural highway. In one direction, almost within earshot, one drug cartel operates a roadblock extorting farmers. In the other direction, another cartel carries out armed patrols
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El covid-19 llegó para quedarse. Es muy poco probable que Estados Unidos, y mucho menos el mundo, pueda eliminar por completo el coronavirus que causa el covid-19. Pero llegará el día en que dejará de ser una pandemia, cuando los casos ya no estén fuera de control y los hospitales
Continue Reading LEEDS, England (AP) — Cricketer Azeem Rafiq has been praised for his bravery in reporting racism and bullying at Yorkshire by the new chairman of the club. The county has been widely criticized for its handling of the scandal and has already lost sponsors and the right to host England international matches at its Headingley
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Pfizer is expected to seek US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for a coronavirus vaccine booster shot for people 18 and older, a Biden administration official said Monday. The request could come as soon as this week, although the date could shift. The expected EUA request was first reported
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say the “heroic actions” of a Tennessee pastor who tackled a man waving and pointing a gun during a service “saved a church from further violence.” Metro Nashville Police said in a statement that no shots were fired during the incident Sunday at Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church. Police say
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Shailene Woodley is denying reports that she posted a “cryptic” message amid a vaccination debate involving her fiancé, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers, who is the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, has attracted criticism following the revelation that he had contracted Covid-19 after he had earlier said during a press conference
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday, continuing an upward trend that has pushed major indexes to a series of record highs as investors review mostly solid corporate earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.1% and the Nasdaq added
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN More than 250 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported globally, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. This grim milestone comes about a year and eight months since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic in March 2020. The first 50 million cases were reported over the first
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — A court in southern Italy has convicted 70 defendants and acquitted 20 others in a trial that probed alleged links between the ’ndrangheta crime syndicate and local business figures, politicians and public officials. The Italian news agency ANSA said that the verdicts were announced in court on Saturday at the end of
Continue Reading By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A man who was shot and wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse on the streets of Kenosha during a night of turbulent protests against racial injustice has taken the stand at Rittenhouse’s murder trial. Gaige Grosskreutz had a pistol in his hand when
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