By Eliza Mackintosh and Nathan Hodge, CNN As French President Emmanuel Macron visited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday for diplomatic talks on the country’s crisis with Russia, Moscow indicated there were “points of convergence” laid out by Macron during his five-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier. But
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, started offering robotaxi rides this week in San Francisco. Anyone can sign up for the chance to be selected to get a ride in a self-driving car, provided they don’t mind staying up late. Cruise’s robotaxis are generally only operating from 11 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy CIARA CUMMINGS Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Tenants say they are being kicked out of their apartments — not because they aren’t paying rent — but instead, how they pay rent. A CBS46 investigation found “source of income discrimination” is widespread, just as the metro’s housing market explodes. “Poor
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El deslizamiento de tierra registrado este martes en el barrio La Esneda, en lÃmites entre Dosquebradas y Pereira, deja hasta el momento 16 muertos y 36 heridos, informó este miércoles en Twitter la Unidad Nacional para la Defensa Civil. Por medio de un tuit, el presidente Iván Duque lamentó
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s action late Monday in an Alabama redistricting case foreshadows a new threat to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and electoral opportunities for Blacks and other racial minorities nationwide. The justices announced they would revisit a key section of the landmark law
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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarders Patrizia Kummer and Zan Kosir both had an early exit in the Olympic parallel giant slalom race after spending time in isolation. Kummer spent time in quarantine upon arriving for the Olympics instead of getting a COVID-19 vaccination. Kosir had a positive COVID-19 test
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By Ivana Kottasová and Charles Riley, CNN Business President Joe Biden said Monday that natural gas will not flow through Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany if Moscow orders an invasion of Ukraine. What does an $11 billion undersea pipeline between Russia and Germany have to do with Ukraine? And why is it such
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Charles Riley, CNN Business President Joe Biden said Monday that natural gas will not flow through Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany if Moscow orders an invasion of Ukraine. What does an $11 billion undersea pipeline between Russia and Germany have to do with Ukraine? And why is it such
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg says he won’t let the big Super Bowl stage rattle his nerves. The ultra-smooth rapper said he will worry about his upcoming halftime performance after the fact. Snoop Dogg spoke from his studio compound in Inglewood, California, a suburb of Los Angeles
Continue Reading By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times. The pact has its roots in ancient Greece, when it was intended to grant athletes from constantly warring city-states safe passage to the Olympic Games. The modern Games brought back the Truce in 1993. But
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney have won World Cup races. They’ve each medaled at the world championships. They’ve each won national championships. Their careers have already been, by any measure, a success. And now both are facing the same decision — keep sliding, or retire. The
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By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank’s record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off. At an initial value of $40 billion, the US chipmaker’s acquisition of British design firm ARM would have been the largest semiconductor deal on record. But regulators around the world have long raised concerns about
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the first three-time women’s luge Olympic champion. Geisenberger had four flawless runs and capped the effort by beating German teammate Anna Berreiter by about a half-second for the gold. Tatiana Ivanova of the Russian team was third. She finished about a
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NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Young isn’t satisfied with urging his fellow musicians to join him in taking their music off the streaming service Spotify. Now he wants company employees to quit their jobs before it “eats up your soul.” In a message on his website Monday, Young said company CEO Daniel Ek is a
Continue ReadingBy EVAN SOBOL, CHRISTIAN COLÓN Click here for updates on this story COLCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A girls high school basketball team from Colchester is under fire after several of their fans allegedly yelled racist remarks to their opponents. This happened Saturday night when Bacon Academy visited Ledyard High School. As time ran out, the
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By Liz Stark, CNN Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the Postal Service’s plan to replace the vast majority of its aging vehicle fleet with gas-powered trucks — rather than electric vehicles — saying on Tuesday that USPS needs to balance its commitment to an electric fleet with “our dire financial condition.” His defense comes as
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a good morning to be Jane Campion. The director on Tuesday scored the second best director Oscar nomination of her career, entering the history books in the process. Campion, who was nominated for her film “Power of the Dog,” is the first woman to ever be nominated twice in the
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN VICKERS Click here for updates on this story PLATTE, CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A bill before the state senate has drawn harsh criticism from officials who claim the proposal would make it difficult to prosecute some murder cases. If passed, it would mean that prosecutors could not bring charges against people who reasonably
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a muddled start on Wall Street as investors continue to struggle to predict how well the economy will weather the current bout of inflation as well as the Federal Reserve’s medicine for healing it, higher interest rates. The S&P 500 was bouncing between small gains and losses in
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats from Iran and world powers have reconvened in Vienna to seek a deal reviving Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal, with pressure mounting for results soon. Negotiators from Iran and the remaining parties to the deal — Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — got back to work on Tuesday after a break
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