Francesca Street, CNN Dawn Dixon was looking over New York City from one of its best vantage points: the top of the Empire State Building. As she surveyed the skyline from the 86th floor, snow flurries circling around her, Dawn tried to focus on the spectacular view. But her heart was beating quickly: what if
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The scandal at a top Japanese brokerage has widened with the arrest by Tokyo prosecutors of the vice president of SMBC Nikko Securities on charges of stock manipulation. Toshihiro Sato’s arrest on charges of violating securities regulations followed the arrests earlier this month of four other
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By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has confirmed it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first long-range test in more than four years and marking a potential new era of regional confrontation. North Korean state media said on Friday that leader Kim Jong Un had directly guided the launch of the
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Beyond the hyperbole and theatrics that have punctuated this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, a portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson as jurist has begun to emerge. Like the justice she would succeed, Stephen Breyer, Jackson leaned on multi-part legal methods and data points. She emphasized
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Beyond the hyperbole and theatrics that have punctuated this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, a portrait of Ketanji Brown Jackson as jurist has begun to emerge. Like the justice she would succeed, Stephen Breyer, Jackson leaned on multi-part legal methods and data points. She emphasized
Continue Reading By Dan Berman, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson wrapped up Thursday after four tumultuous days. Jackson spoke about her judicial experience and her family and addressed the historic nature of her nomination, which would make her the first Black female Supreme Court justice. The hearing also
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Since Russia closed its airspace to airlines from dozens of countries at the end of February — in response to sanctions levied for its invasion of Ukraine — about 400 flights per month that had previously been routed over the country are being forced to take a wider berth, according to
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury chief is defending his spending priorities after critics attacked him for not doing enough to help families struggling with the biggest cut in living standards on record. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said Thursday that he understood families are “struggling” with rising prices but his options are
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is a new kind of mystery object in space, and after capturing their best image yet, astronomers are one step closer to understanding these celestial oddballs. They are known as odd radio circles, or ORCs. While the thought of ORCs may bring the goblinlike humanoids from the “Lord of the
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado roared through Arabi, Louisiana, Tuesday with 136 mph winds, the walls and roof of Angel Hahn’s house were gone and as the wind calmed, she grabbed her phone. “I called my mama, and I said, ‘My house is gone,’” she told CNN affiliate WDSU. “She said, ‘So is
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OSLO (AP) — Ada Hegerberg is returning to the Norwegian national team for the first time since 2017. The 26-year-old striker is widely regarded as one of the best players in women’s soccer. She hasn’t played for her country since deciding to rule herself out of selection because of what she perceived to be a
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Pfizer llamó al retiro de un medicamento para la presión arterial alta distribuido bajo tres nombres, según la compañía. Accuretic y sus dos versiones genéricas distribuidas por Greenstone (tabletas de quinapril e hidroclorotiazida y tabletas de quinapril HCl/hidroclorotiazida) están sujetas al retiro. Los medicamentos tratan la hipertensión, lo que aumenta el riesgo
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By Megan Marples, CNN You sit down at your desk and are about to start your workday when a coworker saunters up to you. After 20 minutes of chatting, your colleague finally leaves you alone, but you find you are too drained to complete any tasks efficiently. You have become the latest victim of an
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TODAY: We are tracking one last round of moisture this morning. This last push will bring showers and even flurries to mid-Missouri before tapering off this afternoon. That’s right, most, if not all of today will be dreary. Even after the showers leave us late this afternoon, you can expect overcast skies to remain. Any
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By Masoud Popalzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The Taliban prevented girls above the 6th grade in Afghanistan from making their much-anticipated return to school on Wednesday. Just hours after schools for girls were due to open, the Taliban ordered them to shut down again. Teenage girls in Afghanistan have now been denied their right to
Continue Readingolivertapia Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — Corea del Norte disparó el jueves un posible misil balístico intercontinental (ICBM) en las aguas frente a la costa occidental de Japón, dijo el viceministro de defensa japonés. Makoto Oniki dijo en una conferencia de prensa que el misil norcoreano voló a una altitud de 6.000 kilómetros (3.728
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer World shares are mixed following a retreat on Wall Street as leaders prepare to meet in Europe to discuss the Ukraine crisis. U.S. and European futures rose while Asian markets were mostly lower. Shares rose in Moscow after Russia’s exchange resumed trading under heavy restrictions. U.S. President Joe Biden
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The way Missourians vote for state offices could change if the Better Elections Amendment passes. The Better Elections Amendment proposes several changes to Missouri’s state elections, including ranked-choice voting and election security. If passed, primary elections for state officials would no longer be split by party and the top four candidates would go on to the general
Continue Reading The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Russian stock market has resumed limited trading under heavy restrictions almost one month after prices plunged and the market was shut down following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Trading of a limited number of stocks including energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft took place under curbs that are meant
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia’s stock market opened for the first time in a month on Thursday as investors took part in a highly restricted trading session. The benchmark MOEX index gained as much as 10% in early trade in Moscow and ended the day 4.4% higher. Russia’s central bank has banned short sales,
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