By Marnie Hunter, CNN Feelings about Anthony Bourdain are no less raw, nearly four years after his shocking death. Director Morgan Neville’s poignant documentary chronicles Bourdain’s trajectory from New York chef to celebrated author to beloved globe-trotting TV personality, and tries to shed some light on the mystery of his 2018 suicide at age 61.
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The investment firm of billionaire Ryan Cohen has taken a large stake in Bed Bath & Beyond and is recommending that the struggling retailer sell all or part of its business. RC Ventures LLC has acquired a nearly 10% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond, according to a regulatory
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets were heading for a lower open Monday, following global markets as oil prices jumped and the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. U.S. crude traded above $120 a barrel Brent crude oil was trading around $125 a barrel. European markets opened lower and
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Leading Russian banks are looking into issuing cards that operate on a Chinese payment system after Visa and Mastercard said they would cut their services in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. Sberbank and Tinkoff Bank say they’re considering the possibility of payment cards powered by China’s UnionPay system. They told users
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion. While at
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went last week to an undisclosed airfield near the Ukrainian border that has become a hub for shipping weapons, a senior Defense Department official said, seeing firsthand the multinational effort to get weapons into Ukraine amid Russia’s unprovoked invasion. While at
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By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN As the evacuation train rolled slowly into the main railroad station in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, panic began to rise among the hundreds of families desperate to claim a few of the limited spaces on board the service to Lviv, in the west of
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Hockey Hall of Fame member Angela James has joined an ownership group purchasing the Premier Hockey Federation’s Toronto Six. That is one of the league’s six teams. James last week accused the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association of stunting women’s hockey for its refusal to join forces with the
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN Mariya Gut sipped water at a restaurant near the Baruch College campus in Manhattan — where students squinted into the cool glare of laptops and the only sign of war was a message spray painted on scaffolding across the street demanding Russia remove its “bloody hands from Ukraine!” For the 18-year-old
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By Tara John and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The human toll of the invasion of Ukraine mounted over the weekend as Russia upped its bombardment of civilian areas and infrastructure. As conditions worsened in a number of key Ukrainian cities, the United Nations said more than 1.5 million refugees had fled the country so far. Here’s
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke and Qatari soccer executive Nasser al-Khelaïfi are back in a Swiss court. Federal prosecutors have appealed against the verdicts from a September 2020 trial. The Swiss Federal Criminal Court says Valcke, al-Khelaïfi and a third defendant were all in court
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The run-up in oil prices since Russia invaded Ukraine has been dramatic. But analysts and traders think the recent rally could be just the beginning, as warnings of $200 crude start to trickle through the market. What’s happening: The price of oil soared to its highest level since 2008 on
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By Wayne Sterling, Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN For days, family and friends have been clamoring for the release of two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner after she was detained in Russia on drug charges. Now, hundreds of strangers have joined the effort as US-Russian tensions escalate amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Griner, 31, is
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. lawmakers are set to pass a bill aimed at toughening sanctions on Russia and rooting out ill-gotten money from the British economy. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Economic Crime Bill will let British authorities ”pursue (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s allies in the U.K. with the
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Watch the City Council meeting replay in the player below. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday night, the Columbia City Council approved a new contract to bring back police officers in some school buildings with Columbia Public Schools and how to use the American Rescue Plan Act funds. School Resource Officer Program The Columbia City Council approved a
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Washington (CNN) — El jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, el general Mark Milley, fue la semana pasada a un aeródromo no revelado cerca de la frontera de Ucrania que se ha convertido en un centro de envío de armas, dijo un alto funcionario del Departamento de Defensa, viendo de primera mano el
Continue Reading By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Most tax returns generate a tax refund, which means a lot of Americans are expecting to receive a windfall soon. The average tax refund last year was about $2,800. Saving for the next emergency and paying off high-interest debt are important things to focus on, especially given the strains from
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By Jaclyn Greenberg, CNN A few weeks shy of giving birth to my middle child, I went to what I thought was a routine ultrasound appointment near my local hospital. Later that afternoon, my son was born and whisked away to the newborn intensive care unit. My husband and I were shocked to learn that
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — American Express (AXP) es la última compañía de tarjetas de crédito en anunciar que pondrá fin a sus operaciones en Rusia a medida que aumenta su invasión a Ucrania. El domingo, la compañía dijo en un comunicado que las tarjetas American Express emitidas globalmente ya no funcionarán en Rusia,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN American Express is the latest credit card company to end its operations in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Visa and Mastercard made similar announcements over the weekend — and analysts say there’s a high risk that Russia will face a financial crisis that will push its largest banks to
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