By Lauren del Valle, CNN Business Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families reached a settlement with a group of states this week that would require the Sacklers to pay out as much as $6 billion to states, individual claimants and opioid crisis abatement, if approved by a federal bankruptcy court judge. The new agreement, reached
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By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia has dismissed women’s basketball coach Tina Thompson after four seasons. Athletic director Carla Williams made the announcement on Wednesday. It came one day after the 14th-seeded Cavaliers were eliminated 61-53 by Wake Forest in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The Cavaliers were 5-22
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Best Buy built a retail empire selling TVs and laptops. But to keep growing and fend off rivals like Amazon and Walmart, the company needs new ways to attract customers. Best Buy outlined plans Thursday to expand its footprint into health, fitness, personal electric transportation, outdoor products and other potentially
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect to the company’s satellite-based internet service — to Ukraine this week, responding to a plea from the country’s vice prime minister amid fears that Ukrainians could lose internet access if Russia continues its
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop manufacturing ice cream in Israel sparked a lawsuit from its Israeli distributor. American Quality Products (AQP), which distributes Ben & Jerry’s in Israel, said Thursday that it’s suing the ice cream and its parent company Unilever for “unlawfully terminating its 34-year business relationship in
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Navy on Wednesday recovered from the bottom of the South China Sea the wreckage of a US military stealth fighter jet that crashed into the deck of a US aircraft carrier in January, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet announced in a news release Thursday. The F-35C crashed into the
Continue ReadingBy Emily Rittman Click here for updates on this story GREELEY, Kansas (KCTV) — Neighbors woke to a large house fire Wednesday morning. They feared for the safety of the family who lived inside the engulfed home in the small town of Greeley, Kansas. Wednesday afternoon investigators confirmed two adults and a child died in
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An explosion that wrought “catastrophic damage” Thursday to a garden-style four-story building in Silver Spring, Maryland, has left over a dozen injured, five seriously, a Montgomery County Fire Department public information officer said.
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Argentina cerró el acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para refinanciar la deuda del país sudamericano, informaron este jueves en un comunicado ambas partes. El Ministerio de Economía argentino señaló que enviará al Congreso de la Nación el acuerdo alcanzado con el staff de la entidad para
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nina Clouden scored 23 points, including the clinching free throws with 2.5 seconds left, and Michigan State edged Purdue 73-69 in the second round of the Big Ten Conference tournament. Clouden, the leading free-throw shooter in the league, was 10 of 11 from the line but the miss was one of four
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By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An important milestone in New York City’s progress against COVID-19 could soon arrive when Mayor Eric Adams lifts mask mandates in schools and vaccination requirements in restaurants, bars and theaters. The mayor says a decision could come as soon as Friday —
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN For the first time since it was filled more than 50 years ago, Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the country, is projected to dip past a critical threshold, threatening water supplies and putting a key source of hydropower generation at heightened risk of being forced offline, as climate change-fueled drought
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La segunda ronda de conversaciones entre las delegaciones de Rusia y Ucrania en Belarús ya concluyó, informó a medios rusos Vladimir Medinsky, jefe de la delegación de ese país. Los diálogos terminan con un acuerdo de corredores humanitarios para civiles, según Medinsky. ¿Qué es un corredor humanitario? “Hemos discutido a fondo tres
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ilmar’l Thomas scored 18 points and Angela Dugalic came off the bench to post a double-double to help UCLA pull away for a 73-60 victory over USC in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Thomas sank 8 of 14 shots from the floor for the seventh-seeded Bruins (14-11). Dugalic,
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By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN As air raid sirens blared in the small Ukrainian city of Uman, about 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv, families crowded into a makeshift bomb shelter underneath a central synagogue. Before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last week, the basement of the temple was used as
Continue Reading By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN As air raid sirens blared in the small Ukrainian city of Uman, about 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv, families crowded into a makeshift bomb shelter underneath a central synagogue. Before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last week, the basement of the temple was used as
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Athletes around the world cheered when leaders of the Paralympics booted Russia from the Games. The tipping point to the rapid turn of events Thursday was “a very, very volatile environment” in the athletes village in Beijing at the Paralympics, according to the head of that organization. The International
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By Matias Grez, CNN Two young footballers and a teenage former biathlete have been killed in Ukraine, according to a number of sporting organizations. Fighting in the country entered its second week on Thursday after Russia’s invasion on February 24. FIFPro, the worldwide players’ union, tweeted on Tuesday: “Our thoughts are with the families, friends,
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By Tim Lister, Josh Pennington, Luke McGee and Radina Gigova, CNN A Russian military strike hit an evacuation crossing point in a Kyiv suburb Sunday, killing a family with two children and several other civilians trying to flee the Russian invasion, according to the city’s mayor, as civilian casualties seeking safety from the onslaught continue
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ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say five teenagers have been charged for their roles in a reported fight over the weekend that led to a shootout with Ankeny police officers. The Des Moines Register reports that while three 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old face burglary charges, another 17-year-old faces two counts of attempted murder as well
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