By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Prices are surging, and Best Buy has a plan to draw in shoppers hunting for deals on TVs and laptops: more outlet stores. Over the next year, Best Buy will double the number of outlet stores it has to 32 — starting with new outlets in Chicago, Houston, Phoenix and
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By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is convening leaders from across President Joe Biden’s administration, the private sector, academia and the health care industry on Wednesday for a Cancer Moonshot Goals Forum, highlighting efforts toward reducing cancer-related deaths and improving patient outcomes overall. The issue is personal to Biden, who launched the Cancer Moonshot
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Halsey has revealed that they have received multiple diagnoses since giving birth last July. The singer, who prefers the pronouns she/they, posted a series of videos on their Instagram stories Tuesday explaining that “a lot of you guys have been wondering what’s going on with my health and some of
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By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm has proposed requiring online platforms to detect and report the sharing of child sex abuse images on the internet. The regulation, which needs to be endorsed by member countries and the EU Parliament, would force companies operating in the EU to detect,
Continue ReadingBy Michael Lee, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — A study out of Montreal’s McGill University suggests wildfires may increase a person’s risk of developing certain cancers. The study, published last week in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, shows those living within 50 kilometres of wildfires
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca online politics producer Click here for updates on this story Ottawa, Canada (CTV Network) — Back in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that what he saw touring war-torn areas of Ukraine this weekend was evidence of communities defending themselves, but also “devastation” that he says is “all on” Russian President
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business James Cromwell, one of the stars in “Succession,” superglued himself to a counter of a Starbucks in New York protesting the chain’s surcharge on vegan milks. The incident, which happened Tuesday, was a protest coordinated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Cromwell is a longtime supporter of
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business James Cromwell, one of the stars in “Succession,” superglued himself to a counter of a Starbucks in New York protesting the chain’s surcharge on vegan milks. The incident, which happened Tuesday, was a protest coordinated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Cromwell is a longtime supporter of
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households. Consumer prices jumped 8.3% last month from 12 months earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That was below
Continue Reading By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Britain has signed a security assurance with Sweden which like its neighbor Finland is pondering whether to join NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pledging to “bolster military ties” in the event of a crisis and support both countries should they come under attack. British
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Republican Sen. Susan Collins called the police over the weekend after an abortion rights message was written on a sidewalk outside her Maine home. Collins, a moderate, has drawn particular scrutiny — and anger — over her votes to confirm several Supreme Court justices who appear poised to overturn Roe v.
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A tiny fragment of the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago may have been found encased in amber — a discovery NASA has described as “mind-blowing.” It’s one of several astounding finds at a unique fossil site in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota that has preserved remnants
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By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press ELBASAN, Albania (AP) — After fleeing from a war zone, a group of young Ukrainian track and field athletes have made their way to safety in Albania. Their minds are still between the two countries. “I miss my mother’s food and grandmother’s advice,” said 17-year-old Maria Lariva, who throws the
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is struggling to answer questions about a baby formula shortage in the United States as the scope of the crisis becomes clearer and store shelves remain bare. After announcing a series of limited steps the Biden administration is taking to address the shortage, White House press secretary Jen
Continue Reading BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo has been discharged after a night in the hospital following a head injury sustained in a Spanish league game against Celta Vigo. The club says tests conducted on the player following his concussion on Tuesday came back with satisfactory results and doctors allowed him to return home.
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — The Sydney Kings have swept the best-of-five National Basketball League final for their first Australian title since 2005 by beating the Tasmania JackJumpers 97-88. Sydney outscored the JackJumpers 31-19 in the final quarter to win its fourth NBL championship. The deciding game was watched by an NBL final record attendance of 16,149
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business You remember the early days of the pandemic, when millions of office workers started doing their jobs from home for the first time. Video conferences — for business check-ins and happy hours — became a feature of daily life. Gym memberships were swapped for stationary bikes. Parents raced to crack
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go away, but America’s casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March. The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry’s national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S.
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By Dan Merica, CNN To Kathy Barnette and her ardent supporters in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, former President Donald Trump made a mistake. It’s not that Barnette and her supporters don’t still support the former President. They do, and many of her backers remain Trump’s most fervent defenders. But when the former President endorsed celebrity
Continue Reading By Jeffrey Toobin, CNN For Justice Clarence Thomas, these are glory days. As Thomas settles into his fourth decade on the Supreme Court, his influence, even his control, is ascendant. Thomas began his career as a justice as a near outcast — an ideological fringe figure and a scarred veteran of a brutal confirmation fight.
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