By Donald Judd, Paul LeBlanc and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday announced that 20 of the nation’s internet providers have committed to lowering costs for low-income households, a step the administration says will increase access to high-speed internet for 48 million households nationwide. “Over the last few months, my administration has worked
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By Laura He, CNN Business One of China’s top leaders has painted a grim picture of the job market in the world’s most populous nation, as widespread Covid lockdowns slam the brakes on the economy. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang — the No. 2 in the hierarchy of China’s ruling Communist Party — called the employment
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By Nectar Gan, CNN The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China’s internet after questioning the sustainability of the country’s zero-Covid policy. The censorship on Weibo and WeChat, China’s two largest social media platforms, targets WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ comments that expressed rare disagreement with Beijing’s policies. “When we
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By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Shanghai is further tightening its stringent lockdown measures after China’s top leader Xi Jinping pledged to “unswervingly” double down on the country’s controversial zero-Covid policy, leaving millions confined to their homes with no end in sight. Over the weekend, videos showing Shanghai residents arguing or scuffling with hazmat
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TODAY: After some clouds this morning, more overall sunshine and clear skies is expected Monday. This and more south wind will jump temperatures nearly another 10 degrees over yesterday. Expect possibly record breaking heat today, with highs climbing into the low 90s. Today will be hot, but also breezy. Winds will be sustained out of
Continue ReadingVictoria Fernandez (CNN) — La primera dama de Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, pasó parte del Día de la Madre en un viaje no anunciado a Uzhhorod, una pequeña ciudad en el extremo suroccidental de Ucrania, un país que durante las últimas 10 semanas ha estado bajo la invasión de Rusia. En una escuela reconvertida que
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, dio un discurso durante el desfile anual del Día de la Victoria en Moscú y les dijo a las tropas que “hoy están defendiendo por lo que lucharon sus abuelos y bisabuelos”. “Nuestro deber es hacer todo lo posible para que el horror de una guerra
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Si Corea del Norte estaba buscando otra excusa para seguir adelante con su programa de armas nucleares, acaba de encontrar una en la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia. El hecho de que uno de los pocos países que ha renunciado voluntariamente a un arsenal nuclear ahora esté bajo ataque del
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By OLEG CETINIC and ALEX TURNBULL The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 passenger plane crash in the Indian Ocean that killed 152 people sat in the front row of a Paris courtroom Monday at the opening of the trial of the Yemeni airline which operated the flight. Bahia Bakari,
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Government supporters attacked protesters who have been camped outside the office of Sri Lanka’s prime minster. Supporters of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa rallied inside his office earlier Monday, urging him to ignore protesters’ demand to step down. After the meeting, they went
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Months have passed since the makers of Similac issued a recall for some of their baby formulas.
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Early voting has begun in Australia’s election with the opposition party hoping the first ballots will reflect its lead over the government in opinion polls. Voting is compulsory in Australia and almost 17 million adults in a population of 26 million people are expected to vote.
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By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of high school basketball and now have business deals to prove it. The New York City teens and friendly rivals are cashing in on their name, image and likeness through marketing contracts often
Continue Reading By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of high school basketball and now have business deals to prove it. The New York City teens and friendly rivals are cashing in on their name, image and likeness through marketing contracts often
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Trade unions are starting their “Week of Protests” on Monday, demanding the government and country’s president to step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory. The Indian Ocean island nation is on the brink of bankruptcy and has suspended payments on its foreign
Continue Reading By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins dodged a major problem this past week. There were initial concerns that Correa might have a broken finger after Thursday night’s game at Baltimore. Instead, it was only bruised. The Twins have won 14 of 17. They lead the AL Central by three
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks say a fan was removed from Sunday’s Western Conference semifinal round playoff game against Phoenix after the team was made aware of an incident with the family of the Suns’ Chris Paul. ESPN reported that members of Paul’s family had been harassed by fans and that some in the
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By Hannah Sarisohn and Sara Smart, CNN An area outside the Lowell Point community near Seward, Alaska, was still unstable Sunday, following a Saturday landslide which blocked access to the primary road connecting the resort area and the city of Seward. Brenda Ballou, a spokesperson for the city, told CNN a few hundred people live
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings rebounded from back-to-back blowout losses to even their first-round playoff series with a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4. Jonathan Quick tried to make a couple of his 31 saves without his glove during a masterful performance, and
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By AARON MORRISON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — No, insists Patrisse Cullors, former leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation: Despite allegations of financial improprieties, neither she nor anyone else in leadership misused millions of dollars in donations. But in an interview with The Associated Press, Cullors acknowledged that BLM was ill-prepared
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