By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Photographs by William DeShazer for CNN When the pandemic hit the US in March 2020, concert halls fell silent, stages faded to black and livelihoods hung in the balance. The US performing arts industry immediately lost more than half of its jobs; and unlike other hard-hit businesses such as restaurants,
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four people died and three juveniles were critically injured in a crash in St. Louis. Police say the crash happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday near the border of the Central West End and Vandeventer neighborhoods. Three women and one man who were traveling in the same vehicle were pronounced dead. Police
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By Ehsan Popalzai and Irene Nasser, CNN Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on Saturday. The new rules say women must cover their faces, ideally wearing the traditional burqa, according to a statement from the General Directorate of Administrative Affairs. If a woman does
Continue Reading By Ehsan Popalzai and Irene Nasser, CNN Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on Saturday. The new rules say women must cover their faces, ideally wearing the traditional burqa, according to a statement from the General Directorate of Administrative Affairs. If a woman does
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Gallagher Click here for updates on this story May 6, 2022 (CTV Network) — After more than two years of rolling COVID-19 lockdowns, capacity restrictions, and supply chain disruptions, half of small business owners report difficulty coping with mental health challenges. The data, released by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and
Continue ReadingBy Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story May 6, 2022 (CTV Network) — As tens of millions of women in America face losing access to abortion, experts in Canada say services offered by sexual health groups and abortion doulas in helping to navigate the process may become more crucial on both sides
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LONDON (AP) — Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and Luton will compete for one promotion place to the Premier League via the playoffs in the second-tier Championship. A low-key final day of the regular season in the Championship ended with Sheffield United and Luton taking the last two playoff spots thanks to wins over Fulham
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The series opener between the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees has been postponed for a second straight day because of a forecast for sustained rain in the area. The postponement was announced nearly four hours before game time. The Rangers and Yankees will make up Saturday’s game on Monday at
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Diplomats and rights groups have expressed concern after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency and police used force against peaceful protests demanding his ouster over the nation’s worst economic crisis. Rajapaksa issued a decree Friday declaring a public emergency. It empowers
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A Columbia man is charged with seven felonies including attempted rape and assault after a naked rampage through several businesses Wednesday night. According to court documents, this all started at the La Quinta Inn on I-70 after 37-year-old Justin Miller assaulted and attempted to rape a juvenile girl. Miller, who was staying at the hotel
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Hot Wheels is expanding representation for kids who use wheelchairs — with the company’s first-ever remote-controlled wheelchair toy. The toy was created in collaboration with five-time Wheelchair Motocross World Champion and Paralympic athlete Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham. Fotheringham, who was born with spina bifida and has been a full-time wheelchair user since
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix is still reeling from its stock plunge last month after losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade. To turn the narrative back in its favor, analysts have suggested adding ads and clamping down on password sharing. But one way Netflix can help itself is by
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he’s replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by machinery. In Houston, Al Flores increased the price of his BBQ restaurant’s brisket plate because the cost of
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Se está produciendo una revolución silenciosa en la forma en que transitamos por la seguridad del aeropuerto, pero la mayoría de nosotros ni siquiera nos hemos dado cuenta. El requisito de poner líquidos en recipientes de 100 mililitros y sacar los dispositivos electrónicos de las bolsas ha sido un elemento básico
Continue Reading By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Rescuers in Cuba’s capital searched Saturday to find survivors of an explosion that killed at least 25 people and devastated a luxury hotel that once hosted dignitaries and celebrities, including Beyoncé and Jay-Z. A natural gas leak was the apparent cause of Friday’s blast at Havana’s 96-room
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Story by Faith Karimi, CNN Video by Lacey Russell, CNN Photographs by Lynsey Weatherspoon/Redux for CNN The gray mansion with white trim stands out amid the brick homes in this affluent, quiet suburb of Atlanta. A Tesla and a Mercedes sit in the driveway. Towering pines wave gently in the backyard. Bare windows offer glimpses
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Inamullah Niazai sits on the front porch step of his red-brick St. Louis home and smiles at the bustle of activity around him — his mother and father chatting in the front yard, his two young daughters munching chocolate ice cream bars. “Anything is possible here,”
Continue Reading Story by Faith Karimi, CNN Video by Lacey Russell, CNN Photographs by Lynsey Weatherspoon/Redux for CNN The gray mansion with white trim stands out amid the brick homes in this affluent, quiet suburb of Atlanta. A Tesla and a Mercedes sit in the driveway. Towering pines wave gently in the backyard. Bare windows offer glimpses
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By Tierney Sneed The state-by-state patchwork of abortion restrictions that a reversal of Roe v. Wade would render will be even more complicated by the approaches of local prosecutors and law enforcement officials charged with enforcing abortion bans. Abortion rights advocates fear overzealous law enforcement officials will target crackdowns on the most vulnerable communities in
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By Tierney Sneed The state-by-state patchwork of abortion restrictions that a reversal of Roe v. Wade would render will be even more complicated by the approaches of local prosecutors and law enforcement officials charged with enforcing abortion bans. Abortion rights advocates fear overzealous law enforcement officials will target crackdowns on the most vulnerable communities in
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