By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have waited years to implement. The promises come as the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. It’s a
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Amazon’s Prime Day sales event will be held on July 12 and 13, the company said Thursday. Last year’s sales spectacular, which returned to its usual summer perch, was the biggest two-day sales period for third-party sellers in the company’s history. Online spending during the event surpassed $11 billion, a
Continue Reading Opinion by Desmond Lachman for CNN Business Perspectives History will not judge the Jerome Powell Federal Reserve kindly. First, it brought us multi-decade high inflation. Now, it is putting us well on the path to a hard economic landing. Last year, at a time when the US economy was recovering strongly, the Fed kept its
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Tom Hanks, who won an Oscar for his role as a gay man with AIDS in the film “Philadelphia,” said that if the film were made today, a straight actor wouldn’t be cast in that role, and “rightly so.” The “Elvis” actor reflected on the role in an interview this week
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN When the loud sound of air raid sirens pierced through the relative calm of Kyiv on Thursday morning, it was a stark reminder for French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi that they were visiting a country under attack. Not that they needed one.
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN When the loud sound of air raid sirens pierced through the relative calm of Kyiv on Thursday morning, it was a stark reminder for French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi that they were visiting a country under attack. Not that they needed one.
Continue Reading Julia Buckley, CNN As the quest for less environmentally damaging aviation continues, one Spanish airline has thrown its hat into the ring by ordering new hybrid airships — which pack as much of a punch visually as they are said to do environmentally. Air Nostrum, which operates flights under the Iberia Regional umbrella from its
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Russian basketball clubs have been suspended from the next season of the EuroLeague. EuroLeague organizers cited “air travel restrictions and prohibitions or other limitations to issuing visas to Russian residents” during the country’s war with Ukraine. The 18-team league had three Russian entrants last season. CSKA Moscow has a long-term license
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Lego is planning to spend more than $1 billion to build a factory in the United States. The company announced Wednesday plans for a 1.7-million square foot plant in Virginia, which will employ roughly 1,800 people once its completed in 2025. It will be the Danish company’s seventh global factory
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Jo Shelley, CNN US actor Kevin Spacey was granted bail Thursday during his first appearance at a London court since authorities charged him with five offenses, including four counts of sexual assault. Spacey spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and London address during a brief procedural hearing, and a
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Vince McMahon, the CEO of WWE, is being investigated by the company’s board for agreeing to pay a secret $3 million settlement to a former employee he allegedly had an affair with, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The separation agreement, which was reportedly made in January, prevents the
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN The spy genre is so well worn one would think there’s not much new to be done, but “The Old Man” largely confounds those expectations, thanks to the stellar combination of Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Seeking a precedent for this FX series, the best might be “Robin and Marian,”
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN European Union officials on Thursday announced new, voluntary commitments by companies including Google, Facebook-parent Meta, Twitter and TikTok to limit the spread of fake and misleading content. Under the newest version of a code of conduct originally established in 2018, nearly three dozen entities vowed to step up efforts to detect
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines. Wife of the late Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines for 20 years until he was ousted in 1986. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1929 Birth place: Manila, Philippines (some sources say Leyte Province) Birth name:
Continue Reading By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Pixar is one of the most popular brands in animation as well as one of the most important studios in Disney’s media kingdom. But it has been a while since audiences could go to a theater to see one of its films. After releasing its last three features directly on
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — El candidato presidencial de la Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción, Rodolfo Hernández, propuso este jueves que, “por razones de seguridad y para facilitar las consultas y demás temas a que haya lugar”, el debate con Gustavo Petro se realice en la ciudad de Bucaramanga, Colombia. En un comunicado compartido a los medios
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los mercados estadounidenses cedieron las ganancias del día anterior en la mañana de este jueves, ya que los inversores sopesaron aún más el mensaje de la Fed en torno a la posibilidad de una inminente recesión. Las acciones se dispararon inmediatamente después de la reunión de la Fed cuando su
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1950 Birth place: Hindiya, Iraq (some sources say Hilla) Birth name: Nuri Kamil al-Maliki Marriage: Married Children: Four daughters and a son Education: Usul al-Din College, B.A., Islamic Studies, 1973; Salahaddin University, M.A., Arabic
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By Tierney Sneed The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked Thursday in its nomination vote for Steve Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The tie committee vote means that Democrats will have to use an additional procedural maneuver to put Dettelbach’s nomination on the Senate floor. That vote
Continue Reading By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates surged by more than half a percentage point this week amid rising inflation and an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, according to Freddie Mac. The jump is the largest one-week increase since 1987. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.78% in the week ending June 16, up
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