By Jack Bantock, CNN Shirtless and mud-spattered — golf fans tuning in to the Honda Classic on Saturday would have been forgiven for thinking they’d switched over to the wrong channel. Because not just once, but twice during his third round, American golfer Akshay Bhatia was forced into an impromptu wardrobe change at the PGA
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell Consky, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — New research suggests that while higher levels of greenhouse gasses produced by businesses initiate negative associations from stakeholders, a company’s market value remains positively linked if they promise climate change initiatives. However, the actual outcome of those sustainability
Continue ReadingBy Adrian Ghobrial, CTV National News Correspondent Click here for updates on this story Kyiv, Ukraine (CTV Network) — Fighting for freedom far from home. That’s where CTV National News finds two Canadians preparing for their second deployment to the front lines in Ukraine. Connecting with fighters in an active war zone involves trust on
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By Phil Mattingly, Allie Malloy and MJ Lee, CNN The Biden administration is projecting confidence about the fate of President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation program in a message to applicants, even in the face of skepticism from conservative Supreme Court justices in Tuesday’s high-stakes oral arguments. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in an email
Continue Reading By David Wright, CNN Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin is entering the race to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, with a campaign launch video on her YouTube page and a US Senate campaign website up. The announcement makes Slotkin the first Democrat to officially declare a bid in what is likely to be among the
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Luke McGee, CNN Britain and the European Union have reached an agreement on new trade rules in Northern Ireland in an attempt to resolve a thorny issue that has fueled post-Brexit tensions in Europe and on the island of Ireland. The deal could potentially resolve the issue of imports and border
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Adidas last year dumped Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and his once hugely popular Yeezy clothing and sneaker brand because of his antisemitic remarks. But the controversy has seemingly spurred demand for the shoes. Yeezy sneakers currently are among the top three sellers on Impossible Kicks, a large online reseller
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Stuart and Arlette Saenz, CNN First lady Jill Biden did not hesitate when asked if there was any chance her husband would not run for reelection in 2024. “Not in my book,” she told CNN in an interview Saturday during a five-day trip that saw her visit Namibia and Kenya. “I’m all for
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Elon Musk defended “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams after hundreds of newspapers stopped printing the comic strip because of Adams’ recent racist comments. Last week, Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” and suggested that White people should “get the hell away” from them. Adams effectively encouraged segregation in a shocking rant
Continue Reading By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Analysts have long expected a slowdown in the US labor market, but for the past 10 months, the data has come in better than expected. That may sound like a good thing for the economy, but as the Federal Reserve attempts to fight inflation, the still-hot jobs market is signaling that
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Twitter’s massive job cuts continued this weekend, as the company cut about 10% of its remaining staff, according to a report in the New York Times. The latest axing of about 200 jobs takes the company’s headcount down to under 2,000 staffers, according to the Times. That’s down from the 7,500
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms. Here’s what you need to know about derechos: They can produce hurricane-force winds A derecho is classified by a swath of wind damage extending more
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind. A nail-biting playoff victory over compatriot Eric Cole at The Honda Classic
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — En una muestra de apoyo a los niños afectados por el terremoto en Turquía, los aficionados al fútbol lanzaron animales de peluche al campo durante un partido entre el Beşiktaş y el Antalyaspor este domingo. El partido se detuvo en el minuto 4 y 17 segundos para coincidir con la
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government is pushing back against a demand by the country’s data protection commissioner to take down its Facebook page over data privacy concerns. The commissioner said last week that he had given the government’s press office four weeks to shut down the page. He argued that people who run such
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By RICK CALLAHAN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Powerful storms with widespread wind gusts and reported tornadoes swept across Oklahoma and Kansas, leaving more than a dozen people injured, and some Michigan residents faced a fifth-straight day Monday without power following last week’s ice storm. In California, the National Weather Service said a series of
Continue Reading By RICK CALLAHAN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press Powerful storms with widespread wind gusts and reported tornadoes swept across Oklahoma and Kansas, leaving more than a dozen people injured, and some Michigan residents faced a fifth-straight day Monday without power following last week’s ice storm. In California, the National Weather Service said a series of
Continue Reading By Jill Martin and Ben Church, CNN Novak Djokovic has achieved another milestone in his illustrious tennis career, surpassing Steffi Graf to spend the most weeks at No. 1 in the world. On Monday, Djokovic started his 378th week as the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 1, spending the most weeks in that
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — It was pharmacist Gwendolyn Herzig’s first time testifying before a legislative committee when she spoke to several Arkansas lawmakers in a packed hearing room this month about a bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors. Herzig, who is transgender, spoke out against the legislation and told
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese air force serviceperson has filed a lawsuit against the government saying it had failed to protect her from verbal sexual harassment from a male colleague and then systematically covered up the problem for more than a decade. The plaintiff is seeking $85,800 in damages from
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