LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a pair of gunmen walked into a mosque in eastern Punjab province and opened fire at the worshippers, killing a member of an outlawed anti-India militant group and another man before fleeing the scene. Police say the gunmen pretended to be worshipers when they walked into the mosque
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By Matt Egan and Anna Bahney, CNN New York (CNN) — Sheila Bair, who had a front row seat to the subprime mortgage meltdown, is worried today’s housing market is unsustainably hot. The median home price of an existing home stood at just $278,200 in August 2019, according to the National Association of Realtors. That
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Soccer legend Wayne Rooney has been announced as the new manager of Birmingham City, the English club that NFL icon Tom Brady owns a minority stake in. Rooney left his position at Major League Soccer (MLS) side D.C. United by mutual consent on Sunday, but has jumped straight back
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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli woman and her daughter survived Hamas’ 12-hour siege of their kibbutz by barricading themselves into a safe room using a vacuum cleaner and a rolling pin. Theirs was just one of the remarkable stories of survival against the odds to have emerged following the Gaza-based militant group’s
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve the Republican hold on a South Carolina congressional district against a claim that it treats Black voters unfairly. The outcome could shape the fight for partisan control of the House of Representatives. The court’s six conservative justices on Wednesday signaled
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are feeling optimistic that a rise in long-term Treasury yields could finally put an end to the past 19 months of historic interest rate hikes meant to tamp down inflation. Wall Street is also feeling hopeful that there won’t be further
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Nikki Haley has long tried to set herself apart from her Republican presidential rivals on foreign policy, peppering her speeches with anecdotes about serving as United Nations ambassador and the threats she sees from China and Russia. The war provoked by Hamas’ attack on Israel has
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore and Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Stellantis and Samsung plan to build a second EV battery plant in Kokomo, Indiana, a town where many current Stellantis workers see such plants as a threat to their current jobs. EV battery plants are a critical part of the plans of traditional automakers
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities imposed a fine of about $1,500 on a prominent human rights advocate for criticizing the war in Ukraine, the latest step in a relentless crackdown. Oleg Orlov, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, was convicted of “discrediting” the Russian military
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The “Mona Lisa” has given up another secret. Using X-rays to peer into the chemical structure of a tiny speck of the celebrated work of art, scientists have gained new insight into the techniques that Leonardo da Vinci used to paint his groundbreaking portrait of the woman
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — ExxonMobil has agreed to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, a major shale oil producer in the deal that will more than double Exxon’s footprint in the Permian Basin in the Southwest United States. Though it’s the largest US oil company, ExxonMobil was relatively slow to develop shale oil
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — There’s a question I find myself asking when watching movies from previous decades: Whatever happened to that actress? She was so good and then just … not around anymore. It comes up with depressing frequency, as the films of the 1980s and 1990s are my absolute favorites. The tally of names
Continue ReadingBy ELIZA HAVERSTOCK of NerdWallet On the bumpy road to repayment this fall, student loan borrowers have some qualms. Borrowers filed more than 101,000 student loan complaints with the Federal Student Aid office in 2022 – more than double from 2021 – and that number is poised to increase further as October payments approach. But
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes deben reparar las divisiones abiertas en su conferencia si quieren tener éxito en la elección de un nuevo presidente, mientras las peligrosas crisis mundiales en Israel y Ucrania exponen el alto costo de su mal funcionamiento de la mayoría. Los dos candidatos declarados,
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN Business) — The latest Powerball jackpot has jumped to $1.73 billion as the prize becomes the second largest in the lottery’s history. But in 1987 when Lotto America, the precursor to Powerball, was introduced, organizers prohibited jackpots of more than $80 million. “There were concerns about what you
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas. Including debt, Exxon is committing about $64.5 billion to the acquisition, leaving no doubt of the Texas
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CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Google wants to do away with passwords and pivot to an alternative sign-in method known as “passkeys.” The technology prompts users to unlock their accounts with a fingerprint, face scan or pin number to provide an added layer of security against potential hackers. Here’s what else you need
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Google wants to do away with passwords and pivot to an alternative sign-in method known as “passkeys.” The technology prompts users to unlock their accounts with a fingerprint, face scan or pin number to provide an added layer of security against potential hackers. Here’s what else you need
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Google wants to do away with passwords and pivot to an alternative sign-in method known as “passkeys.” The technology prompts users to unlock their accounts with a fingerprint, face scan or pin number to provide an added layer of security against potential hackers. Here’s what else you need to
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race to replace Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards tops the list of contests voters will decide Saturday in one of only three gubernatorial elections scheduled this year. Fourteen candidates are competing to succeed Edwards under a primary system in which all candidates appear together on
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