By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes more destruction to people’s homes. The measures include giving wider access to an immediate $750 per person impacted by extreme
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Lansdale, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Rachael Gambino and Garrett Mazzeo planned their financial life by the book: They went to college, paid down debt, saved aggressively, got married, bought a house, started a family. The dream. But sitting at the kitchen table of their suburban Pennsylvania home — an asset they feel both lucky
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved legislation easing rules to gain citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship. The government argues that the plan passed Friday will bolster the integration of immigrants and help attract skilled workers. The main center-right opposition bloc criticized the project vehemently, arguing that
Continue ReadingBy BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says debt-stricken Sri Lanka’s economic reform program is yielding the first signs of recovery, but the improvements still need to translate into improved living conditions for its people. Sri Lanka has been struggling with an economic crisis since declaring bankruptcy in
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By Mary Kay Mallonee and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The House Armed Services Committee has asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to testify before the panel to explain his failure to notify key government leaders, including the president, of his recent hospitalization. Rep. Mike Rogers, chair of the Republican-led panel, sent a letter to Austin
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Apple has promised to open up its tap-and-go mobile payment system to rivals as a way to resolve an antitrust case and avoid potentially billions in fines. The European Union said Friday that Apple proposed letting rival mobile wallet and payment service providers access the contactless payment function on its iOS operating
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. American companies could start buying up more of their
Continue ReadingBy Cheri Mossburg and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Innocence Project is now representing Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murder in 2004 in the deaths of his wife and their unborn son, the group said Thursday. The nonprofit organization, which works to exonerate people who are wrongly convicted and incarcerated, said
Continue Reading By Adrienne Winston and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — US Capitol Police said it investigated more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress last year – an increase of about 500 cases from the previous year, according to data released Thursday by the department. In 2023, the USCP’s Threat Assessment Section investigated 8,008 cases, Capitol
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,6 con epicentro en el departamento del Valle de Cauca, en el occidente de Colombia, a unos 60 kilómetros de profundidad, se registró la mañana de este viernes, según un reporte del Servicio Geológico Nacional de Estados Unidos (USGS) por sus siglas en inglés. El Servicio Geológico
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff. The aircraft landed safely Thursday night “after experiencing an engine malfunction soon after departure,” a spokesperson for Atlas Air said in a statement Friday. “The crew followed all standard procedures
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Como dijo una vez el propio Jim Carrey: “Es hora de divertirse”. El actor de “La máscara” hizo precisamente eso a principios de esta semana en el popular San Vicente Bungalows de Los Ángeles, donde celebró su cumpleaños número 62, y no podemos olvidar la lista de invitados. El comediante Jeff
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Indian firm Tata Steel says it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot in Wales, eliminating 2,800 jobs. The move is part of plans to make its unprofitable U.K. operation leaner and greener. Tata plans to switch from coal-fired blast furnaces to electric
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency in charge of emergency management is changing its program that helps those who survive wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters. Federal Emergency Management Agency head Deanne Criswell says the changes are designed to simplify and speed up the process for disaster survivors to get
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — If “Alien” broke ground as a haunted house movie in outer space, “I.S.S.” moves the suspense thriller into a similar confined and tense setting. Yet despite the gravity of the situation (or lack thereof), the promising idea feels too weightless in the spare, underdeveloped execution, operating at the
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Macy’s is laying off around 2,000 employees and closing more stores as Americans move away from brick-and-mortar chains. Consumers are also spending less at gas stations, furniture stores and personal-care shops, the Commerce Department says. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Macy’s is laying off around 2,000 employees and closing more stores as Americans move away from brick-and-mortar chains. Consumers are also spending less at gas stations, furniture stores and personal-care shops, the Commerce Department says. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
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By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Buffalo Bills turned up the heat in the Wild Card round, downing the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-17, but the winter weather still has Highmark Stadium firmly in its grasp. Ahead of the Bills’ divisional round match-up against the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo has asked for more volunteers to help
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Macy’s is laying off around 2,000 employees and closing more stores as Americans move away from brick-and-mortar chains. Consumers are also spending less at gas stations, furniture stores and personal-care shops, the Commerce Department says. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — This was a vodka cranberry cocktail with a twist. Playing the par-5 16th hole at the Pete Dye Stadium Course in La Quinta, California, at The American Express tournament on Thursday, Adam Schenk’s approach shot skewed right of the green towards an uninviting group of small rolling hills. A
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