By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — A letter giving a rare insight into Franz Kafka’s struggle with writer’s block is going up for auction. Best-known for the 1915 novella “The Metamorphosis,” the Prague-born Jewish writer struggled throughout his short life with anxiety, hopelessness and isolation – themes that came to define his work –
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year period. Now it’s shuttering hundreds, while Walgreens, Rite Aid and independent drugstores also pull back. An industry that saw waves of store growth
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Rowe Click here for updates on this story MONTREAL (CTV Network) — The few customers looking for an edible option at a Quebec cannabis store (SQDC) will have noticed some new options on the shelves and website. While edible products commonly associated with cannabis, like gummies or brownies, can not be sold under
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Congo says Congolese authorities have not shared details or provided access to the Americans who were arrested following a coup attempt last month. One family has issued pleas for help in confirming whether their son is alive. Congo’s army has released the
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Amy Simonson, Maxime Tamsett, Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Atlanta remains under a state of emergency Monday as it battles disruptions to its water service that began last week, leaving a swath of a major city under boil-water advisories and highlighting the pervasiveness of problems caused by America’s aging
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Shares of GameStop are soaring on Monday following speculation that the man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze owns a large number of shares of the video game retailer that may be worth millions. Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media platforms YouTube
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker has registered for the country’s June 28 presidential election. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf is the most-prominent candidate from within its Shiite theocracy in the race to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after a helicopter crash that killed him and seven others.
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Former rugby league star Rob Burrow, whose quiet strength and relentless campaigning captured the hearts of many Britons after he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND), has died aged 41, his former team Leeds Rhinos announced on Sunday. Alongside his wife, Lindsey, and friend and former teammate Kevin
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KCRA, KMAX, KOVR, CNN By Jillian Sykes and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Firefighters got the upper hand on a grass fire that began Saturday afternoon in San Joaquin County, California, but dangerous heat threatens to worsen the situation in the coming days. The Corral Fire began in the City of Tracy around 2:30 p.m. and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Columbia City Council unanimously approved salary adjustments for some of its workers. The council approved a plan that increases the pay for employees represented by the Water and Light Association and unrepresented workers. The pay increase will go into effect Sunday, June 9. City spokeswoman Sydney Olsen told ABC
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CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a new interview that he didn’t make a “lock her up” call for the imprisonment of his Democratic opponent of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton. Trump, who faces the possibility of a prison sentence after he was convicted last week on 34
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal has urged European voters to remember their own migratory roots in showing sympathy to people forced to flee their homes. Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point-man on migration, spoke Monday ahead of European Parliament elections this week where migration is a big issue. Czerny was speaking at the
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has reappointed Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly to form a new government. Madbouly earlier on Monday submitted his government’s resignation, two months after el-Sissi was sworn in for a third, six-year term. It is customary for the government to resign at the start of a fresh presidential mandate.
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press GOMBE, Nigeria (AP) — Africa’s most populous country has ground to a halt as Nigeria’s largest labor unions begin striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost of living crisis in decades. Electricity has been cut and major airports closed. President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms — including ending
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment. The 74-year-old Texas Democrat is seeking a 16th term and said late Sunday that she’s confident that doctors have developed a strong plan to target her disease. Jackson Lee says it’s likely that she
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CNN, WOIO, WEWS By Raja Razek, Michelle Watson, Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Police searching for a suspect in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Akron, Ohio, that left a 27-year-old-man dead and 24 others injured said they’re worried about the possibility of retaliatory violence. Officers responded to 911 calls
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Spotify is increasing its prices again, less than a year after it last hiked prices for most of its subscription plans. The latest price hike comes as streaming media companies face rapidly increasing costs of doing business – and customers continued to sour over rising prices of
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Nicole Goodkind, 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. After years of above-target inflation, geopolitical chaos and recession
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE KOMOR Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England to cover the Allies’ imminent D-Day invasion of Normandy, a U.S. commander offered them a no-nonsense welcome. “We’ll do everything we can to help you get your stories and to take care of
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