ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — A powerful tornado tore through rural Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night, killing at least 13 people, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather that produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states and prompted authorities to warn some in its path that they
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ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — A powerful tornado tore through rural Mississippi and Alabama on Friday night, killing at least 13 people, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather that produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states and prompted authorities to warn some in its path that they
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany and the European Union say they have reached an agreement in their dispute over the future of cars with combustion engines, allowing the registration of new vehicles with such engines even after 2035 if they use climate-neutral fuel only. EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans tweeted Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN It may be thousands of miles from the frontline, but the Ukrainian soccer team is never far from the horrors of war. While the squad has assembled in the leafy suburbs of London ahead of its Euro 2024 qualifying match against England, Russian forces continue to bombard Ukraine — with deadly
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Al menos 26 personas murieron, decenas resultaron heridas y cuatro están desaparecidas después de que poderosas tormentas y al menos un tornado golpearan el sureste de Estados Unidos el viernes por la noche, arrancando techos de casas, casi arrasando algunos vecindarios y dejando sin electricidad a miles, dijeron las autoridades. El
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN A direct “wine train” could soon link London and southern France, and the world’s happiest country is set to share its secrets with a lucky few in a free master class on home turf, with travel expenses covered. Europe’s trains know how to party Good news for guys who like to
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Many lovers of spiders profess a lifelong fascination with all things creepy crawly. Heather Bruen’s affinity for spiders was borne out of necessity. At first she couldn’t stand them — their creepy eight-legged walk-and-stalk, that haunting gaze and garish, hairy body. But living in Florida, where the regal jumping spider is
Continue Reading By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi says he was expelled from Parliament because he has raised serious questions about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relationship with the business conglomerate Adani Group. Gandhi says the objective is to prevent him from speaking in the legislature about his allegation
Continue ReadingJacqui Palumbo, CNN The Beyhive may still be waiting for “Renaissance” visuals, but a surprise couture collection directly inspired by the album’s songs, courtesy of Balmain, might scratch that itch (for now). The French luxury brand’s creative director, Olivier Rousteing, released a lookbook Friday of showstopping designs made in collaboration with Beyoncé. The collection’s theme:
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells and Chris Boyette, CNN A Florida couple has been kidnapped in Haiti and remains captive under ransom demands, family members say, who are asking for help and pressuring US officials to find them. Abigail and Jean-Dickens Toussaint, both 33, were kidnapped on March 18 around Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital, according to a
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died. He was 94. Moore died Friday at his home in Hawaii, according to Intel and the
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN More stores now offer customers the option to tip, from coffee shops to ice cream stores. Around 48% of purchases at fast food restaurants, as well as coffee shops, included a tip during the final quarter of 2022, according to data released this month from Toast, a restaurant management software company.
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A veteran corporate lawyer has been shot dead in Myanmar’s biggest city by self-proclaimed urban guerrillas, highlighting the bloody struggle between the military government and its foes. A business colleague, local media and the guerrilla group say Min Tayza Nyunt Tin was shot multiple times on Friday
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner, Meridith Edwards and Rachel Clarke, CNN Tammie Bailey worries every day that her water will turn bad. That the smell of rotten eggs and rotting meat will come out of her kitchen tap again. Worse still, that the water will be the soupy mix of sediment and contaminants that forced her to
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner, Meridith Edwards and Rachel Clarke, CNN Tammie Bailey worries every day that her water will turn bad. That the smell of rotten eggs and rotting meat will come out of her kitchen tap again. Worse still, that the water will be the soupy mix of sediment and contaminants that forced her to
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN An extremist and until recently almost unheard-of network in Germany is back in the spotlight after police carried out nationwide raids against it. The Reichsbürger movement — made up of small groups and individuals spread across the country — peddles a number of bizarre views and rejects the
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Jake Kwon, CNN Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a show of support for China as a market and manufacturing base during a visit to Beijing Saturday, even as trade and tech sector tensions escalate between the United States and the world’s second-largest economy. Apple and China had “grown together” over the
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Berlin go to the polls this weekend to decide on a proposal that would force the city government to drastically ramp up the German capital’s climate goals. Sunday’s referendum, which has attracted considerable financial support from U.S.-based philanthropists, calls for Berlin to become climate neutral
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — From Zimbabwe, where many must work at night because it’s the only time there is power, to Nigeria where collapses of the grid are frequent, the reliable supply of electricity remains elusive across Africa. The electricity shortages that plague many of Africa’s 54 countries are a serious
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its key interest rate for the ninth time since last March. Each time the Fed raises the rate, lending rates that banks charge their customers tend to follow. That means consumer debt — especially variable-rate credit card debt — will get more expensive. “[T]he average
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