By MAE ANDERSON and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — When Nat West, owner of cider-making company Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, decided to supplement his wholesale business by opening a taproom in a bustling neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, he thought getting financing would be a breeze. After all, he was only seeking
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By Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The congresswoman, 54, said in a video released by her office that she is “doing well” and “feeling good and staying strong.” “I’ve got a positive attitude and I’ve got the
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, spewing clouds of dust 20 kilometers (65,600 feet) into the sky and covering broad areas with ash. The ash cloud from the eruption of Shiveluch, one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes, extended over 500 kilometers (more than 300 miles) northwest and
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La madre de un niño de 6 años que le disparó a su maestra de primer grado en Newport News, Virginia, en enero, fue acusada formalmente de un delito grave de negligencia infantil y un cargo de dejar negligentemente un arma de fuego y poner en peligro a un niño, según
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Alrededor de 100 personas, incluidas mujeres y niños, murieron después de que la junta militar de Myanmar bombardeara este martes el municipio de Kant Balu en la región de Sagaing, según el gobierno en la sombra de la administración derrocada. El ataque causó “la pérdida de decenas de civiles inocentes
Continue Reading By Celine Alkhaldi and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN The United Nations has instructed all of its personnel in Afghanistan to stay away from its offices in the country, after the Taliban banned Afghan women from working with the organization. “UN national personnel — women and men — have been instructed not to report to UN offices,
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s justice minister has launched plans to relax the country’s strict restrictions on family names — for example, allowing couples to take double-barreled surnames and pass them on to their children. The minister said as he published the draft legislation on Tuesday that the current system “is about as up-to-date as a
Continue Reading By NOMAAN MERCHANT, ELLEN KNICKMEYER AND JON GAMBRELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. spies caught Russian intelligence officers boasting that they had convinced the oil-rich United Arab Emirates “to work together against US and UK intelligence agencies,” according to a purported American document posted online as part of a major U.S. intelligence breach. U.S.
Continue Reading By TOM KRISHER, MATTHEW DALY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, but the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Hugh Hefner lanzó la revista Playboy hace 70 años este año. El primer número incluía una fotografía desnuda de Marilyn Monroe, que había comprado y publicado sin su conocimiento o consentimiento. Hefner pasó a construir la marca Playboy a partir de las innumerables mujeres que aparecen en sus páginas, cuya
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Elizabeth Wolfe, Laura Ly, John Miller and Holly Yan, CNN [Breaking news update, published at 12 p.m. ET] The gunman in the deadly rampage at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon used in the killing spree at a local gun dealership six days before the attack, interim Louisville Metro Police Chief
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN British actress Millie Bobby Brown has fans thinking she and partner, Jake Bongiovi, are engaged, after the couple posted photos to social media on Tuesday. The “Stranger Things” star took to social media to share a photo of her and Bongiovi embracing — and eagle eyed fans have spotted a rather
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Even if US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision to suspend the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone goes through, there still will be a nonsurgical option for people to manage abortions at home. In the United States, the so-called abortion pill is actually two medications, mifepristone, sold under the
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top court in the Pakistani-administered section of Kashmir has removed the protégé of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and head of the local government from office. Reports say the territory’s premier, Tanveer Ilyas, was charged and convicted on Tuesday of insulting judges in public remarks. The
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Nemcova, one of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist era, has died. She was 89. She died on Tuesday morning, according to the Olga Havel Foundation, a charitable organization with which she was associated for many years. No details about the
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By TOM KRISHER, MATTHEW DALY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, but the
Continue Reading By Angus Watson, Jake Kwon, Alex Stambaugh and Kocha Olarn, CNN Around 100 people, including women and children, have been killed after Myanmar’s military junta bombed the Kant Balu township in the Sagaing region on Tuesday, according to the shadow government of the ousted administration. The attack resulted in the “loss of scores of innocent
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Por mucho que la gente celebre cuando pierde peso, no siempre es saludable. Un nuevo estudio muestra que la pérdida de peso en adultos mayores está asociada con muerte prematura y condiciones que limitan la vida. El aumento de peso, por otro lado, no se asoció con la mortalidad, según
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN Cineworld’s stock plummeted 36% Tuesday afternoon to an all-time low after the company said it had filed a plan to reorganize its business and shareholders would not recover any of their funds. The embattled owner of Regal Cinemas said it had submitted a final version of the plan to a US
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten and Marshall Cohen, CNN First, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors in rural northern California voted to cancel its contract with Dominion Voting Systems, citing public distrust of the company’s machines. Then, the supervisors agreed to shift to hand-counting ballots in future elections after receiving written assurance from one of the most
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