By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Copper is at the core of the American economy. It’s in the wires of our pervasive electronics, in the walls of homes and in the engines of cars. Experts say President Donald Trump’s plan for tariffs on the red metal could stymy the goal of boosting American
Continue ReadingPor Laura Sharman, Aqeel Najim y Teele Rebane Un gran incendio arrasó un edificio comercial en la ciudad de Kut el miércoles, al este de Iraq, matando a decenas de personas y dejando a una comunidad devastada. Al menos 61 personas, entre ellas hombres, mujeres y niños, murieron en el incendio en el hipermercado Al-Kornish
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in the cases against accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, has been fired. Although a reason for the dismissal was not immediately clear, she is also the daughter of James Comey, who is the former director of the FBI and a
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español La mayoría en EE.UU. se opone a la megaley de Trump, según encuesta. Los palestinos siguen muriendo en los centros de ayuda en Gaza. Incendio destruye el escenario principal del festival Tomorrowland. ¿Qué ocurre en Torre Pacheco y cuál es el origen de los altercados racistas en España? Esto es lo
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Joe Dalesandro didn’t expect to keep his mortgage rate at 6.99% for very long when he purchased a new home with his girlfriend last summer in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He’d refinance soon, he reasoned. He was wrong. “We always thought they would go down, and fairly quickly,” Dalesandro
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By Ben Church and Darren Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Former Arsenal and Manchester City star Bacary Sagna has urged Liverpool players to properly process the death of Diogo Jota by speaking to someone about their grief. Sagna, who spent a decade playing in the English Premier League, told CNN Sports that Liverpool players may struggle
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By Nick Paton Walsh, Lauren Kent and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks, which analysts say increasingly put key Ukrainian strongholds in the east in peril. Russia is thought
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — American golfer Wyndham Clark has reportedly been banned from Oakmont Country Club after he allegedly damaged the club’s venerated locker room at June’s US Open. According to a letter from Oakmont Country Club president John Lynch sent to members that Golf Digest – which, like CNN, is part of
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By Max Rego, CNN (CNN) — Another major championship means another opportunity for Scottie Scheffler. The 29-year-old world No. 1, who won his third major at May’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Golf Club, is favored to win this week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush. By winning, Scheffler would continue the trajectory he has been
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By Francesca Perry, CNN (CNN) — When the Japanese artist Shimabuku was 31 years old, he took an octopus on a tour of Tokyo. After catching it from the sea with the help of a local fisherman in Akashi, a coastal city over 3 hours away from the Japanese capital by train, he transported the
Continue ReadingPor Betsy Klein, CNN El presidente Donald Trump anunció el miércoles lo que podría ser una noticia refrescante para algunos estadounidenses: gracias a él, Coca-Cola está cambiando su receta estadounidense. “He estado hablando con Coca-Cola sobre el uso de azúcar de caña REAL en la Coca-Cola en Estados Unidos, y han accedido. Quiero agradecer a
Continue ReadingPor Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett y Sarah Ferris, CNN El presidente Donald Trump está un paso más cerca de lograr que el Congreso firme oficialmente una parte de los recortes de gastos de su Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental después de que los republicanos del Senado acordaran en las primeras horas de la mañana de este
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Days after Eric Adams won the New York City mayoral primary four years ago, he was invited to Washington by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak to the House Democratic caucus, touted by the chair of the House Democrats’ campaign arm as a model for campaigns around the country, and
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By Ian Wafula for CNN (CNN) — Roy Wanyonyi steps into the dark and dusty living room, its armchairs still carefully adorned in white lace covers, though it has been many months since guests sat here. The last time he and his wife, Maximilla Mwanga, were in this home in Webuye, an industrial town in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored in Boone County after more than 400 people were without power on Thursday morning, as thunderstorms rolled through Mid-Missouri. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map on Thursday morning showed 478 customers without power.
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By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are far more energized than Republicans about participating in next year’s midterms, but deeply negative perceptions of the Democratic Party and its officeholders raise questions about the party’s ability to capitalize on that energy. Overall, 72% of Democrats and Democratic-aligned registered voters say they are extremely motivated to
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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The mass firing of State Department employees could significantly impact the Trump administration’s ability to address the priorities it has said it values, multiple former and current department officials told CNN. Scores of personnel focused on issues the administration has said are no longer
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending legislation is providing short-term clarity for Wall Street — but fueling concerns about the long-term health of the US economy, investors say. The “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which Trump signed into law on July 4, is a positive for investors
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A special Missouri House committee began a series of hearings to take public testimony on property tax reform Wednesday. The meeting in Jefferson City stretched through much of the day and included remarks by legislators. One of them was Columbia’s Kathy Steinhoff, a former teacher who talked about the challenges of changing the property tax
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Crowded around a white board Monday night, members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus plotted over burgers their next big battle. They’d press to claw back more federal funding in line with the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts, maybe even draft up a deficit shrinking sequel
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