By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply as investors anticipate inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and fret over the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Stocks extended their three-week decline on Wall Street and put the benchmark S&P 500 on track to close
Continue Reading By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia and three states are suing Google. They allege the internet search giant deceives consumers and invades their privacy by making it nearly impossible for them to stop their location from being tracked. In the lawsuit filed in a District of Columbia court,
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By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has pulled out of politics, ending a turbulent 17-year career and throwing the crisis-ridden country into further uncertainty. In a televised speech on Monday afternoon, Hariri — a three-time prime minister and the country’s most prominent Sunni politician — announced he was withdrawing from political
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Scottie Andrew, CNN The 2022 winners of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards, the top prizes in US children’s literature, include tales of trans boys, coming of age during the apocalypse, historical tragedies and celebrations of heritage. The literacy nonprofit’s awards, which include the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal and Coretta Scott King Awards, honor
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El ciclista colombiano Egan Bernal sufrió un accidente mientras entrenaba con su bicicleta este lunes en la vía Bogotá-Tunja, confirmó el equipo Ineos, al cual pertenece Bernal, a través de un comunicado de prensa. En el informe vial, la policía explicó que el accidente se produjo luego de que Bernal
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nota del editor: Stephanie Busari es editora supervisora de CNN para África con sede en Lagos, Nigeria. Todas las opiniones expresadas en el siguiente artículo le pertenecen a su autora. Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — “Hermana, ¿ya viste esta maravillosa portada?… es increíble”, me escribió una amiga en un mensaje de Instagram. Se trata
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A pro-Trump organizer and social media influencer who spoke at a Washington, DC, rally the day before the US Capitol attack was sentenced to three years of probation on Monday. Brandon Straka, a self-described “former liberal” who founded the #WalkAway campaign to encourage people to leave the Democratic
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a woman killed in a firetruck crash in Kansas City is suing the city, the fire department and the employee who was driving the truck. The Kansas City Star reports that Judy Holland, mother of 41-year-old Tami Knight, alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit filed last week
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — En la madrugada del 22 de junio de 1941 cerca de 3,05 millones de alemanes y sus aliados cruzaron la frontera para invadir la Unión Soviética sin declaración de guerra. El inicio de la “Operación Barbarroja”, hace 80 años, desencadenó una matanza de personas a una escala pocas veces vista.
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The city last week raised the low-temperature threshold to open the center from 9 degrees to 15 degrees.
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — Workers at a franchise of Tudor’s Biscuit World are hoping they will soon be members of West Virginia’s first unionized fast-food restaurant. The union drive has been led by employees in a state that has a storied history of labor activism. Prep Cook Cynthia Nicholson’s late
Continue Reading By ANGELA CHARLTON and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked player Novak Djokovic could be allowed to defend his French Open title under the latest COVID-19 rules adopted Monday by the French government, even if he is still not vaccinated when the clay-court Grand Slam starts in May. Djokovic was barred from playing
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By Brian Fung, CNN Business A bipartisan group of attorneys general sued Google on Monday, alleging that the technology giant has used “dark patterns” and deceptive practices to track users’ physical location even when those users have made efforts to block Google from doing so. The parallel lawsuits by the District of Columbia, Texas, Indiana
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– El Ejército de Burkina Faso anunció que tomó el control del país este lunes, derrocó al presidente Roch Kaboré, disolvió el Gobierno y el Parlamento, suspendió la Constitución y cerró sus fronteras. Un militar del Ejército, junto a más de una docena de soldados, hizo el anuncio en televisión estatal con un
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Richard Davis was a bankrupt pizzeria owner when he got the idea for a bulletproof vest in 1969 Michigan. Body armor was nothing new, of course, but Davis had an inkling that he could make something lighter that could be worn, undetected, under clothes. Kevlar, he’d discover, was the
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield police say a man died after officers took him into custody during the weekend. Police said in a news release Monday that officers tried to arrest 43-year-old Tymel Bowman, of Springfield after finding him and another man rummaging through trash at a convenience store Saturday evening. Police said Bowman resisted
Continue Reading By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Dozens of cats and dogs rescued from a hoarding case in Tulsa, Oklahoma are now in Massachusetts and will soon be looking for new homes, the MSPCA says. Forty-one cats and eight dogs that were “living in cramped and dirty conditions”
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russia would consider conducting a cyberattack on the US homeland if Moscow perceived that a US or NATO response to a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine “threatened [Russia’s] long-term national security,” according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN. “Russia maintains a range of offensive cyber tools
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — With special pandemic precautions, voting for Italy’s next president has begun without a clear slate of candidates following three-time ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s reluctant withdrawal. Party leaders on Monday kept huddling to find consensus even as the Grand Electors began casting ballots in a joint
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El ministro de Gobierno de Bolivia, Eduardo del Castillo, presentó este domingo al exdirector de la Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (FELCN) Maximiliano Dávila, arrestado el sábado por sus presuntos vínculos con el narcotráfico y supuesto enriquecimiento ilícito. Según un comunicado de la cartera, la diligencia se
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