By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Another deluge is on tap for the West this week as a series of systems line up and take aim at the Pacific Northwest coast. These storms have the potential to cause major flooding and landslides in areas that are already saturated with rain. The first system is winding down.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN High gas prices are quickly becoming a political liability for President Joe Biden — and like presidents before him, he has few options to bring them down. That doesn’t mean he won’t take steps to demonstrate his attention to the issue. In fact, he could take action as soon as Tuesday,
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Leah Dolan, CNN In Emily Ratajkowski’s new essay collection, “My Body, ” the story of Audrey Munson, the teenager dubbed “America’s first supermodel,” serves as a powerful reminder of the perils of being idolized. Having posed for some of the early 20th century’s great sculptors, Munson can today be found at parks, plazas and state
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A lawsuit filed by a Southern California couple says a Los Angeles-based fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryos into two women during in vitro fertilization procedures, resulting in a life-changing mix-up for two families who unknowingly gave birth to children that weren’t theirs and raised them for several months. Daphna and
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Republican Rep. Paul Gosar posted a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response Monday saying a “creepy member” of the House had “shared a fantasy video of him killing me.” “And
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By Paul R. La Monica and Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Electric, the industrial conglomerate founded by Thomas Edison in 1892, is breaking up. GE announced plans Tuesday to split into three separate companies. GE will become separate, publicly traded companies for its aviation, healthcare and energy businesses. The company said it hopes to spin
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Double-masking, staying at home nearly 24/7 and rarely seeing people beyond his wife are still the way of life for kidney transplant recipient Andrew Linder, even after many in the United States are living like the pandemic has ended. Health officials are recommending third and even fourth shots to boost Covid-19
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Bitcoin has rocketed to an all-time high of nearly $70,000. But investors are even more excited about ethereum, which is now the world’s second most valuable cryptocurency. Ethereum, or ether for short, is also trading at record levels. It’s now hovering around $4,850, having soared more than 560%
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By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Two months ago, Denmark was riding high. The European nation lifted all remaining domestic coronavirus restrictions as the government declared Covid-19 was no longer “an illness which is a critical threat to society.” With a successful vaccine rollout in their back pocket, Danes essentially returned to pre-pandemic daily life. They visited
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TUESDAY: The clouds have moved back in this morning and will stick with us for much of the day. A few sprinkles will be possible by this afternoon, but most of us should stay dry. Highs will make it into the middle 60’s. TONIGHT: Under mostly cloudy skies temperatures will be slow to cool off
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN The first police officer to respond to the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia, testified in court Monday he did not render first aid to Arbery due to the danger of the situation as well as his lack of medical training and equipment. Former Glynn County Police Officer Ricky Minshew
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business In February, Zillow appeared so confident in its ability to use artificial intelligence to estimate the value of homes that it announced a new option: for certain homes, its so-called “Zestimate” would also represent an initial cash offer from the company to purchase the property. The move, touted by a
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN As multiple Southeast Asia countries begin to ease travel restrictions, Myanmar, which boasts some of the region’s most spectacular destinations, has announced that it hopes to begin welcoming international tourists in early 2022. While this might seem like great news for travelers planning their post-lockdown trips, in Myanmar, it’s complicated. Most
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Researchers say they have found more than a dozen vulnerabilities in software used in medical devices and machinery used in other industries that, if exploited by a hacker, could cause critical equipment such as patient monitors to crash. The research, shared exclusively with CNN, points to the challenges that hospitals
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By David Culver, Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN China is ready to manage differences with the United States, the country’s leader Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, ahead of a planned virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden. The meeting, the first since Biden became President earlier this year, will be held as early as
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By Maggie Fox, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic caused a 16% rise in expected deaths among the 38 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, hitting overall life expectancy in 24 out of 30 members, the organization said Tuesday. Life expectancy fell the most in Spain and the United States, the group said, with
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Everything is coming up roses for big cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and Ethereum both hit record highs yesterday, and some investors predict even bigger gains to come. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Everything is coming up roses for big cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and Ethereum both hit record highs yesterday, and some investors predict even bigger gains to come. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Everything is coming up roses for big cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and Ethereum both hit record highs yesterday, and some investors predict even bigger gains to come. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN Everything is coming up roses for big cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and Ethereum both hit record highs yesterday, and some investors predict even bigger gains to come. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
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