By David Williams, CNN The Carnival Glory cruise ship will house hospital staff, first responders and other emergency workers in New Orleans to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Ida. The cruise line announced Monday that it had made an agreement with the city and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide the ship through
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “We Make Movies Better.” That’s the tagline of a new advertisement from AMC Theatres. The world’s biggest movie theater chain debuted a $25 million national ad campaign Wednesday that it hopes will bring audiences back to the movies. It’s an unusual move because movie theater chains typically don’t advertise outside
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Chevron, the $186 billion US oil giant, is taking steps to diversify its business away from fossil fuels as concerns about the climate crisis grow. What’s happening: This week, the company announced that it will spend $10 billion through 2028 on low-carbon energy sources like renewable diesel fuel and hydrogen,
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN It’s a Christmas Eve gift! Actress Olivia Munn and comedian John Mulaney have shared the first glimpse of their baby, who is now 1 month old. Munn posted an Instagram photo showing baby Malcolm wearing a blue beanie and swaddled in a fluffy blanket as he sleeps. “My Golden Ox baby.
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN A pro-Chinese government online influence operation is targeting Americans in an effort to exploit divisions over the Covid-19 pandemic and “physically mobilize protestors in the US in response,” according to a new report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant and experts at Google. The operation, which initially attempted to discredit pro-democracy protests in
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN To avoid the worst consequences of climate change — worsening extreme weather, irreversible ecosystem shifts, loss of life and economic hardship — scientists say the world must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The only way to do that, they say, is by making deep cuts to
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By Keith Allen, Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN Louisiana’s health department on Tuesday revoked the licenses of seven nursing homes that sent residents to a warehouse to shelter during Hurricane Ida — a situation that the department said involved unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Seven of the residents who sheltered at the warehouse died, according
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By Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Hundreds of people protested in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Tuesday, against what they say are Taliban orders for citizens to leave their homes on the eve of winter. Protesters marched in front of the governor’s office in the city after 3,500 people living in a government-owned
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Francesca Street, CNN Twenty years ago, Nick Marson and Diane Kirschke were strangers on board Continental Airlines flight 5 traveling from London Gatwick to Houston, Texas. Four hours or so into the flight, the pilot came over the intercom and announced the airplane would be diverting to Newfoundland, Canada. “There are problems in US airspace,”
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By Tara John, CNN There needs to be enough immunity in the general population from vaccines or infections for the Covid-19 pandemic to transition to an endemic phase — similar to manageable diseases like influenza. This growing debate on whether Covid-19 is endemic really rests on what we are “willing to accept,” said CNN’s Chief
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday a bill that imposes a raft of new restrictions on voting in one of the nation’s fastest-growing and diversifying states. Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 after the Republican-led Legislature approved it during the second special session that the second-term GOP governor had called
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By Liz Stark, CNN The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more people away from the profession of driving, signaling a bumpy road ahead for key industries ranging from ride-hailing to delivery services. This issue is especially acute among school districts grappling with a shortage of school bus drivers as the new academic year begins this week
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos, was found guilty on four charges of defrauding investors, capping off the stunning downfall of a former tech icon. She was found not guilty on three additional charges concerning defrauding patients and one charge of conspiracy
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Virginia on Wednesday took down a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the last Confederate statue remaining along Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue. A pair of rulings from the state Supreme Court last week cleared the way for its removal after intense national debate over the 12-ton statue’s purpose and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The third of five drawings for a chance to win $10,000 will take place Friday, with the deadline for new entries being Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 11:59 p.m. Anyone who has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the deadline can enter for the drawings. In order to make the deadline
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By Dana Bash, CNN Illustration by Alberto Mier, CNN Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — the only person in California history to win a gubernatorial race in a recall election — is aggressively neutral on the one coming up on September 14. No endorsements, the former Republican governor says, because he has relationships with a lot
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By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN It’s Spain’s Mediterranean escape, a place that for decades has been the go-to spot for jet setters, party lovers and package vacationers keen to let their hair down and enjoy sun, sea and sand in abundance. Yet as in so many famous tourist destinations across Europe, the Costa
Continue Reading By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN It’s Spain’s Mediterranean escape, a place that for decades has been the go-to spot for jet setters, party lovers and package vacationers keen to let their hair down and enjoy sun, sea and sand in abundance. Yet as in so many famous tourist destinations across Europe, the Costa
Continue Reading By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN It’s Spain’s Mediterranean escape, a place that for decades has been the go-to spot for jet setters, party lovers and package vacationers keen to let their hair down and enjoy sun, sea and sand in abundance. Yet as in so many famous tourist destinations across Europe, the Costa
Continue Reading By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN It’s Spain’s Mediterranean escape, a place that for decades has been the go-to spot for jet setters, party lovers and package vacationers keen to let their hair down and enjoy sun, sea and sand in abundance. Yet as in so many famous tourist destinations across Europe, the Costa
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