Francesca Street, CNN British flight attendant Kris Major has worked in aviation for over two decades. He’s seen the industry suffer and recover in the wake of 9/11, SARS and foot and mouth disease. Now, Major’s on the front line of what he reckons is the worst aviation crisis yet: the 2022 summer of travel
Continue ReadingBy Laura He and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business China has suspended some trade with Taiwan in apparent retribution for a visit by the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island. The curbs include the suspension of some fruits and fish imports from Taiwan, and exports of natural sand to the island. China
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Chuck Johnston, CNN Georgians can now claim an “unborn child” as a dependent on their state taxes, the state’s Department of Revenue announced this week. Residents filing their 2022 tax returns who had fetuses with detectable heartbeats at six weeks of pregnancy can claim a dependent personal exemption in the amount
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Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN While it’s hard to imagine flooding more frightening than what the St. Louis area and Kentucky saw last week, new research shows that more extreme events are coming, and if the communities impacted don’t build back smarter, the devastation will be worse the second time around. The world is getting better
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Former governor Eric Greitens did not admit defeat but instead praised his supporters after Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt beat him in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
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Voters in the primary election voted Mark Alford as the Republican candidate to potentially fill the seat of U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler in Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District.
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Brown, CNN Donald Trump’s White House counsel has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. The move on such a high-ranking official in Trump’s White House marks a significant escalation in the department’s probe into the plots to
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Trudy Busch Valentine easily won the Democratic U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday over former U.S. Marine Lucas Kunce.
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Continue ReadingBy Samantha Beech, Kiely Westhoff and Paul LeBlanc, CNN An Indiana bill that would ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions is headed for debate in the state’s full House of Representatives this week after clearing a key committee in the chamber Tuesday evening. The GOP-authored legislation passed the Indiana House Committee
Continue ReadingBy Jessica Dean and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted Tuesday night to pass a long-sought bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The final vote was 86-11. Passage of the
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb and Eric Cheung, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan as “one of the freest societies in the world” on Wednesday morning local time in her first public remarks since becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the island in 25 years. Pelosi spoke at the beginning of a meeting between
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN A pharmacist in McGregor, Minnesota, refused to fill a woman’s morning-after pill prescription because it violated his “beliefs,” a lawsuit alleges. When Andrea Anderson’s first contraception method failed in January 2019, she turned to ella, otherwise known as the “morning after pill” or emergency contraception, to prevent a possible pregnancy, the
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Selina Wang, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday evening, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China’s threats of retaliation over the visit. Pelosi’s stop in Taipei is the first time that a US House speaker has visited Taiwan in 25
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Within minutes of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landing in Taiwan on Tuesday night, China said it would immediately begin “a series of joint military operations around the island,” including using long-range live ammunition in the Taiwan Strait. An announcement from the People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said beginning Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The parents of a child who was murdered during the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting delivered emotional testimony in a Texas court on Tuesday, telling a jury that the lies pushed by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have stained the legacy of their son and tormented them for years. The jury
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy with lows in the upper 70s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny early with heat indices between 103-106. Scattered showers and storms moving in by late afternoon. A few storms may be severe with strong winds and heavy rain. EXTENDED: Heat and humidity hold on through Wednesday as winds from the south push
Continue ReadingBy Jarrod Wardwell and Michelle Watson, CNN The suspect accused of stabbing a 17-year-old boy to death and injuring four others while they were tubing in a Wisconsin river Saturday appeared in criminal court Monday, charged with intentional homicide. Nicolae Miu, 52, has been charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide and four counts
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, Ehsan Popalzai, Paul P. Murphy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban have claimed they were not aware that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was residing in the Afghan capital of Kabul where the US said he was killed in a drone strike over the weekend. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has no
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