By Chris Isidore, CNN Business For the first time ever, a gallon of regular gas now costs $5 on average nationwide, according to AAA’s Saturday reading. The record is hardly a surprise. Gas prices have been rising steadily for the last eight weeks, and this latest milestone marks the 15th straight day that the AAA
Continue ReadingOpinion by Beth Ann Bovino for CNN Business Perspectives As markets reel over fears that an inflation-induced recession is on the horizon, the jobs market acts as if everything is fine. Employers added 390,000 jobs in May; the unemployment rate is at 3.6%, only slightly higher than before the pandemic began; and workers continue to
Continue ReadingBy Zahra Ullah and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Viktoria Shishkina clutches her husband’s hand as she recounts what they lost in Ukraine and all the horrors they now carry with them. Four months ago, they were preparing for the birth of their first child. Now, they sit in an unassuming apartment turned hostel in the center
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TODAY: Temperatures start incredibly warm this morning; in the upper 70s, with dewpoints in the 70s. This warm and muggy start will give us a head start on a run at triple digits this afternoon. Midday cloud cover, and a spot shower or two may keep temperatures from breaking 100, but upper 90s are likely.
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins, Manu Raju, Jamie Gangel and Kate Sullivan, CNN Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien will no longer appear before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol on Monday due to a family emergency, the committee announced in a release. Stepien’s wife went into labor, a source
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN Business US stocks plunged into bear market territory Monday morning as Wall Street investors grew increasingly nervous about the prospect of even more harsh medicine from the Fed to take the sting out of inflation. The Dow sank 825 points, or 2.7%, and the Nasdaq fell 4.3%. The broader S&P 500
Continue ReadingEssay by Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent In the late summer of 2020, my colleague Jo Parker, a senior editor at CNN, called me to discuss a job applicant. My department, CNN Health, was hiring a freelance news assistant to help with the avalanche of Covid-19 research, and Jo said she knew just the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Amber Heard has spoken out about everything from the public’s treatment of her during her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp to whether she was telling the truth about his alleged abuse. Heard sat down for an exclusive interview, her first, with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, a portion of which
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education is set to vote Monday night on the finalized 2022-23 school year budget. LINK: Columbia Board of Education agenda The school board plans to use more than $7 million to increase all employees’ salaries. On June 8, board members shared details about the budget at a hearing.
Continue ReadingEssay by Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent In the late summer of 2020, my colleague Jo Parker, a senior editor at CNN, called me to discuss a job applicant. My department, CNN Health, was hiring a freelance news assistant to help with the avalanche of Covid-19 research, and Jo said she knew just the
Continue ReadingBy Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices are facing protests from outside their newly fortified perimeter — and from within — as they finish an epic session destined to transform the law in America. The warnings from dissenting liberal justices battling the conservative supermajority have become overt. Justice Sonia
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Just imagine what a relief it would be if you could use the same charging cable for all of your devices — your phone, laptop, earbuds, camera, tablet, portable speaker, etc. Well, in a huge step to reduce cable clutter and waste, European regulators say that Apple and other smartphone makers
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Just imagine what a relief it would be if you could use the same charging cable for all of your devices — your phone, laptop, earbuds, camera, tablet, portable speaker, etc. Well, in a huge step to reduce cable clutter and waste, European regulators say that Apple and other smartphone makers
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN The world’s biggest powers might have once pledged to work toward a world without nuclear weapons, but global stockpiles are expected to rise over the coming decade, according to a new report. “There are clear indications that the reductions that have characterized global nuclear arsenals since the end of the cold
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The anticipated testimony of former President Donald Trump‘s campaign manager Bill Stepien before the House January 6 committee was unexpectedly upended Monday when Stepien said he couldn’t appear due to a family emergency. The development is “disruptive” to Monday’s hearing, a source familiar with the committee’s
Continue ReadingBy Karen Smith and Dakin Andone, CNN US basketball star Brittney Griner — who has been held in Russia since February on accusations of drug smuggling — will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2, after a Russian court extended her detention, Russian state news agency TASS reported Tuesday. Griner, 31, has been
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Mandatory evacuations are in place after a wildfire expanded steadily in Southern California’s Angeles National Forest on Sunday. The Sheep Fire grew from 35 acres Sunday morning to 775 acres that afternoon, according to InciWeb. As of Monday, the fire has scorched 990 acres with around 27% containment,
Continue ReadingBy CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Sophie Jeong in Hong Kong Nine people have been arrested in China following an assault on four women in the northern city of Tangshan on Friday, local police said in a statement on Saturday. Graphic security footage showing scenes from the incident was posted on social media on Friday, triggering
Continue ReadingBy Sandra Gonzalez and Chloe Melas, CNN The Tony Awards celebrate the best in theater and this year’s celebration returned to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since the pandemic. “West Side Story” star and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose hosted the ceremony. See below for a complete list of nominees, with the winners
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of 20 senators on both sides of the aisle announced an agreement was reached on new laws meant to address the country’s ongoing gun violence. The proposal would be the first major gun law to make it through Congress in years. There have been more than 250 mass shootings in
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