Happy Sunday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. More than 70% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings for July through September. And the results? Well, they look better than Wall Street had anticipated. The latest: 76% of
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Brian Tarantina, an actor who recently played the role of Jackie in Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” series, has died in New York at age 60, his manager told CNN on Saturday. Tarantina was found in his midtown Manhattan apartment after someone called 911 to say he was unconscious, and medics pronounced him dead at
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The German city of Dresden has declared a “Nazi emergency” after years of “right-wing extremist, racist” activity in the city, a local councilor says. Dresden city councilors this week passed a resolution warning that the far-right was growing in strength in the eastern German city. “The word ‘Nazinotstand’ is an exaggerated formulation for the fact
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World No.1 Ashleigh Barty and defending champion Elina Svitolina will face off for the richest prize in tennis after the pair came through tough three-set semifinals at the WTA Finals in China Saturday. Ukraine’s Svitolina dropped her first set of the tournament on her way to beating Swiss seventh seed Belinda Bencic, who had to
Continue Reading It’s Sunday, and that could only mean one thing: NFL Sunday is back. With 12 new matchups, including the long anticipated face-off between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens, things could get heated. So grab whatever you need and get comfortable, because you won’t want to miss any of this week’s action. Here’s how
Continue Reading Winter is coming. That phrase may stir up bad memories of the final season of “Game of Thrones,” but there is a greater risk with the changing seasons: seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The days are getting shorter with fall in full swing and winter right around the corner. With the changing seasons, people are at
Continue Reading It’s that time of the year again. You wake up and see your kitchen clock reading 8 a.m., even though you swear your alarm was set for 7 a.m. You’re convinced you’re late to work. But wait, whew. You’re not late. It’s Daylight Saving Time. Twice a year, clocks around the world move forward or
Continue Reading Omar Taylor was at a Northern California Halloween party hoping to entertain the crowd with music. The 24-year-old man from Pittsburgh was there to DJ, but instead was shot and killed Thursday at the Orinda party advertised on social media, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said. He was one of five people fatally shot.
Continue Reading The black leather jacket and skin-tight pants worn by singer and actress Olivia Newton-John in the movie “Grease” have sold for $405,700 — more than double the auction estimate. The outfit, made famous in the 1978 film’s final song,”You’re the One That I Want,” was sold on Saturday at a Beverly Hills auction, along with
Continue Reading It’s officially November, which means if you’re not talking Thanksgiving Day Parade, we’re not interested. Macy’s understands the excitement, and gave parade fans a delightful sneak peak of the new characters we’ll see flying above us in the annual holiday tradition in New York City. The new balloons were flight tested in New Jersey Saturday
Continue Reading Murders happen in Berlin. They’re not common — the crime rate in Germany is currently at its lowest level in more than 25 years — but as with all major cities, the occasional violent killing is all but inevitable. What’s far less common is for them to occur at noon, in the city center. And
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The two men haven’t met, but their stories are strikingly similar. They grew up in Cuba, studied to become doctors and swore an oath to do no harm. Then, years later, they ended up somewhere they never expected: a privately-run US immigrant detention center in rural Louisiana. Held behind bars as they pleaded for asylum,
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President Donald Trump and other top 2016 Trump campaign officials repeatedly privately discussed how the campaign could get access to stolen Democratic emails WikiLeaks had in 2016, according to newly released interview notes from Robert Mueller‘s special counsel investigation. CNN sued the Justice Department for access to Mueller’s witness interview notes, and this weekend’s release
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It was history in the making for the El Paso Locomotive, Saturday at Southwest University Park A year of firsts for the Locomotive continued after the Locos won their first ever playoff game in front of the home crowd. The Locomotive defeated Sacramento FC by a final of 3-0. The victory means the Locomotive are
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The troubles on the gridiron continue for the UTEP Miners. Saturday in Denton, TX, UTEP dropped it’s 7th game in a row after falling to North Texas, 52-26. North Texas improved to 4-5 on the season, including a 3-2 mark in Conference USA, while the Miners dropped to 1-7 overall. The game didn’t start off
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EL PASO, Texas — An annual tradition on the U.S./Mexico border. The message uniting communities, not dividing them. Spiritual leaders from across the borderland coming together on the Rio Grande for an annual border mass. “What we’re celebrating is the fact that even though a border may be necessary reality in the world,” said El
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Mongolian Groom, who suffered a serious left-hind leg injury during the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, was euthanized after being taken to an equine hospital at Santa Anita Park, according to a statement on the event’s website. It was the 37th death associated with the famed race track in the past 11 months. “The death
Continue Reading The Kardashians are known for their fun Halloween costumes. They’ve been angels, playboy bunnies and even forest fairies. But for the Kardashian-West family portrait this Halloween, things were a bit more terrifying. Well, at least for 1-year-old Chicago. The family of six dressed up as the Flintstones, and Kanye was none other than Dino the
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Efforts by the Trump administration to secure portions of the 1,933-mile long US-Mexico border with reinforced physical barriers have done little to deter the lucrative business of human smuggling, law enforcement sources told CNN. Despite President Donald Trump’s push to strengthen current border barriers and to build a wall along the southern border, law enforcement
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“I need a guy who could kill someone,” a Florida teenager allegedly wrote to a friend on Instagram, authorities say. “No joke. I need him eliminated as soon as possible.” Nicholas Robert Godfrey says he was just joking, police said. But the 18-year-old student of Fivay High School in Pasco County is charged with attempting
Continue Reading Airbnb is cracking down on unauthorized house parties after five people were shot and killed at a Halloween party at an Airbnb rental house, the company’s CEO announced Saturday, The company is banning “party houses,” CEO Brian Chesky announced Saturday on Twitter, in reference to Thursday evening’s shooting. The company will be “redoubling our efforts
Continue Reading This weekend’s release of interview notes from Robert Mueller’s investigation marks the first publicly available behind-the-scenes look at the special counsel’s investigative work outside of court proceedings and the report itself. CNN sued the Justice Department for access to Mueller’s witness interview notes. The release, received by CNN and BuzzFeed on Saturday, includes 274 pages
Continue Reading In the most recent Democratic debate, an animated Joe Biden exclaimed that ISIS “is going to come here” as a result of Trump’s decision to abandon the Syrian Kurds and withdraw nearly all US troops from Syria. After Trump’s orders to withdraw, however, another wave of American troops entered Syria, leaving as many as 900
Continue Reading President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort blamed Ukrainians for the hack into computers of the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 campaign rather than the long-held conclusion of US intelligence that the Russians played a role in the election meddling, newly released documents from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation show. The documents are
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Smuggling gangs in Mexico have been able to breach new sections of President Donald Trump’s border wall in recent months, according to a new report from The Washington Post. Citing US agents and officials with knowledge of the damage, the Post reported that smugglers have been using reciprocating saws to cut through the steel and
Continue Reading It’s been a little over a year since the Washington Capitals took home the Stanley Cup and partied their way through the nation’s capital. On Saturday, Washington celebrated another victory with a parade. The Washington Nationals beat all the odds this week and won the team’s very first World Series against the Houston Astros —
Continue Reading Matthew McConaughey is putting his barbecue skills to good use. The actor, together with disaster relief organization Operation BBQ Relief and volunteers from Wild Turkey Bourbon, prepared 800 turkey dinners for firefighters in Los Angeles battling wildfires Friday. The team prepared an additional 800 dinners for local homeless shelters. The outreach was part of the
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Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (Tess Klein) — A 42-year-old man suffered second-degree burns after an unknown suspect threw acid on him Friday night. Police say the victim and the suspect got into a verbal altercation about 8:25 p.m. in the 2600 block of South 13th Street. The fight escalated and that’s
Continue Reading While many may choose to spend this Sunday sleeping in (thanks daylight saving!), that may not be an option for parents with little kids. Babies and young children, unfortunately, don’t care about our “fall back.” They need their routine, and they’re going to wake up when they always do — to the chagrin of sleep-deprived
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Delta Air Lines says in-flight versions of the films “Booksmart” and Elton John’s biopic “Rocketman” will no longer skip same-sex love scenes. The scenes on both films were “unnecessarily excluded,” the airline said. “We are immediately putting a new process in place for managing content available through Delta’s in-flight entertainment,” Delta said in a statement.
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