By Kristen Rogers, CNN When US Olympic weightlifting team member Harrison Maurus shows his strengths at this year’s Games, the pandemic will have robbed him of getting to hear his mother cheer “good lifting,” a distinct voice among what would typically be hundreds to thousands in the crowd. Since Maurus’ first meet in 2012, his
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By Lauren Fox, CNN After bipartisan infrastructure talks went to the brink Monday, negotiators are trying to put things back on track, returning to the arduous work of ironing out their remaining differences, recommitted to the painstaking work that has to be done if this group is ever going to clinch a deal. Bottom line:
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN With so much going on regarding her conservatorship Britney Spears is looking to decompress. The pop star posted video Tuesday on her verified Instagram account of her painting. “As you guys know there’s a lot of change going on in my life at the moment and today I was feeling
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business A rapid shift to digitization due to Covid-19 has handsomely benefited the world’s biggest tech companies. Yet even as the pandemic eased, they still minted record sums of money. What’s happening: Yesterday’s “Before the Bell” focused on how Tesla celebrated earning more than $1 billion last quarter. Amazon, Google parent
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Wednesday’s forecast looks a lot yesterday. Temperatures will run above average for this time of year with most of the region sitting under partly cloudy skies. There will be a 10 to 20 percent chance for showers with the area mountains seeing most of the rain.
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Simone Biles came to the Tokyo Olympics looking to earn another gold medal or four and deliver yet another stellar performance before potentially retiring. But then she did something her fans had never seen before: She faltered. She was attempting an advanced vault move known as the Amanar, which she’d executed
Continue Reading During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Simone Biles along with her Team USA gymnastics team addressed the media following the conclusion of the women’s team gymnastics event.
Continue Reading By Matt Egan, CNN Business The White House and the Federal Reserve broadly agree: Inflation isn’t here to stay. Red-hot prices will cool off as the US economy reopens. Most economists seem to concur that inflation is “transitory,” as the Fed puts it. Investors aren’t freaking out either about the biggest price hikes since 2008.
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020 (2021) ya dejaron varios momentos para el recuerdo. Récords olímpicos en diversas disciplinas. Medallas históricas. Competencias que no terminaron como los pronósticos decían. Momentos inesperados o fuera de lo común. El curso de esta justa deportiva deja estampas que perdurarán. Minuto a minuto: Así avanzan
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On any given day, you might receive a package you ordered from Amazon, log onto a website hosted by Amazon, ask an Amazon device about the weather and grab groceries at a Whole Foods owned by Amazon. Amazon is more than just the “everything store.” It’s become something of an
Continue Reading By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business US lawmakers are piling pressure on major American corporate sponsors of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as tensions between the United States and China over human rights and other issues remain high. A bipartisan committee of US politicians questioned representatives from Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Intel, Visa and Procter & Gamble
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday a requirement that all federal employees and contractors be vaccinated against Covid-19, or be required to submit to regular testing and mitigation requirements, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The announcement will come in remarks where Biden
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN Amid spiking temperatures and humidity at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, tennis player Daniil Medvedev posed an unsettling question: Who would take responsibility if he were to die on court? Competing for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team, world No. 2 Medvedev appeared to be struggling during his third round men’s
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By Drew Kann, CNN It was the heat, in part, that pushed Eric Beck to leave Los Angeles. He had built a successful career in the TV and film industry over 42 years, and he said it was a grueling decision. But as a 65-year-old with diabetes and an elevated risk for health complications in
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand, Tara Subramaniam, Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale, CNN On the day a House select committee held its first public hearing to glean facts about the January 6 attack at the US Capitol, some Republican lawmakers continued to deceive the public about both the attack and its aftermath. Republican members of Congress made
Continue Reading CNNEE (CNN) — Bob Odenkirk, estrella de los exitosos programas de televisión “Breaking Bad” y “Better Call Saul”, fue trasladado de urgencia al hospital después de colapsar en el set el martes, informó el sitio web de entretenimiento TMZ. El actor estaba filmando “Better Call Saul” en Nuevo México cuando ocurrió el incidente, informó TMZ.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — Francisco Sagasti dio su último mensaje a la nación como presidente interino de Perú. Tras una profunda crisis política producto de constantes enfrentamientos entre el ejecutivo y el legislativo, el mandatario se convirtió en el cuarto presidente de este gobierno que comenzó en 2016 con la elección de Pedro Pablo Kuczynski,
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By Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca Producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada currently has enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country to fully vaccinate every eligible person over the age of 12, with more than 66 million doses received as of Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business McDonald’s celebrity meal strategy and revamped chicken sandwich lineup is working. Sales at US stores open at least 13 months jumped 25.9% in the past quarter, which ended on June 30, beating analysts’ expectations. Sales at those stores grew 14.9% compared to the same period in 2019, before the pandemic.
Continue Reading By Jackie Dunham, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Individuals who recovered from COVID-19, including those who no longer had symptoms, exhibited significant “cognitive deficits,” according to a large study out of the U.K. The research, conducted by academics from Imperial College London, Kings College and the
Continue Reading Walmart is expanding its academic program to pay the full college tuition and book costs for its US workers at 10 partner schools.
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Walmart will pay for full college tuition and book costs at some schools for its US workers, the latest effort by the largest private employer in the country to sweeten its benefits as it seeks to attract and retain talent in a tight job market. The program includes 10 academic
Continue Reading By Larry Madowo, CNN Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday launched the country’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign after receiving just over a million Johnson & Johnson shots donated by the United States through the COVAX scheme. President Hassan was the first to receive the vaccine on live television and reassured the country that the shots
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN Español) – Perú es un destino para descubrir a cada paso: su gente, su historia, sus sitios ancestrales, su comida y sus tradiciones lo hacen único en Latinoamérica. Y mientras este miércoles celebra su el bicentenario de su independencia, decidimos recordar las 9 cosas en las que nadie puede superar a los peruanos.
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EL PASO, Texas — This is the last week of summer vacation for the vast majority of Borderland students. That means kids will have to get used to that early morning alarm, especially after a year of virtual learning, which could be a difficult transition. Dr. Sarah Martin, Chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at
Continue Reading By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Civil rights activists and voting rights groups this week are intensifying pressure on Congress to advance federal voting rights legislation as a bulwark against an array of new laws in Republican-controlled states that make it harder to vote. Activists say they also are growing increasingly impatient with President Joe Biden and
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Mercedes-Benz Stadium is Team Yeezy. The official Twitter account for the stadium in Atlanta is currently named DONDA Studio at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in recognition of Kanye West occupying the venue as he completes his 10th studio album named after his late mother, Donda West. Almost a week ago West held
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN Between midnight and dawn on Wednesday and Thursday (July 28 — 29), the Delta Aquariids meteor shower will light up the night sky. As Earth orbits the sun, it encounters the lopsided orbit of a comet, the icy surface of which leaves behind dust and rocks as they boil off from
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Datos inéditos muestran que las personas vacunadas que luego son infectadas con la variante delta del coronavirus pueden tener tanta carga viral como las que no están vacunadas. Vuelven las mascarillas en algunos condados de EE.UU. 1:03 Esta información es el principal impulsor del último cambio en la guía de máscaras
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Cuando Luis Grijalva cruzó la línea de meta en los campeonatos de pista y campo de la NCAA el mes pasado, supo que podía alcanzar su sueño olímpico. Pero, primero, los funcionarios de inmigración tendrían que aceptar que el corredor de 22 años viajara fuera de Estados Unidos y regresara al
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