By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. says it will seek to regularly expand new international travel rules to more countries as a simplified travel regime took effect Monday. The U.K. has eased quarantine and testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from more than 50 countries. But the rules have sparked anger
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. says it will seek to regularly expand new international travel rules to more countries as a simplified travel regime took effect Monday. The U.K. has eased quarantine and testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from more than 50 countries. But the rules have sparked anger
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Ben Affleck and George Clooney have never acted on the big screen together. The two appeared on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Tender Bar,” which Clooney directed and Affleck stars in. Affleck talked to Entertainment Tonight, saying of Clooney, “We had great experience working together previously,
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying it’s been selling her cervical cells without her knowledge or consent. The cells were taken by doctors at Johns Hopkins from the terminally ill Black woman in 1951, and grown in the lab
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying it’s been selling her cervical cells without her knowledge or consent. The cells were taken by doctors at Johns Hopkins from the terminally ill Black woman in 1951, and grown in the lab
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Billie Eilish is set to once again make history. The singer, who turns 20 in December, has been announced as the headliner for next year’s Glastonbury Festival. According to the festival’s verified Twitter account, she will be “the youngest ever solo headliner.” “We are very excited to confirm that @billieeilish
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Jamie Lee Curtis and Kyle Richards have reunited more than 40 years after starring together in 1978’s “Halloween.” The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star and the actress appeared in a behind-the-scenes video from the upcoming sequel “Halloween Kills.” Richards asked, “Jamie, can I say something? 40 years ago? I carried
Continue Reading Final “Halloween Kills” trailer, vintage sci-fi movie posters up for auction, and going inside Pixar in “A Spark Story.”
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With an expansion and relaunch Monday, the Scripps Networks service Newsy is betting that consumers have an interest in more news and less political talk. Newsy has been primarily seen online and through streaming services but is debuting a free, over-the-air television service with the
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By Eric Cheung, CNN Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said 56 Chinese warplanes made incursions into its air defense identification zone on Monday, the highest number since the island began publicly reporting such activities last year. It said earlier in the day that 52 military planes had encroached into the zone, before reporting that four more entered
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A new book from former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham says when then-President Donald Trump would become enraged, a “music man” would play him Broadway tunes in hopes of calming him down. Legendary Broadway actress Betty Buckley joins CNN’s Jim Acosta, responding to the reported impact of her performance of “Memory” from the musical, “Cats.”
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, who worked for Donald Trump for more than five years, now says she fears another four years with Trump in the White House. “I am terrified of him running for president in 2024,” said Grisham, who also served as East Wing chief of staff,
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The lawyer for a U.S. journalist who has spent more than four months in pretrial detention in military-ruled Myanmar says his client has been charged with a second criminal offense. He says Danny Fenster, managing editor of the Yangon-based online news and business magazine Frontier Myanmar, has
Continue Reading Despite differences within the Democratic Party, President Biden says he’s confident the infrastructure bill will get through.
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday said he couldn’t guarantee the debt ceiling would be raised in two weeks as he slammed Republicans for opposing efforts to keep the nation from being unable to pay its debts for the first time in its history. In a speech from the White House, Biden
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Captain Kirk is rocketing into space: “Star Trek” actor William Shatner plans to blast off from West Texas next week. Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that Shatner will join the Oct. 12 flight with three others. It will be the
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — U.S. automobile safety regulators have denied petition seeking an investigation into Tesla software updates, saying it’s unlikely a probe would show there’s a safety defect. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday denied the 2019 petition, which alleged that over-the-internet software updates cut battery range in response to battery fires across
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police say an alligator attacked and injured a homeless woman who fell into a Florida canal. St. Petersburg police say the woman was resting on a sea wall when she fell into the canal early Monday. News outlets reported that the woman is in her 50s. She was taken to
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday released the “Pandora Papers,” an exposé of the financial secrets and offshore dealings of dozens of heads of state, public officials and politicians from 91 countries and territories. More than 600 journalists from 150 outlets spent two years investigating nearly 12
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Opinion by Dan Lambe at CNN Business Perspectives Extreme weather made headlines all summer. Hurricane Ida made landfall in the Gulf before causing additional massive flooding and devastation in the Northeast. Wildfire season in the West started earlier than usual, and sweltering heatwaves broke temperature records in some of our nation’s largest cities, like Seattle
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — A pesar de las esperanzas de que la aprobación completa de la vacuna contra el covid-19 de Pfizer convencería a un gran número de estadounidenses que dudan de vacunarse, un análisis del gobierno federal proporcionado a CNN sugiere que la aprobación no fue una solución milagrosa. Después de que la Administración
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Partes de playas populares en una franja del sur de California se cerraron después de que una ruptura de un oleoducto enviara miles de galones de petróleo al Océano Pacífico y ejemplares contaminados de la vida silvestre marítima comenzaran a aparecer en la costa. La ruptura, reportada este sábado, ocurrió a
Continue Reading By Chloe Melas, CNN Captain Kirk is headed to space. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced Monday actor William Shatner, 90, will be on the next Blue Origin flight alongside Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries. “I’ve heard about space for a long time now,”
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Blake Shelton posted a sweet picture of himself with Gwen Stefani from their wedding day to wish her a happy birthday. The country star captioned it: “Happy birthday to my better half.. my WIFE!!!! I love you.” The No Doubt frontwoman turned 52 on Sunday. Stefani commented on the post, writing,
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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund is set to spend the international break worrying about the fitness of Erling Haaland after the club admitted the Norway striker’s injury could drag on into the second half of October. Haaland hasn’t played since Sept. 19 with a unspecified muscle problem and
Continue Reading By Lauren Fox, CNN Congress avoided a government shutdown and Democrats may have been forced to punt on their infrastructure and social safety net agenda in an eventful last week on Capitol Hill. But to some extent those agenda items pale in comparison to the magnitude of the item Congress needs to begin dealing with
Continue Reading By Brian Lowry, CNN “Billions” closed a major account in its fifth-season finale, as the show pivots to a new billionaire and star. In a major twist, the character of Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) got axed — or rather, outmaneuvered by New York Attorney General Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and rival billionaire Michael Prince
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Good Monday morning, everyone! The forecast looks nice today with a few passing clouds and temperatures reaching the mid and low 80s. Rain chances will move in from the west Tuesday, with near 90 degree temperatures by the end of the week.
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promoising to deliver an economy based on “good work, better skills and higher wages.” He is shrugging off the U.K.’s economic turmoil as the growing pains of a thriving, self-reliant post-Brexit economy. Sunak touted the U.K.’s low unemployment rate of
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promoising to deliver an economy based on “good work, better skills and higher wages.” He is shrugging off the U.K.’s economic turmoil as the growing pains of a thriving, self-reliant post-Brexit economy. Sunak touted the U.K.’s low unemployment rate of
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