By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers expect record-breaking sales for the holiday shopping season, but low-income customers are struggling as they bear the brunt of the highest inflation in 39 years. The government’s report last week that consumer prices jumped 6.8% over the past year showed that some of the
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By Jack Guy, CNN Two US quidditch leagues are set to choose a new name for the “Harry Potter“-inspired sport, due to trademark issues and concerns over the “anti-trans positions” of the series’ author, J.K. Rowling. US Quidditch (USQ) and Major League Quidditch (MLQ) have been researching a potential move for more than a year,
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MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal says he tested positive for the coronavirus after playing in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. Nadal writes on Twitter that the positive result came from a PCR test he took after arriving in Spain. Nadal says he is enduring “unpleasant moments” but hopes to improve “little by little.” He
Continue Reading By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Despite what you may hear about the advantages of rolling over a 401(k) from a former employer into an IRA, it’s hardly a no-brainer. It’s true that an IRA will give you many more investment options. However, the costs could be much higher, leaving you with much less money in
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By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Despite what you may hear about the advantages of rolling over a 401(k) from a former employer into an IRA, it’s hardly a no-brainer. It’s true that an IRA will give you many more investment options. However, the costs could be much higher, leaving you with much less money in
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As the New Year approaches, there are still “old” concerns…..about another post-holiday Covid-19 surge.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose and Francesca Street, CNN Despite stringent measures supposed to minimize Covid outbreaks on ocean cruises, operator Royal Caribbean says at least 48 people on board one of its ships that docked in Miami at the weekend have tested positive for the virus. The Symphony of the Seas, the world’s biggest cruise ship,
Continue Reading By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The New Orleans Saints delivered a 9-0 shutout over the disappointing Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady on Sunday. The Buccaneers fell victim to a stingy visiting defense, with Brett Maher’s three field goals nudging the Saints to victory at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Buccaneers quarterback Brady had gone
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The nation’s second-largest city has called off its New Year’s Eve celebration, and its smallest state re-imposed an indoor mask mandate. The moves in Los Angeles and Rhode Island happened Monday as the omicron variant leaped ahead of other variants to become the dominant
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s health ministers have agreed to start vaccinating children aged between 5 and 11 against the coronavirus. Ministers from the country of 11.5 million said the vaccination is highly recommended to children with conditions that put them at high risk for complications from COVID-19. Those children will be invited to receive their
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has denounced domestic violence against woman as “nearly satanic” and said parents should never slap their children. Francis made the comments in a televised encounter with an abused woman who recently fled her home with her four children. Their meeting was broadcast late Sunday on the private Mediaset network’s TG5
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A truck ran into a U.S. military vehicle on a highway in Bavaria on Monday in what German police said was an accident. The truck driver was believed to have been killed on Monday, but the military said there were no known injuries among U.S. personnel. The U.S. military vehicles were on
Continue Reading By Ben Church, CNN The seeming inconsistency in the use of VAR over the weekend has raised questions about the standard of officiating in the English Premier League. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was furious with match officials after his side’s action-packed 2-2 draw against Tottenham on Sunday. The 54-year-old used his post-match news conference to
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Biotechnology company Moderna announced Monday that preliminary data suggests its half-dose booster shot increased antibody levels against Omicron compared with the levels seen when a fully vaccinated person does not receive a booster — and a larger-sized dose of the booster increases antibody levels even more. Currently, Moderna’s booster is administered
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President after winning a presidential runoff election yesterday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily.
Continue Reading Rain pushes into the South to start the holiday week. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast, as well as who could see a white Christmas.
Continue Reading Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied making sexual assault allegations against a retired Communist Party leader, following more than a month of growing concern about her safety and whereabouts that led to the Women’s Tennis Association pulling out of China. CNN’s Selina Wang has more.
Continue Reading Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that Sen. Joe Manchin should have to vote no in front of the whole world on the sweeping social spending and climate plan.
Continue Reading On CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger won’t say if he thinks Donald Trump committed a crime but says the House January 6 committee is looking into whether anyone broke the law in the run-up to the Capitol insurrection.
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Monday approved a record extra budget of nearly 36 trillion yen ($317 billion) for the fiscal year through March to help pandemic-hit households and businesses. The budget includes 100,000 yen ($880) payouts to families with children 18 or younger and a 2.5 million yen
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Monday approved a record extra budget of nearly 36 trillion yen ($317 billion) for the fiscal year through March to help pandemic-hit households and businesses. The budget includes 100,000 yen ($880) payouts to families with children 18 or younger and a 2.5 million yen
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By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Carlos Marín, one quarter of the pop-opera group Il Divo, has died at the age of 53. The surviving members of the chart-topping quartet announced his death in a Twitter post on Sunday. In the online tribute, tenors David Miller, Sébastien Izambard and Urs Bühler remembered the baritone as a “beautiful
Continue Reading By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might consider redefining what it means to be “fully vaccinated” against Covid-19 to include a third dose of vaccine — but the question is when the definition could change. Such a change is “on the table and open for discussion,” Dr. Anthony Fauci,
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney Chile se decantó por la izquierda. Otro duro invierno por culpa del covid-19. Los estragos del supertifón Rai en Filipinas. Khabib Nurmagomedov habló sobre el “Canelo”. Rusia sigue sumando tropas cerca de Ucrania. Además, el hombre Araña es el superhéroe de la taquilla. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian soccer federation has opened an investigation after Anderlecht coach Vincent Kompany accused rival fans of racially abusing him and his players during a league game over the weekend. The former Manchester City captain says he was targeted by racist insults during the game against
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer LA VILLA, Italy (AP) — Marco Odermatt won a World Cup race by a massive margin for his third victory in four giant slalom races this season. The Swiss skier finished with a 1.01-second advantage over Luca De Aliprandini of Italy and 1.09 ahead of Alexander Schmid of Germany
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors are explaining evidence and their indictment to judges in the murder trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with involvement in downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew. Prosecutors began Monday and are
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By Laura He, CNN Business China’s central bank cut its main interest rate for the first time in 20 months, as authorities step up efforts to boost an economy that has been hit by pandemic-related curbs, a real estate slump and an unprecedented crackdown on private enterprises. The People’s Bank of China on Monday lowered
Continue Reading Thomas Page, CNN Julia Ducournau lights a cigarette, as if to punctuate her point. The French writer-director had been musing about love in her film “Titane,” a through line buried beneath much hysteria since it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Love, she insisted, is the foundation of the
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Monday at Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal trial after the prosecution and defense presented closing arguments that focused on her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. As the prosecutors argued, Maxwell manipulated and enticed vulnerable girls as a key accomplice in Epstein’s extensive scheme
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