By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business If there was ever any doubt that individual investors are a powerful new force on Wall Street, AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron may just have silenced the skeptics. The latest: On the company’s earnings call Monday, Aron made it very clear through his choice of words — and downright flattery
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Canada reopened its border Monday, as the CDC adds 16 countries to its very high COVID-19 risk level. Should you change or cancel upcoming trips? Travel industry expert weighs in
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Amazon is changing its complaint process for returns and will pay customers up to $1,000 for products sold by third-party sellers that caused damage or personal injury. The company announced Tuesday that it will deal with customer satisfaction itself and go after companies afterward if third parties are unresponsive or
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Vallejo resident Mark Cutlip had recently started his junk hauling business when his truck and trailer were stolen.
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By Rob Picheta, CNN A baby born weighing just 212 grams (7.5 ounces) — about as heavy as a softball or an apple — has left hospital after more than a year and arrived at her family home. Kwek Yu Xuan was born almost four months prematurely in Singapore in June 2020, and was considered
Continue Reading By Michelle Toh, CNN Business SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is cutting back on new investments in China as the country’s private sector continues to face a historic regulatory crackdown. The Japanese billionaire said at an earnings presentation Tuesday that he would take a cautious approach until the impact of new regulations are clear. Chinese companies
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Alexis Benveniste, CNN Business The climate crisis is accelerating at unprecedented pace, according to a new United Nations state-of-the-science report. It is “a code red for humanity,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres — and given that the report concludes the entirety of the warming is due to human greenhouse gas emissions,
Continue Reading One of the largest saltwater lakes in the world has now been reduced to a fraction of its former size.
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EL PASO, Texas — As hospitals across Texas are being filled to the brink with Covid-19 patients, El Paso is fairing much better. As of Tuesday, 87 patients were being treated for Covid-19, according to the city of El Paso’s Covid-19 dashboard. It’s a number El Paso hasn’t seen since mid-May, with hospitalizations slightly increasing
Continue Reading By Stephanie Busari, CNN A patient with the rare, but highly infectious Marburg virus disease has died in Guinea, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) statement on Monday. It’s the first case of the Ebola-like virus in West Africa. Samples of the virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever, were taken from the patient in Gueckedou.
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN During a plea hearing on Monday, the chief judge in DC’s federal court questioned the Justice Department’s approach to have US Capitol rioters pay the government small portions of the $1.5 million in damage done to the Capitol building by the mob, while the total cost of the riot to American
Continue Reading By Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand, CNN While Covid-19 continues to spike across the country and in southern states with lower vaccination rates, Republicans have tried pinning blame for the rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths on illegal immigration and President Joe Biden’s policies at the southern border. During an August 4 press conference, Florida
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Business Companies big and small are raising wages to attract workers and hold onto employees as the economy revs back into gear. But those fatter paychecks aren’t going as far, thanks to rising inflation. In fact, compensation is now lower than it was in December 2019, when adjusted for inflation, according
Continue Reading CNN’s Evan McMorris-Santoro tours a school in Austin, Texas, with the city’s school superintendent to see what protective measures they have in place since the governor has banned mandating masks in schools.
Continue Reading By Keith Allen, CNN Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asked a Texas court Monday for a temporary restraining order seeking to hold portions of Gov. Greg Abbott’s July executive order involving mask mandates “unenforceable,” according to a statement from the judge’s office. Abbott last month issued an executive order that combined many of his earlier
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Una vez hubo una especie de “dragón” aterrador que volaba sobre Australia hace 105 millones de años, según una nueva investigación. El fósil de un pterosaurio con una envergadura de casi 7 metros perteneció al reptil volador más grande de Australia. Un estudio sobre estos hallazgos fue publicado el lunes en
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By Jack Guy, CNN Actress Christina Applegate has announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The 49-year-old, known for her roles in “Bad Moms,” “Married… with Children” and “Dead to Me,” said in a tweet published overnight that she was diagnosed “a few months ago.” “It’s been a strange journey. But I have
Continue Reading IPCC: Humans are unequivocally warming the planet. Darryl Forges reports.
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN Español) — El club francés Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) anunció oficialmente el fichaje de Lionel Messi con un contrato de dos años y la opción de un tercero. En un comunicado, Messi dijo: “Todo sobre el club coincide con mis ambiciones futbolísticas”. Messi llegó este martes a París. El avión del argentino aterrizó en el
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La exciclista olímpica de Nueva Zelandia Olivia Podmore ha muerto, confirmó el Comité Olímpico de Nueva Zelandia (NZOC) en un comunicado. “Ofrecemos nuestro más sentido pésame a familiares, amigos y otras personas de la comunidad de Nueva Zelandia que están de duelo por esta pérdida”, dijo el NZOC. “Brindaremos apoyo para el
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN “Recall? What recall?” The young mother peeked out through her screen door at three volunteers in matching union t-shirts holding pamphlets touting the embattled California Gov. Gavin Newsom. With five weeks before the special election to recall him, this woman was exactly the sort of voter the door-to-door
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — Los confidentes más cercanos del gobernador de Nueva York, Andrew Cuomo, pasaron el fin de semana tratando de convencer al demócrata de que renunciara, dijeron fuentes a CNN, un esfuerzo que ocurre en medio de las consecuencias de un informe que halló que el gobernador acosó sexualmente a varias mujeres. Cuomo, dijo
Continue Reading olivertapia Hong Kong (CNN) — China ha castigado a más de 40 funcionarios locales por no controlar un brote de la variante delta, mientras las autoridades se esfuerzan por frenar el peor resurgimiento del covid-19 que el país ha visto en más de un año. El brote actual, que surgió por primera vez en la
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By Lisa Selin Davis, CNN Caring for younger kids is often intensely physical, but with older kids, it can be intensely emotional. Why? Because there are just so many decisions to make, and in a world with a shrinking middle class, rising home prices, and a fiery social, political and natural climate, everything feels high
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Los científicos han advertido durante décadas que estábamos cambiando el clima de una manera que tendría impactos devastadores en el planeta y nuestras vidas. Un informe histórico del lunes mostró que eso ya está sucediendo y más rápido de lo que esperábamos. Los hallazgos del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el
Continue Reading olivertapia Evia, Grecia (CNN) — Grecia se enfrenta a un “desastre natural de proporciones sin precedentes” mientras que 586 incendios forestales arden en “todos los rincones” del país, dijo el lunes el primer ministro Kyriakos Mitsotakis en un discurso televisado. La nación mediterránea se está asando durante una de sus peores olas de calor en
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TRENDS ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS ARE GOING UP. ISABEL ROSALES REPORTS.
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN China has punished more than 40 local officials for failing to control a spiraling Delta variant outbreak, as authorities scramble to curb the worst resurgence of Covid-19 the country has seen in over a year. The current outbreak, which first emerged in the eastern city of Nanjing, has spread to over
Continue ReadingCNN, WKMG, TERRY GREEAR By Nectar Gan, CNN China has punished more than 40 local officials for failing to control a spiraling Delta variant outbreak, as authorities scramble to curb the worst resurgence of Covid-19 the country has seen in over a year. The current outbreak, which first emerged in the eastern city of Nanjing,
Continue Reading By Angus Watson, CNN An Australian family is mourning the loss of a five-month-old girl who died after her mother tried to protect her from a swooping magpie. Baby Mia was in her mother’s arms when a magpie swooped at them in Brisbane’s Glindemann Park on Sunday, causing her mother to trip and fall. Mia
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