By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A large spider native to East Asia has spun its thick, golden web on power lines, porches and vegetable patches all over north Georgia this year. The proliferation of the Joro spider has driven some unnerved homeowners indoors and prompted a flood of anxious social media posts.
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By Kate Bennett, CNN Six months after the death of their son Beau in 2015, Jill Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden could not bear the thought of going to Nantucket, Massachusetts, for the traditional Biden family Thanksgiving. It would have been — she wrote in her 2019 memoir, “Where the Light Enters” — “like
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN No director uses songs more effectively than Edgar Wright, and “Last Night in Soho” creates such an intoxicating atmosphere in replicating the far-out sound and look of London’s swingin’ ’60s as to overcome rough patches in the story. It’s also a scintillating showcase for Anya Taylor-Joy, which makes shelling out
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Single folks, start your stoves! Emily Blunt talked to iHeartMedia’s River Cafe Table 4 podcast and the topic her chicken noodle soup recipe came up. Turns out she uses a bit of ginger in it and she said her two young daughters with husband John Krasinski really love it. That
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is on the ropes after his worst loss as Manchester United manager and he wants his players to take lessons from heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury as they try to respond to their latest setback in the Premier League. Solskjaer is fighting to keep his job after United
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By Lisa Respers France and Sonia Moghe, CNN Rapper Fetty Wap was indicted along with five others on a drug trafficking conspiracy charge Friday. Federal prosecutors say the men allegedly transported and distributed drugs, including heroin and fentanyl in Long Island, according to an indictment obtained by CNN Friday. The recording artist, also known as
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis voters are deciding whether to replace the city’s police force with a new Department of Public Safety. The proposal evolved from calls to “defund the police” after the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis officer last year. There’s been an emotional debate
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business In early 2019, a team of Facebook’s researchers spent two weeks interviewing 30 users across two Indian cities, Jaipur and Hyderabad. The goal: to learn about their experiences with misinformation and fact-checking on its platforms. The fact-finding mission, which was described by one of the researchers in an internal document
Continue Reading CNN By Kate Bennett, CNN Six months after the death of their son Beau in 2015, Jill Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden could not bear the thought of going to Nantucket, Massachusetts, for the traditional Biden family Thanksgiving. It would have been — she wrote in her 2019 memoir, “Where the Light Enters” —
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records that date back 20 years as companies are forced to offer higher pay to fill a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that pay increased 1.5%
Continue Reading CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices. ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company, posted net income of $6.8 billion, swinging to a profit after a $680 million loss a year ago. Oil prices got crushed
Continue Reading By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices. ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company, posted net income of $6.8 billion, swinging to a profit after a $680 million loss a year ago. Oil prices got crushed in
Continue Reading CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Profits soared at the nation’s two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices. ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company, posted net income of $6.8 billion, swinging to a profit after a $680 million loss a year ago. Oil prices got crushed
Continue Reading WEST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The King of Rock n’ Roll is back in the building. An Elvis Presley bust that was swiped from a central Illinois saloon has been returned after the story of its theft attracted international attention. The Peoria Journal Star reports that employees at Jimmy’s Bar found the missing bust Thursday
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records that date back 20 years as companies are forced to offer higher pay to fill a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that pay increased 1.5%
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By Sherry Liang, CNN Hermit crabs are finding their way into discarded tires in the ocean — and they can’t get out, a new study from Hirosaki University found. The concave interior of a car tire can trap hermit crabs that go there in search of food and shelter. The study refers to this phenomenon
Continue Reading By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As South Africa heads to crucial local elections, the country has been hit by a series of crippling power blackouts that many critics say highlight poor governance. South African households and businesses have been struggling to cope with cuts in electricity for up to
Continue Reading By Hannah Ritchie and Esha Mitra, CNN Indian actor Puneeth Rajkumar has died aged 46 after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday, according to a statement from Vikram Hospital in the city of Bangalore. “Mr. Puneet Rajkumar, aged 46 years was brought to Vikram Hospital on 29/10/21 with a diagnosis of heart attack with ECG done
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers slowed their spending to a gain of just 0.6% in September, a cautionary sign for an economy that remains in the grip of a pandemic and a prolonged bout of high inflation. At the same time, a key inflation barometer that is closely followed
Continue Reading These 10 people are making the world a better place and now, they have been named the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2021. They were all nominated by you — our audience — and selected by CNN to each receive a $10,000 prize. And now you can vote on who you think should be named
Continue Reading CNN’s Anderson Cooper reveals the top 10 CNN Heroes of the year. These individuals will be honored live on December 12 during “The 15th Annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute,” and one will be named CNN Hero of the Year.
Continue Reading When the pandemic hit Bali’s economy, his Plastic Exchange offered families an opportunity to receive free rice by collecting trash. They have since sent tons of plastic for recycling and helped feed thousands of people.
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s far-right group leader has vowed to hold a new form of Independence March Nov. 11 after Warsaw Appeals Curt rejected the group’s complaint against a ban on their annual event that recently featured radical slogans and violence. The leader of the nationalist Independence March group said the march will go
Continue Reading By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers slowed their spending to a gain of just 0.6% in September, a cautionary sign for an economy that remains in the grip of a pandemic and a prolonged bout of high inflation. At the same time, a key inflation barometer that is closely followed
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — UEFA has sanctioned German soccer club Union Berlin with a partial stadium closure for the antisemitic behavior of some of its fans toward supporters of Israeli team Maccabi Haifa. UEFA says it has concluded its disciplinary proceedings against Union “for the racist behavior of its supporters”
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Postal Service has agreed to provide the Democratic Party of Virginia with a daily report detailing how it has handled election-related mail as part of a lawsuit Democrats filed against the federal agency alleging that thousands of absentee ballots and applications from general registrars failed to be processed and
Continue Reading AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Security officials say at least 11 civilians were killed when a ballistic missile launched by Houthis hit their house in Yemen’s central province of Marib. Officials added on Friday that all casualties belonged to the family of a key tribal leader and lived in the same house
Continue Reading KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government is proposing a record budget for 2022 to bolster an economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic, with industrial incentives and cash handouts for the poor and a one-time tax for high-income companies. Finance Minister Zafrul Aziz introduced the $80.2 billion proposed budget, up from $77.4 billion in the
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By Steph Dyson, CNN It’s a sunny afternoon in Moravia, and people are busy weeding the communal gardens on top of El Morro de Moravia (Moravia Hill), which sits at the heart of this working-class Medellín neighborhood. Others are in the greenhouse, inspecting orchids in myriad tropical shades and rows of bromeliads, whose glossy orange
Continue Reading By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States representative to the United Nations stressed the importance of Mali’s return to civilian rule through democratic elections in February after she visited the West African nation as part of a U.N. Security Council mission. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke to reporters online Friday from
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