By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer A leading English rugby club has joined the ranks of professional sports teams rebranding themselves away from offensive Native American imagery. Exeter Chiefs are keeping their nickname — inspired by the region’s Celtic history — but are replacing their logo after critics complained that headdresses and “tomahawk chop” chants
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Airlines have canceled thousands of flights this weekend as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast. According to FlightAware, nearly 5,000 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled through Saturday and
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CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Airlines have canceled thousands of flights this weekend as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast. According to FlightAware, nearly 5,000 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled through Saturday
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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer College basketball blue bloods No. 12 Kentucky and No. 5 Kansas meet in the biggest matchup involving a Southeastern Conference team this weekend. Most of the weekend’s action is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. That includes No. 1 Auburn hosting Oklahoma and fourth-ranked Baylor visiting slumping Alabama. The
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer College basketball blue bloods No. 12 Kentucky and No. 5 Kansas meet in the biggest matchup involving a Southeastern Conference team this weekend. Most of the weekend’s action is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge. That includes No. 1 Auburn hosting Oklahoma and fourth-ranked Baylor visiting slumping Alabama. The
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Worries over soaring prices and the Omicron variant of the coronavirus soured Americans’ views of the economy in January. US consumer sentiment in January fell nearly 5% to the lowest level since November 2011, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey showed Friday. Survey respondents felt worse about both the
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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will proceed with his planned trip to Pittsburgh on Friday to talk about strengthening the nation’s infrastructure hours after a bridge collapsed not far from where he is scheduled to deliver remarks, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. The White House is in touch with state
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday touted his administration’s efforts to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure in Pittsburgh on Friday, hours after a bridge in the city collapsed. Hours before the President was set to travel to to Steel City, a snow-covered bridge collapsed and left several people injured. No
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN A flying car got the green light, a road trip’s detour was derailed, and fashion’s next big thing may be smaller than expected. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Cleared for takeoff The AirCar, a concept car from manufacturer Klein Vision, has been given the green light to take
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By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is looking at lowering the farm worker overtime threshold from 60 hours a week. A state board voted Friday to recommend that a 40-hour overtime rule for farm workers phased in over the next 10 years. If the recommendation is approved by the
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Good Morning, It was a very windy start to the morning but the strongest winds are behind us. The cold front that moved in ushered in colder air and dry conditions. Sunny skies and calm winds will prevail for the remainder of the day. Afternoon high temperatures will only reach the upper 40s. The weekend
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) estima que para 2030 el número de personas con nuevos diagnósticos de cáncer en América Latina aumentará en un 32%, y cada año más de 5 millones de personas se sumarán a quienes padecen ese mal. Y para estas personas la innovación tecnológica podría
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DETROIT (AP) — Kia is recalling more than 410,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a problem that can stop the air bags from inflating in a crash. The recall covers certain Forte small cars from the 2017 and 2018 model years, and Sedona minivans and Soul small SUVs from 2017 through 2019. The electric
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury London building that is at the heart of a fraud and embezzlement trial under way in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal. The Vatican’s economy ministry also revealed, in releasing the the Holy See’s budget for 2022, that 10%
Continue Reading By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration has decided to deny $130 million of military aid allocated for Egypt over the country’s failure to comply with human rights conditions laid out by the State Department, according to a senior State Department official, congressional sources and activists. The rare move against a close ally comes just
Continue Reading By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN It looks like it’s all systems go for Harry and Meghan as the new year gets underway. Production plans for their various media ventures appear to be ramping up following a pause over the past year, if a series of job ads posted online this week are anything
Continue Reading MILAN (AP) — UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel says the Italian bank has decided not to pursue a possible takeover bid for Russian bank Otkritie due to rising tensions over Ukraine, the bank’s CEO said Friday. UniCredit had started due diligence on an offer, but Orcel said that “given the geopolitical environment, we decided to withdraw.”
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina says it has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to refinance more than $40 billion in debt. Since 2020, Argentina has been in an arduous negotiation with the IMF to refinance the debt contracted in 2018 during the government of conservative Mauricio Macri in the midst of
Continue Reading CNN, WFRV By Anneken Tappe and Tami Luhby, CNN Business Americans’ paychecks continued to rise at the end of 2021. But along with that, so did prices. Compensation for American workers climbed 4% between December 2020 and December 2021, marking the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor
Continue Reading By Anneken Tappe and Tami Luhby, CNN Business Americans’ paychecks continued to rise at the end of 2021. But along with that, so did prices. Compensation for American workers climbed 4% between December 2020 and December 2021, marking the biggest increase since the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have hired Chris Tabor from the Chicago Bears to be their new special teams coordinator. Tabor replaces Chase Blackburn, who was fired after Carolina finished 5-12 this season. Tabor has 14 years of NFL experience, including spending the last four seasons as the Bears special teams coordinator. He
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Crisis-hit Borussia Mönchengladbach has been left reeling after sporting director Max Eberl quit the Bundesliga club. It ends an association of 23 years. Gladbach wanted the 48-year-old Eberl to stay but Eberl said “I don’t have the strength anymore to do this job.” Eberl took over
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey Simu Liu, the star of Marvel’s “Shang-Chi,” is voicing his support for Covid-19 vaccines after revealing he lost his grandparents to the virus. Liu took to Twitter, writing, “I lost my grandparents to COVID last year. They were still waiting for their vaccines. I’m fortunate to have been double-vaccinated and boosted when
Continue Reading By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Retail and restaurant work is notorious for irregular scheduling and last-minute changes — factors that can harm workers’ lives and the well-being of their families. Despite essential workers being hailed as heroes during the Covid-19 pandemic, and a historically tight labor market, schedule instability has improved little over the past
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Telling stories from shifting perspectives a la “Rashomon” has become pretty commonplace in premium-TV and streaming, from Showtime’s “The Affair” to Netflix’s “Clickbait.” Enter “The Afterparty,” an Apple TV+ comedy series with one murder, plenty of suspects and minimal intrigue — the sort of show that’s modestly entertaining but doesn’t
Continue Reading VIENNA (AP) — Austria will subsidize household energy costs with a $1.9-billion relief package to offset rising prices. Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Friday that the package consists of both direct subsidies and tax suspensions. Almost half will be spent on suspending an “eco-tax” introduced in 2012 that amounted to about roughly 33 euros per
Continue Reading By CNN Weather staff A major nor’easter is set to move up the US East Coast and bring significant impacts to cities this weekend, beginning Friday evening. Here is a look at when the storm is expected to hit certain cities and for how long: Portland, Maine: Blizzard warning in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday
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By Ben Church, CNN Former Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman says he is “scared” for the safety of athletes who might be contemplating speaking out about human rights issues during Beijing 2022. Hoffman, who retired from competitive skiing after the PyeongChang Games in 2018, says he is concerned by the human rights record of the
Continue Reading Sponsors of the Olympics are trying to walk a fine line between promoting their brands, while staying away from broader criticism of the Beijing games. They’re caught in the middle of diplomatic boycotts, the economic power of Chinese consumers and fear of retaliation by the Chinese government. CNN’s Selina Wang reports.
Continue Reading Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Janet Jackson gave a documentary crew access for five years, but with Jackson and brother Randy Jackson serving as executive producers the resulting project, “Janet Jackson,” feels too conspicuously like a licensed product. Addressing some uncomfortable parts of her biography but sidestepping others, it’s pretty obvious who’s in control here.
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